Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics: Principles and applications

J Wang, PR Arantes, A Bhattarai… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) is a robust computational method for
simultaneous unconstrained enhanced sampling and free energy calculations of …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD

JC Phillips, DJ Hardy, JDC Maia, JE Stone… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
NAMD is a molecular dynamics program designed for high-performance simulations of very
large biological objects on CPU-and GPU-based architectures. NAMD offers scalable …

Advances in molecular dynamics simulations and enhanced sampling methods for the study of protein systems

R Lazim, D Suh, S Choi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a rigorous theoretical tool that when used efficiently
could provide reliable answers to questions pertaining to the structure-function relationship …

Identification of pyrogallol as a warhead in design of covalent inhibitors for the SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease

H Su, S Yao, W Zhao, Y Zhang, J Liu, Q Shao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) urgently needs an effective cure. 3CL …

Isolation of a structural mechanism for uncoupling T cell receptor signaling from peptide-MHC binding

LV Sibener, RA Fernandes, EM Kolawole, CB Carbone… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
TCR-signaling strength generally correlates with peptide-MHC binding affinity; however,
exceptions exist. We find high-affinity, yet non-stimulatory, interactions occur with high …

Structural basis for chemokine recognition and receptor activation of chemokine receptor CCR5

H Zhang, K Chen, Q Tan, Q Shao, S Han… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The chemokine receptor CCR5 plays a vital role in immune surveillance and inflammation.
However, molecular details that govern its endogenous chemokine recognition and receptor …

Ligand Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (LiGaMD): Characterization of ligand binding thermodynamics and kinetics

Y Miao, A Bhattarai, J Wang - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Calculations of ligand binding free energies and kinetic rates are important for drug design.
However, such tasks have proven challenging in computational chemistry and biophysics …

Peptide Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (Pep-GaMD): Enhanced sampling and free energy and kinetics calculations of peptide binding

J Wang, Y Miao - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Peptides mediate up to 40% of known protein–protein interactions in higher eukaryotes and
play an important role in cellular signaling. However, it is challenging to simulate both …

Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery

D Ni, Z Chai, Y Wang, M Li, Z Yu, Y Liu… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …

Predicting biomolecular binding kinetics: A review

J Wang, HN Do, K Koirala, Y Miao - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular binding kinetics including the association (k on) and dissociation (k off) rates
are critical parameters for therapeutic design of small-molecule drugs, peptides, and …