Protein engineering for improving and diversifying natural product biosynthesis

C Li, R Zhang, J Wang, LM Wilson, Y Yan - Trends in biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
Proteins found in nature have traditionally been the most frequently used biocatalysts to
produce numerous natural products ranging from commodity chemicals to pharmaceuticals …

Glycometabolic rearrangements--aerobic glycolysis in pancreatic cancer: causes, characteristics and clinical applications

L Cao, J Wu, X Qu, J Sheng, M Cui, S Liu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most malignant tumors worldwide, and pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma is the most common type. In pancreatic cancer, glycolysis is the primary …

Polarisable force fields: what do they add in biomolecular simulations?

VSS Inakollu, DP Geerke, CN Rowley, H Yu - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Induced polarisation is an essential component of biomolecular interactions like
cation-pi, hydrogen bonding, and ionic interactions.•Advances in simulation algorithms and …

Recent developments in free energy calculations for drug discovery

E King, E Aitchison, H Li, R Luo - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The grand challenge in structure-based drug design is achieving accurate prediction of
binding free energies. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations enable modeling of …

Recent progress in general force fields of small molecules

X He, B Walker, VH Man, P Ren, J Wang - Current opinion in structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in computational hardware and free energy algorithms enable a broader
application of molecular simulation of binding interactions between receptors and small …

AMOEBA binding free energies for the SAMPL7 TrimerTrip host–guest challenge

Y Shi, ML Laury, Z Wang, JW Ponder - Journal of computer-aided …, 2021 - Springer
As part of the SAMPL7 host–guest binding challenge, the AMOEBA force field was applied
to calculate the absolute binding free energy for 16 charged organic ammonium guests to …

Molecular dynamics study of the hybridization between RNA and modified oligonucleotides

Z Jing, R Qi, M Thibonnier, P Ren - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2019 - ACS Publications
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are attractive drug candidates for many diseases as they can
modulate the expression of gene networks. Recently, we discovered that DNAs targeting …

Correction Schemes for Absolute Binding Free Energies Involving Lipid Bilayers

Z Wu, PC Biggin - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2022 - ACS Publications
Absolute binding free-energy (ABFE) calculations are playing an increasing role in drug
design, especially as they can be performed on a range of disparate compounds and direct …

A detailed theoretical exploration on the THR-β binding affinities and antioxidant activity of some halogenated bisphenols

SZ Gheshlaghi, A Ebrahimi, Z Faghih - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Natural halogenated phenolic compounds are unique bioactive structures which share
features and physicochemical properties with thyroid hormones, who are essential …

[引用][C] Computational vibrational spectroscopic studies for condensed phase systems

VS Inakollu, H Yu, AJ Trevitt - 2020