Probing both sides of the story

CM Yip - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
As the saying goes—there are always two sides to a story. This is never truer than in the
context of imaging, where our ability to directly visualize and quantify how molecules interact …

Adsorption mechanism of an antimicrobial peptide on carbonaceous surfaces: A molecular dynamics study

D Roccatano, E Sarukhanyan, R Zangi - The Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Peptides are versatile molecules with applications spanning from biotechnology to
nanomedicine. They exhibit a good capability to unbundle carbon nanotubes (CNT) by …

Carbon Nanoparticles as Promising Neuroprotectors: Pro et Contra. II. Application of Carbon Nanoparticles in Neurobiology and Neurology

OI Bolshakova, AD Slobodina… - Nanobiotechnology …, 2022 - Springer
Such carbon structures as fullerenes, endofullerenes, nanotubes, nanodiamonds, and
graphenes, which were discovered over the past few decades, possess a number of unique …

How graphene affects the misfolding of human prion protein: A combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

Y Zhu, J Guo, A Zhang, L Li, X Liu, H Liu, X Yao - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
As the broad application of graphene in the biomedical field, it is urgent and important to
evaluate how the graphene affects the structure and function of the proteins in our body …

Fibril Film Formation of Pseudoenantiomeric Oxymethylenehelicene Oligomers at the Liquid–Solid Interface: Structural Changes, Aggregation, and Discontinuous …

M Shigeno, T Sawato… - Chemistry–A European …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Oxymethylenehelicene (P)‐and (M)‐oligomers up to a nonamer were synthesized
by a building block method. The oligomers formed dimeric homoaggregates in …

Biomimetic design of inhibitors of immune checkpoint LILRB4

Y Chao, L Zhang - Biophysical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have become a hot spot in the treatment of acute myeloid
leukemia (AML), the most common acute leukemia (blood cancer) in adults. In the present …

Adsorption of mussel protein on polymer antifouling membranes: a molecular dynamics study

F Gao - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biofouling is one of the most difficult problems in the field of marine engineering. In this work,
molecular dynamics simulation was used to study the adsorption process of mussel protein …

Hydropathy: the controlling factor behind the inhibition of Aβ fibrillation by graphene oxide

S Bag, A Sett, S DasGupta, S Dasgupta - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein and peptide aggregation/fibrillation is reported to be responsible for several
neurological disorders. Fibrillation of the amyloid β-peptide fragment (25–35) which is a …

[HTML][HTML] How water layers on graphene affect folding and adsorption of TrpZip2

EK Peter, M Agarwal, BK Kim, IV Pivkin… - The Journal of chemical …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present a computational study of the folding of the Trp-rich β-hairpin TrpZip2 near
graphene, a surface of interest as a platform for biosensors. The protein adsorbs to the …

N-乙基丙酰胺的飞秒二维红外光谱

石纪培, 赵娟, 杨帆, 王建平 - 物理化学学报, 2013 - whxb.pku.edu.cn
利用飞秒二维红外实验方法, 结合稳态红外光谱实验和计算化学手段, 对β-肽模型分子N-
乙基丙酰胺(NEPA) 的超快结构动力学进行了研究. 结果表明, 在水溶液中, NEPA 具有类α …