International journal of biological macromolecules
Apr 30, 2024
GRK5 holds a pivotal role in cellular signaling pathways, with its overexpression in cardiomyocytes, neuronal cells, and tumor cells strongly associated with various chronic degenerative diseases, which highlights the urgent need for potential inhibi...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Apr 30, 2024
L2 β-lactamases, serine-based class A β-lactamases expressed by , play a pivotal role in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, limited studies have been conducted on these important enzymes. To understand the coevolutionary dynamics of L2 β-lactam...
International journal of molecular sciences
Apr 30, 2024
Favipiravir (FP) and ebselen (EB) belong to a diverse class of antiviral drugs known for their significant efficacy in treating various viral infections. Utilizing molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, machine learning, and van der Waals density funct...
Solvatochromism occurs in both homogeneous solvents and more complex biological environments, such as proteins. While in both cases the solvatochromic effects report on the surroundings of the chromophore, their interpretation in proteins becomes mor...
Free Fatty Acid Receptor 4 (FFAR4), a G-protein-coupled receptor, is responsible for triggering intracellular signaling pathways that regulate various physiological processes. FFAR4 agonists are associated with enhancing insulin release and mitigatin...
Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) are significant causes of chronic liver diseases, with approximately 350 million infections globally. To accelerate the finding of effective treatment options, we introduce HBCVTr, a novel ligand-based drug des...
Protein stability is a critical aspect of molecular biology and biochemistry, hinges on an intricate balance of thermodynamic and structural factors. Determining protein stability is crucial for understanding and manipulating biological machineries, ...
Bromodomain 4 and 9 (BRD4 and BRD9) have been regarded as important targets of drug designs in regard to the treatment of multiple diseases. In our current study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, deep learning (DL) and binding free energy calcula...
Current opinion in structural biology
Apr 16, 2024
Molecular simulations are an essential asset in the first steps of drug design campaigns. However, the requirement of high-throughput limits applications mainly to qualitative approaches with low computational cost, but also low accuracy. Unlocking t...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Apr 16, 2024
Adsorption free energies of 32 small biomolecules (amino acids side chains, fragments of lipids, and sugar molecules) on 33 different nanomaterials, computed by the molecular dynamics - metadynamics methodology, have been analyzed using statistical m...