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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Conceptual DFT-Based Computational Peptidology of Marine Natural Compounds: Discodermins A-H.

Norma Flores-Holguín, Juan Frau, Daniel Glossman-Mitnik

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Norma Flores-HolguínLaboratorio Virtual NANOCOSMOS, Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Energía, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua, Chih 31136, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-4836-233X
Juan FrauDepartament de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Malllorca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2562-9975
Daniel Glossman-MitnikLaboratorio Virtual NANOCOSMOS, Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Energía, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua, Chih 31136, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-9583-4256
Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados · MXUniversitat de les Illes Balears · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A methodology based on the concepts that arise from Density Functional Theory named Conceptual Density Functional Theory (CDFT) was chosen for the calculation of some global and local reactivity descriptors of the Discodermins A-H family of marine peptides through the consideration of the KID (Koopmans in DFT) technique that was successfully used in previous studies of this kind of molecular systems. The determination of active sites of the studied molecules for different kinds of reactivities was achieved by resorting to some CDFT-based descriptors like the Fukui functions as well as the Parr functions derived from Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT). A few properties identified with their ability to behave as a drug and the bioactivity of the peptides considered in this examination were acquired by depending on a homology model by studying the correlation with the known bioactivity of related molecules in their interaction with various biological receptors. With the further object of analyzing their bioactivity, some parameters of usefulness for future QSAR studies, their predicted biological targets, and the ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) parameters related to the Discodermins A-H pharmacokinetics are also reported.

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Amphibian ProteinsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesCatalytic DomainCationsComputational BiologyDensity Functional TheoryElectronsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationModels, ChemicalMolecular Dynamics SimulationPeptidesQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipSoftwareSolventsAmphibian ProteinsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesCationsdiscodermin A, Discodermia kiiensisPeptidesSolventsADMEBioactivity scoresBioavailabilityChemical Reactivity TheoryConceptual DFTDiscodermins A–HGlobal and Local Reactivity DescriptorspKa

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PMID32932850
PMCPMC7570683
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