Pekka Postila
University Lecturer; Associate Professor / Docent; Ph.D.
pekka.postila@utu.fi Office: C642 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-7991 |
Areas of expertise
Computer-aided drug discovery; virtual screening; molecular dynamics simulations; molecular modelling; structural bioinformatics
Computer-aided drug discovery; virtual screening; molecular dynamics simulations; molecular modelling; structural bioinformatics
Publications 
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- Identifying involvement of Lys251/Asp252 pair in electron transfer and associated proton transfer at the quinone reduction site of Rhodobacter capsulatus cytochrome bc(1) (2016)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Selective effect of cell membrane on synaptic neurotransmission (2016)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Atomistic simulations indicate cardiolipin to have an integral role in the structure of the cytochrome bc(1) complex (2013)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Key role of water in proton transfer at the Q(o)-site of the cytochrome bc(1) complex predicted by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations (2013)
- BBA - Bioenergetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parameterization of the prosthetic redox centers of the bacterial cytochrome bc(1) complex for atomistic molecular dynamics simulations (2013)
- Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of Virtual High-Throughput Screening Methods for the Identification of Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors (2011)
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Full and Partial Agonism of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Indicated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations (2011)
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring kainate receptor pharmacology using molecular dynamics simulations (2010)
- Neuropharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pharmacological activity of C10-substituted analogs of the high-affinity kainate receptor agonist dysiherbaine (2010)
- Neuropharmacology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Full Domain Closure of the Ligand-binding Core of the Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor iGluR5 Induced by the High Affinity Agonist Dysiherbaine and the Functional Antagonist 8,9-Dideoxyneodysiherbaine (2009)
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Novel analogs and stereoisomers of the marine toxin neodysiherbaine with specificity for kainate receptors (2008)
- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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