The Utility of Structural Biology in Drug Discovery
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Access to detailed three-dimensional structural information on protein drug targets can streamline many aspects of drug discovery, from target selection and target product profile determination, to the discovery of novel molecular scaffolds that form the basis of potential drugs, to lead optimization. The information content of X-ray crystal structures, as well as the utility of structural methods in supporting the different phases of the drug discovery process, are described in this chapter.
