Principal component analysis and related methods for investigating the dynamics of biological macromolecules

A Kitao - J, 2022 - mdpi.com
Principal component analysis (PCA) is used to reduce the dimensionalities of high-
dimensional datasets in a variety of research areas. For example, biological …

On the uses of PCA to characterise molecular dynamics simulations of biological macromolecules: basics and tips for an effective use

J Palma, G Pierdominici‐Sottile - ChemPhysChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a procedure widely used to examine data
collected from molecular dynamics simulations of biological macromolecules. It allows for …

[HTML][HTML] A potential CSH nucleation mechanism: atomistic simulations of the portlandite to CSH transformation

XM Aretxabaleta, J López-Zorrilla, C Labbez… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
The nucleation of the CSH gel is a complex process, key to controlling the hydration kinetics
and microstructure development of cement. In this paper, a mechanism for the crystallization …

Anisotropic friction in a ligand-protein complex

W Cai, M Jäger, JT Bullerjahn, T Hugel, S Wolf… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The effect of an externally applied directional force on molecular friction is so far poorly
understood. Here, we study the force-driven dissociation of the ligand-protein complex biotin …

Multisecond ligand dissociation dynamics from atomistic simulations

S Wolf, B Lickert, S Bray, G Stock - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Coarse-graining of fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations is a long-standing goal in
order to allow the description of processes occurring on biologically relevant timescales. For …

Differentiable molecular simulations for control and learning

W Wang, S Axelrod, R Gómez-Bombarelli - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Molecular dynamics simulations use statistical mechanics at the atomistic scale to enable
both the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms and the engineering of matter for desired …

A review on description dynamics and conformational changes of proteins using combination of principal component analysis and molecular dynamics simulation

S Moradi, A Nowroozi, MA Nezhad, P Jalali… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding how proteins behave dynamically and undergo conformational changes is
essential to comprehending their biological roles. This review article examines the potent …

Investigation of rare protein conformational transitions via dissipation-corrected targeted molecular dynamics

M Post, S Wolf, G Stock - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To sample rare events, dissipation-corrected targeted molecular dynamics (dcTMD) applies
a constant velocity constraint along a one-dimensional reaction coordinate s, which drives …

Ligand unbinding pathway and mechanism analysis assisted by machine learning and graph methods

S Bray, V Tänzel, S Wolf - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We present two methods to reveal protein–ligand unbinding mechanisms in biased
unbinding simulations by clustering trajectories into ensembles representing unbinding …

Repurposing of Drug Bank Compounds against Plasmodium falciparum Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase as novel anti malarial drug candidates by Computational …

P Joshi, P Pandey, S Rawat, S Chandra - In Silico Pharmacology, 2024 - Springer
This study aimed to repurpose Drug Bank Compounds against P. falciparum Dihydroorotate
dehydrogenase (Pf-DHODH) a potential molecular target for antimalarial drug development …