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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …