GridSolvate: A web server for the prediction of biomolecular hydration properties

P Setny - Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a novel web server, named gridSolvate, dedicated to the prediction of
biomolecular hydration properties. Given a solute in atomic representation, such as a protein …

Prediction of water binding to protein hydration sites with a discrete, semiexplicit solvent model

P Setny - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2015 - ACS Publications
Buried water molecules are ubiquitous in protein structures and are found at the interface of
most protein–ligand complexes. Determining their distribution and thermodynamic effect is a …

Efficient and accurate hydration site profiling for enclosed binding sites

MR Masters, AH Mahmoud, Y Yang… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations allow for accurate prediction of the thermodynamic
profile of binding-site water molecules critical for protein–ligand association. Whereas this …

WatAA: Atlas of Protein Hydration. Exploring synergies between data mining and ab initio calculations

J Černý, B Schneider, L Biedermannová - … Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Water molecules represent an integral part of proteins and a key determinant of protein
structure, dynamics and function. WatAA is a newly developed, web-based atlas of amino …

SPAM: a simple approach for profiling bound water molecules

G Cui, JM Swails, ES Manas - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A method that identifies the hydration shell structure of proteins and estimates the relative
free energies of water molecules within that hydration shell is described. The method, which …

Analysis of factors influencing hydration site prediction based on molecular dynamics simulations

Y Yang, B Hu, MA Lill - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Water contributes significantly to the binding of small molecules to proteins in biochemical
systems. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation based programs such as WaterMap and …

WATsite: Hydration site prediction program with PyMOL interface

B Hu, MA Lill - 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Water molecules that mediate protein–ligand interactions or are released from the binding
site on ligand binding can contribute both enthalpically and entropically to the free energy of …

Thermodynamic analysis of water molecules at the surface of proteins and applications to binding site prediction and characterization

T Beuming, Y Che, R Abel, B Kim… - Proteins: Structure …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Water plays an essential role in determining the structure and function of all biological
systems. Recent methodological advances allow for an accurate and efficient estimation of …

A perspective on water site prediction methods for structure based drug design

AP Graves, ID Wall, CM Edge… - Current topics in …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the last decade, a number of computational methods have been developed, which
attempt to evaluate the thermodynamic properties of individual water molecules at the solute …

HydraMap v. 2: Prediction of Hydration Sites and Desolvation Energy with Refined Statistical Potentials

Y Li, Z Zhang, R Wang - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The complex network of water molecules within the binding pocket of a target protein
undergoes alterations upon ligand binding, presenting a significant challenge for …