Search Results - "Lightstone, Felice C"
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A Comprehensive Docking and MM/GBSA Rescoring Study of Ligand Recognition upon Binding Antithrombin
Published in Current topics in medicinal chemistry (01-01-2017)“…A high-throughput virtual screening pipeline has been extended from single energetically minimized structure Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area…”
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Computational Lipidomics of the Neuronal Plasma Membrane
Published in Biophysical journal (21-11-2017)“…Membrane lipid composition varies greatly within submembrane compartments, different organelle membranes, and also between cells of different cell stage, cell…”
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A Method to Predict Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability of Drug-Like Compounds Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Published in Biophysical journal (05-08-2014)“…The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is formed by specialized tight junctions between endothelial cells that line brain capillaries to create a highly selective…”
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Simultaneous electrical recording of cardiac electrophysiology and contraction on chip
Published in Lab on a chip (21-05-2017)“…Prevailing commercialized cardiac platforms for in vitro drug development utilize planar microelectrode arrays to map action potentials, or impedance sensing…”
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Adverse drug reaction prediction using scores produced by large-scale drug-protein target docking on high-performance computing machines
Published in PloS one (05-09-2014)“…Late-stage or post-market identification of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a significant public health issue and a source of major economic liability for…”
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In Silico Insights into Protein-protein Interaction Disruptive Mutations in the PCSK9-LDLR complex
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (25-02-2020)“…Gain-of-function mutations in PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) lead to reduced uptake of LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol and,…”
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Atomistic Characterization of Gramicidin Channel Formation
Published in Journal of chemical theory and computation (12-01-2021)“…We investigated gramicidin A (gA) subunit dimerization in lipid bilayers using microsecond-long replica-exchange umbrella sampling simulations,…”
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OFraMP: a fragment-based tool to facilitate the parametrization of large molecules
Published in Journal of computer-aided molecular design (01-08-2023)“…An Online tool for Fragment-based Molecule Parametrization (OFraMP) is described. OFraMP is a web application for assigning atomic interaction parameters to…”
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Development of a CNS-permeable reactivator for nerve agent exposure: an iterative, multi-disciplinary approach
Published in Scientific reports (30-07-2021)“…Nerve agents have experienced a resurgence in recent times with their use against civilian targets during the attacks in Syria (2012), the poisoning of Sergei…”
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Understanding a substrate's product regioselectivity in a family of enzymes: a case study of acetaminophen binding in cytochrome P450s
Published in PloS one (03-02-2014)“…Product regioselectivity as influenced by molecular recognition is a key aspect of enzyme catalysis. We applied large-scale two-dimensional (2D) umbrella…”
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A wrench in the works of human acetylcholinesterase: soman induced conformational changes revealed by molecular dynamics simulations
Published in PloS one (13-04-2015)“…Irreversible inactivation of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) by organophosphorous pesticides (OPs) and chemical weapon agents (CWA) has severe morbidity and…”
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An Electrostatic Funnel in the GABA-Binding Pathway
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-04-2016)“…The γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAA-R) is a major inhibitory neuroreceptor that is activated by the binding of GABA. The structure of the GABAA-R is…”
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Pharmacological characterization of the neurotrophic sesquiterpene jiadifenolide reveals a non-convulsant signature and potential for progression in neurodegenerative disease studies
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (01-09-2018)“…[Display omitted] The ‘neurotrophic sesquiterpenes’ refer to a group of molecules derived from the Illicium genus of flowering plant. They display neurotrophic…”
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Membrane interactions of the globular domain and the hypervariable region of KRAS4b define its unique diffusion behavior
Published in eLife (20-01-2020)“…The RAS proteins are GTP-dependent switches that regulate signaling pathways and are frequently mutated in cancer. RAS proteins concentrate in the plasma…”
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Catalytic site identification--a web server to identify catalytic site structural matches throughout PDB
Published in Nucleic acids research (01-07-2013)“…The catalytic site identification web server provides the innovative capability to find structural matches to a user-specified catalytic site among all Protein…”
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Approaches to efficiently estimate solvation and explicit water energetics in ligand binding: the use of WaterMap
Published in Expert opinion on drug discovery (01-03-2013)“…Water displacement plays critical role in several phases of drug discovery. Proper treatment of displacing water could improve enrichment in virtual screening…”
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Rapid catalytic template searching as an enzyme function prediction procedure
Published in PloS one (10-05-2013)“…We present an enzyme protein function identification algorithm, Catalytic Site Identification (CatSId), based on identification of catalytic residues. The…”
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Evaluating point-prediction uncertainties in neural networks for protein-ligand binding prediction
Published in Artificial intelligence chemistry (01-06-2023)“…Neural Network (NN) models provide potential to speed up the drug discovery process and reduce its failure rates. The success of NN models requires uncertainty…”
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Membrane lipids drive formation of KRAS4b-RAF1 RBDCRD nanoclusters on the membrane
Published in Communications biology (28-02-2024)“…The oncogene RAS, extensively studied for decades, presents persistent gaps in understanding, hindering the development of effective therapeutic strategies due…”
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Discovery of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins Using a Computational and Experimental Pipeline
Published in Frontiers in molecular biosciences (09-07-2021)“…A rapid response is necessary to contain emergent biological outbreaks before they can become pandemics. The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes…”
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