High throughput virtual screening to discover inhibitors of the main protease of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

OO Olubiyi, M Olagunju, M Keutmann, J Loschwitz… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
We use state-of-the-art computer-aided drug design (CADD) techniques to identify
prospective inhibitors of the main protease enzyme, 3CLpro of the severe acute respiratory …

What to Make of Zero: Resolving the Statistical Noise from Conformational Reorganization in Alchemical Binding Free Energy Estimates with Metadynamics Sampling

S Khuttan, E Gallicchio - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We introduce the self-relative binding free energy (self-RBFE) approach to evaluate the
intrinsic statistical variance of dual-topology alchemical binding free energy estimators. The …

Taming multiple binding poses in alchemical binding free energy prediction: the β-cyclodextrin host–guest SAMPL9 blinded challenge

S Khuttan, S Azimi, JZ Wu, S Dick, C Wu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We apply the Alchemical Transfer Method (ATM) and a bespoke fixed partial charge force
field to the SAMPL9 bCD host–guest binding free energy prediction challenge that …

[HTML][HTML] Dataset of AMBER force field parameters of drugs, natural products and steroids for simulations using GROMACS

J Loschwitz, A Jäckering, M Keutmann, M Olagunju… - Data in brief, 2021 - Elsevier
We provide general AMBER force field (GAFF) parameters for 160 organic molecules
including drugs, natural products, and steroids, which can be employed without further …

Biomimetic pH/lipase dual responsive vitamin-based solid lipid nanoparticles for on-demand delivery of vancomycin

UH Ibrahim, N Devnarain, CA Omolo, C Mocktar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, ascorbyl tocopherol succinate (ATS) was designed, synthesized and
characterized via FT-IR, HR-MS, H 1 NMR and C 13 NMR, to simultaneously confer …

Distal mutations in the β-clamp of DNA polymerase III* disrupt DNA orientation and affect exonuclease activity

MB Berger, GA Cisneros - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA polymerases are responsible for the replication and repair of DNA found in all DNA-
based organisms. DNA Polymerase III is the main replicative polymerase of E. coli and is …

Computational Modeling of the Thermodynamics of the Mesophilic and Thermophilic Mutants of Trp-Cage Miniprotein

L Bò, E Milanetti, CG Chen, G Ruocco, A Amadei… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We characterize the folding–unfolding thermodynamics of two mutants of the miniprotein Trp-
cage by combining extended molecular dynamics simulations and an advanced statistical …

Novel inhibitors of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 identified via a molecular dynamics simulation-guided in Vitro assay

J Loschwitz, A Jäckering, M Keutmann, M Olagunju… - 2020 - chemrxiv.org
For the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, there are currently no effective drugs
or vaccines to treat this coronavirus infection. In this study, we focus on the main protease …

[ЦИТИРОВАНИЕ][C] Supporting Materials High throughput virtual screening to discover inhibitors of the main protease of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

OO Olubiyi, M Olagunju, M Keutmann, J Loschwitz…