Fig 1: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for the complexes of Peptide-2 with PLK1-PBD and PLK4-PB3. (A, B) The RMSD of the backbone for Peptide-2 complexed with PLK1-PBD and PLK4-PB3, respectively. (C, D) The RMSF of Cα atoms of Syntenin residues in PLK1-PBD-Peptide-2 and PLK4-PB3-Peptide-2, respectively. (E, F) The Rg of PLK1-PBD and PLK4-PB3, respectively. (G, H) The secondary structures analysis of PLK1-PBD and PLK4-PB3, respectively.
Fig 2: Structure-based virtual screening process for pharmacophore targeting both PLK1-PBD and PLK4-PB3: (A) Detailed structure-based pharmacophore modelling of PLK1-PBD. (PDB ID: 3P37, F1-F4: H-bond accept feature) (B) Workflow for obtaining PLK1-PBD/PLK4-PB3 dual-target inhibitors by virtual screening.
Fig 3: The binding modes and binding surfaces of Peptides 1–5 in the PLK4-PB3 active pocket: (A, B) Peptide-1 is displayed in red; (C, D) Peptide-2 is displayed in yellow; (E, F) Peptide-3 is displayed in green; (G, H) Peptide-4 is displayed in purple; (I, J) Peptide-5 is displayed in cyan. The residues located at the active site are visualised as pink stick models. Hydrogen bonds are indicated by purple dashed lines.
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