Classical electrostatics in biology and chemistry

B Honig, A Nicholls - Science, 1995 - science.org
A major revival in the use of classical electrostatics as an approach to the study of charged
and polar molecules in aqueous solution has been made possible through the development …

The Poisson–Boltzmann equation for biomolecular electrostatics: a tool for structural biology

F Fogolari, A Brigo, H Molinari - Journal of Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Electrostatics plays a fundamental role in virtually all processes involving biomolecules in
solution. The Poisson–Boltzmann equation constitutes one of the most fundamental …

Combined molecular mechanical and continuum solvent approach (MM-PBSA/GBSA) to predict ligand binding

I Massova, PA Kollman - Perspectives in drug discovery and design, 2000 - Springer
Significant progress has been achieved in computational methods to treat solvent effects in
recent years. Among various techniques, the continuum solvent approach appears to be …

Classical electrostatics for biomolecular simulations

GA Cisneros, M Karttunen, P Ren, C Sagui - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Classical atomistic simulations, also known as molecular mechanics simulations, use simple
potential-energy functions to model molecular systems at the atomic level. In this …

A smooth permittivity function for Poisson–Boltzmann solvation methods

JA Grant, BT Pickup, A Nicholls - Journal of computational …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
This work introduces a continuous smooth permittivity function into Poisson–Boltzmann
techniques for continuum approaches to modeling the solvation of small molecules and …

An object-oriented programming suite for electrostatic effects in biological molecules An experience report on the MEAD project

D Bashford - International Conference on Computing in Object …, 1997 - Springer
We have developed a set of object-oriented classes and programs in C++ that implement
molecular electrostatic models that can be described by the term, M acroscopic E …

Numerical solution of the nonlinear Poisson–Boltzmann equation: developing more robust and efficient methods

MJ Holst, F Saied - Journal of computational chemistry, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We present a robust and efficient numerical method for solution of the nonlinear Poisson‐
Boltzmann equation arising in molecular biophysics. The equation is discretized with the box …

[PDF][PDF] Electrostatic models for computing protonation and redox equilibria in proteins

GM Ullmann, EW Knapp - European Biophysics Journal, 1999 - bcmb.uni-bayreuth.de
Electrostatic interactions are the most relevant for understanding biochemical systems. Acid-
base and redox reactions create or destroy unit charges in biomolecules and can thus be …

Bovine β-lactoglobulin is dimeric under imitative physiological conditions: dissociation equilibrium and rate constants over the pH range of 2.5–7.5

D Mercadante, LD Melton, GE Norris, TS Loo… - Biophysical …, 2012 - cell.com
The oligomerization of β-lactoglobulin (βLg) has been studied extensively, but with
somewhat contradictory results. Using analytical ultracentrifugation in both sedimentation …

Theory of electrostatic interactions in macromolecules

MK Gilson - Current opinion in structural biology, 1995 - Elsevier
In the past year, substantial progress has been made in the modeling of electrostatic
interactions in biomolecules. This review highlights advances in the following areas: first, the …