Markov state models: From an art to a science

BE Husic, VS Pande - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 - ACS Publications
Markov state models (MSMs) are a powerful framework for analyzing dynamical systems,
such as molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, that have gained widespread use over the …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 simulations go exascale to capture spike opening and reveal cryptic pockets across the proteome

MI Zimmerman, G Bowman - Biophysical Journal, 2021 - cell.com
The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten global health and
socioeconomic stability. Experiments have revealed snapshots of many viral components …

Selective inhibitors of SARM1 targeting an allosteric cysteine in the autoregulatory ARM domain

HC Feldman, E Merlini, C Guijas… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrolase (NADase) sterile alpha toll/interleukin
receptor motif containing-1 (SARM1) acts as a central executioner of programmed axon …

Accelerating cryptic pocket discovery using AlphaFold

A Meller, S Bhakat, S Solieva… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cryptic pockets, or pockets absent in ligand-free, experimentally determined structures, hold
great potential as drug targets. However, cryptic pocket openings are often beyond the reach …

Crossroads of antibiotic resistance and biosynthesis

TA Wencewicz - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The biosynthesis of antibiotics and self-protection mechanisms employed by antibiotic
producers are an integral part of the growing antibiotic resistance threat. The origins of …

Predicting the locations of cryptic pockets from single protein structures using the PocketMiner graph neural network

A Meller, MD Ward, JH Borowsky, JM Lotthammer… - Biophysical journal, 2023 - cell.com
Cryptic pockets expand the scope of drug discovery by enabling targeting of proteins
currently considered undruggable because they lack pockets in their ground state structures …

Investigating cryptic binding sites by molecular dynamics simulations

A Kuzmanic, GR Bowman… - Accounts of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus This Account highlights recent advances and discusses major challenges in
investigations of cryptic (hidden) binding sites by molecular simulations. Cryptic binding …

Drug specificity and affinity are encoded in the probability of cryptic pocket opening in myosin motor domains

A Meller, JM Lotthammer, LG Smith, B Novak, LA Lee… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The design of compounds that can discriminate between closely related target proteins
remains a central challenge in drug discovery. Specific therapeutics targeting the highly …

Folding@ home: Achievements from over 20 years of citizen science herald the exascale era

VA Voelz, VS Pande, GR Bowman - Biophysical journal, 2023 - cell.com
Simulations of biomolecules have enormous potential to inform our understanding of biology
but require extremely demanding calculations. For over 20 years, the Folding@ home …