Aromaticity from the viewpoint of molecular geometry: application to planar systems

TM Krygowski, H Szatylowicz, OA Stasyuk… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Following the history of organic chemistry, studies on relations between chemical (and later
physicochemical) properties and the structure of chemical species in question are the heart …

Binding of small-molecule ligands to proteins:“what you see” is not always “what you get”

DL Mobley, KA Dill - Structure, 2009 - cell.com
We review insights from computational studies of affinities of ligands binding to proteins. The
power of structural biology is in translating knowledge of protein structures into insights …

Automated exploration of the low-energy chemical space with fast quantum chemical methods

P Pracht, F Bohle, S Grimme - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose and discuss an efficient scheme for the in silico sampling for parts of the
molecular chemical space by semiempirical tight-binding methods combined with a meta …

ZINC− a free database of commercially available compounds for virtual screening

JJ Irwin, BK Shoichet - Journal of chemical information and …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A critical barrier to entry into structure-based virtual screening is the lack of a suitable, easy
to access database of purchasable compounds. We have therefore prepared a library of 727 …

Towards the comprehensive, rapid, and accurate prediction of the favorable tautomeric states of drug-like molecules in aqueous solution

JR Greenwood, D Calkins, AP Sullivan… - Journal of computer …, 2010 - Springer
Generating the appropriate protonation states of drug-like molecules in solution is important
for success in both ligand-and structure-based virtual screening. Screening collections of …

Epik: pKa and Protonation State Prediction through Machine Learning

RC Johnston, K Yao, Z Kaplan, M Chelliah… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epik version 7 is a software program that uses machine learning for predicting the p K a
values and protonation state distribution of complex, druglike molecules. Using an ensemble …

Tautomerism unveils a self-inhibition mechanism of crystallization

W Tang, T Yang, CA Morales-Rivera, X Geng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modifiers are commonly used in natural, biological, and synthetic crystallization to tailor the
growth of diverse materials. Here, we identify tautomers as a new class of modifiers where …

Computations of standard binding free energies with molecular dynamics simulations

Y Deng, B Roux - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of studies have reported computations of the standard (absolute)
binding free energy of small ligands to proteins using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations …

The pKa Distribution of Drugs: Application to Drug Discovery

DT Manallack - Perspectives in medicinal chemistry, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
The acid-base dissociation constant (p K a) of a drug is a key physicochemical parameter
influencing many biopharmaceutical characteristics. While this has been well established …

Evaluation of the performance of 3D virtual screening protocols: RMSD comparisons, enrichment assessments, and decoy selection—what can we learn from earlier …

J Kirchmair, P Markt, S Distinto, G Wolber… - Journal of computer …, 2008 - Springer
Within the last few years a considerable amount of evaluative studies has been published
that investigate the performance of 3D virtual screening approaches. Thereby, in particular …