Analysis of oligomeric proteins during unfolding by pH and temperature.

abstract：:A quantum mechanical density functional theory (DFT) was successfully developed for the estimation of pKa values of chlorinated phenols in aqueous solution with a precision of 0.9 pKa units. The MP2/6-311++G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level of theory was used for the gas phase calculation. For computation in the solution p...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Kheirjou S,Imanzadeh G,Rezaei H,Safari N

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-established that many covalently-bonded atoms of Groups IV-VII have directionally-specific regions of positive electrostatic potential (σ-holes) through which they can interact with negative sites. In the case of Group VII, this is called "halogen bonding." We have studied two series of molecules: the F3MX ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Bundhun A,Ramasami P,Murray JS,Politzer P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we applied density functional theory and temperature-dependent Gibbs free energy calculations to wurtzoid structures to explain the sensitivity of ZnO nanocrystals towards chlorine molecules. In agreement with experimental findings, our results revealed that chlorine sensing under ambient conditio...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Abdulsattar MA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen bonding in electronic excited states of calixarene building blocks bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)methane (2HDPM) monomer and hydrogen-bonded 2HDPM-H₂O complex were studied theoretically using the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). Twenty-four stable conformations (12 pai...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Wang S,Hao C,Gao Z,Chen J,Qiu J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural, elastic and electronic properties of lutatium-pnictides (LuN, LuP, LuAs, LuSb, and LuBi) were analyzed by using full-potential linearized augmented plane wave within generalized gradient approximation in the stable rock-salt structure (B1 phase) with space group Fm-3m and high-pressure CsCl structure (...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gupta DC,Bhat IH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergothioneine (2-mercaptohistidine trimethylbetaine) is a very stable natural compound largely present in cells and tissues of plants and mammals. The biological role of ET is still incompletely understood but its antioxidant properties are well assessed experimentally. However, no theoretical study had been performed...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Lespade L

更新日期：2019-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular and quantum mechanics calculations were carried out in a series of tripeptides (GXG, where X = D, N and C) as models of the unfolded states of proteins. The selected central amino acids, especially aspartic acid (D) and asparagine (N) are known to present significant average conformations in partially allowe...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Ramos J,Cruz VL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite encouraging progress over the past decade, malaria caused by the Plasmodium parasite continues to pose an enormous disease burden and is one of the major global health problems. The extreme challenge in malaria management is the resistance of parasites to traditional monochemotherapies like chloroquine and sul...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Sharma D,Soni R,Patel S,Joshi D,Bhatt TK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) is the key mediator in initiating type I collagen degradation and is associated with rheumatoid arthritis. In the present study, a pharmacophore hypothesis was developed based on selective non zinc binding inhibitors of MMP-8. The pharmacophore hypothesis was refined manually and val...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Kalva S,Vinod D,Saleena LM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of Wiener's topochemical index-a distance based topochemical index, molecular connectivity topochemical index-an adjacency based topochemical index and eccentric connectivity topochemical index-an adjacency-cum-distance based topochemical index with sodium channel binding activity has been investigate...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gupta M,Madan AK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, conformational analysis of lignin models was accomplished by considering four cross-link types (3-5', β-5', α-O-4 and β-O-4) and three monomer units [guaiacyl (G), p-hydroxyphenyl (H) and syringyl (S)]. Analysis involving the 3-5' and β-5' dimers was conducted following the standard procedure, i.e...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Castilho-Almeida EW,De Almeida WB,Dos Santos HF

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum chemical calculations using density functional theory BP86/def2-TZVPP and ab initio methods at CCSD(T)/def2-TZVPP have been carried for the telluroketones H2A=Te (A = C, Si, Ge). DFT calculations have also been carried out for the ketones H2C=E (E = O, S, Se, Te) and for the complexes NHC → [H2A=Te] → B(C6F5)3...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Jaufeerally NB,Ramasami P,Jerabek P,Frenking G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of cyclic peptide assemblies (CPs) forming a macromolecular nanotube structure was investigated in solvents of different polarity using computational methods. The stability and structure of the complexes were studied using traditional molecular dynamics (MD). Energy of dissociation was estimated from ste...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Vijayakumar V,Vijayaraj R,Peters GH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The title compound, C(6)H(4)N(4)S(2)·C(3)H(7)NO, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C 2/c with a = 26.673(5), b = 5.397(1), c = 16.522(3) Å, β = 95.49(3)°, Z = 8, R = 0.0461 for 1891 reflections with I > 2σ(I) and 174 parameters (4 restraints). Single pteridine-2,4(1 H,3 H)-dithione and dimethylformamide molec...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Illán-Cabeza NA,Peña-Ruiz T,Moreno-Carretero MN

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we present the results of a study of the X-ray structure of 2-[(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)amino]-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one. Using the FTIR spectra in solid state and results of ab initio calculations we explain the issue of the tautomerism of this molecule. The compound is shown to exist as the 2-amino tautomer rat...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Nowaczyk A,Kowiel M,Gzella A,Fijałkowski L,Horishny V,Lesyk R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, eight oxytocin (OT) antagonists were subjected to conformational analysis. By means of simulated annealing, 2,000 structures were generated to sample the conformational space. The preferred main-chain and side-chain dihedral angles, intramolecular H-bond interactions (types 1<--4 and 1<--3), and seconda...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Jójárt B,Márki A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human dihydrofolate reductase-like 1 (DHFRL1) has been identified as a second human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) enzyme. Although DHFRL1 have high sequence homology with human DHFR, dihydrofolate (DHF) exhibits a lowered binding affinity to DHFRL1 and the corresponding molecular mechanism is still unknown. To addres...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gao J,Cui W,Du Y,Ji M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed study of the structural, electronic, and optical absorption properties of crystalline 1,4-dinitrofurazano[3,4-b]piperazine (DNFP) under hydrostatic pressures of 0-100 GPa was performed using periodic density functional theory. As the pressure increases, the lattice constants and cell volumes calculated by L...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Wang W,Zhu W,Li J,Cheng B,Xiao H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through comparison with ab initio reference data, we have evaluated the performance of various density functionals for describing pi-pi interactions as a function of the geometry between two stacked benzenes or benzene analogs, between two stacked DNA bases, and between two stacked Watson-Crick pairs. Our main purpose...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Swart M,van der Wijst T,Fonseca Guerra C,Bickelhaupt FM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B3LYP, PBE, M06-2X, B2PLYP, BN2PLYP-D, ωB97X-D, and MP2 levels of theory, in combination with the 6-311++G(d,p) and cc-pVTZ basis sets were comprehensively assessed for their ability to reproduce experimental FOX-7 structural and detonation data. ωB97X-D/cc-pVTZ, B3LYP/cc-pVTZ, and M06-2X/cc-pVTZ provided highly accur...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Jeong K,Jeon Y,Kwon S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are a multitude of aromaticity indexes, only a few have a widespread usage. All famous aromaticity indexes are limited: HOMA and FLU are reference-dependent; ELF is π-bond-dependent; PDI is structurally dependent and NICS is ring size dependent. These limitations stimulate the continuous search for bett...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Firme CL,Araújo DM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that Tetracyclines are potentially useful drugs to treat prion disease, the fatal neurodegenerative disease in which cellular prion proteins change in conformation to become a disease-specific species (PrP(Sc)). Based on an in vitro anti-fibrillogenesis test, and using the peptide PrP106-126 in the p...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Cosentino U,Pitea D,Moro G,Saracino GA,Caria P,Varì RM,Colombo L,Forloni G,Tagliavini F,Salmona M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we assessed the quantum mechanical level of theory for prediction of linear and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of push-pull organic molecules. The electric dipole moment (μ), mean polarizability ([Symbol: see text]α[Symbol: see text]) and total static first hyperpolarizability (βt) were calculated f...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Paschoal D,Santos HF

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geometric and electronic structure of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE)-aniline (donor-acceptor type) complex has been investigated in gas phase using ab initio and time dependent density functional theory calculations. Both the above calculations predict a composed structure for the complex, in which the interacting site...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Manna T,Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen dissociative chemisorption and desorption on small lowest energy Ni(n) clusters up to n=13 as a function of H coverage was studied using density functional theory. H adsorption on the clusters was found to be preferentially at edge sites followed by 3-fold hollow sites and on-top sites. The minimum energy pat...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Zhou C,Yao S,Zhang Q,Wu J,Yang M,Forrey RC,Cheng H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

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：:A good understanding of the inhibition mechanism of enzymes exhibiting high levels of similarity is the first step to the discovery of new drugs with selective potential. Examples of such proteins include glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3β) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK-2). This article reports the mechanism of s...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Czeleń P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicenter overlap integrals appearing in the evaluation of multicenter-multielectron integrals of central and noncentral interaction potentials are calculated using complete orthonormal sets of psi(alpha)-ETOs (alpha=1, 0, -1, -2,...). The final results are expressed in terms of two-center overlap integrals between ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Guseinov I,Aydin R,Mamedov B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quinolinol derivatives clioquinol (5-chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol, Quinoform) and cloxiquine (5-chloro-8-quinolinol) were studied experimentally in the solid state via ³⁵Cl NQR, ¹H-¹⁷O and ¹H-¹⁴N NQDR spectroscopies, and theoretically by density functional theory (DFT). The supramolecular synthon pattern of O-H···N ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Latosińska JN,Latosińska M,Tomczak MA,Seliger J,Zagar V

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) calculations, theoretical studies of structural parameters, electronic properties, infrared vibration modes, and charge density topologies on the C2H4O∙∙∙HX and C2H5N∙∙∙HX (X = F or O-F) heterocylic hydrogen complexes are presented. The H-bond distances and high energies point out stron...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Oliveira BG

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00