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 …

Carbon nanodots from an in silico perspective

F Mocci, L de Villiers Engelbrecht, C Olla… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanodots (CNDs) are the latest and most shining rising stars among
photoluminescent (PL) nanomaterials. These carbon-based surface-passivated …

gmx_MMPBSA: a new tool to perform end-state free energy calculations with GROMACS

MS Valdés-Tresanco… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics/Poisson–Boltzmann (Generalized-Born) surface area is one of the
most popular methods to estimate binding free energies. This method has been proven to …

Structural basis of human ACE2 higher binding affinity to currently circulating Omicron SARS-CoV-2 sub-variants BA. 2 and BA. 1.1

L Li, H Liao, Y Meng, W Li, P Han, K Liu, Q Wang, D Li… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The currently circulating Omicron sub-variants are the SARS-CoV-2 strains with the highest
number of known mutations. Herein, we found that human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 …

Biotransformation of sulfamethoxazole by microalgae: Removal efficiency, pathways, and mechanisms

Y Chu, C Zhang, R Wang, X Chen, N Ren, SH Ho - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, the biotransformation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) by microalgae has attracted
increasing interest. In particular, cytochrome P450 (CYP450) has been suggested to be the …

Molecular insights into receptor binding of recent emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

P Han, C Su, Y Zhang, C Bai, A Zheng, C Qiao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) have been emerging and some have
been linked to an increase in case numbers globally. However, there is yet a lack of …

Tethered peptide activation mechanism of the adhesion GPCRs ADGRG2 and ADGRG4

P Xiao, S Guo, X Wen, QT He, H Lin, SM Huang, L Gou… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) constitute an evolutionarily ancient family
of receptors that often undergo autoproteolysis to produce α and β subunits,–. A tethered …

Identification of bioactive molecules from tea plant as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors

VK Bhardwaj, R Singh, J Sharma… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19 pandemic that is causing a global
health emergency. The lack of targeted therapeutics and limited treatment options have …

Structural basis of ketamine action on human NMDA receptors

Y Zhang, F Ye, T Zhang, S Lv, L Zhou, D Du, H Lin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Ketamine is a non-competitive channel blocker of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. A
single sub-anaesthetic dose of ketamine produces rapid (within hours) and long-lasting …

Molecular Docking and Dynamics Simulation Revealed the Potential Inhibitory Activity of ACEIs Against SARS-CoV-2 Targeting the hACE2 Receptor

AA Al-Karmalawy, MA Dahab, AM Metwaly… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The rapid and global spread of a new human coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has produced an immediate urgency to discover …