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 …

Molecular docking: shifting paradigms in drug discovery

L Pinzi, G Rastelli - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Molecular docking is an established in silico structure-based method widely used in drug
discovery. Docking enables the identification of novel compounds of therapeutic interest …

gmx_MMPBSA: a new tool to perform end-state free energy calculations with GROMACS

MS Valdés-Tresanco… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular mechanics/Poisson–Boltzmann (Generalized-Born) surface area is one of the
most popular methods to estimate binding free energies. This method has been proven to …

Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins

K **ao, J Zhai, Y Feng, N Zhou, X Zhang, JJ Zou, N Li… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) poses unprecedented
challenges to global health. The new coronavirus responsible for this outbreak—severe …

Insights into protein–ligand interactions: mechanisms, models, and methods

X Du, Y Li, YL **a, SM Ai, J Liang, P Sang… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Molecular recognition, which is the process of biological macromolecules interacting with
each other or various small molecules with a high specificity and affinity to form a specific …

Machine-learning methods for ligand–protein molecular docking

K Crampon, A Giorkallos, M Deldossi, S Baud… - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often presented as a new Industrial Revolution. Many domains
use AI, including molecular simulation for drug discovery. In this review, we provide an …

Molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery and pharmaceutical development

OMH Salo-Ahen, I Alanko, R Bhadane, AMJJ Bonvin… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly useful in the modern drug
development process. In this review, we give a broad overview of the current application …

Drug design by pharmacophore and virtual screening approach

D Giordano, C Biancaniello, MA Argenio, A Facchiano - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Computer-aided drug discovery techniques reduce the time and the costs needed to
develop novel drugs. Their relevance becomes more and more evident with the needs due …

[HTML][HTML] A fast and high-quality charge model for the next generation general AMBER force field

X He, VH Man, W Yang, TS Lee, J Wang - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The General AMBER Force Field (GAFF) has been broadly used by researchers all over the
world to perform in silico simulations and modelings on diverse scientific topics, especially in …

A critical overview of computational approaches employed for COVID-19 drug discovery

EN Muratov, R Amaro, CH Andrade, N Brown… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
COVID-19 has resulted in huge numbers of infections and deaths worldwide and brought
the most severe disruptions to societies and economies since the Great Depression …