Modelling Molecular Structure and Reactivity in Biological Systems

• Part One: Molecular Conformation and Electronic Structure of Biomolecules;ELECTOWEAK QUANTUM CHEMISTRY AND THE DYNAMICS OF PARITY VIOLATION IN CHIRAL MOLECULES;CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEIN FOLDING/UNFOLDING AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION;THE ROLE OF ATTRACTIVE FORCES ON THE DEWETTING OF LARGE HYDROPHOTIC SOLUTES;STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF THE ATPASE VCP/P97: COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES FOR STRUCTURE DETERMINATION AT LOW RESOLUTION;THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF MECHANOCHEMICAL COUPLING IN THE BIOMOLECULAR MOTOR MYOSIN;MOLECULAR DYNAMICS AND NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURING OF WATER BY CARBOHYDRATES AND OTHER SOLUTES;Part Two: Chemical Reactivity in Biological Surroundings;FROM PRION PROTEIN TO ANTICANCER DRUGS: QM/MM CAR-PARRINELLO SIMULATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH TRANSITION METAL IONS;SIMULATIONS OF ENZYME REACTION MECHANISMS IN ACTIVE SITES: ACCOUNTING FOR AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN A SOLVENT PERTURBATION;THEORETICAL STUDIES OF PHOTODYNAMIC DRUGS AND PHOTOTOXIC REACTIONS;ACID/BASE PROPERTIES OF RADICALS INVOLVED IN ENZYME-MEDIATED 1,2-MIGRATION REACTIONS;DEVELOPMENT OF A HETEROGENEOUS DIELECTRIC GENERALIZED BORN MODEL FOR THE IMPLICIT MODELING OF MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENTS;ASSESSMENT AND TUNING OF A POISSON BOLTZMANN PROGRAM THAT UTILIZES THE SPECIALIZED COMPUTER CHIP MD-GRAPE-2 AND ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF COUNTER IONS;INTRINSIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS- THE HOLY GRAAL OF STUDIES OF ENZYME-CATALYZED REACTIONS;SUICIDE INACTIVATION IN THE COENZYME B12-DEPENDENT ENZYME DIOL DEHYDRATASE;SIMULATIONS OF PHOSPORYL TRANSFER REACTONS USING MULTI-SCALE QUANTUM MODELS;SELECTIVITY AND AFFINITY OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITORS;INVESTIGATIONS OF CATALYTIC REACTION MECHANISMS OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES BY USING FIRST PRINCIPLES AND COMBINED CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS;Part Three: Toward Drug Discovery;CHANGING PARADIGMS IN DRUG DISCOVERY;A TALE OF TWO STATES: REACTIVITY OF CYTOCROME P450 ENZYMES;THE ROLE AND LIMITATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY IN DRUG DISCOVERY;IMPROVING CATALYTIC ANTIBODIES BY MEANS OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES;THE "THEORETICAL" CHEMISTRY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: THE RADICAL MODEL;MECHANISTIC MODELING IN DRUG DISCOVERY: MMP-3 AND THE HERG CHANNEL AS EXAMPLES;Subject Index

This volume, by concentrating on the major theme of applications in biology, has nicely overcome this limitation and forms a very useful source of "state of the art" information about computational modelling of biological systems. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to both academic and industrial researchers in this area.