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Basics of Molecular Modelling of Drugs - GAPS316
Title: Basics of Molecular Modelling of Drugs
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis (16-16190)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:14/14, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: yes
Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / 25
Key competences: critical thinking, 4EU+ Flagship 3
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: GAF316
Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. PharmDr. Jan Zitko, Ph.D.
Annotation -
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic methods of Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD). CADD methods are routinely used in rational design of new biologically active compounds (drugs). Students will learn basic theoretical principles of modelling of small molecules (drugs), biological structures (receptors) and their interactions. Emphasis will be placed on the practical application of these methods, which will be practiced in seminars. The principle outcome of the course is to learn CADD methods and understand their principles and utilization. Absolvents of the course, are supposed to be able to design and perform a simple CADD project on their own. Themes: Drug targets, Structure of proteins, Information systems and databases, In silico prediction of physicochemical properties, Drug-receptor interactions, Experimental methods to study drug-receptor interactions, Rational design and development of drugs with known receptor (structure-based drug design), Molecular docking. Molecular dynamics, Rational design and development of drugs with unknown receptor (ligand-based drug design), Analysis of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR), Pharmacophore models, Case studies.
Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2024)
Course completion requirements -

Active participation in all seminars (absence is allowed only for serious reasons and will be solved individually), sufficient outcomes of the tasks solved in the seminars, sufficient outcomes of the final project solved in the last seminar. Sufficient outcomes of the final electronic examination test.

Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2024)
Teaching methods -

Teaching through lectures and seminars. Attendance to lectures is recommended. The knowledge gained in the lectures will be verified by the examination test. The lectures are designed to prepare students for work in the following seminar. Seminars are used to practice working with CADD software.

Last update: Navrátilová Lucie, Ing. (26.06.2020)
Requirements to the exam -

Practical skills acquired at seminars. Theoretical knowledge of lectures.

Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2022)
Requisites for virtual mobility

The course requires prior basic knowledge of medicinal chemistry (basic principles of interaction of drugs with biological receptors) and disciplines such as organic and bioorganic chemistry and biochemistry (basic knowledge of the structure of nucleic acids and proteins). Students applying for the course should be at least intermediate users of personal computers (Windows, working with files and folders). At least an intermediate level of English language is required.

The course will be run in the winter semester, from October to January. It will comprise online lectures and practical training sessions/tasks. The examination will be an electronic test in the Moodle environment. Students enrolled in Virtual mobility will perform the practical tasks individually, that is, in their free time, on their personal computers, with the possibility of distant guidance and consultation with the mentor.


For questions about the course, please contact the main tutor jan.zitko(at)faf.cuni.cz
Substitute (at) for @ (this was the test of the intermediate computer literacy:)).

Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2024)
Syllabus -
  • Drug targets. Structure of proteins, structure of nucleic acids. The importance of specific amino acids for the tertiary structure of the protein and for the catalysis of biochemical reactions.
  • In silico prediction of 3D structure of proteins. Homology models and possibilities of their use. Creating a homology model, automated web services for creating homology models. Critical evaluation of the quality of homology models (Ramachandran plot).
  • Rational approaches to design and development of new drugs. Combinatorial libraries. Chemical information systems and databases. Biological information systems and databases. Crystallographic databases. Critical assessment of 3D protein structures. Data mining from public sources.
  • The importance of physicochemical properties for the action of drugs. Methods of in silico prediction of physico-chemical properties of compounds. In silico prediction of pharmacokinetic parameters, metabolism and toxicity of compounds.
  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) and Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPR).
  • Drug-receptor interactions, intermolecular forces, hydrogen bonds.
  • Experimental methods for monitoring drug-receptor interaction. X-ray crystallographic analysis, NMR experiments, radioligands, isothermal titration calorimetry, thermal shift assay.
  • In silico methods for predicting drug-receptor interaction. Molecular docking. Molecular dynamics.
  • Overview of molecular docking methods. Rigid docking, flexible docking. Search function, conformational sampling, scoring functions. Overview of common molecular docking software and comparison of their functions. Freely available software (AutoDock Vina, DOCK), commercially available programs, online docking services (servers).
  • Critical evaluation of results of molecular docking. Special applications of molecular docking - virtual screening (HTVS), ligand modification.
  • Rational methods of design and development of drugs with known receptor (Structure-based drug design).
  • Rational methods of design and development of drugs with unknown receptor (Ligand-based drug design). QSAR. Pharmacophore models. 3D-QSAR.
  • Case studies. Examples of significant active substances developed with Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD) methods.
Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2024)
Learning resources -

E-learning Moodle: Basics of molecular modelling of drugs
https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=4846

Last update: Navrátilová Lucie, Ing. (26.06.2020)
Entry requirements -

The course requires basic knowledge of medicinal chemistry (theory of drug action), organic and bioorganic chemistry (structure of organic and bioorganic compounds) and biochemistry (structure and function of enzymes and receptors). Students applying for the course should have a basic knowledge of PC (MS  Windows, copy and rename files, zipping) and English language.

Last update: Zitko Jan, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2022)
 
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