Proposing a fungal metabolite-flaviolin as a potential inhibitor of 3CLpro of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 identified using docking and molecular dynamics.

abstract：:Hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (OH-PBDEs) are a class of toxic environmental pollutants that are persistent, bioaccumulative, and difficult to degrade. Their structure is very similar to the thyroid hormone (T4) and uses the body's thyroid transporter (TTR) binding to interfere with the endocrine balance,...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Wei Y,Yi Z,Xu J,Yang W,Yang L,Liu H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) is one among the conspicuous posttranslational modification in eukaryotic cells. p300/CBP Associated Factor (PCAF) and CREB-binding protein (CBP) are the two highly homologous HAT family which are vastly implicated in several diseases like cancer, diabetes, etc. Pentadecylidenemalonat...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Suryanarayanan V,Singh SK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal order ("chronology") of appearance of amino acids and their respective codons on evolutionary scene is reconstructed. A consensus chronology of amino acids is built on the basis of 60 different criteria each offering certain temporal order. After several steps of filtering the chronology vectors are averaged ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Trifonov EN

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel Coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 has received worldwide attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China leading to thousands of deaths to date. The SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein protein is one of the main focus of COVID-19 related research as it is a structural protein that facilitates its atta...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Ahamad S,Kanipakam H,Gupta D

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Quasi-palindromic sequences (AT) X N12(AT) Y present in HS2 (hypersensitive site 2) of the human β-globin locus are known to be significantly associated with increased fetal hemoglobin (HbF) levels. High HbF levels in some adults ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Roy K,Mahendru S,Kukreti R,Kukreti S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Aromatic stacking of nucleic acid bases is one of the key players in determining the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids. The arrangement of nucleic acid bases with extensive overlap of their aromatic rings gave rise to numerous often contradictory suggestions about the physical origins of stacking and ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sponer J,Berger I,Spačková N,Leszczynski J,Hobza P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding, at the molecular level, the effect of AMPs on biological membranes is of crucial importance given the increasing number of multidrug-resistant bacteria. Being part of an ancient type of innate immunity system, AMPs have emerged as a potential solution for which bacteria have not developed resistance. Tr...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Velasco-Bolom JL,Garduño-Juárez R

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract In order to target the major groove of DNA, we have designed novel peptide derivatives of 7-H pyridocarbazole, which is the chromophoric ring of ditercalinium, a potent antitumor bisin- tercalator. We will present here the results obtained with a compound that has a D-Asn tethered to the pyridinium nitrogen...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Gresh N,René B,Hui XW,Barsi MC,Roques BP,Garbay C

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flap motif and its dynamics were extensively reported in aspartate proteases, e.g. HIV proteases and plasmepsins. Herein, we report the first account of flap dynamics amongst different conformations of β-secretase using molecular dynamics simulation. Various parameters were proposed and a selected few were picked whic...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kumalo HM,Bhakat S,Soliman ME

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomembranes and lipid systems are rich in unsaturated lipid components and are subject to photo-induced lipid peroxidation. The peroxidized lipid products in cellular systems are known to affect the structural organization and function of the biomembrane. We employed molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kumar S,Rana R,Yadav DK

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics (MD) studies have been carried out on the Hoogsteen hydrogen bonded parallel and the reverse Hoogsteen hydrogen bonded antiparallel C.G*G triplexes. Earlier, the molecular mechanics studies had shown that the parallel structure was energetically more favourable than the antiparallel structure. To ch...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kiran MR,Bansal M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of DNA and RNA with Cu(II), Mg(II), [Co(NH3)6]3+ [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+ chlorides and, cis- and trans-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 (CIS-DDP, trans-DDP) has been studied by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and a correlation between metal-base binding and conformational transitions in the sugar pucker has been est...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Theophanides T,Tajmir-Riahi HA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is an enzyme that initiates polyamine synthesis in human. Polyamines play key roles in cell-cell adhesion, cell motility and cell cycle regulation. Higher synthesis of polyamines also occurs in rapidly proliferating cancer cells are mediated by ODC. As per earlier studies, di-flouro-methy...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sivashanmugam M,K N S,V U

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer, being among the most serious diseases, causes many deaths every year. Many investigators have devoted themselves to designing effective treatments for this disease. Cancer always involves abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. In contrast, tumor suppressor genes...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Chen L,Yang J,Huang T,Kong X,Lu L,Cai YD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infrared absorption and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of chloroform solutions of the terminally-blocked segment corresponding to the 2-9 sequence of emerimicins III and IV, -(Aib)3-L-Val-Gly-L-Leu-(Aib)2-, are consistent with the presence of a 3(10)-helical structure of high thermal stability. The crystal...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Toniolo C,Bonora GM,Bavoso A,Benedetti E,di Blasio B,Pavone V,Pedone C

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) plays essential role in the tau-assisted regulation of microtubule dynamics. Over expression of MARK4 causes early phosphorylation of Ser262 of tau protein which is essential for microtubule binding. Hyperphosphorylation of tau protein causes the formation of paired hel...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Naqvi AAT,Jairajpuri DS,Noman OMA,Hussain A,Islam A,Ahmad F,Alajmi MF,Hassan MI

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent research has identified chymase, a mast cell-specific protease as an exclusive novel therapeutic target to prevent Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) induced encephalitis. Interestingly, JEV activates mast cell specific chymase during its penetration through blood brain barrier (BBB) which eventually guide to ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kant K,Rawat R,Bhati V,Bhosale S,Sharma D,Banerjee S,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study employed the spectroscopic techniques, i.e. fluorescence, and circular dichroism (CD) and the molecular docking approach to investigate the mechanism of interaction of a potent anticancer glucosinolate, sinigrin (SIN), with bovine serum albumin (BSA). SIN binding to BSA resulted in the quenching of i...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Awasthi S,Saraswathi NT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug design and discovery of lipid modulators is very demanding as no new molecule has entered into the market in the last 35 years. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is a promising target as lipid modulators. Inhibition of the CETP enzyme reduces the risk of cardiovascular events. The first CETP inhibitor...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Amin SA,Adhikari N,Gayen S,Jha T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, conformational behavior, structural, and vibrational characterization of the carboxy terminal dipeptide of β-endorphin (glycy-l-glutamine, glycyl-glutamine, beta-endorphin30-31), which is an inhibitory neuropeptide synthesized from beta-endorphin1-31 in brain stem regions, has been investigated. The the...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kecel-Gunduz S,Celik S,Ozel AE,Akyuz S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stoichiometric amounts of poly-L-lysine were added to site-specifically spin labeled single stranded nucleic acids and the resulting complexes analyzed by electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR). The nucleic acids were spin labeled to different extents and with labels of varying tether length. The ESR data are used...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Bobst AM,Kao SC,Bobst EV,Pauly GT

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereochemical effects of methylphosphonate (MP) in B-DNA and Z-DNA duplexes are studied through molecular mechanics approach. Duplexes of different lengths, tetramers, hexamers, dodecamers are examined to assess the interstrand and intrastrand electrostatic effects due to MPs vis-a-vis phosphates. A variety of models...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Swarnalatha Y,Yathindra N

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of NaDNA with the bipyridyl-(ethylenediamine)platintum(II) (abbreviated [(bipy)Pt(en)]2+) molecular ion have been studied in solution via ultraviolet absorption experiments at 260 nm between 50 and 90 degrees C. These measurements, performed as a function of the molar ratio of the [(bipy)Pt(en)]2+ complex to...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Szabó S,Lee SA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The funnel shaped energy landscape model of the protein folding suggests that progression of folding proceeds through multiple pathways, having the multiple intermediates which leads to multidimensional free-energy surface. Herein, we applied all-atom MD simulation to conduct a comparative study on the structure of β-...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Singh R,Meena NK,Das T,Sharma RD,Prakash A,Lynn AM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P2Y12 receptor is an attractive target for the anti-platelet therapies, treating various thrombotic diseases. In this work, a total of 107 6-aminonicotinate-based compounds as potent P2Y12 antagonists were studies by a molecular modeling study combining three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Zhou S,Fang D,Tan S,Lin W,Wu W,Zheng K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory efficacy of two substituted coumarin derivatives on the activity of neurodegenerative enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was assessed in aqueous buffer as well as in the presence of human serum albumin (HSA) and compared against standard cholinergic AD drug, Donepezil (DON). The experimental data reveal...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Baruah P,Basumatary G,Yesylevskyy SO,Aguan K,Bez G,Mitra S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) inhibitors are proved as promising therapeutic agents against cancer. This study is to determine potent NAD(P)H-dependent NQO1 inhibitors with new scaffold. Pharmacophore-based three-dimensional (3D) QSAR model has been built based on 45 NQO1 inhibitors reported in the literatu...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Selvakumar R,Anantha Krishnan D,Ramakrishnan C,Velmurugan D,Gunasekaran K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycation and oxidation induce structural alterations in the proteins in an interdependent manner with consequent pathological implications. The published literature presents wide range of modifications in conformational characteristics of proteins by glycation and oxidation; however, there is little data that could e...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Islam S,Moinuddin,Mir AR,Raghav A,Habib S,Alam K,Ali A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ivermectin (IVM) is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic agent, having inhibitory potential against wide range of viral infections. It has also been found to hamper SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro, and its precise mechanism of action against SARS-CoV-2 is yet to be understood. IVM is known to interact with host importin (IM...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Azam F,Taban IM,Eid EEM,Iqbal M,Alam O,Khan S,Mahmood D,Anwar MJ,Khalilullah H,Khan MU

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of the drugs 2,7-bis[(diethylamino)-ethoxy]-fluoren-9-one dihydrochloride (Tilorone), 2,7-bis[(dipropylamino)-acetamido]-fluoren-9-one dihydrochloride (FA-2), 2'-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-2,5'-bi-1H-benzimidazole trihydrochloride (Hoechst 33258), and hematoporphyrin IX derivative (H...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Bischoff G,Bischoff R,Birch-Hirschfeld E,Gromann U,Lindau S,Meister WV,de A Bambirra S,Bohley C,Hoffmann S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00