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ReviewAdvances and applications in bioinformatics and chemistry : AABC2015

Molecular dynamics simulations: advances and applications.

Adam Hospital, Josep Ramon Goñi, Modesto Orozco, Josep L Gelpí

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Review in Advances and applications in bioinformatics and chemistry : AABC, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 356 papers.

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4 authors.

Adam HospitalInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Josep Ramon GoñiJoint BSC-IRB Research Program in Computational Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Modesto OrozcoInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Joint BSC-IRB Research Program in Computational Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Josep L GelpíJoint BSC-IRB Research Program in Computational Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular dynamics simulations have evolved into a mature technique that can be used effectively to understand macromolecular structure-to-function relationships. Present simulation times are close to biologically relevant ones. Information gathered about the dynamic properties of macromolecules is rich enough to shift the usual paradigm of structural bioinformatics from studying single structures to analyze conformational ensembles. Here, we describe the foundations of molecular dynamics and the improvements made in the direction of getting such ensemble. Specific application of the technique to three main issues (allosteric regulation, docking, and structure refinement) is discussed.

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allosteryconformational ensemblesdockingmolecular dynamicsrefinementstructure prediction

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PMID26604800
PMCPMC4655909

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