PSW-Designer:一个开源的计算平台,用于设计和虚拟查光药学干

Icaro A Simon1, Evert J Homan2, Maikel Wijtmans1

  • 1Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Amsterdam Institute for Molecular and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

概括

我们开发了PSW-Designer,这是一个开源的计算平台,用于设计新的可光切换的配体,用于生物过程的光学控制,特别是G蛋白结合受体 (GPCR). 这种工具有助于创建具有增强光药学特性的分子.

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