Alchemical Enhanced Sampling with Optimized Phase Space Overlap

S Zhang, TJ Giese, TS Lee… - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An alchemical enhanced sampling (ACES) method has recently been introduced to facilitate
importance sampling in free energy simulations. The method achieves enhanced sampling …

Adsorption of Flavonoids in a Transcriptional Regulator TtgR: Relative Binding Free Energies and Intermolecular Interactions

Y Wu, S Zhang, DM York, L Wang - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria often arises from their ability to actively identify and
expel toxic compounds. The bacterium strain Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E utilizes its …

Molecular simulations to investigate the impact of N6-methylation in RNA recognition: Improving accuracy and precision of binding free energy prediction

V Piomponi, M Krepl, J Sponer… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is a prevalent RNA post-transcriptional modification that plays
crucial roles in RNA stability, structural dynamics, and interactions with proteins. The YT521 …

Binding Selectivity Analysis from Alchemical Receptor Hopping and Ligand Swapping Free Energy Calculations

S Azimi, E Gallicchio - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.06887, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present receptor-hopping and ligand-swapping free energy estimation protocols based
on the Alchemical Transfer Method (ATM) to model the binding selectivity of a set of ligands …