Molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery and pharmaceutical development

OMH Salo-Ahen, I Alanko, R Bhadane, AMJJ Bonvin… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly useful in the modern drug
development process. In this review, we give a broad overview of the current application …

On the binding affinity of macromolecular interactions: daring to ask why proteins interact

PL Kastritis, AMJJ Bonvin - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between proteins are orchestrated in a precise and time-dependent manner,
underlying cellular function. The binding affinity, defined as the strength of these …

Therapeutic inhibition of Myc in cancer. Structural bases and computer-aided drug discovery approaches

LA Carabet, PS Rennie, A Cherkasov - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Myc (avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog) represents one of the most sought
after drug targets in cancer. Myc transcription factor is an essential regulator of cell growth …

Intrinsically disordered proteins: ensembles at the limits of Anfinsen's dogma

P Kulkarni, VBP Leite, S Roy, S Bhattacharyya… - Biophysics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are proteins that lack rigid 3D structure. Hence, they
are often misconceived to present a challenge to Anfinsen's dogma. However, IDPs exist as …

CABS-flex predictions of protein flexibility compared with NMR ensembles

M Jamroz, A Kolinski, S Kmiecik - Bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Identification of flexible regions of protein structures is important for
understanding of their biological functions. Recently, we have developed a fast approach for …

Computational close up on protein–protein interactions: how to unravel the invisible using molecular dynamics simulations?

C Rakers, M Bermudez, BG Keller… - Wiley …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As an essential part of many biological processes, protein–protein interactions (PPIs) offer
exciting and promising opportunities for drug discovery by extension of the druggable target …

Molecular dynamics—From small molecules to macromolecules

KH Nam - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
All molecular systems, from small molecules to macromolecules, exhibit specific
characteristics for a specific environment and time. In order to gain an accurate …

Out-of-equilibrium biophysical chemistry: the case for multidimensional, integrated single-molecule approaches

N Kolimi, A Pabbathi, N Saikia, F Ding… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Out-of-equilibrium processes are ubiquitous across living organisms and all structural
hierarchies of life. At the molecular scale, out-of-equilibrium processes (for example, enzyme …

Molecular dynamics simulations and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of C–H bond order parameters and effective correlation …

S Fridolf, MK Hamid, L Svenningsson… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Glycolipids such as gangliosides affect the properties of lipid membranes and in extension
the interactions between membranes and other biomolecules like proteins. To better …

Systematic analysis, aggregation and visualisation of interaction fingerprints for molecular dynamics simulation data

S Jaeger-Honz, K Klein, F Schreiber - Journal of Cheminformatics, 2024 - Springer
Computational methods such as molecular docking or molecular dynamics (MD) simulations
have been developed to simulate and explore the interactions between biomolecules …