Understanding and exploiting druggable conformations

Proteins adopt a variety of conformations to exert their biological function. This conformational flexibility implies the variation of the size and availability of binding sites, which paves the way for designing drugs with distinct affinity and selectivity.

Drug-target interactions often entail conformational rearrangements in one or both of the binding partners. Several mechanisms explain this: compounds capable of inducing conformational changes in the target, compounds that bind exclusively to specific conformations or molecules that form covalent complexes.

Assessing the parameters that define the steps of the binding mechanism is pivotal for the successful optimization of promising compounds.

Applications

  • Obtain structural information in the absence of crystal structures.
  • Enhanced decision-making: Ideal hit-to-lead and lead optimization tool to exploit protein flexibility.
  • Discriminate between irreversible and reversible compounds. Clearly identify simple reversible compounds, reversible compounds that bind to specific conformations or trigger conformational changes in the target, and irreversible compounds.
  • Understand PK/PD disconnects: Kinetic profiling often bridges the gap between PK/PD prediction and observation.
  • Build better models: PK/PD models that integrate kinetics better predict target engagement, drug dose and treatment schedule.

Technology

COVALfinder®

COVALfinder® is a kinetic screening platform that provides in-depth understanding of the binding mechanism of reversible and irreversible drugs to iterate medicinal chemistry, understand PK/PD disconnects and build better models to define therapeutic windows.

List of targets ready to use

Our expertise extends beyond kinases to GPCR and other target types.

Search our database to discover whether your target is:
  • May be possible: We have a strong track record of achievement where others fail! Contact us to find out more.
  • Clear line of sight: Establishment requires finalization / validation, which typically takes 2-4 weeks to complete.
  • Good to go: Data within 2 weeks of compound receipt.

* Full length and partial length forms are available.

Target name Alternative names KINETICfinder COVALfinder
AAK1 KIAA1048, DKFZp686K16132 Clear line of sight
ABL1 ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Good to go
ABL1 E255K ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL1 G250E ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL1 H396P ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL1 M351T ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL1 Q252H ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL1 Y253F ABL, c-ABL1, BCR-ABL, CHDSKM, JTK7, bcr/abl, c-ABL, p150, v-abl Clear line of sight
ABL2 (ARG) ARG, ABL isoform b, ABLL Good to go
ACK (TNK2) TNK2, ACK-1, ACK1, p21cdc42Hs Good to go
ACVR2A ACTRII, ACTR2, ACVR2 Clear line of sight
ACVR2B ACTRIIB, ActR-IIB, HTX4 Clear line of sight
AKT1 AKT1, PKB, PKB-ALPHA, PRKBA, RAC, RAC-ALPHA, Good to go
ALK ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Good to go May be possible
ALK C1156Y ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Clear line of sight
ALK F1174L ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Clear line of sight
ALK L1196M ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Clear line of sight
ALK R1275Q ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Clear line of sight
ALK T1151_L1152insT ALK, CD246, NBLST3 Clear line of sight
ALK1 (ACVRL1) ALK1, ALK-1, ACVRLK1, HHT, HHT2, ORW2, SKR3, TSR-I Good to go May be possible

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