Molecular insights into quorum sensing in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans bacteria via molecular modelling of the transcriptional regulator AfeR and of the binding mode of long-chain acyl homoserine lactones.

abstract：:The formation of selenium species in some biological processes involves the generation of ionic and radical intermediates such as RSe●, RSe-, RSeO●, and RSeO-, among others. We performed a theoretical study of the possible mechanisms for the reaction of the two simplest Se radicals-the hydroselenyl (HSe●) and seleneni...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Vega-Teijido MA,Kieninger M,Ventura ON

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective dissolution of calcium oxalate, the main component of kidney stones, is important in the treatment of nephrolithisis. Polyphenol glycosides constitute compounds supporting dissolution and inhibition of formation of stones. These moieties possess oxygen atoms which can interact with calcium cations. Densi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Toczek D,Kubas K,Turek M,Roszak S,Gancarz R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two important classes of organic molecules, perylene diimide (PDI) and pyrene derivatives have been found to possess relatively excellent photophysical and photochemical properties and especially high two-photon absorption cross sections (δ(T)(max)). Herein, one-photon absorption (OPA) and two-photon absorption (TPA) ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Liu XT,Zhao Y,Ren AM,Feng JK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The average pull-out force and interaction energy of polyethylene (PE) cross-linked functionalized carbon nanotubes (cfCNTs) embedded in polymer matrices (PE-cfCNTs@polymers) was studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Accordingly, the pull-out process of PE-cfCNTs from inside polymer matrices, i.e., Aramid...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Haghighi S,Ansari R,Ajori S

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:ET(A) subtype selective antagonists constitute a novel and potentially important class of agents for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, and other pathological conditions. In this paper, 60 benzodiazepine derivatives displaying potent activities against ET(A) and ET(B) subtypes of endothelin recept...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Xia J,Li J,Sun H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Density functional theory (DFT) has been applied to understand the influence of various linkages on the energetic properties and stability of the polynitro-biphenyl compounds. Structures were optimized using the B3PW91/6-31G(d,p) level, and the heats of formation (HOFs) were computed by employing the selected isodesmi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Nirwan A,Devi A,Ghule VD

更新日期：2019-09-15 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 binding properties of the protein-inhibitor complex of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease with the inhibitor TMC-126 are investigated by combining computational alanine scanning (CAS) mutagenesis with binding free-energy decomposition (BFED). The calculated results demonstrate that the flap regio...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Li D,Han JG,Chen H,Li L,Zhao RN,Liu G,Duan Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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：:We investigate the chemical reactivities, aromatic properties, and UV-Vis absorption spectra of four constitutional isomers of 1-butoxy-4-methoxybenzenepillar[5]arene with the DFT and TDDFT methods. These characteristics in the gas and solvent phases are discussed on the basis of electronic energy, the highest occupie...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Zhang J,Ren S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to introduce effectively the external electric fields into the explosive systems, the change trends of the strengths of trigger linkages, nitro group charges, and explosive sensitivities of 1,4-dinitroimidazole-N-oxide (1,4-DNIO) were investigated in the external electric fields at the B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,p) an...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Wang BG,Ren FD,Wang Y

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations of urea crystals of different shapes (cubic, rectangular prismatic, and sheet) have been performed using our previously published force field for urea. This force field has been validated by calculating values for the cohesive energy, sublimation temperature, and melting point from ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Özpınar GA,Beierlein FR,Peukert W,Zahn D,Clark T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational analysis of polynorbornene (PNB) chains was investigated with the AM1, MM2, AMBER and OPLS methods taking into consideration the possibility of binding of norbornene monomers to each other at various positions, i.e. exo-exo, exo-endo, endo-endo. The chain that is formed by connecting exo-endo positi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Yilmaz SS,Abbasoğlu R,Hazer B

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying the electrochemical characteristics is an important step for determining interactions between molecules and the chemical environment. Moreover, the electrochemical evaluation of dyes is highly needed to establish the behavior of electro-active chemical species inside dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Four c...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Ortega E,Bernède JC,Ramírez AMR,Louarn G,Díaz FR,Cattin L,Del Valle MA

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural features, spectroscopic properties, and interaction energies of the linear proton-bound complexes of OCH(+) and its sulfur analog SCH(+) with N2 were investigated using the high-level ab initio methods MP2 and CCSD(T) as well as density functional theory with the aug-cc-pVXZ (X = D, T) basis sets. The r...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Begum S,Subramanian R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of folic acid (FA)-tryptophan interactions to FA-protein association was investigated in the context of using FA as a drug carrier in protein delivery systems. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and indolicidin were used as model proteins in the study. The FA-BSA complex was characterized by using the Bradfor...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gupta R,Kalita P,Patil O,Mohanty S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ONIOM2 (B3LYP/6-31G (d, p): PM3) and B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) methods were applied to investigate the interaction between STI-571 and abelson tyrosine kinase binding site. The complex of N-[4-methyl-3-(4-pyridin-3-yl-pyrimidin-2-ylamino)- phenyl]-benzamide (part of STI-571) and related 16 amino acid residues were found ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Xiong YZ,Chen PY

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An azo bridge (-N=N-) can not only desensitize explosives but also dramatically increase their heats of formation and explosive properties. Amino and nitro are two important high energy density functional groups. Here, we present calculations on 1-nitro-1-triazene (NH2-N=N-NO2). Thermal stability and detonation parame...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Chi W,Yan T,Li B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, C-F bond cleavage mediated by the super-reduced form of cobalamin (i.e., CoICbl) was theoretically studied at the ONIOM(BP86/6-311++G(d,p):PM6) + SMD level of theory. Dispersion effects were introduced by employing Grimme's empirical dispersion at the ONIOM(BP86-D/6-311++G(d,p):PM6) + SMD level. I...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Cortés-Arriagada D,Toro-Labbe A,Mora JR,Rincón L,Mereau R,Torres FJ

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:PcFK1 is a member of the cysteine knot inhibitor family that displays anti-malarial properties. The naturally occurring molecule is ∼ 40 amino acids in length and forms a highly constrained 3D structure due to the presence of 3 disulfide and multiple intra-molecular H-bonds. Recent experimental studies on PcFK1 wild-t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Gleeson MP,Deechongkit S,Ruchirawat S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated organic polymers represent an important class of materials for varied technological applications including in active layers of chemical sensors. In this context, polyaniline (PANI) derivatives are promising candidates, mainly due to their high chemical stability, good processability, versatility of synthesi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Mandú LO,Batagin-Neto A

更新日期：2018-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using ligand and receptor based virtual screening approaches we have identified potential virtual screening hits targeting type II dehydroquinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an effective and validated anti-mycobacterial target. Initially, we applied a virtual screening workflow based on a combination of 2D struct...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Kumar A,Siddiqi MI,Miertus S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During thermal transition and variation of pH, structural properties of 35 proteins and their complexes (bound with substrate and co-factor) were analyzed in detail. During pH alteration, these proteins were shown to have substantial differences in conformations. pH conformers were analyzed in detail. Free energy and ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Bhattacharya P,Ganeshan T,Nandi S,Srivastava A,Singh P,Rehan M,Rashkush R,Subbarao N,Lynn A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HP1γ, a non-histone chromatin protein, has elicited significant attention because of its role in gene silencing, elongation, splicing, DNA repair, cell growth, differentiation, and many other cancer-associated processes, including therapy resistance. These characteristics make it an ideal target for developing small d...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Velez G,Lin M,Christensen T,Faubion WA,Lomberk G,Urrutia R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report theoretical research into the interaction of the drug tamoxifen drug with tripeptides found in the tumor environment-specifically, asparagine-glycine-arginine (NGR) and arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD). Reactivity parameters of these tripeptides were calculated and their intrinsic reactivities and ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Landeros-Martínez LL,Glossman-Mitnik D,Flores-Holguín N

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms for the activation of water, ammonia, and other small molecules by the PCcarbeneP nickel pincer complex were studied computationally with the aid of density functional theory. The calculation results indicate that the strongly donating, nucleophilic carbene center can engage in a variety of heterolytic spli...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Liu CC,Liu QL,Wu ZY,Chen YC,Xie HJ,Lei QF,Fang WJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism and regioselectivity of [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) reactions of benzonitrile oxide with ethyl trans-cinnamate, ethyl crotonate and trans-2-penten-1-ol has been studied in gas phase and in acetonitrile, ethyl acetate and tetrahydrofuran using the B3LYP functional in connection with 6-31G(d) basis set. The...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Abbiche K,Acharjee N,Salah M,Hilali M,Laknifli A,Komiha N,Marakchi K

更新日期：2020-09-22 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：:We have examined the effects of substituents on the computed electrostatic potentials V(S)(r) and average local ionization energies I(S)(r) on the surfaces of model carbon nanotubes of the types (5,5), (6,1) and (6,0). For the (5,5) and the (6,1), the effects upon both V(S)(r) and I(S)(r) of substituting a hydroxyl gr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular modeling

authors： Politzer P,Murray JS,Lane P,Concha MC,Jin P,Peralta-Inga Z

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00