Sarı, Ceyhun
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Ceyhun Sarı
Sari, Ceyhun
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Article Discovery of New Candidates Targeting the SH2 Domains of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk) Through in Silico Studies(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2025) Sansacar, Merve; Sari, Ceyhun; Yucel, Muhsin Samet; Akcok, Emel Basak Gencer; Akcok, IsmailSrc homology 2 (SH2) domains have become an increasingly popular candidate for researchers to search for novel therapeutics to target different diseases. Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) is one of the proteins with two SH2 domains that has a role in the pathogenesis of many diseases. Here, we report the discovery of a promising natural product (NP) inhibitor that targets the N-terminal SH2 (N-SH2) and C-terminal SH2 (C-SH2) domains of Syk simultaneously, through structure-based drug discovery approach. Molecular docking studies, followed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) calculations, were utilized to reveal the interactions between NPs from "the COlleCtion of Open NatUral producTs (COCONUT)" database and Syk enzyme. Five natural products that have lowest Scoring and Minimization with AutoDock Vina (SMINA) scores against both SH2 domains of Syk were selected for further studies and compound CNP0265345 has the best binding free energies toward both C-SH2 and N-SH2 of Syk enzyme with -44.54 and -55.98 kcal/mol, respectively. Drug-likeness properties, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) and carcinogenicity predictions were also studied. In conclusion, our work highlights a novel drug candidate to target the Syk enzyme of SH2 domains using in silico methods.Article Toward the Design of New Α-Carboline Derivatives Against Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (Alk): A Comprehensive in Silico Approach(Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 2025) Sari, Ceyhun; Akcok, IsmailAfter the first description of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) in an anaplastic large cell lymphoma cell line as a nucleophosmin (NPM) fusion partner, ALK and its various fusion partners have been implicated in numerous cancers such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma. In the last decade, several compounds targeting ALK have been developed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Despite the advances of generations of ALK inhibitors, a recent study highlighted that around half of the ALK-positive NSCLC patients will go through disease progression in response to first-line alectinib, which is a second-generation ALK inhibitor. In this study, we aimed to propose a novel alpha-carboline compound targeting the ALK tyrosine kinase domain to be used against various types of cancer in which ALK fusion proteins may be involved. In this regard, we designed more than 200 alpha-carboline derivatives and investigated their binding properties against ALK tyrosine kinase by using in silico protocols consisting of molecular docking studies, molecular dynamics simulations, MM/PBSA binding free energy calculation, and essential dynamics analysis. Considering the obtained results, we developed two promising candidates, compounds 208 & 209 with -9.05 and -9.80 binding energies, respectively, which demonstrated improved binding profiles over the course of a 300 ns simulation.Article Discovery and in Silico Characterization of Anatolian Water Buffalo Rumen-Derived Bacterial Thermostable Xylanases: A Sequence-Based Metagenomic Approach(Amer Chemical Soc, 2025) Kurt, Halil; Kaya, Dilek Sever; Akcok, Ismail; Sari, Ceyhun; Albayrak, Ebru; Velioglu, Hasan Murat; Surmeli, YusufThis study involved shotgun sequencing of rumen metagenomes from three Anatolian water buffalos, an exploration of the relationship between microbial flora and xylanases, and in silico analyses of thermostable xylanases, focusing on their sequence, structure, and dynamic properties. For this purpose, the rumen metagenome of three Anatolian water buffalos was sequenced and bioinformatically analyzed to determine microbial diversity and full-length xylanases. Analyses of BLAST, biophysicochemical characteristics, phylogenetic tree, and multiple sequence alignment were performed with Blastp, ProtParam, MEGA11 software, and Clustal Omega, respectively. Three-dimensional homology models of three xylanases (AWBRMetXyn5, AWBRMetXyn10, and AWBRMetXyn19) were constructed by SWISS-MODEL and validated by ProSA, ProCheck, and Verify3D. Also, their 3D models were structurally analyzed by PyMOL, BAN Delta IT, thermostability predictor, What If, and Protein Interaction Calculator (PIC) software. Protein-ligand interactions were examined by docking and MD simulation. Shotgun sequence and Blastp analyses showed that Clostridium (Clostridiales bacterial order), Ruminococcus (Oscillospiraceae bacterial family), Prevotella (Bacteroidales bacterial order), and Butyrivibrio (Lachnospiraceae bacterial family) were found as dominant potential xylanase-producer genera in three rumen samples. Furthermore, the biophysicochemical analysis indicated that three xylanases exhibited an aliphatic index above 80, an instability index below 40, and melting temperatures (T m) surpassing 65 degrees C. Phylogenetic analysis placed three xylanases within the GH10 family, clustering them with thermophilic xylanases, while homology modeling identified the optimal template as a xylanase from a thermophilic bacterium. The structural analysis indicated that three xylanases possessed the number of salt bridges, hydrophobic interactions, and T m score higher than 50, 165, and 70 degrees C, respectively; however, the reference thermophilic XynAS9 had 43, 145, and 54.41 degrees C, respectively. BAN Delta IT analysis revealed that three xylanases exhibited lower B '-factor values in the beta 3-alpha 1 loop/short-helix at the N-terminal site compared to the reference thermophilic XynAS9. In contrast, six residues (G79, M123, D150, T199, A329, and G377) possessed higher B '-factor values in AWBRMetXyn5 and their aligned positions in AWBRMetXyn10 and AWBRMetXyn19, relative to XynAS9 including Gln, Glu, Ile, Lys, Ser, and Val at these positions, respectively. MD simulation results showed that the beta 9-eta 5 loop including catalytic nucleophile glutamic acid in the RMSF plot of three xylanases had a higher fluctuation than the aligned region in XynAS9. The distance analysis from the MD simulation showed that the nucleophile residue in AWBRMetXyn5 and AWBRMetXyn10 remained closer to the ligand throughout the simulation compared with XynAS9 and AWBRMetXyn19. The most notable difference between AWBRMetXyn5 and AWBRMetXyn10 was the increased amino acid fluctuations in two specific regions, the eta 3 short-helix and the eta 3-alpha 3 loop, despite a minimal sequence difference of only 1.24%, which included three key amino acid variations (N345, N396, and T397 in AWBRMetXyn5; D345, K396, and A397 in AWBRMetXyn10). Thus, this study provided computational insights into xylanase function and thermostability, which could inform future protein engineering efforts. Additionally, three xylanases, especially AWBRMetXyn5, are promising candidates for various high-temperature industrial applications. In a forthcoming study, three xylanases will be experimentally characterized and considered for potential industrial applications. In addition, the amino acid substitutions (G79Q, M123E, D150I, T199K, A329S, and G377V) and the residues in the beta 3-alpha 1 loop will be targeted for thermostability improvement of AWBRMetXyn5. The amino acids (N345, N396, and T397) and the residues on the beta 9-eta 5 loop, eta 3 short-helix, and eta 3-alpha 3 loop will also be focused on development of the catalytic efficiency.Master Thesis Design and Identification of Novel Candidates Against the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of ALK by Comprehensive in Silico Approaches(2025) Sarı, Ceyhun; Akçok, İsmailAnaplastik büyük hücreli lenfoma hücre hatlarında füzyon protein ortağı olarak keşif edilen Anaplastik Lenfoma Kinaz'ın (ALK), keşifinden bu yana ALK çeşitli füzyon ortakları ile çok sayıda kanserde rol oynadığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Rol oynadıkları kanser şu şekilde sıralanabilir: küçük hücreli olmayan akciğer kanseri (NSCLC); anaplastik büyük hücreli lenfoma (ALCL); nöroblastom; rabdomiyosarkom; vb. Son yılda, ABD Gıda ve İlaç Dairesi (FDA) ALK'yi hedefleyen birçok bileşik onay almıştır. Bu gelişmelere rağmen, yakın zamanda yapılan bir çalışma ALK pozitif NSCLC hastalarının yaklaşık yarısının hastalık ilerlemesi yaşanacağını vurgulanmıştır, başlangıç tedavisi olan Alectinib, ikinci nesil ALK inhibitörü ve üçüncü nesil ALK inhibitörü Lorlatinib rağmen. Bu noktaları göze alarak, bu çalışma ALK'nin tirozin kinaz alanını hedefleyebilecek yeni bileşikler keşfetmek ve geliştirmek için iki farklı yola odaklanmıştır. İlk yaklaşım olarak 200'den fazla α-carboline türevi tasarladık. Devamında moleküler yanaştırma (Docking), moleküler dinamik (MD) simülasyonlarını MM/PBSA ile serbest bağlanma enerjisi hesaplamalarından oluşan in silico protokolleri kullanarak tasarımlarımızın hedefimize karşı bağlanma özelliklerini araştırdık. İkinci yaklaşım olarak büyük bir doğal ürün veritabanını aynı amaca yönelik yeni bir ilaç adayı keşfetme adına sanal olarak taradık. Devamında bağlanma özelliklerini ilk yaklaşımda kullanılan yöntemlerle inceledik. Elde edilen bütün sonuçları göz önünde bulundurarak, sonuçlar takip eden şekilde özetlenebilir. Üç umut verici ilaç adayı aralarından yükselmiştir test edilen bileşikler arasında, bileşik 208, 209 ve CNP0106316.1. Serbest bağlanma enerjileri ise sırasıyla -9.08, -9.80 ve -11.6 kcal/mol olarak bulunmuştur. Ek olarak, ismi geçen bileşikler ilgili MD simülasyonlarında stabil bağlanma profilleri göstermişlerdir.
