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 …

Role of intrinsic protein disorder in the function and interactions of the transcriptional coactivators CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300

HJ Dyson, PE Wright - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
The transcriptional coactivators CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300 undergo a
particularly rich set of interactions with disordered and partly ordered partners, as a part of …

Toward accurate simulation of coupling between protein secondary structure and phase separation

Y Zhang, S Li, X Gong, J Chen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) frequently mediate phase separation that underlies
the formation of a biomolecular condensate. Together with theory and experiment, efficient …

Folding free energy landscape of ordered and intrinsically disordered proteins

SH Chong, S Ham - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Folding funnel is the essential concept of the free energy landscape for ordered proteins.
How does this concept apply to intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)? Here, we address …

Multiscaled exploration of coupled folding and binding of an intrinsically disordered molecular recognition element in measles virus nucleoprotein

Y Wang, X Chu, S Longhi, P Roche… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Numerous relatively short regions within intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) serve as
molecular recognition elements (MoREs). They fold into ordered structures upon binding to …

Electrostatics, structure prediction, and the energy landscapes for protein folding and binding

MY Tsai, W Zheng, D Balamurugan… - Protein …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While being long in range and therefore weakly specific, electrostatic interactions are able to
modulate the stability and folding landscapes of some proteins. The relevance of …

Recent advances in computational protocols addressing intrinsically disordered proteins

S Bhattacharya, X Lin - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP) are abundant in the human genome and have recently
emerged as major therapeutic targets for various diseases. Unlike traditional proteins that …

Molecular dynamics simulations for rationalizing polymer bioconjugation strategies: Challenges, recent developments, and future opportunities

J Kehrein, C Sotriffer - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
The covalent modification of proteins with polymers is a well-established method for
improving the pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutically valuable biologics. The …

Kinetic modulation of a disordered protein domain by phosphorylation

N Stanley, S Esteban-Martín, G De Fabritiis - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Phosphorylation is a major post-translational mechanism of regulation that frequently targets
disordered protein domains, but it remains unclear how phosphorylation modulates …

Electrostatically accelerated encounter and folding for facile recognition of intrinsically disordered proteins

D Ganguly, W Zhang, J Chen - PLoS Computational Biology, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Achieving facile specific recognition is essential for intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)
that are involved in cellular signaling and regulation. Consideration of the physical time …