End-point binding free energy calculation with MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA: strategies and applications in drug design

E Wang, H Sun, J Wang, Z Wang, H Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) and molecular
mechanics generalized Born surface area (MM/GBSA) are arguably very popular methods …

Water models for biomolecular simulations

AV Onufriev, S Izadi - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Modern simulation and modeling approaches to investigation of biomolecular structure and
function rely heavily on a variety of methods—water models—to approximate the influence …

Omicron BA. 2 (B. 1.1. 529.2): high potential for becoming the next dominant variant

J Chen, GW Wei - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Omicron variant has three subvariants: BA. 1 (B. 1.1. 529.1), BA. 2 (B. 1.1. 529.2), and
BA. 3 (B. 1.1. 529.3). BA. 2 is found to be able to alarmingly reinfect patients originally …

Quantitative toxicity prediction using topology based multitask deep neural networks

K Wu, GW Wei - Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2018 - ACS Publications
The understanding of toxicity is of paramount importance to human health and
environmental protection. Quantitative toxicity analysis has become a new standard in the …

Methodology-centered review of molecular modeling, simulation, and prediction of SARS-CoV-2

K Gao, R Wang, J Chen, L Cheng, J Frishcosy… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite tremendous efforts in the past two years, our understanding of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), virus–host interactions, immune …

Biomolecular electrostatics and solvation: a computational perspective

P Ren, J Chun, DG Thomas, MJ Schnieders… - Quarterly reviews of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
An understanding of molecular interactions is essential for insight into biological systems at
the molecular scale. Among the various components of molecular interactions, electrostatics …

An interface-fitted mesh generator and virtual element methods for elliptic interface problems

L Chen, H Wei, M Wen - Journal of Computational Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
A simple and efficient interface-fitted mesh generation algorithm which can produce a semi-
structured interface-fitted mesh in two and three dimensions quickly is developed in this …

A new weak Galerkin finite element method for elliptic interface problems

L Mu, J Wang, X Ye, S Zhao - Journal of Computational Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
A new weak Galerkin (WG) finite element method is introduced and analyzed in this paper
for solving second order elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients and interfaces …

Poisson–boltzmann–nernst–planck model

Q Zheng, GW Wei - The Journal of chemical physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The Poisson–Nernst–Planck (PNP) model is based on a mean-field approximation of ion
interactions and continuum descriptions of concentration and electrostatic potential. It …

A topological approach for protein classification

Z Cang, L Mu, K Wu, K Opron, K Xia… - Computational and …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Protein function and dynamics are closely related to its sequence and structure. However,
prediction of protein function and dynamics from its sequence and structure is still a …