A novel dimerization interface of cyclic nucleotide binding domain, which is disrupted in presence of cAMP: implications for CNG channels gating.

abstract：:We have used density-functional theory to investigate the neighboring-group stabilization of iodine, arsenic, and phosphorus-centered oxyanion moieties in species such as deprotonated 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) and its analogs. The magnitudes of different stabilizing effects and further candidates for analogous stabil...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： O'Hair RA,Williams CM,Clark T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The character of the bridged hydrogen atom (Hb) of B2H6 has become a hot issue in recent years. In this work, the complexes B2H6 · · · NH3, B2H2X4 · · · nNH3 (n = 1, 2) and 2HF · · · B2H2X4 · · · 2NH3 (X = Cl, Br, I) were constructed and studied based on the M06-2X calculations to investigate how to enhance the Hb · ·...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gao L,Zhang X,Meng L,Zeng Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, a scheme to generate exact wave functions and eigenvalues for the spherically symmetric three-dimensional position-dependent effective mass Schrödinger equation is presented. The methodology is implemented by means of separation of variables and point canonical transformations that allow to recognize a r...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Ovando G,Morales J,López-Bonilla JL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iridium (III) 2-phenylpyridine (ppy) complexes with two suitable monodentate L ligands [Ir(ppy)₂(L)₂]⁺ (ppy = 2-phenylpyridine, py = pyridine, L = 4-pyCN 1, 4-pyCHO 2, 4-pyCl 3, py 4, 4-pyNH₂ 5) were studied by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT methods. The influences of ligands L on the electroni...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Zhang TT,Qi XX,Jia J,Wu HS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the reductase inhibitor drug fluvastatin, hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, with the hydrophilic ι- or λ-carrageenan polymers, serving as potential controllers of the drug's release rate, have been studied at the density functional level of theory with the B3LYP exchange correlation functional. Three...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Papadopoulos AG,Sigalas MP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the interplay between X···N and X···X halogen bonds interactions in NCX···NCX···XCH3 complexes, where X=Cl and Br. To better understand the properties of these systems, the corresponding dyads were also studied. These effects are studied theoretically in terms of geometric and energetic features ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Esrafili MD,Vakili M,Solimannejad M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and a crucial target for various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The structure based antagonists design for many GPCRs, including CCR2, is restricted by the lack of an experimental three dimensional structure. Homology modeling is widely used for...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Kim JH,Lim JW,Lee SW,Kim K,No KT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase of multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria to known classes of antibiotics present a severe challenge for modern medicine. The most promising strategy to combat pathogenic bacteria is to discover new drug targets. In this regard, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are particularly well suited to develop novel dru...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Hoffmann M,Torchala M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a theoretical investigation of the electric properties of two kinds of one-dimensional lithium bonded chains: (NC-Li)n and (NC-CC-Li)n (n = 1-8). The resulting (NC-Li)n and (NC-CC-Li)n were found to exhibit enhanced first hyperpolarizabilities (β 0) with increasing n, and a slight change in the absorption m...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Ma F,Bai D,Xu H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preferential selectivity of dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 (DCH18C6) for bivalent Sr(+2) ion over tetravalent Th(+4) ion was investigated using generalized gradient approximated (GGA) BP86 and the hybrid B3LYP density functional, employing split valence plus polarization (SV(P)) and triple-zeta valence plus polarization...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Boda A,Joshi JM,Ali SM,Shenoy KT,Ghosh SK

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bicyclo[3.3.1]nonylidenebicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (1) and adamantylideneadamantane (Ad=Ad) are two caged olefins with closely related structures at the double bond. Both compounds react instantaneously with Br2 in chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents to give mixtures of olefin-Br2 aggregates identified as the 1:1 pi-complex an...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Chiappe C,Pomelli CS,Lenoir D,Wattenbach C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan lyase from Streptococcus pneumoniae can degrade hyaluronic acid, which is one of the major components in the extracellular matrix. Hyaluronan can regulate water balance, osmotic pressure, and act as an ion exchange resin. Followed by our recent work on the catalytic reaction mechanism and substrate binding ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Li F,Xu D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unusual π-halogen bond interactions are investigated between (BNN)₃⁺ and X1X2 (X1, X2 = F, Cl, Br) employing MP2 at 6-311 + G(2d) and aug-cc-pVDZ levels according to the "CP (counterpoise) corrected potential energy surface (PES)" method. The order of the π-halogen bond interactions and stabilities of the complexe...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Qi HT,Ren FD,Zhang JL,Wang JY

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge-based models for protein folding assume that the early-stage structural form of a polypeptide is determined by the backbone conformation, followed by hydrophobic collapse. Side chain-side chain interactions, mostly of hydrophobic character, lead to the formation of the hydrophobic core, which seems to stabil...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Brylinski M,Kochanczyk M,Broniatowska E,Roterman I

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal rotation in ammonia borane (AB) was studied on the basis of natural orbitals for chemical valence (NOCV) and eigenvectors for Pauli repulsion (NOPR). We found that the total hyperconjugation stabilization (ca. 5 kcal mol(-1)), based on the charge transfer from the occupied σ (B-H) orbitals into the empty ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Parafiniuk M,Mitoraj MP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acene-thiophenes compounds have been used successfully as active materials in thin-film transistors and photodetectors. This work aims at obtaining an adequate theoretical framework to accurately characterize the optical and electronic properties of two such compounds: NaT2 and NaT3. This is done by comparing the resu...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： de Sousa LE,Mamiya AA,Kjelstrup-Hansen J,da Silva Filho DA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothiocyanates (ITC) are well-known chemopreventive agents extracted from vegetables. This activity results from the activation of human oxidoreductase. In this letter, the uncompetitive activatory mechanism of ITC was investigated using docking and molecular dynamics simulations. This indicates that NAD(P)H:quinone ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Mazur P,Magdziarz T,Bak A,Chilmonczyk Z,Kasprzycka-Guttman T,Misiewicz-Krzemińska I,Skupińska K,Polanski J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several new chelating reagents have been synthesized and tested for their collecting power in sulfide and non-sulfide minerals flotation. Many researchers have indicated that chelating reagents have the advantage of offering better selectivity and specificity as flotation collectors. Therefore, densit...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Yekeler H,Yekeler M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the interaction between graphene and polymers is of essential interest when designing novel nanocomposites with reinforced mechanical and electrical properties. In this computational study, the interaction of pristine graphene (PG) and graphene oxide (GO) with a series of functional groups, representativ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Güryel S,Alonso M,Hajgató B,Dauphin Y,Van Lier G,Geerlings P,De Proft F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruit softening is associated to cell wall modifications produced by a set of hydrolytic enzymes and proteins. Expansins are proteins with no catalytic activity, which have been associated with several processes during plant growth and development. A role for expansins has been proposed during softening of fruits, and...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gaete-Eastman C,Morales-Quintana L,Herrera R,Moya-León MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cation-π interactions are known to be one of the strongest noncovalent forces in the gas phase, but they rarely occur in a fully solvated environment. The present work used two different ab initio molecular dynamics-based approaches to describe the correlation between the strength of the cation-π interactions and the ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Larrucea J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the help of quantum chemical calculations, S(AuPH3)2, [HS(AuPH3)2]+ and their dimers have been examined by using scalar-relativistic theory. In agreement with experimental data, [HS(AuPH3)2 +]2 is a C(2h) structure. However, [S(AuPH3)2]2 is predicted to favor a D(2d) structure. Experimental structure parameters o...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Fang H,Zhang XG,Wang SG

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a wide variety of ion channel types with various types of blockers, making research in this field very complicated. To reduce this complexity, it is essential to study ion channels and their blockers independently. Scorpion toxins, a major class of blockers, are charged short peptides with high affinities for...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Nikouee A,Khabiri M,Cwiklik L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-tuning of magnetic states via an understanding of spin injection on the edge of graphene nanoribbons should allow for greater flexibility of the design of graphene-based spintronics. On the basis of calculations, we predict that coupling constants of the exchange interaction in the series of nitroxide-functionali...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Morozov V,Tretyakov E

更新日期：2019-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of an insertion/duplication mutant 'L20' of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme demonstrated a solvent induced α→β transition in a loosely held duplicate helical region, while α-helical conformation in the parent region was relatively stabilized by its tertiary interactions with the...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Kaur H,Sasidhar YU

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction pathways of several Friedel-Crafts acylations involving phenyl aromatic compounds were studied using density functional theory. The reactions were related to the Friedel-Crafts polycondensation of polyaryletherketones. In particular, the acylation of benzene with benzoyl chloride to form benzophenone and ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Melissen ST,Tognetti V,Dupas G,Jouanneau J,Lê G,Joubert L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic first-principles calculations have been performed to study the effect of high pressure on the geometric, electronic, and absorption properties of 2,6-diamino-3,5-dinitropyrazine-1-oxide (LLM-105) under hydrostatic pressures of 0-50 GPa. Obvious irregular changes in lattice constants, unit-cell angles, bond le...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Wu Q,Yang C,Pan Y,Xiang F,Liu Z,Zhu W,Xiao H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, no suitable vaccine or specific antiviral drug is available to treat Chikungunya viral (CHIKV) fever. Hence, it is essential to identify drug candidates that could potentially impede CHIKV infection. Here, we present the development of a homology model of nsP2 protein based on the crystal structure of the nsP...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Singh KhD,Kirubakaran P,Nagarajan S,Sakkiah S,Muthusamy K,Velmurgan D,Jeyakanthan J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3D QSAR analysis has been performed on a series of 67 benzodiazepine analogues reported as gamma-secretase inhibitors using molecular field analysis (MFA), with G/PLS to predict steric and electrostatic molecular field interaction for the activity. The MFA study was carried out using a training set of 54 compounds. ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Sammi T,Silakari O,Ravikumar M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical ionization energies (VIEs) of medazepam, nordazepam and their molecular subunits have been calculated using the electron propagator method in the P3/CEP-31G* approximation. Vertical electron affinities (VEAs) have been obtained with a ∆SCF procedure at the DFT-B3LYP/6-31+G* level of theory. Excellent correlat...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Millefiori S,Alparone A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00