Multifaceted computational modeling in glycoscience

S Perez, O Makshakova - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoscience assembles all the scientific disciplines involved in studying various molecules
and macromolecules containing carbohydrates and complex glycans. Such an ensemble …

CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in accessibility, functionality, and speed

W Hwang, SL Austin, A Blondel… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Since its inception nearly a half century ago, CHARMM has been playing a central role in
computational biochemistry and biophysics. Commensurate with the developments in …

Beyond shielding: the roles of glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

L Casalino, Z Gaieb, JA Goldsmith, CK Hjorth… - ACS central …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in more than 28,000,000 infections and 900,000 …

In situ structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike reveals flexibility mediated by three hinges

B Turoňová, M Sikora, C Schürmann, WJH Hagen… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The spike protein (S) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is
required for cell entry and is the primary focus for vaccine development. In this study, we …

Vaccination with SARS-CoV-2 spike protein lacking glycan shields elicits enhanced protective responses in animal models

HY Huang, HY Liao, X Chen, SW Wang… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
A major challenge to end the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is to develop a broadly protective vaccine that elicits long-term …

[HTML][HTML] CHARMM-GUI supports the Amber force fields

J Lee, M Hitzenberger, M Rieger, NR Kern… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
As part of our ongoing efforts to support diverse force fields and simulation programs in
CHARMM-GUI, this work presents the development of FF-Converter to prepare Amber …

Developing a fully glycosylated full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike protein model in a viral membrane

H Woo, SJ Park, YK Choi, T Park… - The journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This technical study describes all-atom modeling and simulation of a fully glycosylated full-
length SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein in a viral membrane. First, starting from PDB: 6VSB …

AI-driven multiscale simulations illuminate mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 spike dynamics

L Casalino, AC Dommer, Z Gaieb… - … Journal of High …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We develop a generalizable AI-driven workflow that leverages heterogeneous HPC
resources to explore the time-dependent dynamics of molecular systems. We use this …

Dual nature of human ACE2 glycosylation in binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike

AR Mehdipour, G Hummer - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Binding of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
(ACE2) receptor triggers translocation of the virus into cells. Both the ACE2 receptor and the …

Structure and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 spike refolding in membranes

MW Grunst, Z Qin, E Dodero-Rojas, S Ding, J Prévost… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein binds the
receptor angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and drives virus-host membrane fusion …