High throughput molecular dynamics for drug discovery

Molecular dynamics simulations hold the promise to be an important tool for biological research and drug discovery. Historically, however, there were several obstacles for it to become a practical research tool. Limitations in computer hardware had previously made it difficult to simulate for long e...

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Autores: Stanley, Nathaniel H., 1983-, De Fabritiis, Gianni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/23279
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40203-015-0007-0
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dinàmica molecular -- Simulació per ordinador
Drogues -- Anàlisi
High-throughput molecular dynamics
Markov state models
GPU
Drug discovery
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Sumario:Molecular dynamics simulations hold the promise to be an important tool for biological research and drug discovery. Historically, however, there were several obstacles for it to become a practical research tool. Limitations in computer hardware had previously made it difficult to simulate for long enough to see interesting biological processes. Recent improvements in hardware and algorithms have largely removed this issue, leaving data analysis as the main obstacle. Advances in Markov state modeling appear to be on the way to remove this obstacle. We outline these advances here and discuss numerous recent studies that demonstrate that molecular dynamics simulations will start to be an important tool for pharmaceutical research.