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ArticleLiving journal of computational molecular science2020

Best Practices for Alchemical Free Energy Calculations [Article v1.0].

Antonia S J S Mey, Bryce K Allen, Hannah E Bruce Macdonald, John D Chodera, David F Hahn, Maximilian Kuhn, Julien Michel, David L Mobley, Levi N Naden, Samarjeet Prasad and 5 more

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Article in Living journal of computational molecular science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Antonia S J S MeyEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, David Brewster Road, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7512-5252
Bryce K AllenSilicon Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0804-8127
Hannah E Bruce MacdonaldComputational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5562-6866
John D ChoderaComputational and Systems Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0542-119X
David F HahnComputational Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, Beerse B-2340, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2830-6880
Maximilian KuhnEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, David Brewster Road, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2811-3934
Julien MichelEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, David Brewster Road, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0360-1760
David L MobleyDepartments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1083-5533
Levi N NadenMolecular Sciences Software Institute, Blacksburg VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3692-5027
Samarjeet PrasadNational Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8320-6482
Andrea RizziSilicon Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7693-2013
Jenke ScheenEaStCHEM School of Chemistry, David Brewster Road, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9781-0445
Michael R ShirtsUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3249-1097
Gary TresadernComputational Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg 30, Beerse B-2340, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4801-1644
Huafeng XuSilicon Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5447-0452

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Open data-driven infrastructure for building biomolecular force fields for predictive biophysics and drug designR01GM132386 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI SHIRTS, MICHAEL R · 2020 to 2023
$3.1M
Computational alchemy for molecular design and optimizationR01GM108889 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI MOBLEY, DAVID LOWELL · 2014 to 2022
$2.5M
The role of reorganization energy in achieving selective kinase inhibition"R01GM121505 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI CHODERA, JOHN DAMON · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Advancing predictive physical modeling through focused development of model systems to drive new modeling innovationsR01GM124270 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI MOBLEY, DAVID LOWELL · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108889NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121505NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124270NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132386
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alchemical free energy calculations are a useful tool for predicting free energy differences associated with the transfer of molecules from one environment to another. The hallmark of these methods is the use of "bridging" potential energy functions representing

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PMCPMC8388617

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