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ArticleMethods in enzymology2018

Molecular Mechanics Parameterization of Anesthetic Molecules.

Thomas T Joseph, Jérôme Hénin

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Article in Methods in enzymology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Ketamine Metabolite (2ACS chemical neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thomas T JosephPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: thomas.joseph@uphs.upenn.edu.
Jérôme HéninLaboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS, Paris, France.

Funding

Physician Postdoctoral Research Training in Perioperative Medicine (PPRTPM)T32GM112596 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Roderic G Eckenhoff, Max Kelz · 2015 to 2026
$3.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM112596
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anesthetic drug molecules are being increasingly studied through the use of computational methods such as molecular dynamics (MD). Molecular mechanics force fields require the investigator to supply parameters for the force field equation, which are not available for novel molecules. Careful selection of these parameters is critical for simulations to produce meaningful results. Therefore, this chapter presents a state-of-the-art method for determining these parameters by comparison to quantum mechanics calculations and experimental quantities. Ketamine is used as an example to demonstrate the process.

Indexed as

Molecular ConformationMolecular Dynamics SimulationAlgorithmsAnestheticsKetamineMolecular StructureQuantum TheorySoftwareStatic ElectricityStereoisomerismAnestheticsKetamineAnesthetic moleculesForce fieldMolecular dynamicsMolecular mechanicsParameterization

Identifiers

PMID29588041
PMCPMC6250059

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