Metal ion modeling using classical mechanics

P Li, KM Merz Jr - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal ions play significant roles in numerous fields including chemistry, geochemistry,
biochemistry, and materials science. With computational tools increasingly becoming …

Transport phenomena in nano/molecular confinements

M Nazari, A Davoodabadi, D Huang, T Luo… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The transport of fluid and ions in nano/molecular confinements is the governing physics of a
myriad of embodiments in nature and technology including human physiology, plants …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling snapshots of a serotonin receptor activated by the prototypical psychedelic LSD

C Cao, X Barros-Álvarez, S Zhang, K Kim, MA Dämgen… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) 5-HT2-family receptors represent essential
targets for lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and all other psychedelic drugs. Although the …

MCPB. py: A python based metal center parameter builder

P Li, KM Merz Jr - 2016 - ACS Publications
MCPB. py, a python based metal center parameter builder, has been developed to build
force fields for the simulation of metal complexes employing the bonded model approach. It …

Parameterization of monovalent ions for the OPC3, OPC, TIP3P-FB, and TIP4P-FB water models

A Sengupta, Z Li, LF Song, P Li… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Monovalent ions play significant roles in various biological and material systems. Recently,
four new water models (OPC3, OPC, TIP3P-FB, and TIP4P-FB), with significantly improved …

Thyroid Disruption by Bisphenol S Analogues via Thyroid Hormone Receptor β: in Vitro, in Vivo, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

L Lu, T Zhan, M Ma, C Xu, J Wang… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bisphenol S (4-hydroxyphenyl sulfone, BPS) is increasingly used as a bisphenol A (BPA)
alternative. The global usage of BPS and its analogues (BPSs) resulted in the frequent …

Chalcogen bonding macrocycles and [2] rotaxanes for anion recognition

JYC Lim, I Marques, AL Thompson… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electron-deficient heavy chalcogen atoms contain Lewis acidic σ-holes which are able to
form attractive supramolecular interactions, known as chalcogen bonding (ChB), with Lewis …

Further along the road less traveled: AMBER ff15ipq, an original protein force field built on a self-consistent physical model

KT Debiec, DS Cerutti, LR Baker… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present the AMBER ff15ipq force field for proteins, the second-generation force field
developed using the Implicitly Polarized Q (IPolQ) scheme for deriving implicitly polarized …

Revised AMBER parameters for bioorganic phosphates

T Steinbrecher, J Latzer, DA Case - Journal of chemical theory …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report AMBER force field parameters for biological simulations involving
phosphorylation of serine, threonine, or tyrosine. The initial parameters used RESP fitting for …

Understanding cryptic pocket formation in protein targets by enhanced sampling simulations

V Oleinikovas, G Saladino, BP Cossins… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cryptic pockets, that is, sites on protein targets that only become apparent when drugs bind,
provide a promising alternative to classical binding sites for drug development. Here, we …