Atomistic protein folding simulations on the submillisecond time scale using worldwide distributed computing

VS Pande, I Baker, J Chapman… - Biopolymers …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Atomistic simulations of protein folding have the potential to be a great complement to
experimental studies, but have been severely limited by the time scales accessible with …

Is polyproline II a major backbone conformation in unfolded proteins?

Z Shi, RW Woody, NR Kallenbach - Advances in protein chemistry, 2002 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Protein folding is a process by which a polypeptide chain acquires its
native structure from an unfolded state through a transition state. Recent studies of the …

Prediction of sequence-dependent and mutational effects on the aggregation of peptides and proteins

AM Fernandez-Escamilla, F Rousseau… - Nature …, 2004 - nature.com
We have developed a statistical mechanics algorithm, TANGO, to predict protein
aggregation. TANGO is based on the physico-chemical principles of β-sheet formation …

Designing a 20-residue protein

JW Neidigh, RM Fesinmeyer, NH Andersen - Nature structural biology, 2002 - nature.com
Truncation and mutation of a poorly folded 39-residue peptide has produced 20-residue
constructs that are> 95% folded in water at physiological pH. These constructs optimize a …

Mechanism by which 2, 2, 2-trifluoroethanol/water mixtures stabilize secondary-structure formation in peptides: a molecular dynamics study

D Roccatano, G Colombo… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Molecular dynamics simulation techniques have been used to investigate the effect of 2, 2, 2-
trifluoroethanol (TFE) as a cosolvent on the stability of three different secondary structure …

[图书][B] The structure of biological membranes

PL Yeagle - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane
biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of …

The origins of asymmetry in the folding transition states of protein L and protein G

J Karanicolas, CL Brooks III - Protein Science, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Topology has been shown to be an important determinant of many features of protein
folding; however, the delineation of sequence effects on folding remains obscure …

Optimization of rates of protein folding: the nucleation-condensation mechanism and its implications.

AR Fersht - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1995 - National Acad Sciences
Small, single-module proteins that fold in a single cooperative step may be paradigms for
understanding early events in protein-folding pathways generally. Recent experimental …

The free energy landscape for β hairpin folding in explicit water

R Zhou, BJ Berne, R Germain - Proceedings of the National …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The folding free energy landscape of the C-terminal β hairpin of protein G has been
explored in this study with explicit solvent under periodic boundary condition and oplsaa …

Free energy landscape of protein folding in water: explicit vs. implicit solvent

R Zhou - Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Generalized Born (GB) continuum solvent model is arguably the most widely
used implicit solvent model in protein folding and protein structure prediction simulations; …