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 …

Kinetics from metadynamics: Principles, applications, and outlook

D Ray, M Parrinello - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metadynamics is a popular enhanced sampling algorithm for computing the free energy
landscape of rare events by using molecular dynamics simulation. Ten years ago, Tiwary …

Enhanced-sampling simulations for the estimation of ligand binding kinetics: current status and perspective

K Ahmad, A Rizzi, R Capelli, D Mandelli… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The dissociation rate (k off) associated with ligand unbinding events from proteins is a
parameter of fundamental importance in drug design. Here we review recent major …

Dynamical reweighting for biased rare event simulations

BG Keller, PG Bolhuis - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dynamical reweighting techniques aim to recover the correct molecular dynamics from a
simulation at a modified potential energy surface. They are important for unbiasing …

Advances in computational methods for ligand binding kinetics

F Sohraby, A Nunes-Alves - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Binding kinetic parameters can be correlated with drug efficacy, which in recent years led to
the development of various computational methods for predicting binding kinetic rates and …

Data generation for machine learning interatomic potentials and beyond

M Kulichenko, B Nebgen, N Lubbers, JS Smith… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The field of data-driven chemistry is undergoing an evolution, driven by innovations in
machine learning models for predicting molecular properties and behavior. Recent strides in …

Applications of molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery

S AlRawashdeh, KH Barakat - Computational Drug Discovery and Design, 2023 - Springer
In the current drug development process, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have proven
to be very useful. This chapter provides an overview of the current applications of MD …

Water regulates the residence time of Benzamidine in Trypsin

N Ansari, V Rizzi, M Parrinello - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The process of ligand-protein unbinding is crucial in biophysics. Water is an essential part of
any biological system and yet, many aspects of its role remain elusive. Here, we simulate …

In silico modeling and scoring of PROTAC-mediated ternary complex poses

J Liao, X Nie, IC Unarta, SS Ericksen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are molecules that induce protein degradation
via formation of ternary complexes between an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target protein. The …

Predicting protein–ligand binding and unbinding kinetics with biased MD simulations and coarse-graining of dynamics: Current state and challenges

S Wolf - Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2023 - ACS Publications
The prediction of drug–target binding and unbinding kinetics that occur on time scales
between milliseconds and several hours is a prime challenge for biased molecular …