Transition metal catalysis controlled by hydrogen bonding in the second coordination sphere

JNH Reek, B de Bruin, S Pullen, TJ Mooibroek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysis is of utmost importance for the development of sustainable
processes in academia and industry. The activity and selectivity of metal complexes are …

Accurate determination of protein: ligand standard binding free energies from molecular dynamics simulations

H Fu, H Chen, M Blazhynska… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Designing a reliable computational methodology to calculate protein: ligand standard
binding free energies is extremely challenging. The large change in configurational enthalpy …

Targeted protein degradation via intramolecular bivalent glues

O Hsia, M Hinterndorfer, AD Cowan, K Iso, T Ishida… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a pharmacological modality that is based on the induced
proximity of an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target protein to promote target ubiquitination and …

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 …

Regulation of protein-ligand binding affinity by hydrogen bond pairing

D Chen, N Oezguen, P Urvil, C Ferguson, SM Dann… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Hydrogen (H)-bonds potentiate diverse cellular functions by facilitating molecular
interactions. The mechanism and the extent to which H-bonds regulate molecular …

The aqueous supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit [n] urils, pillar [n] arenes and deep-cavity cavitands

J Murray, K Kim, T Ogoshi, W Yao… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review summarizes the continuing exploration of three prominent water-soluble
hosts: cucurbiturils, pillar [n] arenes and deep-cavity cavitands. As we describe, these hosts …

Experimental binding energies in supramolecular complexes

F Biedermann, HJ Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

Driving forces for oppositely charged polyion association in aqueous solutions: enthalpic, entropic, but not electrostatic

J Fu, JB Schlenoff - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
Driving forces for association between oppositely charged biological or synthetic polymers
in aqueous solution have long been identified as electrostatic in origin. This attraction is …

Biophysics in drug discovery: impact, challenges and opportunities

JP Renaud, C Chung, UH Danielson, U Egner… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past 25 years, biophysical technologies such as X-ray crystallography, nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and …

[HTML][HTML] The hydrophobic effects: Our current understanding

Q Sun - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrophobic interactions are involved in and believed to be the fundamental driving force of
many chemical and biological phenomena in aqueous environments. This review focuses …