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Carmay Lim

Carmay Lim

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10353
World Ranking
11209
National Ranking
84

Overview

Carmay Lim is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Key recent papers authored by Carmay Lim include:

  • "Multi-targeting of functional cysteines in multiple conserved SARS-CoV-2 domains by clinically safe Zn-ejectors," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Synergistic Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Replication Using Disulfiram/Ebselen and Remdesivir," 2021, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • "From quantum-derived principles underlying cysteine reactivity to combating the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science
  • "How the Local Environment of Functional Sites Regulates Protein Function," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Sensitive and Specific Cadmium Biosensor Developed by Reconfiguring Metal Transport and Leveraging Natural Gene Repositories," 2021, ACS Sensors

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Cédric Grauffel, Karen Sargsyan, Ting Chen, Hanna S. Yuan, and Tse Wen Chang.

Carmay Lim has published multiple works in several prominent journals:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • How Molecular Size Impacts RMSD Applications in Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Karen Sargsyan;Cédric Grauffel;Carmay Lim;Carmay Lim

  • Principles Governing Mg, Ca, and Zn Binding and Selectivity in Proteins

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Absolute pKa calculations with continuum dielectric methods

    Carmay Lim;Don Bashford;Martin Karplus

  • Competition among metal ions for protein binding sites: determinants of metal ion selectivity in proteins.

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim;Carmay Lim

  • Ring Strain Energies from ab Initio Calculations

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Metal Binding Affinity and Selectivity in Metalloproteins: Insights from Computational Studies

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Tetrahedral vs Octahedral Zinc Complexes with Ligands of Biological Interest: A DFT/CDM Study

    and Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • First−Second Shell Interactions in Metal Binding Sites in Proteins: A PDB Survey and DFT/CDM Calculations

    Todor Dudev;Yen-lin Lin;Minko Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Theory of Ionic Hydration: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Experiment

    C. Satheesan Babu;Carmay Lim

  • Competitive Binding in Magnesium Coordination Chemistry: Water versus Ligands of Biological Interest

    Todor Dudev;J. A. Cowan;Carmay Lim

  • Empirical force fields for biologically active divalent metal cations in water.

    C. Satheesan Babu;Carmay Lim

  • Zn protein simulations including charge transfer and local polarization effects.

    Dmitri V. Sakharov;Carmay Lim

  • Factors governing metal-ligand distances and coordination geometries of metal complexes.

    Gopi Kuppuraj;Minko Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Factors governing the metal coordination number in metal complexes from Cambridge Structural Database analyses.

    Minko Dudev;Jonathan Wang;Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Effect of carboxylate-binding mode on metal binding/selectivity and function in proteins.

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Monodentate versus Bidentate Carboxylate Binding in Magnesium and Calcium Proteins: What Are the Basic Principles?

    Todor Dudev† and;Carmay Lim

  • Determinants of K+ vs Na+ selectivity in potassium channels.

    Todor Dudev;Carmay Lim

  • Free energy decomposition of protein-protein interactions.

    Sergey Yu. Noskov;Carmay Lim;Carmay Lim

  • Physical basis of structural and catalytic Zn-binding sites in proteins.

    Yu-ming Lee;Carmay Lim;Carmay Lim

  • An azido-BODIPY probe for glycosylation: initiation of strong fluorescence upon triazole formation.

    Jiun-Jie Shie;Ying-Chih Liu;Yu-Ming Lee;Carmay Lim

  • Atom–surface scattering dynamics at hyperthermal energies

    A. Amirav;M. J. Cardillo;P. L. Trevor;Carmay Lim

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus Harvard University
John C. Tully
John C. Tully Yale University
Paul A. Bates
Paul A. Bates The Francis Crick Institute
Frank Uhlmann
Frank Uhlmann The Francis Crick Institute
Chou Long Huang
Chou Long Huang University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Pedro A. Fernandes
Pedro A. Fernandes University of Porto
Shih-Hsiung Wu
Shih-Hsiung Wu University of Wisconsin--Madison
Yi-Ling Lin
Yi-Ling Lin Academia Sinica
Maria J. Ramos
Maria J. Ramos University of Porto

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