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Usp. Khim., 2017 Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 211–230 (Mi rcr4154)

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Molecular modelling and free-energy calculations of protein–ligand binding

V. B. Luzhkov

Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region

Abstract: Computational modelling of the structure and thermodynamics of microscopic models provides a valuable tool for research on the molecular mechanisms of biochemical processes and on the reactivity of physiologically active compounds. The review concerns methods of free-energy calculations of equilibrium systems, including various techniques developed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of computations. Calculations of the binding thermodynamics for model protein–ligand complexes are illustrated taking bacteriophage $\mathrm{T}4$ lysozyme and $\beta$-trypsin as model proteins. The role and potential of molecular modelling methods in drug design are discussed.
The bibliography includes 237 references.

Received: 30.10.2015

DOI: 10.1070/RCR4610


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Russian Chemical Reviews, 2017, 86:3, 211–230

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