Binding of inhibitors to nuclear localization signal peptide from Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus capsid protein explored with all-atom replica exchange molecular dynamics.

Delfing, B. M., Laracuente, X., Luo, X., Olson, A., Jeffries, W., Foreman, K. W., Paige, M., Kehn-Hall, K., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2024) Binding of inhibitors to nuclear localization signal peptide from Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus capsid protein explored with all-atom replica exchange molecular dynamics. ACS Omega. (accepted), doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06981

Competitive binding of viral nuclear localization signal peptide and inhibitor ligands to importin-α nuclear transport protein.

Delfing, B. M., Laracuente, X., Jeffries, W., Luo, X., Olson, A., Foreman, K. W., Petruncio, G., Lee, K. H., Paige, M., Kehn-Hall, K., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2024) Competitive binding of viral nuclear localization signal peptide and inhibitor ligands to importin-α nuclear transport protein. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 64(13): 5262-5272, doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.4c00626

Binding and dimerization of PGLa peptides in anionic lipid bilayer studied by replica exchange molecular dynamics.

Bowers, S., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2024) Binding and dimerization of PGLa peptides in anionic lipid bilayer studied by replica exchange molecular dynamics. Sci. Rep. 14: 4972, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55270-8

Replica exchange with hybrid tempering efficiently samples PGLa peptide binding to anionic bilayer.

Bowers, S., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2023) Replica exchange with hybrid tempering efficiently samples PGLa peptide binding to anionic bilayer. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19(18): 6532-6550, doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00787

Binding of viral nuclear localization signal peptides to importin-α nuclear transport protein.

Delfing, B. M., Laracuente, X. E., Olson, A., Foreman, K. W., Paige, M., Kehn-Hall, K. Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2023) Binding of viral nuclear localization signal peptides to importin-α nuclear transport protein. Biophys. J. 122(17): 3476-3488, doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.024

Can free energy perturbation simulations coupled with replica-exchange molecular dynamics study ligands with distributed binding sites?

Lockhart, C., Luo, X., Olson, A., Delfing, B. M., Laracuente, X., Foreman, K. W., Paige, M., Kehn-Hall, K., & Klimov, D. K. (2023) Can free energy perturbation simulations coupled with replica-exchange molecular dynamics study ligands with distributed binding sites? J. Chem. Inf. Model. 63(15): 4791-4802, doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00631

Binding of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus inhibitors to importin-α receptors explored with all-atom replica exchange molecular dynamics.

Delfing, B. M., Olson, A., Laracuente, X., Foreman, K. W., Paige, M., Kehn-Hall, K., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2023) Binding of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus inhibitors to importin-α receptors explored with all-atom replica exchange molecular dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B 127(14): 3175-3186, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00429

Mechanisms of binding of antimicrobial peptide PGLa to DMPC/DMPG membrane.

Bowers, S. R., Klimov, D. K., & Lockhart, C. (2022) Mechanisms of binding of antimicrobial peptide PGLa to DMPC/DMPG membrane. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 62(6): 1525-1537, doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01518

Met35 oxidation hinders Aβ25-35 peptide aggregation within the dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer.

Khayat, E., Lockhart, C., Delfing, B. M., Smith, A. K., & Klimov, D. K. (2021) Met35 oxidation hinders Aβ25-35 peptide aggregation within the dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer. ACS Chem. Neurosci. 12(17): 3225-3236, doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00407

Methionine oxidation changes the mechanism of Aβ peptide binding to the DMPC bilayer.

Lockhart, C., Smith, A. K., & Klimov, D. K. (2019) Methionine oxidation changes the mechanism of Aβ peptide binding to the DMPC bilayer. Sci. Rep. 9(5947): 1-12, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42304-9

Does replica exchange with solute tempering efficiently sample Aβ peptide conformational ensembles?

Smith, A. K., Lockhart, C., & Klimov, D. K. (2016) Does replica exchange with solute tempering efficiently sample Aβ peptide conformational ensembles? J. Chem. Theory Comput. 12(10): 5201-5214, doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00660