Integration of molecular docking analysis and molecular dynamics simulations for studying food proteins and bioactive peptides

A Vidal-Limon, JE Aguilar-Toalá… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In silico tools, such as molecular docking, are widely applied to study interactions and
binding affinity of biological activity of proteins and peptides. However, restricted sampling of …

Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: Principles and applications

J Wang, PR Arantes, A Bhattarai… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a robust computational method for
simultaneous unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of …

Stereoselective amino acid synthesis by synergistic photoredox-pyridoxal radical biocatalysis

L Cheng, D Li, BK Mai, Z Bo, L Cheng, P Liu, Y Yang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Developing synthetically useful enzymatic reactions that are not known in biochemistry and
organic chemistry is an important challenge in biocatalysis. Through the synergistic merger …

Accurate determination of protein: ligand standard binding free energies from molecular dynamics simulations

H Fu, H Chen, M Blazhynska… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Designing a reliable computational methodology to calculate protein: ligand standard
binding free energies is extremely challenging. The large change in configurational enthalpy …

Spectroscopy and molecular simulation on the interaction of Nano-Kaempferol prepared by oil-in-water with two carrier proteins: An investigation of protein–protein …

M Kaffash, S Tolou-Shikhzadeh-Yazdi… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, the interaction of human serum albumin (HSA) and human holo-transferrin
(HTF) with the prepared Nano-Kaempferol (Nano-KMP) through oil-in-water procedure was …

Alchemical binding free energy calculations in AMBER20: Advances and best practices for drug discovery

TS Lee, BK Allen, TJ Giese, Z Guo, P Li… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Predicting protein–ligand binding affinities and the associated thermodynamics of
biomolecular recognition is a primary objective of structure-based drug design. Alchemical …

Biology and medicine in the landscape of quantum advantages

BA Cordier, NPD Sawaya… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quantum computing holds substantial potential for applications in biology and medicine,
spanning from the simulation of biomolecules to machine learning methods for subtyping …

Activating Point Mutations in the MET Kinase Domain Represent a Unique Molecular Subset of Lung Cancer and Other Malignancies Targetable with MET Inhibitors

F Pecci, S Nakazawa, B Ricciuti, G Harada… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Activating point mutations in the MET tyrosine kinase domain (TKD) are oncogenic in a
subset of papillary renal cell carcinomas. Here, using comprehensive genomic profiling …

How the conformational movement of the substrate drives the regioselective C–N bond formation in P450 TleB: insights from molecular dynamics simulations and …

Z Wang, W Diao, P Wu, J Li, Y Fu, Z Guo… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
P450 TleB catalyzes the oxidative cyclization of the dipeptide N-methylvalyl-tryptophanol
into indolactam V through selective intramolecular C–H bond amination at the indole C4 …

Structural insights into ligand recognition and activation of the medium-chain fatty acid-sensing receptor GPR84

H Liu, Q Zhang, X He, M Jiang, S Wang, X Yan… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
GPR84 is an orphan class AG protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is predominantly
expressed in immune cells and plays important roles in inflammation, fibrosis, and …