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Molecular dynamic simulations are used for drug design

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    		   Research & Reviews: A Journal of Bioinformatics

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      Deadline for Manuscript Submission

    		   March 31st, 2023

      Deadline for Publication

    		  April 15, 2023

    Special Issue Description


    Dear Collegues,



    Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computational tool for simulating molecular system motions. The method necessitates an interaction potential from which interatomic forces can be calculated, as well as equations of motion that govern the system's dynamics.
    MD simulations take a sample of the configuration space and generate a trajectory that tracks molecular movements over time.
    MD simulations, which were initially developed to study liquid-state properties, are now routinely applied to macromolecular systems of biological and pharmaceutical interest.
    Applications include the refinement of experimentally determined structures, conformational analysis, protein homology modeling, atomic-level elucidation of biochemical, biophysical mechanisms, biomolecular complex docking, and a variety of approaches for calculating free energy changes. The majority of these tasks are important in structure-based drug design.

    Keywords

    *Molecular simulation *Molecular dynamics *Docking *Protein homology *Drug design

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