Simulation Studies for Marine Drug Discovery
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 3465
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theoretical chemistry; ab initio calculations; density functional theory; chemical biology; pharmaceutical development; hydrogen bonding; molecular modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Simulations are extraordinary techniques for studying molecular biology since they provide an understanding of the molecular processes of life and knowledge to ideate strategies to intervene against diseases. Methods such as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations currently allow the rational design of new drugs, the structural and dynamical characterization of biological targets and the description of drug–target interaction at the molecular level. The plethora of free energy methods/enhanced sampling techniques have pushed the horizons further, allowing for the quantitative calculation of thermodynamic and kinetic parameters such as binding affinities, on and off rates, transport properties and catalytic constants, among others. On the other hand, the marine world is an abundant source of chemical and biological diversity to be explored. As a result, the possibilities of obtaining new therapeutic agents are countless.
This Special Issue aims to motivate original research and review articles on the application of simulation techniques for marine drug discovery, marine-inspired drug design, molecular descriptions of their action mechanisms or advances in marine-related therapeutic strategies.
Prof. Dr. Juan Frau
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Casasnovas
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- computer simulation
- simulation methods
- molecular dynamics
- Monte Carlo
- free energy methods
- enhanced sampling
- forcefields
- molecular mechanics
- ab initio and QM/MM methods
