Molecular dynamics simulation in drug discovery: opportunities and challenges

R Shukla, T Tripathi - Innovations and implementations of computer aided …, 2021 - Springer
Drug discovery is the process used to discover new candidate medications. In the past, most
drugs were discovered by identification of active-ingredients or by serendipity. Modern drug …

Exploring Leishmania secretory proteins to design B and T cell multi-epitope subunit vaccine using immunoinformatics approach

N Khatoon, RK Pandey, VK Prajapati - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a fatal form of leishmaniasis which affects 70 countries,
worldwide. Increasing drug resistance, HIV co-infection, and poor health system require …

Molecular dynamics simulation of protein and protein–ligand complexes

R Shukla, T Tripathi - Computer-aided drug design, 2020 - Springer
Biomacromolecules, including proteins and their complexes, adopt multiple conformations
that are linked to their biological functions. Though some of the structural heterogeneity can …

Epigallocatechin gallate, an active green tea compound inhibits the Zika virus entry into host cells via binding the envelope protein

N Sharma, A Murali, SK Singh, R Giri - International journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Emerging infections of Zika virus (ZIKV) are associated with serious consequences like
microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. It leads to a situation of global health …

Virtual screening, pharmacokinetics, molecular dynamics and binding free energy analysis for small natural molecules against cyclin-dependent kinase 5 for …

R Shukla, TR Singh - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and characterized by
brain cell death, memory loss and is the most common form of dementia. Although AD has …

Recent Progress in the Understanding and Engineering of Coenzyme B12-Dependent Glycerol Dehydratase

A Nasir, S Ashok, JY Shim, S Park… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coenzyme B12-dependent glycerol dehydratase (GDHt) catalyzes the dehydration reaction
of glycerol in the presence of adenosylcobalamin to yield 3-hydroxypropanal (3-HPA), which …

Identification of new drug-like compounds from millets as Xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitors for treatment of Hyperuricemia: A molecular docking and simulation study

RK Pathak, A Gupta, R Shukla, M Baunthiyal - Computational Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidoreductase plays an important role in formation of uric acid and its regulation
during purine catabolism. Uncontrolled expression of this enzyme is responsible for …

Structure-based screening and molecular dynamics simulations offer novel natural compounds as potential inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase

R Shukla, H Shukla, A Sonkar, T Pandey… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the etiological agent of tuberculosis in humans and is
responsible for more than two million deaths annually. M. tuberculosis isocitrate lyase …

Enzyme activity engineering based on sequence co-evolution analysis

D Kim, MH Noh, M Park, I Kim, H Ahn, D Ye… - Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The utility of engineering enzyme activity is expanding with the development of
biotechnology. Conventional methods have limited applicability as they require high …

Identification of novel small molecules against GSK3β for Alzheimer's disease using chemoinformatics approach

R Shukla, NS Munjal, TR Singh - Journal of Molecular Graphics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is a rapidly increasing neurodegenerative disease. It is a multifactorial
disease and also a global threat. Several enzymes are implicated in the disease in which …