Mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting for higher-order structure analysis: fundamentals and applications

XR Liu, MM Zhang, ML Gross - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Proteins adopt different higher-order structures (HOS) to enable their unique biological
functions. Understanding the complexities of protein higher-order structures and dynamics …

Nanodiscs: a versatile nanocarrier platform for cancer diagnosis and treatment

J Bariwal, H Ma, GA Altenberg, H Liang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer therapy is a significant challenge due to insufficient drug delivery to the cancer cells
and non-selective killing of healthy cells by most chemotherapy agents. Nano-formulations …

Quantitative mass imaging of single biological macromolecules

G Young, N Hundt, D Cole, A Fineberg, J Andrecka… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The cellular processes underpinning life are orchestrated by proteins and their interactions.
The associated structural and dynamic heterogeneity, despite being key to function, poses a …

PyLipID: a python package for analysis of protein–lipid interactions from molecular dynamics simulations

W Song, RA Corey, TB Ansell, CK Cassidy… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipids play important modulatory and structural roles for membrane proteins. Molecular
dynamics simulations are frequently used to provide insights into the nature of these protein …

Infrared difference spectroscopy of proteins: from bands to bonds

VA Lorenz-Fonfria - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Infrared difference spectroscopy probes vibrational changes of proteins upon their
perturbation. Compared with other spectroscopic methods, it stands out by its sensitivity to …

GPCR drug discovery: integrating solution NMR data with crystal and cryo-EM structures

I Shimada, T Ueda, Y Kofuku, MT Eddy… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
The 826 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the human proteome regulate key
physiological processes and thus have long been attractive drug targets. With the crystal …

Disease detection with molecular biomarkers: from chemistry of body fluids to nature-inspired chemical sensors

YY Broza, X Zhou, M Yuan, D Qu, Y Zheng… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This article aims to review nature-inspired chemical sensors for enabling fast, relatively
inexpensive, and minimally (or non-) invasive diagnostics and follow-up of the health …

Chemoenzymatic semisynthesis of proteins

RE Thompson, TW Muir - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein semisynthesis—defined herein as the assembly of a protein from a combination of
synthetic and recombinant fragments—is a burgeoning field of chemical biology that has …

Nanodiscs: A toolkit for membrane protein science

SG Sligar, IG Denisov - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins are involved in numerous vital biological processes, including transport,
signal transduction and the enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Integral membrane …

Principles of odor coding in vertebrates and artificial chemosensory systems

I Manzini, D Schild, C Di Natale - Physiological reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The biological olfactory system is the sensory system responsible for the detection of the
chemical composition of the environment. Several attempts to mimic biological olfactory …