Efficient Simulations of Solvent Asymmetry Across Lipid Membranes Using Flat-Bottom Restraints

D Biriukov, M Javanainen - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The routinely employed periodic boundary conditions complicate molecular simulations of
physiologically relevant asymmetric lipid membranes together with their distinct solvent …

Spontaneous curvature generation by peptides in asymmetric bilayers

S Park, A Rice, W Im, RW Pastor - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA,
USA, 2Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis, St …

Unraveling the Phase Behavior, Mechanical Stability, and Protein Reconstitution Properties of Polymer–Lipid Hybrid Vesicles

WA Müller, PA Beales, AR Muniz… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hybrid vesicles consisting of natural phospholipids and synthetic amphiphilic copolymers
have shown remarkable material properties and potential for biotechnology, combining the …

Building complex membranes with Martini 3

TN Ozturk, M König, TS Carpenter… - Methods in …, 2024 - research.rug.nl
The Martini model is a popular force field for coarse-grained simulations. Membranes have
always been at the center of its development, with the latest version, Martini 3, showing great …

Effect of leaflet asymmetry on the stretching elasticity of lipid bilayers with phosphatidic acid

D Drabik, P Hinc, M Stephan, RRM Cavalcanti… - Biophysical …, 2024 - cell.com
The asymmetry of membranes has a significant impact on their biophysical characteristics
and behavior. This study investigates the composition and mechanical properties of …

Non-affine deformation analysis and 3D packing defects: A new way to probe membrane heterogeneity in molecular simulations

M Tripathy, A Srivastava - Methods in enzymology, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here, we discuss a new framework developed over the last 5 years in our group to probe
nanoscale membrane heterogeneity. The framework is based on the idea of characterizing …

Simulating asymmetric membranes using P21 periodic boundary conditions

A Rice, S Prasad, BR Brooks… - Methods in …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of symmetric lipid bilayers are now well established,
while those of asymmetric ones are considerably less developed. This disjunction arises in …

Modeling asymmetric cell membranes at all-atom resolution

J Bodosa, AJ Pane, JB Klauda - Methods in enzymology, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a useful tool when studying the properties of
membranes as they allow for a molecular view of lipid interactions with proteins, nucleic …

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W Müller, P Beales - R., & euken, L.. C, 2023 - scholarlypublications …
Hybrid vesicles consisting of natural phospholipids and synthetic amphiphilic copolymers
have shown remarkable material properties and potential for biotechnology, combining the …

Exploring the effects of emerging technologies on food processing through molecular dynamics simulations

WA Müller - 2023 - lume.ufrgs.br
Molecular dynamics simulations have proven to be an useful tool in the mechanistic analysis
of various phenomena in biomolecules. This technique is particularly promising in the study …