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Selected contributions in molecular simulation.

Research spanning QM/MM reaction mechanisms, biomolecular free energies, enhanced-sampling methodology, kinetic inference and structure-based molecular discovery.

2026

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Nature Counts to Three: Universal Mg-Pinch Motif Polarizes the Cleaved Bond in NTP-Processing Enzymes

Bálint Dudás · Dénes Berta · Pablo Jambrina · Pedro J. Buigues · Reynier Suardíaz · Silvia Gómez-Coca · Wenhao Deng · Bernard R. Brooks · Beáta G. Vértessy · Edina Rosta

A cross-superfamily structural analysis identifies a conserved Mg2+ coordination motif flanking the scissile P–O bond; embedded DFT QM/MM calculations resolve its role in electrostatic preorganisation and reaction-induced polarisation.

CatalysisMg-pinchQM/MMNTP processing

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