Nanodiscs in membrane biochemistry and biophysics

IG Denisov, SG Sligar - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins play a most important part in metabolism, signaling, cell motility,
transport, development, and many other biochemical and biophysical processes which …

Characterization of lipid–protein interactions and lipid-mediated modulation of membrane protein function through molecular simulation

MP Muller, T Jiang, C Sun, M Lihan, S Pant… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living
cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of …

CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder: Past, Current, and Future Developments and Applications

S Feng, S Park, YK Choi, W Im - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations of membranes and membrane proteins serve as
computational microscopes, revealing coordinated events at the membrane interface. As G …

CHARMM-GUI HMMM builder for membrane simulations with the highly mobile membrane-mimetic model

Y Qi, X Cheng, J Lee, JV Vermaas, TV Pogorelov… - Biophysical journal, 2015 - cell.com
Slow diffusion of the lipids in conventional all-atom simulations of membrane systems makes
it difficult to sample large rearrangements of lipids and protein-lipid interactions. Recently …

A network of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate binding sites regulates gating of the Ca2+-activated Cl channel ANO1 (TMEM16A)

K Yu, T Jiang, YY Cui, E Tajkhorshid… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
ANO1 (TMEM16A) is a Ca2+-activated Cl− channel that regulates diverse cellular functions
including fluid secretion, neuronal excitability, and smooth muscle contraction. ANO1 is …

Binding mode of SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptide to human cellular membrane

D Gorgun, M Lihan, K Kapoor, E Tajkhorshid - Biophysical journal, 2021 - cell.com
Infection of human cells by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV2) relies on its binding to a specific receptor and subsequent fusion of the viral and host …

Structural basis of complex formation between mitochondrial anion channel VDAC1 and Hexokinase-II

N Haloi, PC Wen, Q Cheng, M Yang… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Complex formation between hexokinase-II (HKII) and the mitochondrial VDAC1 is crucial to
cell growth and survival. We hypothesize that HKII first inserts into the outer membrane of …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane specificity of the human cholesterol transfer protein STARD4

R Talandashti, L van Ek, C Gehin, D Xue… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
STARD4 regulates cholesterol homeostasis by transferring cholesterol between the plasma
membrane and endoplasmic reticulum. The STARD4 structure features a helix-grip fold …

Interactions of pleckstrin homology domains with membranes: adding back the bilayer via high-throughput molecular dynamics

E Yamamoto, AC Kalli, K Yasuoka, MSP Sansom - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
A molecular simulation pipeline for determining the mode of interaction of pleckstrin
homology (PH) domains with phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP)-containing lipid bilayers …

Challenges in structural approaches to cell modeling

W Im, J Liang, A Olson, HX Zhou, S Vajda… - Journal of molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Computational modeling is essential for structural characterization of biomolecular
mechanisms across the broad spectrum of scales. Adequate understanding of biomolecular …