Publications
 
 
  1. Rizzo, R. C. "Computational Advances in Structure-based Drug Design with Applications to HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase, P.h.D Thesis, Yale University, 2001. PDF
  2. Bausch, J. W.; Rizzo, R. C.; Sneddon, L. G.; Wille, A. E.; Williams, R. E. An Ab Initio/IGLO/NMR Investigation of nido -C4B7H11 Configurations: Structural Assignment of the Three Known Isomers and Reconfirmation of Empirical Carbon Placement Patterns. Inorg. Chem ., 1996, 35, 131-135. PDF
  3. Rizzo, R. C.; Jorgensen, W. L. OPLS All-Atom Model for Amines: Resolution of the Amine Hydration Problem. J. Am. Chem. Soc ., 1999, 121, 4827-4836. PDF
  4. Rizzo, R. C.; Wang, D.-P.; Tirado-Rives, J.; Jorgensen, W. L. Validation of a Model for the Complex of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase with Sustiva through Computation of Resistance Profiles. J. Am. Chem. Soc ., 2000, 122, 12898-12900. PDF
  5. Rizzo, R. C.; Tirado-Rives, J.; Jorgensen, W. L. Estimation of Binding Affinities for HEPT and Nevirapine Analogues with HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase via Monte Carlo Simulations. J. Med. Chem ., 2001, 44, 145-154. PDF
  6. Jorgensen, W. L.; Plount-Price, M. L.; Price, D. J.; Rizzo, R. C.; Wang, D.-P.; Pierce, A. C.; Tirado-Rives, J. COX-2, SRC SH2 Domain, HIV Reverse Transcriptase, and Thrombin: Computational Approaches to Drug Design., In Free Energy Calculations in Rational Drug Design , M. R. Reddy and M. D. Elion, Eds., Kluwer: New York, 2001; Chapter 15, 299-316. PDF
  7. Wang, D.-P.; Rizzo, R. C.; Tirado-Rives, J.; Jorgensen, W. L. Antiviral Drug Design: Computational Analyses of the Effects of the L100I Mutation for HIV-RT on the Binding of NNRTIs. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett ., 2001, 11, 2799-2802. PDF
  8. Zhou, R.; Friesner, R. A.; Ghosh, A.; Rizzo, R. C.; Jorgensen, W. L.; Levy, R. M. New Linear Interaction Method for Binding Affinity Calculations Using a Continuum Solvent Model. J. Phys. Chem. B , 2001, 105, 10388-10397. PDF
  9. Rizzo, R. C.; Blagovic, M. U.; Wang, D.-P.; Watkins, E. K.; Smith, M. B. K.; Smith, R. H. Jr.; Tirado-Rives, J.; Jorgensen, W. L. Prediction of Activity for Nonnucleoside Inhibitors with HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Based on Monte Carlo Simulations. J. Med. Chem ., 2002, 45, 2970-2987. PDF
  10. Smith, M. B. K.; Hose, B. M.; Hawkins, A.; Lipchock, J.; Farnsworth, D. W.; Rizzo, R. C.; Tirado-Rives, J.; Arnold, E.; Zhang, W.; Hughes, S. H.; Jorgensen, W. L.; Michejda, C. J.; Smith, R. H. Jr. Molecular Modeling Calculations of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Nonnucleoside Inhibitors: Correlation of Binding Energy with Biological Activity for Novel 2-Aryl-Substituted Benzimidazole Analogues. J. Med. Chem ., 2003, 46, 1940-1947. PDF
  11. Rizzo, R. C.; Toba, S.; Kuntz, I. D. A Molecular Basis for the Selectivity of Thiadiazole Urea Inhibitors with Stromelysin-1 and Gelatinase-A from Generalized Born Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Med. Chem ., 2004, 47, 3065-3074. PDF
  12. Rizzo, R. C. ; Aynechi, T.; Case, D. A.; Kuntz, I. D. Estimation of Absolute Free Energies of Hydration Using Continuum Methods: Accuracy of Partial Charge Models and Optimization of Nonpolar Contributions. J. Chem. Theory Comput ., 2006 , 2 , 128-139. PDF SUP
  13. Hornak, V.; Okur, A.; Rizzo, R. C. ; Simmerling, C. HIV-1 Protease Flaps Spontaneously Open and Reclose in Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. , 2006 , 103, 915-920. PDF
  14. Hornak, V.; Okur, A.; Rizzo, R. C. ; Simmerling, C. HIV-1 Protease Flaps Spontaneously Close to the Correct Structure in Simulations Following Manual Placement of an Inhibitor into the Open State. J. Am. Chem. Soc ., 2006, 128, 2812-2813. PDF
  15. Moustakas, D. T.; Therese Lang, P. T.; Pegg, S.; Pettersen, E.; Kuntz, I. D.; Broojimans, N.; Rizzo, R. C. Development and Validation of a Modular, Extensible Docking Program: DOCK 5. J. Comput. Aided Mol. Des., 2006, 20, 601-619. PDF
  16. Strockbine, B.; Rizzo, R. C. Binding of Anti-Fusion Peptides with HIVgp41 from Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Quantitative Correlation with Experiment. Proteins: Struct. Func. Bioinformatics, 2007, 67, 630-642. PDF
  17. Chachra, R.; Rizzo, R. C. Origins of Resistance Conferred by the R292K Neuraminidase Mutation via Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Calculations. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2008 ,4, 1526-1540. PDF
  18. Carrascal, N.; Rizzo, R. C. Calculation of Binding Free Energies for Non-zinc Chelating Pyrimidine Dicarboxamide Inhibitors with MMP-13. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2009, 19, 47-50. PDF
  19. Lang, P.T.; Brozell, S.R.; Mukherjee, S.; Pettersen, E.; Meng, E.; Thomas, V.; Rizzo, R. C.; Case, D. A.; James, T. L.; Kuntz, I. D. DOCK 6: Combining Techniques to Model RNA-Small Molecule Complexes. RNA, 2009, 15, 1219-1230. PDF
  20. Balius, T. E.; Rizzo, R. C. Quantitative Prediction of Fold Resistance for Inhibitors of EGFR. Biochemistry, 2009, in press, 00-00. PDF