Two decades of Martini: Better beads, broader scope

SJ Marrink, L Monticelli, MN Melo… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Martini model, a coarse‐grained force field for molecular dynamics simulations, has
been around for nearly two decades. Originally developed for lipid‐based systems by the …

Antimicrobial metal nanomaterials: from passive to stimuli‐activated applications

S Cheeseman, AJ Christofferson, R Kariuki… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of antimicrobial drug resistance among pathogenic bacteria and fungi is
one of the most significant health issues of the 21st century. Recently, advances in …

Systematic comparison of the structural and dynamic properties of commonly used water models for molecular dynamics simulations

SP Kadaoluwa Pathirannahalage… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Water is a unique solvent that is ubiquitous in biology and present in a variety of solutions,
mixtures, and materials settings. It therefore forms the basis for all molecular dynamics …

Phospholipids and cholesterol: Inducers of cancer multidrug resistance and therapeutic targets

J Kopecka, P Trouillas, AČ Gašparović, E Gazzano… - Drug resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lipids, phospholipids and cholesterol in particular, are the predominant components of the
plasma membrane, wherein multidrug efflux transporters of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) …

Pitfalls of the Martini model

R Alessandri, PCT Souza, S Thallmair… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The computational and conceptual simplifications realized by coarse-grain (CG) models
make them a ubiquitous tool in the current computational modeling landscape. Building …

Trophic transfer of nanoplastics and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in a freshwater food chain (Chlorella pyrenoidosa-Daphnia magna-Micropterus salmoides) induced …

H Liao, D Gao, C Kong, M Junaid, Y Li, X Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Nanoplastics and di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) are ubiquitous emerging
contaminants that are transferred among organisms through food chain in the ecosystem …

Lipid–protein interactions in plasma membrane organization and function

T Sych, KR Levental, E Sezgin - Annual review of biophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Lipid–protein interactions in cells are involved in various biological processes, including
metabolism, trafficking, signaling, host–pathogen interactions, and transmembrane …

The lens epithelium as a major determinant in the development, maintenance, and regeneration of the crystalline lens

Z Liu, S Huang, Y Zheng, T Zhou, L Hu, L Xiong… - Progress in retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crystalline lens is a transparent and refractive biconvex structure formed by lens
epithelial cells (LECs) and lens fibers. Lens opacity, also known as cataracts, is the leading …

A DNA molecular robot that autonomously walks on the cell membrane to drive cell motility

H Li, J Gao, L Cao, X Xie, J Fan, H Wang… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic molecular robots can execute sophisticated molecular tasks at nanometer
resolution. However, a molecular robot capable of controlling cellular behavior remains …

[HTML][HTML] Backmapping triangulated surfaces to coarse-grained membrane models

W Pezeshkian, M König, TA Wassenaar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Many biological processes involve large-scale changes in membrane shape. Computer
simulations of these processes are challenging since they occur across a wide range of …