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Perspectives on Computational Enzyme Modeling: From Mechanisms to Design and Drug Development.

Kwangho Nam, Yihan Shao, Dan T Major, Magnus Wolf-Watz

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Review in ACS omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. A Foundational Shift in Models for Enzyme Function.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Kwangho NamDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0723-7839
Yihan ShaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-5251, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9337-341X
Dan T MajorDepartment of Chemistry and Institute for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
Magnus Wolf-WatzDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9098-7974
Bar-Ilan University · ILThe University of Texas at Arlington · USUmeå University · SEUniversity of Oklahoma · US

Funding

Multiscale Modeling of Protein Kinase Structure, Catalysis and AllosteryR01GM132481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI Kwangho Nam · 2019 to 2026
$1.7M
Multiscale ab initio QM/MM and Machine Learning Methods for Accelerated Free Energy SimulationsR44GM133270 · NIGMS · Q-CHEM, INC. · PI FENG, XINTIAN · 2023 to 2024
$1.3M
Multiscale Modeling of Enzymatic Reactions and Firefly BioluminescenceR01GM135392 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI SHAO, YIHAN · 2019 to 2022
$1.0M
EnzyDock-based Multistate and Multiscale Tools for Covalent Drug DesignR21GM148895 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI NAM, KWANGHO · 2023 to 2024
$361k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132481NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135392NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM148895NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM133270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding enzyme mechanisms is essential for unraveling the complex molecular machinery of life. In this review, we survey the field of computational enzymology, highlighting key principles governing enzyme mechanisms and discussing ongoing challenges and promising advances. Over the years, computer simulations have become indispensable in the study of enzyme mechanisms, with the integration of experimental and computational exploration now established as a holistic approach to gain deep insights into enzymatic catalysis. Numerous studies have demonstrated the power of computer simulations in characterizing reaction pathways, transition states, substrate selectivity, product distribution, and dynamic conformational changes for various enzymes. Nevertheless, significant challenges remain in investigating the mechanisms of complex multistep reactions, large-scale conformational changes, and allosteric regulation. Beyond mechanistic studies, computational enzyme modeling has emerged as an essential tool for computer-aided enzyme design and the rational discovery of covalent drugs for targeted therapies. Overall, enzyme design/engineering and covalent drug development can greatly benefit from our understanding of the detailed mechanisms of enzymes, such as protein dynamics, entropy contributions, and allostery, as revealed by computational studies. Such a convergence of different research approaches is expected to continue, creating synergies in enzyme research. This review, by outlining the ever-expanding field of enzyme research, aims to provide guidance for future research directions and facilitate new developments in this important and evolving field.

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PMID38405524
PMCPMC10883025
OpenAlexW4391637446

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