Abstract
“Molecular recognition” is one of the most important molecular processes for living systems in order to maintain their life, since most of the biological functions are initiated with the process. Understanding of the process is also important for designing a new drug. Firstly, it is important to find a target of a drug, which is in many cases a function of protein or DNA to be inhibited. Secondly, binding a drug molecule to the active site of a biomolecule itself is a “molecular recognition process.
In the present article, we review our recent studies on the molecular recognition process, carried out by means of the 3D-RISM theory, a statistical mechanics theory of liquids. Studies on the conduction mechanisms in two types of molecular channels, aquaporin and the M2 channels, are reviewed.
Keywords: Molecular recognition, 3D-RISM, Aquaporin, M2 channel, proton channel, Hemoglobin, dehydrated, dehydration penalty, docking simulation, dielectric constant, Boltzmann distribution, lysozyme, crystallography, diffusive motion, canonical, intramolecular, trigonometry, linearizing, Treatment, amelioration, LDL
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Molecular Recognition Explored by a Statistical-Mechanics Theory of Liquids
Volume: 17 Issue: 17
Author(s): Saree Phongphanphanee, Norio Yoshida and Fumio Hirata
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Keywords: Molecular recognition, 3D-RISM, Aquaporin, M2 channel, proton channel, Hemoglobin, dehydrated, dehydration penalty, docking simulation, dielectric constant, Boltzmann distribution, lysozyme, crystallography, diffusive motion, canonical, intramolecular, trigonometry, linearizing, Treatment, amelioration, LDL
Abstract: “Molecular recognition” is one of the most important molecular processes for living systems in order to maintain their life, since most of the biological functions are initiated with the process. Understanding of the process is also important for designing a new drug. Firstly, it is important to find a target of a drug, which is in many cases a function of protein or DNA to be inhibited. Secondly, binding a drug molecule to the active site of a biomolecule itself is a “molecular recognition process.
In the present article, we review our recent studies on the molecular recognition process, carried out by means of the 3D-RISM theory, a statistical mechanics theory of liquids. Studies on the conduction mechanisms in two types of molecular channels, aquaporin and the M2 channels, are reviewed.
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Phongphanphanee Saree, Yoshida Norio and Hirata Fumio, Molecular Recognition Explored by a Statistical-Mechanics Theory of Liquids, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2011; 17 (17) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211796355100
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161211796355100 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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