Frontal affinity chromatography with MS detection (FAC-MS) in drug discovery

Drug Discov Today. 2005 Mar 15;10(6):409-16. doi: 10.1016/S1359-6446(04)03360-4.

Abstract

The emergence of a relatively new technique resulting from a combination of frontal affinity chromatography coupled with MS detection (FAC-MS) has extended the capabilities of MS in drug discovery and development. Its application in a broad range of biological systems, together with its label-free operation, relatively high throughput, ability to rank ligands and determine Kd, makes FAC-MS a universal tool enabling convenient and efficient screening in the identification of new potential drug leads. Here we will highlight FAC-MS screening studies and discuss where it can be applied in evaluating multiple protein-binding sites, protein-protein interactions and inactive proteins, and also in determining selectivity.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Chromatography, Affinity*
  • Drug Design*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods*
  • Ligands
  • Mass Spectrometry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Proteins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ligands
  • Proteins