Accurate calculation of the absolute free energy of binding for drug molecules
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Free energy calculations based on molecular dynamics and thermodynamic cycles accurately reproduce experimental affinities of diverse bromodomain inhibitors.
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More rigorous free energy methods such as alchemical binding free energy calculations have become established for the computation of binding free energies of small molecules to proteins with MD.
“More rigorous free energy methods such as alchemical binding free energy calculations have become established for the computation of binding free energies of small molecules to proteins with MD.55−60”
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- Authors
- Aldeghi, M., Heifetz, A., Bodkin, M. J., Knapp, S., & Biggin, P. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Evotec (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Structural Genomics Consortium (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Biggin, Philip C.
- Venue
- Chemical Science
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 207-218
- ISSN
- 2041-6520 (ISSN-L)
- 2041-6539
- PMC
- PMC4700411
- OpenAlex
- W2103034037
- Cited by
- 347
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- 23.70
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- cc-by
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (092809/Z/10/Z)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (CDT Award)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Keywords
- drug binding prediction, bromodomain, epigenetic reader protein, drug-likeness, binding free energy calculation
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