Structural Bioinformatics Tools for Drug Design

Extraction of Biologically Relevant Information from Structural Databases
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-47387-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2526 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The book describes the individual steps necessary for biomacromolecular fragments analysis, as well as a list of essential software tools. For each step, it also shows corresponding web-based tools in detail and provides practical examples of their use.

All tools and databases mentioned in the examples are available free of charge, platform-independent, web-based, user-friendly and do not require a prior IT background to be fully used.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ko¿a, Jaroslav

Koca, Jaroslav

Svobodová Va¿eková, Radka

Svobodová Vareková, Radka

Pravda, Luká¿

Otyepka, Michal

Berka, Karel

Geidl, Stanislav

Sehnal, David

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Bioinformatik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Bioinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Biomacromolecular fragments.- 3. Databases.- 4. Detection & Extraction.- a. Biomacromolecular fragments and structural patterns.- b. channels and pores.- 5. Validation.- 6. Characterization.- a. Partial atomic charges.- b. Channel characteristics.- 7. Selected Examples.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koca, DrSc., is director of the Central European Institute of Technology and Head of the research group Computational Chemistry at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

His field of expertise is mathematical and computer assisted chemistry and biochemistry, computer assisted molecular modeling of biologically interesting chemical species, information technology in chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental chemistry. Last years´ projects were mainly on conformational search, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations on peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, nucleotide sugars, and carbohydrates. Methods for analysis conformational potential energy surfaces and energy landscapes of chemical reactions using molecular mechanics and quantum chemistry techniques. For more information see: http://www.chemi.muni.cz/~jkoca/