Matteo Bulgini
Targeting BACE1 inhibitors: In Silico Drug Discovery Approach, from Database screening to Molecular Dynamics Validation.
Rel. Jacek Adam Tuszynski. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Biomedical Engineering, 2026
|
Preview |
PDF (Tesi_di_laurea)
- Thesis
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (9MB) | Preview |
|
|
Archive (ZIP) (Documenti_allegati)
- Other
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (12MB) |
Abstract
The aim of the project was to identify several bioactive compounds with the potential to act as inhibitors of the Beta-Secretase 1 protein, which is the main enzyme responsible of the formation of the beta-amyloid plaques in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). This was done starting from database parsing, selecting clinical-stage drugs and similar compounds, which then were docked on a mature chain of BACE1 protein using Boltz2 software. From the resulting compounds the top 27, ranked for confidence, affinity and accounting for the wider base possible, were then modelled using GROMACS suite to further validate the docking pose to the protein, by calculating free energy and MM-GBSA from the resulting structures.
The process is not uniquely valid for this protein nor for the pathology, and is possible to generalize it, using mass analysis in order to investigate bioactive compounds beyond the usual scope of clinical trials
Relators
Academic year
Publication type
Number of Pages
Course of studies
Classe di laurea
URI
![]() |
Modify record (reserved for operators) |
