Covalent inhibitor reactivity prediction by the electrophilicity index-in and out of scope.

abstract：:A new and rigorous method for the fractional description of solvation and transfer free energies is presented. The method is based on the use of the Miertus-Scrocco-Tomasi self-consistent reaction field method (MST-SCRF), and allows for a rigorous partition of the total solvation free energy into surface elements. The...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Luque FJ,Barril X,Orozco M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multipoint interactions between synthetic and natural polymers provide a promising platform for many topical applications, including therapeutic blockage of virus-specific targets. Docking may become a useful tool for modelling of such interactions. However, the rigid docking cannot be correctly applied to synthetic p...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Tsvetkov VB,Serbin AV

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex of adenylate kinase with its transition-state inhibitor has been studied by molecular dynamics simulations in water and in vacuum environments with the GROMOS force field over a period of 300 ps. The adenylate kinase, a member of the nucleotide-binding protein family, was exemplarily chosen for the inspect...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Kern P,Brunne RM,Folkers G

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the fourth statistical assessment of modeling of proteins and ligands (sampl.eyesopen.com) prediction challenge, the strength of association of nine guests (1-9) binding to octa-acid host was determined by a combination of (1)H NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry. Association constants in sodium tetrab...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Gibb CL,Gibb BC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new computational tools, PRO_PHARMEX and PRO_SCOPE, for use in active-site-directed searching of 3D databases are described. PRO_PHARMEX is a flexible, graphics-based program facilitating the extraction of pharmacophores from the active site of a target macromolecule. These pharmacophores can then be used to searc...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Clark DE,Westhead DR,Sykes RA,Murray CW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histo-blood group ABH antigens serve as recognition sites for infectious microorganisms and tissue lectins in intercellular communication, e.g. in tumor progression. Thus, they are of interest as a starting point for drug design. In this respect, potent non-hydrolysable derivatives such as thioglycosides are of specia...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Strino F,Lii JH,Gabius HJ,Nyholm PG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational techniques, such as Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) modeling, are very useful in predicting physicochemical properties of various chemicals. Building QSPR models requires calculating molecular descriptors and the proper choice of the geometry optimization method, which will be dedicat...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Rybinska A,Sosnowska A,Barycki M,Puzyn T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benchmarks for molecular docking have historically focused on re-docking the cognate ligand of a well-determined protein-ligand complex to measure geometric pose prediction accuracy, and measurement of virtual screening performance has been focused on increasingly large and diverse sets of target protein structures, c...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Spitzer R,Jain AN

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preferential occurrence of certain disulphide-bridge topologies in proteins has prompted us to design a method and a program, KNOT-MATCH, for their classification. The program has been applied to a database of proteins with less than 65% homology and more than two disulphide bridges. We have investigated whether t...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Mas JM,Aloy P,Martí-Renom MA,Oliva B,de Llorens R,Avilés FX,Querol E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New designs for Magnetic Resonance Imaging contrast agents are presented. Essentially, they all are host-guest inclusion complexes between y-cyclodextrins and polyazamacrocycles of gadolinium (III) ion. Substitutions have been made to the host to optimise the host-guest association. Molecular mechanics calculations ha...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Fernandes PA,Carvalho AT,Marques AT,Pereira AL,Madeira AP,Ribeiro AS,Carvalho AF,Ricardo ET,Pinto FJ,Santos HA,Mangericão HD,Martins HM,Pinto HD,Santos HR,Moreira IS,Azeredo MJ,Abreu RP,Oliveira RM,Sousa SF,Silva RJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report our results from quantitative structure-activity relationship studies on tyrosinase inhibitors. Interactions between benzoic acid derivatives and tyrosinase active sites were also studied using a molecular docking method. These studies indicated that one possible mechanism for the interaction between b...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Xue CB,Luo WC,Ding Q,Liu SZ,Gao XX

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "embedded cluster reference interaction site model" (EC-RISM) integral equation theory is applied to the problem of predicting aqueous pKa values for drug-like molecules based on an ensemble of tautomers. EC-RISM is based on self-consistent calculations of a solute's electronic structure and the distribution funct...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Tielker N,Eberlein L,Güssregen S,Kast SM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capacity ratio (log k') values, which are a measure of hydrophobicity, were calculated directly from the three-dimensional structures of 17 furans and 54 triazines using the comparative molecular field analysis approach. The H2O probe and the GRID force field, including hydrogen-bond potentials, yielded excellent corr...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Kim KH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computational protein binding affinity prediction can play an important role in drug research but performing efficient and accurate binding free energy calculations is still challenging. In the context of phase 2 of the Drug Design Data Resource (D3R) Grand Challenge 2 we used our automated eTOX ALLIES approach to app...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Rifai EA,van Dijk M,Vermeulen NPE,Geerke DP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction mechanism of triazolyl substituted tetrahydrobenzofuran derivatives (compound 1 (N, N-Dipropyl-1-(2-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzofuran-4-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-methanamine) and 2 (1-(2-Phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzofuran-4-yl)-4-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole)) with H(+),K(+)-ATPase at diff...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Luo HJ,Wang JZ,Huang NY,Deng WQ,Zou K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular modeling studies were carried out by a combined use of conformational analysis and 3D-QSAR methods of identify molecular features common to a series of hydroxyacetophenone (HAP) and non-hydroxyacetophenone (non-HAP) peptide leukotriene (pLT) receptor antagonists. In attempts to develop a ligand-binding model...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Hariprasad V,Kulkarni VM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important pharmacological mechanisms of antimalarial action is the inhibition of the aggregation of hematin into hemozoin. We present a group of new potential antimalarial molecules for which we have performed a DFT study of their stereoelectronic properties. Additionally, the same calculations were ca...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Portela C,Afonso CM,Pinto MM,Ramos MJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of the SAMPL7 challenge, we computed, employing a non-equilibrium (NE) alchemical technique, the standard binding free energy of two series of host-guest systems, involving as a host the Isaac's TrimerTrip, a Cucurbituril-like open cavitand, and the Gilson's Cyclodextrin derivatives. The adopted NE alch...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Procacci P,Guarnieri G

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial ribosome is a major target of naturally occurring thiopeptides antibiotics. Studying thiopeptide (e.g. thiostrepton) binding to the GAR's 23S·L11 ribosomal subunit using docking methods is challenging. Regarding the target, the binding site is composed of a flexible protein-RNA nonbonded interface whose ...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Wolf A,Schoof S,Baumann S,Arndt HD,Kirschner KN

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aligning and overlaying two or more bio-active molecules is one of the key tasks in computational drug discovery and bio-activity prediction. Especially chemical-functional molecule characteristics from the view point of a macromolecular target represented as a 3D pharmacophore are the most interesting similarity meas...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Wolber G,Dornhofer AA,Langer T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of algorithms designed to enhance the display of protein binding cavities is presented. These algorithms, collectively entitled CAVITY SEARCH, allow the user to isolate and fully define the extent of a particular cavity. Solid modeling techniques are employed to produce a detailed cast of the active site region,...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Ho CM,Marshall GR

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing number of protein-ligand complex structures, particularly the structures of proteins co-bound with different ligands, in the Protein Data Bank helps us tackle two major challenges in molecular docking studies: the protein flexibility and the scoring function. Here, we introduced a systematic strategy by us...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Xu X,Yan C,Zou X

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though it is highly toxic, Amphotericin B (AmB), an amphipathic polyene macrolide antibiotic, is used in the treatment of severe systemic fungal infections as a life-saving drug. To examine the influence of conformational factors on selective toxicity of these compounds, we have investigated the conformational pr...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Resat H,Sungur FA,Baginski M,Borowski E,Aviyente V

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding mode of (2S)-2-[4-[[(3S)-1-acetimidoyl-3-pyrrolidinyl]oxy]phenyl]-3-(7-ami dino-2- naphthyl)propanoic acid hydrochloride (DX-9065a, 4) to Factor Xa is examined using inhibition data for a series of analogs that have a hydrophobic group as well as basic or dibasic functionality. Comparative molecular field ...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Vaz RJ,McLean LR,Pelton JT

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work the rigid-analogue approach has been used to obtain information on the active conformation(s) of the calcium antagonist verapamil. A series of semi-rigid analogues of verapamil were synthesized and their biological activities evaluated on guinea-pig heart and aorta. These molecules were analysed by means ...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Romanelli MN,Dei S,Scapecchi S,Teodori E,Gualtieri F,Budriesi R,Mannhold R

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of MP2 level quantum mechanical (QM) calculations on isolated heteroaromatic ring systems for the prediction of the tautomeric propensities of whole molecules in a crystalline environment was examined. A Polarisable Continuum Model was used in the calculations to account for environment effects on the tautomer...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Cruz-Cabeza AJ,Schreyer A,Pitt WR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding properties of sequence-specific nucleic acids (aptamers) to low-molecular-weight ligands, macromolecules and even cells attract substantial scientific interest. These ligand-DNA complexes found different applications for sensing, nanomedicine, and DNA nanotechnology. Structural information on the aptamer-l...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Albada HB,Golub E,Willner I

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a software tool that allows one to visualize and analyze the importance of each individual steric interaction in a molecular mechanics force field. ANLIZE is presently implemented for the Dreiding force field for use with the Cerius2 software package, but could be implemented in any molecular mechanics pac...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Stolworthy LD,Shirts RB

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fas antigen, a cell surface receptor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, triggers programmed cell death (apoptosis) in the immune system. The three-dimensional structure of Fas and molecular details of the interaction between Fas and its ligand are currently unknown. A three-dimensi...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Bajorath J,Aruffo A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water molecules in the binding pocket of a protein and their role in ligand binding have increasingly raised interest in recent years. Displacement of such water molecules by ligand atoms can be either favourable or unfavourable for ligand binding depending on the change in free enthalpy. In this study, we investigate...

journal_title：Journal of computer-aided molecular design

authors： Riniker S,Barandun LJ,Diederich F,Krämer O,Steffen A,van Gunsteren WF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00