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 …

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 …

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 …

Assessment of mutations on RBD in the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants

CHS da Costa, CAB de Freitas, CN Alves… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (CoV-2) variant Omicron
spread more rapid than the other variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Mutations on the Spike (S) …

Mutation-induced impacts on the switch transformations of the GDP-and GTP-bound K-ras: insights from multiple replica Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics …

J Chen, S Zhang, W Wang, L Pang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mutations yield significant effect on the structural flexibility of two switch domains, SW1 and
SW2, in K-Ras, which is considered as an important target of anticancer drug design. To …

Antiviral effects of probiotic metabolites on COVID-19

F Anwar, HN Altayb, FA Al-Abbasi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract SARS coronavirus (COVID-19) is a real health challenge of the 21st century for
scientists, health workers, politicians, and all humans that has severe cause epidemic …

Advances in molecular dynamics simulations and enhanced sampling methods for the study of protein systems

R Lazim, D Suh, S Choi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a rigorous theoretical tool that when used efficiently
could provide reliable answers to questions pertaining to the structure-function relationship …

Nexus between in silico and in vivo models to enhance clinical translation of nanomedicine

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri, C Meaney… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
In cancer, one of the main barriers to effective chemotherapy is inefficient drug delivery. The
delivery of drugs to solid tumors involves various biochemical, biophysical, and mechanical …

An effective MM/GBSA protocol for absolute binding free energy calculations: A case study on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and the human ACE2 receptor

N Forouzesh, N Mishra - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The binding free energy calculation of protein–ligand complexes is necessary for research
into virus–host interactions and the relevant applications in drug discovery. However, many …

Peptide Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (Pep-GaMD): Enhanced sampling and free energy and kinetics calculations of peptide binding

J Wang, Y Miao - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Peptides mediate up to 40% of known protein–protein interactions in higher eukaryotes and
play an important role in cellular signaling. However, it is challenging to simulate both …