L92/3/4/6/9: Intro to drug design 4

Question 1

what is lipinskis rule of 5?

Answer 1

• Molecular weight ≤ 500
• log P ≤5
• ≤10 H - bond accepting groups • ≤5 H- bond donating groups

Question 2

what do interactions at receptors depend on?

Answer 2

1) Types of functional groups
2) Number of functional groups
3) Relative arrangement of functional groups

Question 3

how to design a drug from a natural ligand?

Answer 3

• identify the types of interactions possible
• identify the structural features that are important (simplification)
• develop a structure activity relationship
• identify a pharmacophore