What are Small Molecules?
Small molecules are organic molecules generally used in molecular biology and pharmacology and they have a low molecular weight, that are highly variable but always less than 900 daltons. Many of these small molecules are used in drugs and are critical for binding to parts of a protein to inhibit or overexpress a certain domain or motif of that particular protein. An example of these, is acetylsalicylic acid, which is 180 Da. They are used because they are easily processed into pills and easily absorbed into the bloodstream in this way [1].
No small molecules were detected for 14-3-3sigma from my data search that were relevant to colorectal cancer. This would be beneficial in the future, once more research has been done to create small molecules to target the domain.
References:
[1] Small molecule. (n.d.). Retrieved May 18, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_molecule
No small molecules were detected for 14-3-3sigma from my data search that were relevant to colorectal cancer. This would be beneficial in the future, once more research has been done to create small molecules to target the domain.
References:
[1] Small molecule. (n.d.). Retrieved May 18, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_molecule