Exploring strong interactions in proteins with quantum chemistry and examples of their applications in drug design

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Xie, Neng Zhong ^a   Du, Qi Shi ^a,c   Li, Jian Xiu ^a,b   Huang, Ri Bo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GORDON LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; M2 PROTON CHANNEL; PHENYLALANINE; PROTON; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CATION; LIGAND; M2 PROTEIN, INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN; P7 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIALIDASE; VIRAL PROTEIN;

AMIDE BRIDGE INTERACTION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATION PI INTERACTION; DRUG DESIGN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIGAND BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SALT BRIDGE INTERACTION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; HEPACIVIRUS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMIDES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATIONS; DRUG DESIGN; HEPACIVIRUS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; NEURAMINIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84945207209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137113     Document Type: Article

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