Chapter title |
Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Prediction of Druggable Binding Sites
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
Computational Drug Discovery and Design
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7756-7_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7755-0, 978-1-4939-7756-7
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Authors |
Tianhua Feng, Khaled Barakat |
Abstract |
Binding site identification and druggability evaluation are two essential steps in structure-based drug design. A druggable binding site tends to have high binding affinity to drug-like molecules. Predicting such sites can have a significant impact on a drug design campaign. This chapter focuses on summarizing the different methods that are used to predict druggable binding sites. The chapter also discusses the importance of including protein flexibility in the search process and the use of molecular dynamics simulations to address this aspect. Case studies from the literature are also summarized and discussed. We hope that this chapter would provide an overview on the different methods employed in binding site identification evaluation. |
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