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Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach
Glucokinase activators are considered as new therapeutic arsenals that bind to the allosteric activator sites of glucokinase enzymes, thereby maximizing its catalytic rate and increasing its affinity to glucose. This study was designed to identify potent glucokinase activators from prenylated flavon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34885792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237211 |
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author | Faloye, Kolade Olatubosun Bekono, Boris Davy Fakola, Emmanuel Gabriel Ayoola, Marcus Durojaye Bello, Oyenike Idayat Olajubutu, Oluwabukunmi Grace Owoseeni, Onikepe Deborah Mahmud, Shafi Alqarni, Mohammed Al Awadh, Ahmed Abdullah Alshahrani, Mohammed Merae Obaidullah, Ahmad J. |
author_facet | Faloye, Kolade Olatubosun Bekono, Boris Davy Fakola, Emmanuel Gabriel Ayoola, Marcus Durojaye Bello, Oyenike Idayat Olajubutu, Oluwabukunmi Grace Owoseeni, Onikepe Deborah Mahmud, Shafi Alqarni, Mohammed Al Awadh, Ahmed Abdullah Alshahrani, Mohammed Merae Obaidullah, Ahmad J. |
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description | Glucokinase activators are considered as new therapeutic arsenals that bind to the allosteric activator sites of glucokinase enzymes, thereby maximizing its catalytic rate and increasing its affinity to glucose. This study was designed to identify potent glucokinase activators from prenylated flavonoids isolated from medicinal plants using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, density functional theory, and ADMET analysis. Virtual screening was carried out on glucokinase enzymes using 221 naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids, followed by molecular dynamics simulation (100 ns), density functional theory (B3LYP model), and ADMET (admeSar 2 online server) studies. The result obtained from the virtual screening with the glucokinase revealed arcommunol B (−10.1 kcal/mol), kuwanon S (−9.6 kcal/mol), manuifolin H (−9.5 kcal/mol), and kuwanon F (−9.4 kcal/mol) as the top-ranked molecules. Additionally, the molecular dynamics simulation and MM/GBSA calculations showed that the hit molecules were stable at the active site of the glucokinase enzyme. Furthermore, the DFT and ADMET studies revealed the hit molecules as potential glucokinase activators and drug-like candidates. Our findings suggested further evaluation of the top-ranked prenylated flavonoids for their in vitro and in vivo glucokinase activating potentials. |
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spelling | pubmed-86591592021-12-10 Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach Faloye, Kolade Olatubosun Bekono, Boris Davy Fakola, Emmanuel Gabriel Ayoola, Marcus Durojaye Bello, Oyenike Idayat Olajubutu, Oluwabukunmi Grace Owoseeni, Onikepe Deborah Mahmud, Shafi Alqarni, Mohammed Al Awadh, Ahmed Abdullah Alshahrani, Mohammed Merae Obaidullah, Ahmad J. Molecules Article Glucokinase activators are considered as new therapeutic arsenals that bind to the allosteric activator sites of glucokinase enzymes, thereby maximizing its catalytic rate and increasing its affinity to glucose. This study was designed to identify potent glucokinase activators from prenylated flavonoids isolated from medicinal plants using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, density functional theory, and ADMET analysis. Virtual screening was carried out on glucokinase enzymes using 221 naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids, followed by molecular dynamics simulation (100 ns), density functional theory (B3LYP model), and ADMET (admeSar 2 online server) studies. The result obtained from the virtual screening with the glucokinase revealed arcommunol B (−10.1 kcal/mol), kuwanon S (−9.6 kcal/mol), manuifolin H (−9.5 kcal/mol), and kuwanon F (−9.4 kcal/mol) as the top-ranked molecules. Additionally, the molecular dynamics simulation and MM/GBSA calculations showed that the hit molecules were stable at the active site of the glucokinase enzyme. Furthermore, the DFT and ADMET studies revealed the hit molecules as potential glucokinase activators and drug-like candidates. Our findings suggested further evaluation of the top-ranked prenylated flavonoids for their in vitro and in vivo glucokinase activating potentials. MDPI 2021-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8659159/ /pubmed/34885792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237211 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Faloye, Kolade Olatubosun Bekono, Boris Davy Fakola, Emmanuel Gabriel Ayoola, Marcus Durojaye Bello, Oyenike Idayat Olajubutu, Oluwabukunmi Grace Owoseeni, Onikepe Deborah Mahmud, Shafi Alqarni, Mohammed Al Awadh, Ahmed Abdullah Alshahrani, Mohammed Merae Obaidullah, Ahmad J. Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title | Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title_full | Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title_fullStr | Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title_short | Elucidating the Glucokinase Activating Potentials of Naturally Occurring Prenylated Flavonoids: An Explicit Computational Approach |
title_sort | elucidating the glucokinase activating potentials of naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids: an explicit computational approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34885792 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237211 |
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