Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists: prediction of their binding affinity through a molecular mechanics poisson-boltzmann surface area approach
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2008
Citazione:
Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists: prediction of their binding affinity through a molecular mechanics poisson-boltzmann surface area approach / G. Grazioso, A. Cavalli, M. De Amici, M. Recanatini, C. De Micheli. - In: JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0192-8651. - 29:15(2008), pp. 2593-2602.
Abstract:
A group of agonists for the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) was investigated, and their free energies of binding ΔGbind were calculated by applying the molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) approach. This method, based on molecular dynamics simulations of fully solvated protein-ligand complexes, allowed us to estimate the contribution of both polar and nonpolar terms as well as the entropy to the overall free energy of binding. The calculated results were in a good agreement with the experimentally determined ΔG bind values, thereby pointing to the MM-PBSA protocol as a valuable computational tool for the rational design of specific agents targeting the neuronal α7 nAChR subtypes.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
homology modeling; cluster analysis; alpha7 nicotinic agonists; MM-PBSA; binding free energy calculation
Elenco autori:
G. Grazioso, A. Cavalli, M. De Amici, M. Recanatini, C. De Micheli
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