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View article: EasyHybrid: An Interactive Graphical Environment for Quantum, Classical and Hybrid Simulations with pDynamo3
EasyHybrid: An Interactive Graphical Environment for Quantum, Classical and Hybrid Simulations with pDynamo3 Open
We present EasyHybrid, a free and open-source graphical interface for hybrid quantum chemical/molecular mechanical (QC/MM) simulations built on the pDynamo3 library. The software provides an intuitive environment for preparing, inspecting,…
View article: Density Fitting for QC/MM Interactions
Density Fitting for QC/MM Interactions Open
Density fitting is a standard technique in quantum chemistry as it helps to accelerate certain parts of a calculation, such as the computation of the electron repulsion energy, without significant loss of accuracy. This paper explores the …
View article: Differential effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in spine-innervating double bouquet and parvalbumin-expressing dendrite-targeting GABAergic interneurons in human neocortex
Differential effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in spine-innervating double bouquet and parvalbumin-expressing dendrite-targeting GABAergic interneurons in human neocortex Open
Diverse neocortical GABAergic neurons specialize in synaptic targeting and their effects are modulated by presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) suppressing neurotransmitter release in rodents, but their effects in human neo…
View article: Differential effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in spine-innervating double bouquet and parvalbumin-expressing dendrite-targeting GABAergic interneurons in human neocortex
Differential effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in spine-innervating double bouquet and parvalbumin-expressing dendrite-targeting GABAergic interneurons in human neocortex Open
Diverse neocortical GABAergic neurons specialise in synaptic targeting and their effects are modulated by presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) suppressing neurotransmitter release in rodents, but their effects in human neo…
View article: Tonic GABA<sub>A</sub>Receptor-Mediated Currents of Human Cortical GABAergic Interneurons Vary Amongst Cell Types
Tonic GABA<sub>A</sub>Receptor-Mediated Currents of Human Cortical GABAergic Interneurons Vary Amongst Cell Types Open
Persistent anion conductances through GABA A receptors (GABA A Rs) are important modulators of neuronal excitability. However, it is currently unknown how the amplitudes of these currents vary among different cell types in the human neocor…
View article: Physiological role for GABAA receptor desensitization in the induction of long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses
Physiological role for GABAA receptor desensitization in the induction of long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses Open
View article: Theoretical Modeling of Low-Energy Electronic Absorption Bands in Reduced Cobaloximes
Theoretical Modeling of Low-Energy Electronic Absorption Bands in Reduced Cobaloximes Open
The reduced Co(I) states of cobaloximes are powerful nucleophiles that play an important role in the hydrogen-evolving catalytic activity of these species. In this work we have analyzed the low energy electronic absorption bands of two cob…
View article: Theoretical characterization of the shikimate 5-dehydrogenase reaction from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by hybrid QC/MM simulations and quantum chemical descriptors
Theoretical characterization of the shikimate 5-dehydrogenase reaction from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by hybrid QC/MM simulations and quantum chemical descriptors Open
View article: CCDC 939713: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 939713: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
View article: A physiological role for GABA<sub>A</sub>receptor desensitization – induction of long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses
A physiological role for GABA<sub>A</sub>receptor desensitization – induction of long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses Open
GABA A receptors (GABA A Rs) are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels distributed throughout the brain where they mediate synaptic and tonic inhibition. Following activation, these receptors undergo desensitization which involves entry int…
View article: Photoswitching mechanism of a fluorescent protein revealed by time-resolved crystallography and transient absorption spectroscopy
Photoswitching mechanism of a fluorescent protein revealed by time-resolved crystallography and transient absorption spectroscopy Open
View article: CCDC 1580549: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1580549: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Hydrogen evolution reaction mediated by an all-sulfur trinuclear nickel complex
Hydrogen evolution reaction mediated by an all-sulfur trinuclear nickel complex Open
A trinuclear nickel complex with S-based ligands is reported as a bio-inspired model of the [NiFe] hydrogenases' active site. DFT calculations indicate that thiolate and thioether functions are involved as proton relays in the H2
View article: Modeling the Hydrolysis of Iron–Sulfur Clusters
Modeling the Hydrolysis of Iron–Sulfur Clusters Open
Iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters are essential metal cofactors involved in a wide variety of biological functions. Their catalytic efficiency, biosynthesis, and regulation depend on FeS stability in aqueous solution. Here, molecular modeling is …
View article: Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with a Cobalt Complex Bearing Pendant Proton Relays: Acid Strength and Applied Potential Govern Mechanism and Stability
Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with a Cobalt Complex Bearing Pendant Proton Relays: Acid Strength and Applied Potential Govern Mechanism and Stability Open
[Co(bapbpy)Cl]+ (bapbpy: 6,6'-bis(2-aminopyridyl)-2,2'-bipyridine) is a polypyridyl cobalt(II) complex bearing both a redox-active bipyridine ligand and pendant proton relays. This compound catalyzes electro-assisted H
View article: Modelling the Hydrolysis of Iron-Sulfur Clusters
Modelling the Hydrolysis of Iron-Sulfur Clusters Open
Iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters are essential metal cofactors involved in a wide variety of biological functions. Their catalytic efficiency, biosynthesis and regulation depend on FeS stability in aqueous solution. Here, molecular modelling is …
View article: Modelling the Hydrolysis of Iron-Sulfur Clusters
Modelling the Hydrolysis of Iron-Sulfur Clusters Open
Iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters are essential metal cofactors involved in a wide variety of biological functions. Their catalytic efficiency, biosynthesis and regulation depend on FeS stability in aqueous solution. Here, molecular modelling is …
View article: Negative Impact of Carbapenem Methylation on the Reactivity of β-Lactams for Cysteine Acylation as Revealed by Quantum Calculations and Kinetic Analyses
Negative Impact of Carbapenem Methylation on the Reactivity of β-Lactams for Cysteine Acylation as Revealed by Quantum Calculations and Kinetic Analyses Open
The Enterococcus faecium l , d -transpeptidase (Ldt fm ) mediates resistance to most β-lactam antibiotics in this bacterium by replacing classical peptidoglycan polymerases. The catalytic Cys of Ldt fm is rapidly acylated by β-lactams belo…
View article: Crystal structures of a GABAA-receptor chimera reveal new endogenous neurosteroid-binding sites
Crystal structures of a GABAA-receptor chimera reveal new endogenous neurosteroid-binding sites Open
View article: Chromophore twisting in the excited state of a photoswitchable fluorescent protein captured by time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography
Chromophore twisting in the excited state of a photoswitchable fluorescent protein captured by time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography Open
View article: Norovirus RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase: A computational study of metal‐binding preferences
Norovirus RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase: A computational study of metal‐binding preferences Open
Norovirus (NV) RNA‐dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) is essential for replicating the genome of the virus, which makes this enzyme a key target for the development of antiviral agents against NV gastroenteritis. In this work, a complex of NV…
View article: Electronic Structure Rearrangements in Hybrid Ribozyme/Protein Catalysis
Electronic Structure Rearrangements in Hybrid Ribozyme/Protein Catalysis Open
We analyzed the electronic structural changes that occur in the reaction cycle of a biological catalyst composed of RNA and protein, and elucidated the dynamical rearrangements of the electronic structure that was obtained from our previou…
View article: Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography on photoswitchable fluorescent proteins
Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography on photoswitchable fluorescent proteins Open
View article: Artificial Hydrogenases Based on Cobaloximes and Heme Oxygenase
Artificial Hydrogenases Based on Cobaloximes and Heme Oxygenase Open
The insertion of cobaloxime catalysts in the heme‐binding pocket of heme oxygenase (HO) yields artificial hydrogenases active for H 2 evolution in neutral aqueous solutions. These novel biohybrids have been purified and characterized by us…
View article: CCDC 1440700: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1440700: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 1440701: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1440701: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Experimental and Theoretical Insight into Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Nickel Bis(aryldithiolene) Complexes as Catalysts
Experimental and Theoretical Insight into Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Nickel Bis(aryldithiolene) Complexes as Catalysts Open
A series of neutral and monoanionic nickel dithiolene complexes with p-methoxyphenyl-substituted 1,2-dithiolene ligands have been prepared and characterized with physicochemical methods. Two of the complexes, the monoanion of the symmetric…
View article: Ferric–Thiolate Bond Dissociation Studied with Electronic Structure Calculations
Ferric–Thiolate Bond Dissociation Studied with Electronic Structure Calculations Open
The stability and reactivity of iron-sulfur clusters are fundamental properties for the biological function of these prosthetic groups. Here, we investigate the ferric-thiolate bond dissociation of model iron-sulfur tetrahedral complexes w…
View article: Force-induced chemical reactions on the metal centre in a single metalloprotein molecule
Force-induced chemical reactions on the metal centre in a single metalloprotein molecule Open
Metalloproteins play indispensable roles in biology owing to the versatile chemical reactivity of metal centres. However, studying their reactivity in many metalloproteins is challenging, as protein three-dimensional structure encloses lab…
View article: Dye-sensitized PS- <i>b</i> -P2VP-templated nickel oxide films for photoelectrochemical applications
Dye-sensitized PS- <i>b</i> -P2VP-templated nickel oxide films for photoelectrochemical applications Open
Moving from homogeneous water-splitting photocatalytic systems to photoelectrochemical devices requires the preparation and evaluation of novel p -type transparent conductive photoelectrode substrates. We report here on the sensitization o…