Biomolecular modeling and simulation: a prospering multidisciplinary field

T Schlick, S Portillo-Ledesma, CG Myers… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
We reassess progress in the field of biomolecular modeling and simulation, following up on
our perspective published in 2011. By reviewing metrics for the field's productivity and …

Recent developments in free energy calculations for drug discovery

E King, E Aitchison, H Li, R Luo - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The grand challenge in structure-based drug design is achieving accurate prediction of
binding free energies. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations enable modeling of …

Recent progress in general force fields of small molecules

X He, B Walker, VH Man, P Ren, J Wang - Current opinion in structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in computational hardware and free energy algorithms enable a broader
application of molecular simulation of binding interactions between receptors and small …

Polarizable AMOEBA Model for Simulating Mg2+·Protein·Nucleotide Complexes

JM Delgado, PR Nagy, S Varma - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics (MM) simulations have the potential to provide detailed insights into
the mechanisms of enzymes that utilize nucleotides as cofactors. In most cases, the activities …

E2edna: Simulation protocol for dna aptamers with ligands

M Kilgour, T Liu, BD Walker, P Ren… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present E2EDNA, a simulation protocol and accompanying code for the molecular
biophysics and materials science communities. This protocol is both easy to use and …

Absolute and Relative Binding Free Energy Calculations of Nucleotides to Multiple Protein Classes

A Purohit, X Cheng - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyphosphate nucleotides, such as ATP, ADP, GTP, and GDP, play a crucial role in
modulating protein functions through binding and/or catalytically activating proteins …

Mg2+ binding to coenzyme A

JA Semelak, M Gallo, FLG Flecha, S Di Pino… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnesium (Mg 2+), the second most abundant intracellular cation, plays a crucial
role in cellular functions. In this study, we investigate the interaction between Mg 2+ and …

Interactions between nucleosomes: From atomistic simulation to polymer model

C Zhang, J Huang - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The organization of genomes in space and time dimension plays an important role in gene
expression and regulation. Chromatin folding occurs in a dynamic, structured way that is …

Advances in molecular modeling of ion-protein interaction systems towards accurate electrostatics: methods and applications

L Shen - Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry, 2022 - World Scientific
Metal ions are ubiquitous in complex with proteins and play key roles in protein structure
and function. The ion-protein interactions are electrostatic delicate in nature, however, the …

Histidine 73 methylation coordinates β-actin plasticity in response to key environmental factors

A Schahl, L Lagardere, B Walker, P Ren, H Wioland… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Although β-actin is one of only two ubiquitously expressed actin isoforms present in all cells,
it remains understudied biochemically due to technical challenges associated with protein …