The MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods to estimate ligand-binding affinities

S Genheden, U Ryde - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The molecular mechanics energies combined with the Poisson–Boltzmann or
generalized Born and surface area continuum solvation (MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA) methods …

Hot spots—A review of the protein–protein interface determinant amino‐acid residues

IS Moreira, PA Fernandes… - … : Structure, Function, and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Proteins tendency to bind to one another in a highly specific manner forming stable
complexes is fundamental to all biological processes. A better understanding of complex …

Molecular mechanism and binding free energy of doxorubicin intercalation in DNA

B Jawad, L Poudel, R Podgornik… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The intercalation process of binding doxorubicin (DOX) in DNA is studied by extensive MD
simulations. Many molecular factors that control the binding affinity of DOX to DNA to form a …

Structural features of the G-protein/GPCR interactions

IS Moreira - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The details of the functional interaction between G proteins and the G protein
coupled receptors (GPCRs) have long been subjected to extensive investigations with …

Protein–protein docking dealing with the unknown

IS Moreira, PA Fernandes… - Journal of computational …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein binding is one of the critical events in biology, and knowledge of proteic
complexes three‐dimensional structures is of fundamental importance for the biochemical …

Computational alanine scanning mutagenesis: MM-PBSA vs TI

SA Martins, MAS Perez, IS Moreira… - Journal of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Understanding protein–protein association and being able to determine the crucial residues
responsible for their association (hot-spots) is a key issue with huge practical applications …

A multiscale approach to predicting affinity changes in protein–protein interfaces

DFAR Dourado, SC Flores - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Substitution mutations in protein–protein interfaces can have a substantial effect on binding,
which has consequences in basic and applied biomedical research. Experimental …

New parameters for higher accuracy in the computation of binding free energy differences upon alanine scanning mutagenesis on protein–protein interfaces

ICM Simões, IPD Costa, JTS Coimbra… - Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Knowing how proteins make stable complexes enables the development of inhibitors to
preclude protein–protein (P: P) binding. The identification of the specific interfacial residues …

New insights into protein–protein interaction modulators in drug discovery and therapeutic advance

H Nada, Y Choi, S Kim, KS Jeong… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are fundamental to cellular signaling and transduction
which marks them as attractive therapeutic drug development targets. What were once …

Spatial chemical conservation of hot spot interactions in protein-protein complexes

A Shulman-Peleg, M Shatsky, R Nussinov, HJ Wolfson - BMC biology, 2007 - Springer
Background Conservation of the spatial binding organizations at the level of physico-
chemical interactions is important for the formation and stability of protein-protein complexes …