Vivek Govind Kumar Data-verified

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Researcher

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

7 h-index 31 pubs 177 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Vivek Govind Kumar's research employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate protein structure and dynamics. His work has focused on understanding the conformational changes of viral proteins, such as the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and influenza hemagglutinin. He also studies the stabilization mechanisms of human proteins, including fibroblast growth factor 1, by examining their interactions with molecules like heparin. Kumar's research addresses fundamental questions about protein folding, binding affinities, and the forces that govern protein stability and reversibility. His publication record includes studies on intrinsically disordered protein regions and the structural insights gained from combining experimental and computational approaches. Kumar collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with shared publications numbering as high as 14 with Mahmoud Moradi.

Metrics

  • h-index: 7
  • Publications: 31
  • Citations: 177

Selected Publications

  • Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Influenza Hemagglutinin Conformational Changes in Acidic pH (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Molecular dynamics investigation of the influenza hemagglutinin conformational changes in acidic pH (2024)
  • A purely physics-based computational binding affinity estimation from restrained umbrella sampling simulations (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • cpSRP43 Is Both Highly Flexible and Stable: Structural Insights Using a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Structural effects of ALS-associated mutations on profilin (2023)
  • Binding affinity estimation from restrained umbrella sampling simulations (2022)
    54 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Binding Affinity Estimation from Restrained Umbrella Sampling Simulations (2022)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prefusion spike protein conformational changes are slower in SARS-CoV-2 than in SARS-CoV-1 (2022)
    26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Molecular dynamics investigation of the ph-dependent influenza hemagglutinin conformational change (2022)
  • Characterizing the roles of chemo-mechanical couplings in the differential behavior of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (2022)
  • cpSRP43 is both highly flexible and stable: Structural insights using a combined experimental and computational approach (2022)
  • Binding Affinity Estimation From Restrained Umbrella Sampling Simulations (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mechanistic Picture for Monomeric Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 Stabilization by Heparin Binding (2021)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transient local secondary structure in the intrinsically disordered C-term of the Albino3 insertase (2021)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Characterization of the structural forces governing the reversibility of the thermal unfolding of the human acidic fibroblast growth factor (2021)
    11 citations DOI OpenAlex

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