How helpful were molecular dynamics simulations in sha** our understanding of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein dynamics?

JM Abduljalil, AM Elghareib, A Samir, AA Ezat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S) represents an important viral component that is required
for successful viral infection in humans owing to its essential role in recognition of and entry …

Many roles of carbohydrates: A computational spotlight on the coronavirus S protein binding

S Maity, A Acharya - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glycosylation is one of the post-translational modifications with more than 50% of human
proteins being glycosylated. The exact nature and chemical composition of glycans are …

A Rigorous Framework for Calculating Protein–Protein Binding Affinities in Membranes

M Blazhynska, JC Gumbart, H Chen… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Calculating the binding free energy of integral transmembrane (TM) proteins is crucial for
understanding the mechanisms by which they recognize one another and reversibly …

Boosting Enzyme Activity in Biomass Conversion by Modulating the Hydrolysis Process of Cellobiohydrolases

H Liu, Y Ding, S Mazurkewich, W Pei, X Wei… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cellobiohydrolases (CBHs) are the most significant cellulose-degrading enzymes, the
performance of which determines the cost-effective utilization of renewable lignocellulosic …

A computationally designed ACE2 decoy has broad efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants and related viruses in vitro and in vivo

B Havranek, GW Lindsey, Y Higuchi, Y Itoh… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, especially B. 1.1. 529/omicron and its sublineages, continues to
mutate to evade monoclonal antibodies and antibodies elicited by vaccination. Affinity …

Achieving Accurate Standard Protein–Protein Binding Free Energy Calculations through the Geometrical Route and Ergodic Sampling

H Fu, C Chipot, X Shao, W Cai - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A new strategy for the prediction of binding free energies of protein–protein complexes is
reported in the present article. By combining an ergodic-sampling algorithm with the so …

Binding affinity estimation from restrained umbrella sampling simulations

V Govind Kumar, A Polasa, S Agrawal… - Nature Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
The protein–ligand binding affinity quantifies the binding strength between a protein and its
ligand. Computer modeling and simulations can be used to estimate the binding affinity or …

How SARS-CoV-2 alters the regulation of gene expression in infected cells

E Bignon, S Grandemange, E Dumont… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nonstructural accessory proteins in viruses play a key role in hijacking the basic cellular
mechanisms, which is essential to promote the virus survival and evasion of the immune …

Assessing Metadynamics and Docking for Absolute Binding Free Energy Calculations Using Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Main Protease …

A Saar, MM Ghahremanpour… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Absolute binding free energy (ABFE) calculations can be an important part of the drug
discovery process by identifying molecules that have the potential to be strong binders for a …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants Do Not Differ Much in Binding Affinity to Human ACE2: A Molecular Dynamics Study

HL Nguyen, TQ Nguyen, MS Li - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The emergence of the variant of concern Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exacerbates the COVID-19 pandemic due to its high …