[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on promising anti-viral therapeutic candidates identified against main protease from SARS-CoV-2 through various computational …

E Singh, RJ Khan, RK Jha, GM Amera, M Jain… - Journal of Genetic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has shown an exponential
trend of infected people across the planet. Crediting its virulent nature, it becomes …

Targeting tumors using peptides

P Scodeller, EK Asciutto - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
To penetrate solid tumors, low molecular weight (Mw< 10 KDa) compounds have an edge
over antibodies: their higher penetration because of their small size. Because of the dense …

Design, synthesis, molecular modeling, DFT, ADME and biological evaluation studies of some new 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole linked benzimidazoles as anticancer agents and …

U Acar Çevik, I Celik, A Işık, I Ahmad… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer is the most frequent female cancer and second cause of cancer-related
deaths among women around the world. Two thirds of breast cancer patients have hormone …

Development of force field parameters for the simulation of single-and double-stranded DNA molecules and DNA–protein complexes

MR Tucker, S Piana, D Tan, MV LeVine… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used extensively to study the
structural dynamics of proteins, the role of MD simulation in studies of nucleic acid based …

Insights into the missing apiosylation step in flavonoid apiosides biosynthesis of Leguminosae plants

HT Wang, ZL Wang, K Chen, MJ Yao, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Apiose is a natural pentose containing an unusual branched-chain structure. Apiosides are
bioactive natural products widely present in the plant kingdom. However, little is known on …

Generation of KS-58 as the first K-Ras (G12D)-inhibitory peptide presenting anti-cancer activity in vivo

K Sakamoto, T Masutani, T Hirokawa - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ras mutations (eg, occur in K-Ras, N-Ras, and H-Ras) are one of the most desirable and
promising drug targets in chemotherapy treatments for cancer. However, there are still no …

Discrete molecular dynamics: an efficient and versatile simulation method for fine protein characterization

D Shirvanyants, F Ding, D Tsao… - The journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Until now it has been impractical to observe protein folding in silico for proteins larger than
50 residues. Limitations of both force field accuracy and computational efficiency make the …

Small molecule–mediated activation of the integrin CD11b/CD18 reduces inflammatory disease

D Maiguel, MH Faridi, C Wei, Y Kuwano, KM Balla… - Science …, 2011 - science.org
The integrin CD11b/CD18 (also known as Mac-1), which is a heterodimer of the αM (CD11b)
and β2 (CD18) subunits, is critical for leukocyte adhesion and migration and for immune …

Superiority of the Triple-Acting 5-HT6R/5-HT3R Antagonist and MAO-B Reversible Inhibitor PZ-1922 over 5-HT6R Antagonist Intepirdine in Alleviation of Cognitive …

K Grychowska, U López-Sánchez… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The multifactorial origin and neurochemistry of Alzheimer's disease (AD) call for the
development of multitarget treatment strategies. We report a first-in-class triple acting …

FASDA: An FPGA-aided, scalable and distributed accelerator for range-limited molecular dynamics

C Wu, T Geng, A Guo, S Bandara, P Haghi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Conducting long-timescale simulations of small molecules using Molecular Dynamics (MD)
is crucial in drug design. However, traditional methods to accelerate the process, including …