創薬物理化学教室

創薬物理化学教室

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田中信忠 教授

X線とコンピュータを相補的に活用し、薬の種になる分子を論理的に設計する。

大多数の薬の相互作用相手であるタンパク質の立体構造を知ることは、薬の形や性質のデザインに必須です。我々は、薬の標的となるタンパク質の立体構造をX線結晶構造解析という実験で決定し、その情報をコンピュータシミュレーションに活用して薬の種になる分子を論理的に設計することで、医薬品開発の効率化を目指します。

業績

CDK8 inhibitor KY-065 rescues skeletal abnormalities in achondroplasia model mice

Koki Sadamori, Takuya Kubo, Tomoki Yoshida, Megumi Yamamoto, Yui Shibata, Kazuya Fukasawa, Kazuya Tokumura, Tetsuhiro Horie, Takuya Kadota, Ryotaro Yamakawa, Hironori Hojo, Nobutada Tanaka, Tatsuya Kitao, Hiroaki Shirahase, Eiichi Hinoi.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease1087 (3) :167626 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167626


The Diverse Binding Modes Explain the Nanomolar Levels of Inhibitory Activities Against 1-Deoxy-d-Xylulose 5-Phosphate Reductoisomerase from Plasmodium falciparum Exhibited by Reverse Hydroxamate Analogs of Fosmidomycin with Varying N-Substituents

Takada, Sana, Mona A. Abdullaziz, Stefan H?fmann, Talea Knak, Shin-ichiro Ozawa, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Thomas Kurz, and Nobutada Tanaka.
Molecules30 (1) :72 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30010072


Expanding the Chemical Space of Reverse Fosmidomycin Analogs

Talea Knak, Sana Takada, Boris Illarionov, Violetta Krisilia, Lais Pessanha de Carvalho, Beate Lungerich, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Stefan H?fmann, Adelbert Bacher, Rainer Kalscheuer, Jana Held, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka, and Thomas Kurz.
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters16 (1) :136-143 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00501


Reverse N-Substituted Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives of Fosmidomycin Target a Previously Unknown Subpocket of 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-Phosphate Reductoisomerase (DXR)

Mona A Abdullaziz, Sana Takada, Boris Illarionov, Lais Pessanha de Carvalho, Yasumitsu Sakamoto, Stefan H?fmann, Talea Knak, Anna-Lene Kiffe-Delf, Flaminia Mazzone, Klaus Pfeffer, Rainer Kalscheuer, Adelbert Bacher, Jana Held, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka, Thomas Kurz.
ACS Infectious Diseases10 (5) :1739-1752 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00100


The stability of NPM1 oligomers regulated by acidic disordered regions controls the quality of liquid droplets

Mitsuru Okuwaki, Shin-Ichiro Ozawa, Shuhei Ebine, Motoki Juichi, Tadanobu Umeki, Kazuki Niioka, Taiyo Kikuchi, Nobutada Tanaka.
Journal of Biochemistry174 (5) :461-476 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvad061


Design and Pharmacological Chaperone Effects of N-(4'-Phenylbutyl)-DAB Derivatives Targeting the Lipophilic Pocket of Lysosomal Acid α-Glucosidase

Atsushi Kato, Izumi Nakagome, Maki Kise, Kousuke Yoshimura, Nobutada Tanaka, Robert J Nash, George W J Fleet, Yota Kobayashi, Hayato Ikeda, Takuya Okada, Naoki Toyooka.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry66 (13) :9023-9039 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00637


Over 40 Years of Fosmidomycin Drug Research: A Comprehensive Review and Future Opportunities

Talea Knak, Mona A. Abdullaziz, Stefan H?fmann, Leandro A. Alves Avelar, Saskia Klein, Matthew Martin, Markus Fischer, Nobutada Tanaka, Thomas Kurz.
Pharmaceuticals15 :1553 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15121553


The Stat3 Inhibitor F0648-0027 is a Potential Therapeutic Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

Yosuke Kaneko, Shin-ichiro Ozawa, Yuiko Sato, Tami Kobayashi, Tatsuaki Matsumoto, Kana Miyamoto, Shu Kobayashi, Kengo Harato, Shuichi Hirono, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Yasuo Niki, Takeshi Miyamoto.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications636 :133-140 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.10.106


Introduction of C-alkyl branches to l-iminosugars changes their active site binding orientation

Atsushi Kato, Izumi Nakagome, Kosuke Yoshimura, Uta Kanekiyo, Mana Kishida, Kenta Shinzawa, Tian-Tian Lu, Yi-Xian Li, Robert J. Nash, George W. J. Fleet, Nobutada Tanaka, Chu-Yi Yu.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry20 (36) :7250-7260 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ob01099b


Synthesis and Evaluation of Habiterpenol Analogs

Miyuki Konya, Shiho Arima, Daiki Lee, Masaki Ohtawa, Kenta Shimoyama, Takashi Fukuda, Ryuji Uchida, Hiroshi Tomoda, Noriyuki Yamaotsu, Nobutada Tanaka, Tohru Nagamitsu.
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin70 (4) :261-268 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.c21-00993