Electronic couplings and electrostatic interactions behind the light absorption of retinal proteins

KJ Fujimoto - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The photo-functional chromophore retinal exhibits a wide variety of optical absorption
properties depending on its intermolecular interactions with surrounding proteins and other …

LIPID11: a modular framework for lipid simulations using amber

ÅA Skjevik, BD Madej, RC Walker… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Accurate simulation of complex lipid bilayers has long been a goal in condensed phase
molecular dynamics (MD). Structure and function of membrane-bound proteins are highly …

Elucidating the significance of β-hydride elimination and the dynamic role of acid/base chemistry in a palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols

JA Mueller, CP Goller, MS Sigman - Journal of the American …, 2004 - ACS Publications
The mechanistic details of aerobic alcohol oxidation with catalytic Pd (I i Pr)(OAc) 2 (H2O)(I i
Pr= 1, 3-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene) are disclosed. Under optimal …

Molecular dynamics simulation of hydroxyapatite–polyacrylic acid interfaces

R Bhowmik, KS Katti, D Katti - Polymer, 2007 - Elsevier
Polymer–hydroxyapatite (HAP) composites are widely studied as potential bone
replacement materials. The HAP–polymer interfacial molecular interactions have significant …

Liquid–liquid equilibrium for ionic liquid systems using COSMO‐RS: Effect of cation and anion dissociation

T Banerjee, KK Verma, A Khanna - AIChE journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic liquids with their limitless combination of cations and anions can offer an optimal
solvent for a specific purpose. But not all corresponding experimental studies are possible …

Modeling the catalysis of anti-cocaine catalytic antibody: competing reaction pathways and free energy barriers

Y Pan, D Gao, CG Zhan - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The competing reaction pathways and the corresponding free energy barriers for cocaine
hydrolysis catalyzed by an anti-cocaine catalytic antibody, mAb15A10, were studied by …

The reaction force constant as an indicator of synchronicity/nonsynchronicity in [4+ 2] cycloaddition processes

D Yepes, O Donoso-Tauda, P Pérez… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A variety of experimental and computational analyses support the concept that a chemical
reaction has a transition region, in which the system changes from distorted states of the …

The essential role of hydrogen‐bonding interaction in the extractive separation of phenolic compounds by ionic liquid

Q Yang, H **ng, B Su, Z Bao, J Wang, Y Yang… - AIChE …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Separating phenols or even their homologs is an important process in environmental
conservation and biomass utilization, and it has become one fascinating application of ionic …

Species‐specific in vitro pharmacological effects of the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) selective ligand AM1241 and its resolved enantiomers

B Bingham, PG Jones, AJ Uveges… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: Racemic (R, S) AM1241 is a cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2)‐
selective aminoalkylindole with antinociceptive efficacy in animal pain models. The purpose …

Definition of the intermediates and mechanism of the anticancer drug bleomycin using nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy and related methods

LV Liu, CB Bell III, SD Wong… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Bleomycin (BLM) is a glycopeptide anticancer drug capable of effecting single-and double-
strand DNA cleavage. The last detectable intermediate prior to DNA cleavage is a low spin …