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Inhibition of nonfunctional Ras

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Nussinov, Ruth
Jang, Hyunbum
Gaponenko, Vadim

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Intuitively, functional states should be targeted; not nonfunctional ones. So why could drugging the inactive K-Ras4BG12C work—but drugging the inactive kinase will likely not? The reason is the distinct oncogenic mechanisms. Kinase driver mutations work by stabilizing the active state and/or destabilizing the inactive state. Either way, oncogenic kinases are mostly in the active state. Ras driver mutations work by quelling its deactivation mechanisms, GTP hydrolysis, and nucleotide exchange. Covalent inhibitors that bind to the inactive GDP-bound K-Ras4BG12C conformation can thus work. By contrast, in kinases, allosteric inhibitors work by altering the active-site conformation to favor orthosteric drugs. From the translational standpoint this distinction is vital: it expedites effective pharmaceutical development and extends the drug classification based on the mechanism of action. Collectively, here we postulate that drug action relates to blocking the mechanism of activation, not to whether the protein is in the active or inactive state.

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Chemical and biological engineering

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Cell Chemical Biology

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10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.12.012

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