Protein Flexibility and Computer-Aided Drug Design

Chung F. Wong, J. Andrew McCammon

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Abstract

Although computational techniques are increasingly being used in computer-aided drug design, the effects due to protein flexibility are still ignored in many applications. This review revisits rigorous statistical mechanical methods for predicting binding affinity, discusses some recent developments for improving their speed and reliability, and examines faster approximate models for facilitating virtual screening and lead optimization.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalAnnual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Volume43
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 4 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • dynamic pharmacophore
  • free energy calculations
  • molecular dynamics simulations
  • relaxed complex method
  • sensitivity analysis

Disciplines

  • Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Computational Biology

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