Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Molecular dynamics simulations of membrane permeability

RM Venable, A Kramer, RW Pastor - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review illustrates the evaluation of permeability of lipid membranes from molecular
dynamics (MD) simulation primarily using water and oxygen as examples. Membrane …

Targeted protein degradation: advances, challenges, and prospects for computational methods

B Mostofian, HJ Martin, A Razavi, S Patel… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The therapeutic approach of targeted protein degradation (TPD) is gaining momentum due
to its potentially superior effects compared with protein inhibition. Recent advancements in …

Multiscale methods in drug design bridge chemical and biological complexity in the search for cures

RE Amaro, AJ Mulholland - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Drug action is inherently multiscale: it connects molecular interactions to emergent
properties at cellular and larger scales. Simulation techniques at each of these different …

The asymmetry of plasma membranes and their cholesterol content influence the uptake of cisplatin

T Rivel, C Ramseyer, S Yesylevskyy - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The composition of the plasma membrane of malignant cells is thought to influence the
cellular uptake of cisplatin and to take part in develo** resistance to this widespread anti …

Structure–kinetic relationships of passive membrane permeation from multiscale modeling

CJ Dickson, V Hornak, RA Pearlstein… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Passive membrane permeation of small molecules is essential to achieve the required
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) profiles of drug candidates, in …

Mechanistic understanding from molecular dynamics in pharmaceutical research 2: lipid membrane in drug design

T Róg, M Girych, A Bunker - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation as a drug design tool in the
context of the role that the lipid membrane can play in drug action, ie, the interaction …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane permeability of small molecules from unbiased molecular dynamics simulations

A Krämer, A Ghysels, E Wang, RM Venable… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Permeation of many small molecules through lipid bilayers can be directly observed in
molecular dynamics simulations on the nano-and microsecond timescale. While unbiased …

SEEKR: simulation enabled estimation of kinetic rates, a computational tool to estimate molecular kinetics and its application to trypsin–benzamidine binding

LW Votapka, BR Jagger, AL Heyneman… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We present the Simulation Enabled Estimation of Kinetic Rates (SEEKR) package, a suite of
open-source scripts and tools designed to enable researchers to perform multiscale …

Molecular dynamics simulation of small molecules interacting with biological membranes

C Martinotti, L Ruiz‐Perez, E Deplazes… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell membranes protect and compartmentalise cells and their organelles. The semi‐
permeable nature of these membranes controls the exchange of solutes across their …