3., revised and expanded Edition - January 2008
59.90 Euro
2008. X, 310 Pages, Softcover
91 Fig. (68 Colored Fig.), 23 Tab. 
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31568-3
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31568-0 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim









Short description
Ideal for beginners, this new, third edition explains the basics of modeling in a competent yet easily understandable way. It features a new chapter on chemogenomics, as well as a completely rewritten protein-modeling example for a better 'feel' of modeling complex biomolecules.

From the contents
Introduction

Small Molecules
- Generation of 3D-Coordinates
- Computational Tools for Geometry Optimization
- Conformational Analysis
- Determination of Molecular Interaction Potentials
- Pharmacophore Identification
- 3D QSAR Methods

A Case Study for Small Molecule Modeling: Dopamine D3 Receptor Antagonists
- Building a Pharmacophore Model
- 3D QSAR Analysis

Introduction to Comparative Protein Modeling
- Where and How to get Information on Proteins
- Terminology and Principles of Protein Structure
- Comparative Protein Modeling
- Optimization Procedures - Model Refinement - Molecular Dynamics
- Validation of Protein Models
- Properties of Proteins

Virtual Screening and Docking
- Preparation of the Partners
- Docking Algorithms
- Scoring Functions
- Postfiltering Virtual Screening Results
- Comparison of Different Docking and Scoring Methods
- Examples of successful Virtual Screening Studies

Scope and Limits of Molecular Docking
- Docking in the Polar Active Site that Contains Water
- Including Cofactor in Docking? (NEW)
- Impact of Tautomerism on Docking (NEW)

Chemogenomic Approaches to Rational Drug Design (NEW)
- Description of Ligand and Target Spaces
- Ligand-based Chemogenomic Approaches
- Targed-based Chemogenomic Approaches
- Target-Ligand Based Chemogenomic Approaches

A Case Study for Protein Modeling: the Nuclear Hormone Receptor CAR as an Example for Comparative Modeling and the Analysis of Protein-Ligand Complexes (NEW)
- The Biochemical and Pharmacological Description of the Problem
- Comparative Modeling of the Human Nuclear Hormone Receptor CAR
- Analysis of the Models that Emerged from MD Simulations
- Analysis of CAR Mutants
- Modeling of CAR-Ligand Complexes
- The CAR X-Ray Structure Comes into Play
- Virtual Screening for Novel CAR Activators