Dry molten globule-like intermediates in protein folding, function, and disease

N Acharya, SK Jha - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
The performance of a protein depends on its correct folding to the final functional native
form. Hence, understanding the process of protein folding has remained an important field of …

Dynamic protonation dramatically affects the membrane permeability of drug-like molecules

Z Yue, C Li, GA Voth, JMJ Swanson - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Permeability (P m) across biological membranes is of fundamental importance and a key
factor in drug absorption, distribution, and development. Although the majority of drugs will …

GPU-Accelerated Implementation of Continuous Constant pH Molecular Dynamics in Amber: pKa Predictions with Single-pH Simulations

RC Harris, J Shen - Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2019 - ACS Publications
We present a GPU implementation of the continuous constant pH molecular dynamics
(CpHMD) based on the most recent generalized Born implicit-solvent model in the pmemd …

[HTML][HTML] A guide to the continuous constant pH molecular dynamics methods in Amber and CHARMM [Article v1. 0]

JA Henderson, R Liu, JA Harris, Y Huang… - Living journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Like temperature and pressure, solution pH is an important environmental variable in
biomolecular simulations. Virtually all proteins depend on pH to maintain their structure and …

How electrostatic coupling enables conformational plasticity in a tyrosine kinase

CC Tsai, Z Yue, J Shen - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein kinases are important cellular signaling molecules involved in cancer and a
multitude of other diseases. It is well-known that inactive kinases display a remarkable …

Exposure of aggregation-prone segments is the requirement for amyloid fibril formation

S Pramanik, B Ahmad - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Arranging into well-organized fibrillar aggregate, commonly known as amyloid fibril is an
inherent property of any polypeptide chain. Amyloid fibrils are associated with a number of …

Various levels of phase transitions in the protein universe and around

AV Finkelstein, VN Uversky - The Three Functional States of Proteins, 2025 - Elsevier
Proteins, edited by evolution, undergo and participate in various intra-and inter-molecular
phase transitions. Intramolecular phase transitions define the spontaneous folding of …

Intramolecular interactions play key role in stabilization of pHLIP at acidic conditions

N Frazee, B Mertz - Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The pH‐Low Insertion Peptide (pHLIP) is a membrane‐active peptide that
spontaneously folds into a transmembrane α‐helix upon acidification. This activity enables …

Modeling of Multicolor Single-Molecule Förster Resonance Energy-Transfer Experiments on Protein Folding

VA Andryushchenko… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Using a coarse-grained, Cα-model of BBL protein, a multicolor single-molecule Förster
resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiment is modeled. Three fluorophores are …

How the dyes affect folding of small proteins in single-molecule FRET experiments: a simulation study

SF Chekmarev - Biophysical chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
A key question in the application of the single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer
(smFRET) technique to study protein folding is how the dyes affect the protein behavior …