New Insights into the Cooperativity and Dynamics of Dimeric Enzymes
KW Chen, TY Sun, YD Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
A survey of protein databases indicates that the majority of enzymes exist in oligomeric
forms, with about half of those found in the UniProt database being homodimeric …
forms, with about half of those found in the UniProt database being homodimeric …
Hot spots-making directed evolution easier
Directed evolution has emerged as a powerful strategy to engineer various properties of
proteins. Traditional methods to construct libraries such as error-prone PCR and DNA …
proteins. Traditional methods to construct libraries such as error-prone PCR and DNA …
Phospholipase iPLA2β averts ferroptosis by eliminating a redox lipid death signal
WY Sun, VA Tyurin, K Mikulska-Ruminska… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis, triggered by discoordination of iron, thiols and lipids, leads to the accumulation
of 15-hydroperoxy (Hp)-arachidonoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (15-HpETE-PE), generated …
of 15-hydroperoxy (Hp)-arachidonoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (15-HpETE-PE), generated …
Mapping allosteric communications within individual proteins
Allostery in proteins influences various biological processes such as regulation of gene
transcription and activities of enzymes and cell signaling. Computational approaches for …
transcription and activities of enzymes and cell signaling. Computational approaches for …
Comparative perturbation-based modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding with host receptor and neutralizing antibodies: Structurally adaptable allosteric …
GM Verkhivker, S Agajanian, DY Oztas, G Gupta - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, we used an integrative computational approach to examine molecular
mechanisms and determine functional signatures underlying the role of functional residues …
mechanisms and determine functional signatures underlying the role of functional residues …
Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …
Evol and ProDy for bridging protein sequence evolution and structural dynamics
Correlations between sequence evolution and structural dynamics are of utmost importance
in understanding the molecular mechanisms of function and their evolution. We have …
in understanding the molecular mechanisms of function and their evolution. We have …
MD-TASK: a software suite for analyzing molecular dynamics trajectories
DK Brown, DL Penkler, O Sheik Amamuddy… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) determines the physical motions of atoms of a biological
macromolecule in a cell-like environment and is an important method in structural …
macromolecule in a cell-like environment and is an important method in structural …
Integrated biophysical modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding and allosteric interactions with antibodies
GM Verkhivker, L Di Paola - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
Structural and biochemical studies of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2
spike glycoproteins and complexes with highly potent antibodies have revealed multiple …
spike glycoproteins and complexes with highly potent antibodies have revealed multiple …
DynOmics: dynamics of structural proteome and beyond
Abstract DynOmics (dynomics. pitt. edu) is a portal developed to leverage rapidly growing
structural proteomics data by efficiently and accurately evaluating the dynamics of …
structural proteomics data by efficiently and accurately evaluating the dynamics of …