Mechanisms of integral membrane protein insertion and folding

F Cymer, G Von Heijne, SH White - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
The biogenesis, folding, and structure of α-helical membrane proteins (MPs) are important to
understand because they underlie virtually all physiological processes in cells including key …

Experimentally determined hydrophobicity scale for proteins at membrane interfaces

WC Wimley, SH White - Nature structural biology, 1996 - nature.com
The partitioning of membrane-active oligopeptides into membrane interfaces promotes the
formation of secondary structure. A quantitative description of the coupling of structure …

An ultrasoft self‐fused supramolecular polymer hydrogel for completely preventing postoperative tissue adhesion

J Yu, K Wang, C Fan, X Zhao, J Gao, W Jing… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The intermolecular H‐bonding density heavily influences the gelation and rheological
behavior of hydrogen‐bonded supramolecular polymer hydrogels, thus offering a delicate …

Membrane protein folding and stability: physical principles

SH White, WC Wimley - Annual review of biophysics and …, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Stably folded membrane proteins reside in a free energy minimum determined by
the interactions of the peptide chains with each other, the lipid bilayer hydrocarbon core, the …

Implicit solvent models

B Roux, T Simonson - Biophysical chemistry, 1999 - Elsevier
Implicit solvent models for biomolecular simulations are reviewed and their underlying
statistical mechanical basis is discussed. The fundamental quantity that implicit models seek …

Biological membrane organization and cellular signaling

X Cheng, JC Smith - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
To execute their many vital functions, cell membranes are highly organized. Here, we review
how membrane structure shapes signal transduction across membranes. Recent …

Hydrophobic interactions of peptides with membrane interfaces

SH White, WC Wimley - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1998 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic principles underlying the structural stability of membrane proteins are
difficult to obtain directly from whole proteins because of intractable problems related to …

Effect of particle diameter and surface composition on the spontaneous fusion of monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles with lipid bilayers

RC Van Lehn, PU Atukorale, RP Carney, YS Yang… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Anionic, monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been shown to
nondisruptively penetrate cellular membranes. Here, we show that a critical first step in the …

[图书][B] Introduction to proteins: structure, function, and motion

A Kessel, N Ben-Tal - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction to Proteins provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art introduction to the
structure, function, and motion of proteins for students, faculty, and researchers at all levels …

[图书][B] Computational biochemistry and biophysics

OM Becker, AD MacKerell, B Roux, M Watanabe - 2001 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The first dynamical simulation of a protein based on a detailed atomic model was reported in
1977. Since then, the uses of various theoretical and computational approaches have …