Molecular Docking Approach for Biological Interaction of Green Synthesized Nanoparticles

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 29; no. 11; p. 2428
• Main Authors: Kar, Pallab, Oriola, Ayodeji O., Oyedeji, Adebola O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.05.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Algae; Biosynthesis; discovery studio; Enzymes; Feynman, Richard P; Fungi; Gold; Green Chemistry Technology - methods; green synthesis; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; Microorganisms; molecular docking; Molecular Docking Simulation; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanoparticles - chemistry; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Natural resources; Nucleic Acids - chemistry; Proteins - chemistry; pymol; Review; Silver; Zinc oxides; discovery studio; molecular docking; nanoparticles; pymol; green synthesis
• ISSN: 1420-3049; 1420-3049
• DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112428

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the subject of nanotechnology, with a range of methods developed to synthesize precise-sized and shaped nanoparticles according to particular requirements. Often, the nanoparticles are created by employing dangerous reducing chemicals to reduce metal ions into uncharged nanoparticles. Green synthesis or biological approaches have been used recently to circumvent this issue because biological techniques are simple, inexpensive, safe, clean, and extremely productive. Nowadays, much research is being conducted on how different kinds of nanoparticles connect to proteins and nucleic acids using molecular docking models. Therefore, this review discusses the most recent advancements in molecular docking capacity to predict the interactions between various nanoparticles (NPs), such as ZnO, CuO, Ag, Au, and Fe3O4, and biological macromolecules.