A combined computational-biophysical approach to understanding fatty acid binding to FABP7

I Bodnariuc, S Lenz, M Renaud-Young, TM Butler… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
Members of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) family function as intracellular transporters
of long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic molecules to different cellular compartments …

Atomistic insights into the functional instability of the second helix of fatty acid binding protein

P Cheng, D Liu, PX Chee, D Yang, D Long - Biophysical Journal, 2019 - cell.com
Structural dynamics of fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs), which accommodate poorly
soluble ligands in the internalized binding cavities, are intimately related to their function …

Equilibrium folding dynamics of meACP in water, heavy water, and low concentration of urea

Y Zhou, D Yang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Many proteins fold in apparent two-state behavior, as partially folded intermediates only
transiently accumulate and easily escape detection. Besides a native form and a mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Specific protein-urea interactions

ZW Wong, D Yang - Magnetic Resonance Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanism of urea's action in protein denaturation remains largely unknown. To
provide an experimental basis for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on urea-protein …

Dengue virus protease activity modulated by dynamics of protease cofactor

WHK Lee, W Liu, JS Fan, D Yang - Biophysical Journal, 2021 - cell.com
The viral protease domain (NS3pro) of dengue virus is essential for virus replication, and its
cofactor NS2B is indispensable for the proteolytic function. Although several NS3pro-NS2B …

The development of solid-state NMR methodology to study the dynamics of proteins and ice

RA Stevens - 2018 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) is an excellent tool for determining the
molecular motions within a dynamic system. SSNMR relaxation measurements can access a …

Intra-and inter-protein couplings of backbone motions underlie protein thiol-disulfide exchange cascade

W Zhang, X Niu, J Ding, Y Hu, C Jin - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The thioredoxin (Trx)-coupled arsenate reductase (ArsC) is a family of enzymes that
catalyzes the reduction of arsenate to arsenite in the arsenic detoxification pathway. The …

Residue selective 15N CEST and CPMG experiments for studies of millisecond timescale protein dynamics

X Niu, J Ding, W Zhang, Q Li, Y Hu, C Jin - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2018 - Elsevier
Proteins are intrinsically dynamic molecules and undergo exchanges among multiple
conformations to perform biological functions. The CPMG relaxation dispersion and CEST …

[PDF][PDF] Examination of Brain-Fatty Acid Binding Protein Interaction with Hydrophobic Ligands and Micelles

I Bodnariuc - 2021 - prism.ucalgary.ca
Members of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) family function as intracellular transporters
of hydrophobic molecules, facilitating both fatty acid and lipid metabolism. FABPs share a …

Structure of an Unfolding Intermediate of an RRM Domain of ETR-3 Reveals Its Native-like Fold

H Bhatt, AK Ganguly, S Sharma, GS Kushwaha… - Biophysical …, 2020 - cell.com
Prevalence of one or more partially folded intermediates during protein unfolding with
different secondary and ternary conformations has been identified as an integral character of …