[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic understanding from molecular dynamics simulation in pharmaceutical research 1: drug delivery

A Bunker, T Róg - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we outline the growing role that molecular dynamics simulation is able to play
as a design tool in drug delivery. We cover both the pharmaceutical and computational …

How neuromembrane lipids modulate membrane proteins: insights from G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)

M Girych, W Kulig, G Enkavi… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Lipids play a diverse and critical role in cellular processes in all tissues. The unique lipid
composition of nerve membranes is particularly interesting because it contains, among other …

[HTML][HTML] Anionic phospholipids control mechanisms of GPCR-G protein recognition

N Thakur, AP Ray, L Sharp, B Jin, A Duong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are embedded in phospholipids that strongly
influence drug-stimulated signaling. Anionic lipids are particularly important for GPCR …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol in Class C GPCRs: Role, relevance, and localization

UH Isu, SA Badiee, E Khodadadi, M Moradi - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), one of the largest superfamilies of cell-surface
receptors, are heptahelical integral membrane proteins that play critical roles in virtually …

Evaluation of analyte transfer between microfluidic droplets by mass spectrometry

EM Payne, M Taraji, BE Murray… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Droplet microfluidics enables high-throughput experimentation and screening by
encapsulating chemical and biochemical samples in aqueous droplets segmented by an …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid nanodiscs via ordered copolymers

AAA Smith, HE Autzen, B Faust, JL Mann, BW Muir… - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Amphiphilic copolymers capable of extracting membrane proteins directly from lipid bilayers
into" native nanodiscs" promise a simpler membrane protein sample preparation procedure …

Cholesterol in GPCR structures: Prevalence and relevance

P Sarkar, A Chattopadhyay - The Journal of Membrane Biology, 2022 - Springer
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Confinement in nanodiscs anisotropically modifies lipid bilayer elastic properties

I Schachter, C Allolio, G Khelashvili… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lipid nanodiscs are small synthetic lipid bilayer structures that are stabilized in solution by
special circumscribing (or scaffolding) proteins or polymers. Because they create native-like …

[HTML][HTML] Complexity of seemingly simple lipid nanodiscs

P Stepien, B Augustyn, C Poojari, W Galan… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lipid nanodiscs are macromolecular assemblies, where a scaffold protein is wrapped
around a nanosized disc of a lipid bilayer, thus protecting the hydrocarbon chains at the disc …

Serotonin Signaling through Lipid Membranes

LS Kalinichenko, J Kornhuber, S Sinning… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Serotonin (5-HT) is a vital modulatory neurotransmitter responsible for regulating most
behaviors in the brain. An inefficient 5-HT synaptic function is often linked to various mental …