End-point binding free energy calculation with MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA: strategies and applications in drug design

E Wang, H Sun, J Wang, Z Wang, H Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) and molecular
mechanics generalized Born surface area (MM/GBSA) are arguably very popular methods …

Molecular dynamics simulations and novel drug discovery

X Liu, D Shi, S Zhou, H Liu, H Liu… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations can provide not only plentiful dynamical
structural information on biomacromolecules but also a wealth of energetic information …

Assessing the performance of MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 7. Entropy effects on the performance of end-point binding free energy calculation approaches

H Sun, L Duan, F Chen, H Liu, Z Wang, P Pan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Entropy effects play an important role in drug–target interactions, but the entropic
contribution to ligand-binding affinity is often neglected by end-point binding free energy …

Assessing the performance of MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 4. Accuracies of MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methodologies evaluated by various simulation protocols …

H Sun, Y Li, S Tian, L Xu, T Hou - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
By using different evaluation strategies, we systemically evaluated the performance of
Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area (MM/GBSA) and Molecular …

Assessing the performance of MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 3. The impact of force fields and ligand charge models

L Xu, H Sun, Y Li, J Wang, T Hou - The journal of physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Here, we systematically investigated how the force fields and the partial charge models for
ligands affect the ranking performance of the binding free energies predicted by the …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular mechanism of bisphenol A (BPA) as an endocrine disruptor by interacting with nuclear receptors: insights from molecular dynamics (MD) …

L Li, Q Wang, Y Zhang, Y Niu, X Yao, H Liu - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Bisphenol A (BPA) can interact with nuclear receptors and affect the normal function of
nuclear receptors in very low doses, which causes BPA to be one of the most controversial …

Discovery of novel inhibitors of BRD4 for treating prostate cancer: a comprehensive case study for considering water networks in virtual screening and drug design

H Zhong, X Wang, S Chen, Z Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Androgen receptor (AR) is the primary target for treating prostate cancer (PCa), which
inevitably progresses due to drug-resistant mutations. Bromodomain-containing protein 4 …

Structural and free energy landscape of novel mutations in ribosomal protein S1 (rpsA) associated with pyrazinamide resistance

MT Khan, A Khan, AU Rehman, Y Wang, K Akhtar… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Resistance to key first-line drugs is a major hurdle to achieve the global end tuberculosis
(TB) targets. A prodrug, pyrazinamide (PZA) is the only drug, effective in latent TB …

No impact of resistance-associated substitutions on the efficacy of sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir for 12 weeks in HCV DAA-experienced patients

C Sarrazin, CL Cooper, MP Manns, KR Reddy… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims In phase III studies, the fixed dose combination of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/
voxilaprevir (SOF/VEL/VOX) administered for 12 weeks led to a sustained virologic response …

Revealing the favorable dissociation pathway of type II kinase inhibitors via enhanced sampling simulations and two-end-state calculations

H Sun, S Tian, S Zhou, Y Li, D Li, L Xu, M Shen… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
How does a type II inhibitor bind to/unbind from a kinase target is still a confusing question
because the small molecule occupies both the ATP pocket and the allosteric pocket of the …