Coarse-grained protein models and their applications

S Kmiecik, D Gront, M Kolinski, L Wieteska… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The traditional computational modeling of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions
remains difficult for many protein systems. It is mostly due to the size of protein …

Mechanistic insights into mammalian stress granule dynamics

MD Panas, P Ivanov, P Anderson - Journal of Cell Biology, 2016 - rupress.org
The accumulation of stalled translation preinitiation complexes (PICs) mediates the
condensation of stress granules (SGs). Interactions between prion-related domains and …

Protein ensembles: how does nature harness thermodynamic fluctuations for life? The diverse functional roles of conformational ensembles in the cell

G Wei, W Xi, R Nussinov, B Ma - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
All soluble proteins populate conformational ensembles that together constitute the native
state. Their fluctuations in water are intrinsic thermodynamic phenomena, and the …

Pragmatic coarse-graining of proteins: models and applications

L Borges-Araújo, I Patmanidis, AP Singh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular details involved in the folding, dynamics, organization, and interaction of
proteins with other molecules are often difficult to assess by experimental techniques …

Molecular dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins: force field evaluation and comparison with experiment

J Henriques, C Cragnell, M Skepo - Journal of chemical theory …, 2015 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of studies using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of unfolded
and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) suggest that current force fields sample …

Decoupling of size and shape fluctuations in heteropolymeric sequences reconciles discrepancies in SAXS vs. FRET measurements

G Fuertes, N Banterle, KM Ruff… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Unfolded states of proteins and native states of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)
populate heterogeneous conformational ensembles in solution. The average sizes of these …

Protein phase separation arising from intrinsic disorder: first-principles to bespoke applications

DM Shapiro, M Ney, SA Eghtesadi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The phase separation of biomolecules has become the focus of intense research in the past
decade, with a growing body of research implicating this phenomenon in essentially all …

[HTML][HTML] A non-amyloid prion particle that activates a heritable gene expression program

AK Chakravarty, T Smejkal, AK Itakura, DM Garcia… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Spatiotemporal gene regulation is often driven by RNA-binding proteins that harbor long
intrinsically disordered regions in addition to folded RNA-binding domains. We report that …

Osmolytes: Wonder molecules to combat protein misfolding against stress conditions

S Khan, S Siraj, M Shahid, MM Haque… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proper functioning of any protein depends on its three dimensional conformation which
is achieved by the accurate folding mechanism. Keeping away from the exposed stress …

Order, disorder, and everything in between

S DeForte, VN Uversky - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
In addition to the “traditional” proteins characterized by the unique crystal-like structures
needed for unique functions, it is increasingly recognized that many proteins or protein …