Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances

LP Wackett - Microbial biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poly‐and perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), are
pervasive in today's society, with a negative impact on human and ecosystem health …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The glutathione system: a journey from cyanobacteria to higher eukaryotes

C Cassier-Chauvat, F Marceau, S Farci, S Ouchane… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
From bacteria to plants and humans, the glutathione system plays a pleiotropic role in cell
defense against metabolic, oxidative and metal stresses. Glutathione (GSH), the γ-L …

In-silico anti-inflammatory potential of guaiane dimers from Xylopia vielana targeting COX-2

SS Hassan, WD Zhang, H Jin, SH Basha… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Natural products of herbal origin are prodigious to display diverse pharmacological
activities. In the present study, five guaiane-type sesquiterpene dimers, xylopidimers A− E (1 …

Regulation of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems in cyanobacteria

R Rai, S Singh, KK Rai, A Raj, S Sriwastaw… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress is common consequence of abiotic stress in plants as well as cyanobacteria
caused by generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), an inevitable product of respiration …

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 …

Distant Phe345 mutation compromises the stability and activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase by modulating its structural flexibility

H Shukla, R Shukla, A Sonkar, T Pandey, T Tripathi - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Isocitrate lyase (ICL), a potential anti-tubercular drug target, catalyzes the first step of the
glyoxylate shunt. In the present investigation, we studied the conformational flexibility of …

Genetic, genomics, and responses to stresses in cyanobacteria: biotechnological implications

C Cassier-Chauvat, V Blanc-Garin, F Chauvat - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyanobacteria are widely-diverse, environmentally crucial photosynthetic prokaryotes of
great interests for basic and applied science. Work to date has focused mostly on the three …

Identification of potential inhibitors of Fasciola gigantica thioredoxin1: computational screening, molecular dynamics simulation, and binding free energy studies

R Shukla, H Shukla, P Kalita, A Sonkar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Fasciola gigantica is the causative organism of fascioliasis and is responsible for major
economic losses in livestock production globally. F. gigantica thioredoxin1 (FgTrx1) is an …