Molecular dynamics simulations of biological membranes and membrane proteins using enhanced conformational sampling algorithms

T Mori, N Miyashita, W Im, M Feig, Y Sugita - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews various enhanced conformational sampling methods and explicit/implicit
solvent/membrane models, as well as their recent applications to the exploration of the …

Molecular dynamics simulation of small molecules interacting with biological membranes

C Martinotti, L Ruiz‐Perez, E Deplazes… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell membranes protect and compartmentalise cells and their organelles. The semi‐
permeable nature of these membranes controls the exchange of solutes across their …

GENESIS 1.1: A hybrid‐parallel molecular dynamics simulator with enhanced sampling algorithms on multiple computational platforms

C Kobayashi, J Jung, Y Matsunaga, T Mori, T Ando… - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
GENeralized‐Ensemble SImulation System (GENESIS) is a software package for molecular
dynamics (MD) simulation of biological systems. It is designed to extend limitations in system …

Accelerating membrane simulations with hydrogen mass repartitioning

C Balusek, H Hwang, CH Lau… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The time step of atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is determined by the fastest
motions in the system and is typically limited to 2 fs. An increasingly popular approach is to …

Cholesterol modulates the dimer interface of the β2-adrenergic receptor via cholesterol occupancy sites

X Prasanna, A Chattopadhyay, D Sengupta - Biophysical journal, 2014 - cell.com
The β 2-adrenergic receptor is an important member of the G-protein-coupled receptor
(GPCR) superfamily, whose stability and function are modulated by membrane cholesterol …

The energetics of protein–lipid interactions as viewed by molecular simulations

RA Corey, PJ Stansfeld… - Biochemical Society …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Membranes are formed from a bilayer containing diverse lipid species with which membrane
proteins interact. Integral, membrane proteins are embedded in this bilayer, where they …

Enzyme-substrate hybrid β-sheet controls geometry and water access to the γ-secretase active site

SY Chen, LP Feilen, L Chávez-Gutiérrez… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Secretase is an aspartyl intramembrane protease that cleaves the amyloid
precursor protein (APP) involved in Alzheimer's disease pathology and other …

Interplay of G protein-coupled receptors with the membrane: insights from supra-atomic coarse grain molecular dynamics simulations

X Periole - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are central to many fundamental cellular signaling
pathways. They transduce signals from the outside to the inside of cells in physiological …

Balancing force field protein–lipid interactions to capture transmembrane helix–helix association

J Domanski, MSP Sansom, PJ Stansfeld… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Atomistic simulations have recently been shown to be sufficiently accurate to reversibly fold
globular proteins and have provided insights into folding mechanisms. Gaining similar …

Conformational heterogeneity of the HIV envelope glycan shield

M Yang, J Huang, R Simon, LX Wang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
To better understand the conformational properties of the glycan shield covering the surface
of the HIV gp120/gp41 envelope (Env) trimer, and how the glycan shield impacts the …