Small molecules make drug development increasingly accurate (IMAGE)

University of Helsinki

Small molecules make drug development increasingly accurate

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Structural model of the Sec61 protein channel with a small molecule KZR-8445 in the center. For the first time, researchers have now described at the atomic level, how a small molecule that blocks the cellular secretion of proteins involved in development of disease, binds to its target protein.

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Dale Tranter

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