Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Prevalence of diarylprolinol silyl ethers as catalysts in total synthesis and patents

GJ Reyes-Rodríguez, NM Rezayee… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Diarylprolinol silyl ethers are among the most utilized stereoselective organocatalysts for the
construction of complex molecules. With their debut in 2005, these catalysts have been …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid peroxidation increases membrane tension, Piezo1 gating, and cation permeability to execute ferroptosis

Y Hirata, R Cai, A Volchuk, BE Steinberg, Y Saito… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The ongoing metabolic and microbicidal pathways that support and protect cellular life
generate potentially damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS). To counteract damage, cells …

Lipid–protein interactions are unique fingerprints for membrane proteins

V Corradi, E Mendez-Villuendas, HI Ingólfsson… - ACS central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cell membranes contain hundreds of different proteins and lipids in an asymmetric
arrangement. Our current understanding of the detailed organization of cell membranes …

Thermal proteome profiling monitors ligand interactions with cellular membrane proteins

FBM Reinhard, D Eberhard, T Werner, H Franken… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We extended thermal proteome profiling to detect transmembrane protein–small molecule
interactions in cultured human cells. When we assessed the effects of detergents on ATP …

Crystal structure of a Na+-bound Na+,K+-ATPase preceding the E1P state

R Kanai, H Ogawa, B Vilsen, F Cornelius, C Toyoshima - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Na+, K+-ATPase pumps three Na+ ions out of cells in exchange for two K+ taken up
from the extracellular medium per ATP molecule hydrolysed, thereby establishing Na+ and …

Structure and autoregulation of a P4-ATPase lipid flippase

M Timcenko, JA Lyons, D Januliene, JJ Ulstrup… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Type 4 P-type ATPases (P4-ATPases) are lipid flippases that drive the active
transport of phospholipids from exoplasmic or luminal leaflets to cytosolic leaflets of …

Genome editing retraces the evolution of toxin resistance in the monarch butterfly

M Karageorgi, SC Groen, F Sumbul, JN Pelaez… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Identifying the genetic mechanisms of adaptation requires the elucidation of links between
the evolution of DNA sequence, phenotype, and fitness. Convergent evolution can be used …

Structures and characterization of digoxin- and bufalin-bound Na+,K+-ATPase compared with the ouabain-bound complex

M Laursen, JL Gregersen, L Yatime… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Cardiotonic steroids (CTSs) are specific and potent inhibitors of the Na+, K+-ATPase, with
highest affinity to the phosphoenzyme (E2P) forms. CTSs are comprised of a steroid core …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of a human and mouse intestinal epithelial cell monolayer platform

K Kozuka, Y He, S Koo-McCoy, P Kumaraswamy, B Nie… - Stem cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
We describe the development and characterization of a mouse and human epithelial cell
monolayer platform of the small and large intestines, with a broad range of potential …