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Spring 2021 challenge: rejected after 1 year

Analysis of Heme Binding to Procoagulant Factor VIIIa

Diana Imhof, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Not possible.
After 1 year, Diana has achieved the following goals:
  1. Identification of potential heme-binding sites (SeeSAR) at the surface of FVIII: Already finalized last time.
  2. Characterization, identification of molecular features of the individual interactions between a distinct HBM and heme from FlexX docking simulations: Ongoing studies.
  3. MD simulation of heme bound to most promising sites (1st: at each site separate, 2nd: at all highly favorable heme-binding sites at once) followed by MMPBSA and Hyde-based evaluation of binding affinities: Ongoing studies.