Constant pH molecular dynamics simulations: Current status and recent applications

VM de Oliveira, R Liu, J Shen - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Many important protein functions are carried out through proton-coupled conformational
dynamics. Thus, the ability to accurately model protonation states dynamically has wide …

CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in accessibility, functionality, and speed

W Hwang, SL Austin, A Blondel… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Since its inception nearly a half century ago, CHARMM has been playing a central role in
computational biochemistry and biophysics. Commensurate with the developments in …

GPU-accelerated all-atom particle-mesh Ewald continuous constant pH molecular dynamics in Amber

JA Harris, R Liu, V Martins de Oliveira… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Constant pH molecular dynamics (MD) simulations sample protonation states on the fly
according to the conformational environment and user specified pH conditions; however, the …

How μ-opioid receptor recognizes fentanyl

QN Vo, P Mahinthichaichan, J Shen, CR Ellis - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Roughly half of the drug overdose-related deaths in the United States are related to
synthetic opioids represented by fentanyl which is a potent agonist of mu-opioid receptor …

DeepKa Web Server: High-Throughput Protein pKa Prediction

Z Cai, H Peng, S Sun, J He, F Luo… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
DeepKa is a deep-learning-based protein p K a predictor proposed in our previous work. In
this study, a web server was developed that enables online protein p K a prediction driven …

Structure, mechanism and lipid-mediated remodeling of the mammalian Na+/H+ exchanger NHA2

R Matsuoka, R Fudim, S Jung, C Zhang… - Nature Structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Na+/H+ exchanger SLC9B2, also known as NHA2, correlates with the long-
sought-after Na+/Li+ exchanger linked to the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and …

Broad phylogenetic analysis of cation/proton antiporters reveals transport determinants

G Masrati, M Dwivedi, A Rimon… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cation/proton antiporters (CPAs) play a major role in maintaining living cells' homeostasis.
CPAs are commonly divided into two main groups, CPA1 and CPA2, and are further …

Dynamic protonation dramatically affects the membrane permeability of drug-like molecules

Z Yue, C Li, GA Voth, JMJ Swanson - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Permeability (P m) across biological membranes is of fundamental importance and a key
factor in drug absorption, distribution, and development. Although the majority of drugs will …

Role of protonation states in the stability of molecular dynamics simulations of high-resolution membrane protein structures

J Lasham, A Djurabekova, V Zickermann… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provide unmatched spatial and time
resolution of protein structure and function. However, the accuracy of MD simulations often …

Genomic Insight Into Lacticaseibacillus paracasei SP5, Reveals Genes and Gene Clusters of Probiotic Interest and Biotechnological Potential

DE Kiousi, C Efstathiou, K Tegopoulos… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Lacticaseibacillus paracasei species is comprised by nomadic bacteria inhabiting a
wide variety of ecological niches, from fermented foodstuffs to host-associated …