End-point binding free energy calculation with MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA: strategies and applications in drug design

E Wang, H Sun, J Wang, Z Wang, H Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) and molecular
mechanics generalized Born surface area (MM/GBSA) are arguably very popular methods …

Nanodiscs in membrane biochemistry and biophysics

IG Denisov, SG Sligar - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins play a most important part in metabolism, signaling, cell motility,
transport, development, and many other biochemical and biophysical processes which …

Quercetin as an antiviral agent inhibits influenza A virus (IAV) entry

W Wu, R Li, X Li, J He, S Jiang, S Liu, J Yang - Viruses, 2015 - mdpi.com
Influenza A viruses (IAVs) cause seasonal pandemics and epidemics with high morbidity
and mortality, which calls for effective anti-IAV agents. The glycoprotein hemagglutinin of …

Assessing the performance of the MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA methods. 6. Capability to predict protein–protein binding free energies and re-rank binding poses …

F Chen, H Liu, H Sun, P Pan, Y Li, D Li… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is quite important to elucidate crucial
biological processes and even design compounds that interfere with PPIs with …

[HTML][HTML] MicroScale Thermophoresis: Interaction analysis and beyond

M Jerabek-Willemsen, T André, R Wanner… - Journal of Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
MicroScale Thermophoresis (MST) is a powerful technique to quantify biomolecular
interactions. It is based on thermophoresis, the directed movement of molecules in a …

Biophysics in drug discovery: impact, challenges and opportunities

JP Renaud, C Chung, UH Danielson, U Egner… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past 25 years, biophysical technologies such as X-ray crystallography, nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and …

The virus-induced cyclic dinucleotide 2′ 3′-c-di-GMP mediates STING-dependent antiviral immunity in Drosophila

H Cai, L Li, KM Slavik, J Huang, T Yin, X Ai, L Hédelin… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
In mammals, the enzyme cGAS senses the presence of cytosolic DNA and synthesizes the
cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) 2′ 3′-cGAMP, which triggers STING-dependent immunity. In …

FDX1 regulates cellular protein lipoylation through direct binding to LIAS

MB Dreishpoon, NR Bick, B Petrova, DM Warui… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Ferredoxins are a family of iron–sulfur (Fe-S) cluster proteins that serve as essential electron
donors in numerous cellular processes that are conserved through evolution. The …

Understanding the kinetics of protein–nanoparticle corona formation

O Vilanova, JJ Mittag, PM Kelly, S Milani, KA Dawson… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
When a pristine nanoparticle (NP) encounters a biological fluid, biomolecules
spontaneously form adsorption layers around the NP, called “protein corona”. The corona …

Microglia-secreted galectin-3 acts as a toll-like receptor 4 ligand and contributes to microglial activation

MA Burguillos, M Svensson, T Schulte, A Boza-Serrano… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Inflammatory response induced by microglia plays a critical role in the demise of neuronal
populations in neuroinflammatory diseases. Although the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in …