Publications

In press
70. M. Reif, P. Hünenberger and C. Oostenbrink
New interaction parameters for charged amino acid side chains in the GROMOS force field
J. Chem. Theory Comp. (2012) online doi: 10.1021/ct300156h

69. R. Gößler-Schöfberger, G. Hesser, M.M. Reif, J. Friedmann, B. Duscher, J.L. Toca-Herrera, C. Oostenbrink, A. Jilek
A stereochemical switch in the aDrs model system, a candidate for a functional amyloid
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (2012) online
doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.04.006

68. D. Steiner, C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Calculation of the Relative Free Energy of Oxidation of Azurin at pH 5 and pH 9
J. Comput. Chem. (2012) online
doi: 10.1002/jcc.22972

67. A. de Ruiter and C. Oostenbrink
Efficient and accurate free energy calculations on trypsin inhibitors
J. Chem. Theory Comp. (2012) online
doi: 10.1021/ct200750p

66. C. Oostenbrink, A. de Ruiter, J. Hritz and N.P.E. Vermeulen
Malleability and versatility of Cytochrome P450 active sites studied by molecular simulations
Curr. Drug Metab. 13 (2012) 190 - 196

65. C. Oostenbrink
Free energy calculations from one-step perturbations
In: "Computational drug discovery and design" (Methods in Molecular Biology 819), R. Baron, Ed., Humana Press, New York (2012)

64. A.K. Malde, L. Zuo, M. Breeze, M. Stroet, D. Poger, P.C. Nair, C. Oostenbrink, A.E. Mark
An automated force field topology builder (ATB) and repository: version 1.0
J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 7 (2011) 4026 - 4037
doi: 10.1021/ct200196m

63. S. Riniker, C.D. Christ, H.S. Hansen, P.H. Hünenberger, C. Oostenbrink, D. Steiner and W.F. van Gunsteren
Calculation of relative free energies for ligand-protein binding, solvation and conformational transitions using the GROMOS software
J. Phys. Chem. B 115 (2011) 13570 - 13577
doi: 10.1021/jp204303a

62. A.P. Eichenberger, J.R. Allison, J. Dolenc, D.P. Geerke, B.A.C. Horta, K. Meier, C. Oostenbrink, N. Schmid, D. Steiner, D. Wang and W.F. van Gunsteren
GROMOS++ Software for the Analysis of Biomolecular Simulation Trajectories
J. Chem. Theory Comp. 7 (2011) 3379 - 3390
doi: 10.1021/ct2003622

61. J.H.M. Lange, J. Venhorst, M.J.P. van Dongen, J. Frankena, F. Bassissi, N.M.W.J. de Bruin, C. den Besten, S.B.A. de Beer, C. Oostenbrink, N. Markova and C.G. Kruse
Biophysical and physicochemical methods differentiate highly ligand-efficient human D-amino acid oxidase inhibitors
Eur. J. Med. Chem. 46 (2011) 4808 - 4819
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.04.023

60. P. Vasanthanathan, J. Lastdrager, C. Oostenbrink, J.N.M. Commandeur, N.P.E. Vermeulen, F.S. Jorgensen, L. Olsen
Identification of CYP1A2 ligands by structure-based virtual screening
Med. Chem. Commun. 2 (2011) 853 - 859
doi: 10.1039/c1md00087j

59. A. de Ruiter and C. Oostenbrink
Free energy calculations of protein-ligand interactions
Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 15 (2011) 547 - 552
doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.05.021

58. A. de Ruiter, A. Mader, R. Kunert and C. Oostenbrink
Molecular simulations to rationalize humanized Ab2/3H6 activity
Aust. J. Chem. 64 (2011) 900 - 909

57. S.B.A. de Beer, A. Glättli, J. Hutzler, N.P.E. Vermeulen and C. Oostenbrink
Molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations on the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
J. Comput. Chem. 32 (2011) 2160 - 2169

56. D. Steiner, C. Oostenbrink, F. Diederich, M. Zürcher, W.F. van Gunsteren
Calculation of binding free energies of inhibitors to plasmepsin II
J. Comput. Chem. 32 (2011) 1801 - 1812

55. J. Hritz, T. Läppchen, C. Oostenbrink
Calculations of binding affinity between C8-substituted GTP analogs and the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ
Eur. Biophys. J. 29 (2010) 1573 - 1580

54. P. Vasanthanathan, L. Olsen, F.S. Jorgensen, N.P.E. Vermeulen, C. Oostenbrink
Computational prediction of binding affinity for CYP1A2-ligand complexes using empirical free energy calculations
Drug Metab. Disp. 38 (2010) 1347 - 1354

53. E. Stjernschantz, and C. Oostenbrink
Improved ligand-protein binding affinity predictions using multiple binding modes
Biophys. J. 98 (2010) 2682 - 2691

52. E. Stjernschantz, J. Reinen, W. Meinl, B.J. George, H. Glatt, N.P.E. Vermeulen, C. Oostenbrink
Comparison of murine and human estrogen sulfotransferase inhibition in vitro and in silico - implications for differences in activity, subunit dimerization and substrate inhibition
Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 317 (2010) 127 - 140

51. T. Venäläinen, F. Molnar, C. Oostenbrink, C. Carlberg and M. Peräkylä
Molecular mechanism of allosteric communication in the human PPARalpha-RXRalpha heterodimer
Proteins 78 (2010) 873 - 887

50. R. Santos, J. Hritz and C. Oostenbrink
The role of water in molecular docking simulations of Cytochrome P450 2D6
J. Chem. Inf. Model 50 (2010) 146 - 154

49. S.B.A. de Beer, N.P.E. Vermeulen and C. Oostenbrink
The role of water molecules in computational drug design
Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 10 (2010) 55 - 66

48. G. Zoldak, T. Aumüller, C. Lücke, J. Hritz, C. Oostenbrink, G. Fischer, F.X. Schmid
A library of fluorescent peptides for exploring the substrate specificities of prolyl isomerases
Biochemistry 48 (2009) 10423 - 10436

47. P. Rydberg, P. Vasanthanathan, C. Oostenbrink and L. Olsen
Fast prediction of cytochrome P450 mediated drug metabolism
ChemMedChem 4 (2009) 2070 - 2079

46. J. Hritz and C. Oostenbrink
Efficient free energy calculations for compounds with multiple stable conformations separated by high energy barriers
J. Phys. Chem. B. 113 (2009) 12711 - 12720

45. P. Vasanthanathan, O. Taboureau, C. Oostenbrink, N.P.E. Vermeulen, L. Olsen and F.S. Jorgensen
Classification of Cytochrome P450 1A2 Inhibitors and Non-Inhibitors by Machine Learning Techniques
Drug Metab. Disp. 37 (2009) 658 - 664

44. P. Vasanthanathan, J. Hritz, O. Taboureau, L. Olsen and F.S. Jorgensen, N.P.E. Vermeulen and C. Oostenbrink
Virtual screening and prediction of site of metabolism for cytochrome P450 1A2 ligands
J. Chem. Inf. Model. 49 (2009) 43 - 52

43. C. Oostenbrink
Efficient free energy calculations on small molecule host-guest systems - a combined Linear Interaction Energy / One-Step perturbation approach
J. Comput. Chem. 30 (2009) 212 - 221

42. J. Hritz, A. de Ruiter and C. Oostenbrink
Impact of plasticity and flexibility on docking results for Cytochrome P450 2D6: a combined approach of molecular dynamics and ligand docking
J. Med. Chem. 51 (2008) 7469 - 7477

41. E. Sjernschantz, N.P.E. Vermeulen and C. Oostenbrink
Computational prediction of drug binding and rationalisation of selectivity towards Cytochromes P450
Expert Opin. Drug Metab. Toxicol. 4 (2008) 513 - 527

40. J. Hritz and C. Oostenbrink
Hamiltonian replica exchange molecular dynamics using soft-core interactions
J. Chem. Phys. 128(2008) 144121

39. E. Stjernschantz, B.M.A. van Vugt-Lussenburg, A. Bonifacio, S.B.A. de Beer, G. van der Zwan, C. Gooijer, J.N.M. Commandeur, N.P.E. Vermeulen and C. Oostenbrink
Structural rationalization of novel drug metabolizing mutants of cytochrome P450 BM3
Proteins 71 (2008) 336 - 352

38. J. Hritz and C. Oostenbrink
Optimization of replica exchange molecular dynamics by fast mimicking
J. Chem. Phys. 127 (2007) 204104

37. W.F. van Gunsteren, D.P. Geerke, D. Trzesniak, C. Oostenbrink and N.F.A. van der Vegt
Analysis of the driving forces for biomolecular solvation and association
Proc. Italian School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CLXV, R.A. Broglia, L. Serrano and G. Tiana (Eds.), IOS Press, Amsterdam - SIF, Bologna (2007) 177 - 191

36. C. de Graaf, C. Oostenbrink, P.H.J. Keizers, B.M.A. van Vugt-Lussenburg, J.N.M. Commandeur, N.P.E. Vermeulen
Free energies of binding of R- and S-propranolol to wildtype and F483A mutant Cytochrome P450 2D6 from molecular dynamics simulations
Eur. Biophys. J. 36 (2007) 589 - 599

35. C. Oostenbrink, M.M.H. van Lipzig and W.F. van Gunsteren
Applications of molecular dynamics simulations in drug design
In: "Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II" Vol. 4, Computer-Assisted Drug Design, J.B. Taylor and D.J. Triggle Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, pp 651-668

34. B.M.A. van Vugt-Lussenburg, E. Stjernschantz, J. Lastdrager, C. Oostenbrink, N.P.E. Vermeulen and J.N.M. Commandeur
Identification of novel critical residues in drug metabolising mutants of Cytochrome P450 BM3 using random mutagenesis
J. Med. Chem. 50 (2007) 455 - 461

33. B. Keller, M. Christen, C. Oostenbrink, W.F. van Gunsteren
On using oscillating time-dependent restraints in MD simulation
J. Biomol. NMR 37 (2007) 1 - 14

32. C. de Graaf, C. Oostenbrink, P. Keizers, B. van Vugt-Lussenburg, R. van Waterschoot, R. Tschirret-Guth, J. Commandeur, N.P.E. Vermeulen
Molecular modeling-guided site-directed mutagenesis of cytochrome P450 2D6
Curr. Drug. Metab. 8 (2007) 59 - 77

31. E. Stjernschantz, J. Marelius, C. Medina, M. Jacobsson, N.P.E. Vermeulen and Chris Oostenbrink
Are automated molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations realistic tools in lead optimization? - An evaluation of the linear interaction energy (LIE) method
J. Chem. Inf. Model. 46 (2006) 1972 - 1983

30. J. Dolenc, R. Baron, C. Oostenbrink, J. Koller and W.F. van Gunsteren
Configurational entropy change of netropsin and distamycin upon DNA minor-groove binding
Biophys. J. 91 (2006) 1460 - 1470

29. W.F. van Gunsteren, D. Bakowies, R. Baron, I. Chandrasekhar, M. Christen, X. Daura, P.Gee, D.P. Geerke, A. Glättli, P.H. Hünenberger, M.A. Kastenholz, C. Oostenbrink, M. Schenk, D. Trzesniak, N.F.A. van der Vegt and H.B. Yu
Biomolecular modeling: goals, problems, perspectives
Angew. Chem 118 (2006) 4168-4198
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45 (2006) 4064-4092

28. C. de Graaf, C. Oostenbrink, P.H.J. Keizers, T. van der Wijst, A. Jongejan, N.P.E. Vermeulen
Catalytic site prediction and virtual screening of cytochrome P450 2D6 substrates by consideration of water and rescoring in automated docking
J. Med. Chem. 49 (2006) 2417 - 2430

27. Y. Zhou, C. Oostenbrink, A. Jongejan, W.F. van Gunsteren, W.R. Hagen, S.W. de Leeuw, J.A. Jongejan
Computational study of ground state chiral induction in small peptides: Comparison of the relative stability of selected amino acid dimers and oligomers in homochiral and heterochiral combinations
J. Comput. Chem. 27 (2006) 857-867

26. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Calculating zeros: non-equilibrium free energy calculations
Chem. Phys. 323 (2006) 102-108

25. A. Stortelder, P.H.J. Keizers, C. Oostenbrink, C. de Graaf, P. de Kruijf, N.P.E. Vermeulen, C. Gooijer, J.N.M. Commandeur, G. van der Zwan
Binding of 7-methoxy-4-(aminomethyl)-coumarin to wild-type and W128F mutant cytochrome P450 2D6 studied by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
Biochem. J., 393 (2006) 635 - 643

24. M. Christen, D. Bakowies, R. Baron, R. Bürgi, D. Geerke, T. Heinz, P. Hünenberger, M. Kastenholz, V. Kräutler, C. Oostenbrink, C. Peter, D. Trzesniak and W.F. van Gunsteren
The GROMOS software for biomolecular simulation: GROMOS05
J. Comput. Chem., 26 (2005) 1719 - 1751

23. C. Oostenbrink, D. Juchli, W.F. van Gunsteren
Amine hydration: A united-atom force field solution
Chem. Phys. Chem., 6 (2005) 1800 - 1804

22. P.H.J. Keizers, C. de Graaf, F.J.J. de Kanter, C. Oostenbrink, K.A. Feenstra, J.N.M. Commandeur and N.P.E. Vermeulen
Metabolic regio- and stereoselectivity of cytochrome P450 2D6 towards 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-alkylamphetamines: in silico predictions and experimental validation
J. Med. Chem., 48 (2005) 6117 - 6127

21. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Efficient calculation of stacking and pairing free energies in DNA from molecular dynamics simulations
Chem. Eur. J., 11 (2005) 4340 - 4348

20. Y. Zhou, C. Oostenbrink, W.F. van Gunsteren, W.R. Hagen, S.R. de Leeuw, J. Jongejan
Relative stability of homochiral and heterochiral dialanine peptides. Effects of perturbation pathways and force-field parameters on free energy calculations
Mol. Phys., 104 (2005) 1961 - 1969

19. C. Oostenbrink, T.A. Soares, N.F.A. van der Vegt and W.F. van Gunsteren
Validation of the 53A6 GROMOS force field
Eur. Biophys. J., 34 (2005) 273 - 284

18. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Free energies of ligand binding for structurally diverse compounds
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102 (2005) 6750 - 6754

17. M. van den Bosch, M. Swart, J. Snijders, H.J.C. Berendsen, A.E. Mark, C. Oostenbrink, W.F. van Gunsteren and G.W. Canters
Calculation of the redox potential of the protein azurin and some mutants
ChemBioChem, 6 (2005) 738 - 746

16. T.A. Soares, P.H. Hünenberger, M.A. Kastenholz, V. Kräutler, T. Lenz, R.D. Lins, C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
An improved nucleic-acid parameter set for the GROMOS force field
J. Comput. Chem., 26 (2005) 725 - 737

15. J. Dolenc, C. Oostenbrink, J. Koller, W.F. van Gunsteren
Relative free energies of binding of Netropsin and Distamycin A to DNA
Nucl. Acid Res., 33 (2005) 725 - 733

14. T.A. Soares, X. Daura, C. Oostenbrink, L.J. Smith, W.F. van Gunsteren
Validation of the GROMOS Force-field Parameter Set 45A3 against Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data of Hen Egg Lysozyme
J. Biomol. NMR, 30 (2004) 407 - 422

13. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Methane clustering in explicit water: Effect of urea on hydrophobic interactions
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7 (2005) 53 - 58

12. C. Oostenbrink, A. Villa, A.E. Mark and W.F. van Gunsteren
A biomolecular force field based on the free enthalpy of hydration and solvation: the GROMOS force-field parameter sets 53A5 and 53A6
J. Comp. Chem. 25 (2004) 1656 - 1676

11. I. Chandrasekhar, C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Simulating the Physiological Phase of Hydrated Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayers: The Ester Moiety
Soft Materials 2 (2004) 27 - 45

10. A. Glättli, C. Oostenbrink, X. Daura, D.P. Geerke, H. Yu, W.F. van Gunsteren
On the transferability of the SPC/L water model to biomolecular simulation
Brazilian J. of Phys. 34 (2004) 116-125

9. C. Peter, C. Oostenbrink, A. van Dorp, W.F. van Gunsteren
Estimating entropies from molecular dynamics simulations
J. Chem. Phys. 120 (2004) 2652-2661

8. D.P. Geerke, C. Oostenbrink, N.F.A. van der Vegt and W.F. van Gunsteren
An Effective Force Field for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Dimethyl Sulfoxide-Water Mixtures
J. Phys. Chem. B 108 (2004) 1436 - 1445

7. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Free energies of binding of polychlorinated biphenyls to the estrogen receptor from a single simulation
Proteins 54 (2004) 234-246

6. C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Single-step perturbations to calculate free energy differences from unphysical reference states: limits on size, flexibility and character
J. Comput. Chem. 24 (2003) 1730-1739

5. I. Chandrasekhar, M. Kastenholz, R.D. lins, C. Oostenbrink, L.D. Schuler, D.P. Tieleman and W.F. van Gunsteren
A consistent potential energy parameter set for lipids: Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine as a benchmark of the GROMOS96 45A3 force field
Europ. Biophys. J. 32 (2003) 67-77

4. T. Hansson, C. Oostenbrink and W.F. van Gunsteren
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Curr. Opinion Struct. Biol. 12 (2002) 190-196

3. V.P. Osinga, B.C. Oostenbrink, E. van Lenthe, C. Fonseca Guerra, E.J. Baerends
A least squares multicenter approach to continuum wave functions
Chem. Phys.284 (2002) 565 - 574

2. W.F. van Gunsteren, D. Bakowies, R. Bürgi, I. Chandrasekhar, M. Christen, X. Daura, P. Gee, A. Glättli, T. Hansson, C. Oostenbrink, C. Peter, J. Pitera, L. Schuler, T. Soares and H. Yu
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Biomolecular Systems
CHIMIA 55 (2001) 856-860

1. B.C. Oostenbrink, J.W. Pitera, M.M.H. van Lipzig, J.H.N. Meerman and W.F. van Gunsteren
Simulations of the Estrogen Receptor Ligand Binding Domain: the affinity of natural ligands and xenoestrogens
J. Med. Chem. 43 (2000) 4594-4605



Publications in press

published
  1. U. Bren and C. Oostenbrink
    Cytochrome P450 3A4 Inhibition by Ketoconazole: Tackling the Problem of Ligand Cooperativity Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Free-Energy Calculations
    Submitted to J. Chem. Inf. Model. (2012)

  2. B. Lai and C. Oostenbrink
    Binding free energy, energy and entropy calculations using simple model systems
    Submitted to PhysChemChemPhys (2012)