Structure-based design protein kinase family

The abundance of structural information has led to a significant increase in the use of structure-based methods both to identify and to optimise inhibitors of protein kinases. The focus to date has centred upon small molecule ATP-competitive inhibitors and there are numerous examples of protein-ligand complexes available to guide design strategies. ATP binds in the cleft formed between the N- and C-terminal lobes of the protein kinase, forming several key interactions conserved across the protein kinase family. The adenine moiety lies in a hydrophobic region between the jS-sheet structure of subdomains I and II and residues from subdomains V and VIb. A... 

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