FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices

E Lerner, A Barth, J Hendrix, B Ambrose, V Birkedal… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Single-molecule FRET (smFRET) has become a mainstream technique for studying
biomolecular structural dynamics. The rapid and wide adoption of smFRET experiments by …

Recent advances in atomic molecular dynamics simulation of intrinsically disordered proteins

W Wang - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play important roles in cellular functions. The inherent
structural heterogeneity of IDPs makes the high-resolution experimental characterization of …

Unstructural biology of TRP ion channels: the role of intrinsically disordered regions in channel function and regulation

B Goretzki, C Guhl, F Tebbe, JM Harder… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The first genuine high-resolution single particle cryo-electron microscopy structure of a
membrane protein determined was a transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel, TRPV1 …

Intrinsically disordered proteins in chronic diseases

P Kulkarni, VN Uversky - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
It is now increasingly evident that a large fraction of the human proteome comprises proteins
that, under physiological conditions, lack fixed, ordered 3D structures as a whole or have …

Combined prediction and design reveals the target recognition mechanism of an intrinsically disordered protein interaction domain

X Hu, Y Xu, C Wang, Y Liu, L Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
An increasing number of protein interaction domains and their targets are being found to be
intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). The corresponding target recognition mechanisms …

Dynamic multivalent interactions of intrinsically disordered proteins

J Weng, W Wang - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Multivalent interactions of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP) are highly
dynamic, leading to complex binding thermodynamics and kinetics and various functional …

[HTML][HTML] Studies on molecular dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins and their fuzzy complexes: a mini-review

K Kasahara, H Terazawa, T Takahashi… - Computational and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The molecular dynamics (MD) method is a promising approach toward elucidating the
molecular mechanisms of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins and their fuzzy …

Highly charged proteins and their repulsive interactions antagonize biomolecular condensation

C Tan, A Niitsu, Y Sugita - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensation is involved in various cellular processes; therefore, regulation of
condensation is crucial to prevent deleterious protein aggregation and maintain a stable …

The importance of the compact disordered state in the fuzzy interactions between intrinsically disordered proteins

D Wang, S Wu, D Wang, X Song, M Yang, W Zhang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain (CTD) of protein 4.1 G is able to specifically
bind a 26-residue intrinsically disordered region of NuMA, forming a dynamic fuzzy complex …

Disordered regions tune order in chromatin organization and function

S Shukla, P Agarwal, A Kumar - Biophysical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins or hybrid proteins with ordered domains and disordered
regions (both collectively designated as IDP (R) s) defy the well-established structure …