Identification of Novel Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier Inhibitors by Homology Modeling and Pharmacophore-Based Virtual Screening

The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) is an inner-mitochondrial membrane protein complex that has emerged as a drug target for treating a variety of human conditions. A heterodimer of two proteins, MPC1 and MPC2, comprises the functional MPC complex in higher organisms; however, the structure of...

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Main Authors: Lamees Hegazy, Lauren E. Gill, Kelly D. Pyles, Christopher Kaiho, Sophia Kchouk, Brian N. Finck, Kyle S. McCommis, Bahaa Elgendy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Biomedicines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/2/365