Protein kinetic stability

JM Sanchez-Ruiz - Biophysical chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
The relevance of protein stability for biological function and molecular evolution is widely
recognized. Protein stability, however, comes in two flavours: thermodynamic stability, which …

When fast is better: protein folding fundamentals and mechanisms from ultrafast approaches

V Munoz, M Cerminara - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Protein folding research stalled for decades because conventional experiments indicated
that proteins fold slowly and in single strokes, whereas theory predicted a complex interplay …

Unfolded protein and peptide dynamics investigated with single-molecule FRET and correlation spectroscopy from picoseconds to seconds

D Nettels, A Hoffmann, B Schuler - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and correlation methods are finding increasing
applications in the investigation of biomolecular dynamics, especially together with Förster …

Modern semiempirical electronic structure methods and machine learning potentials for drug discovery: Conformers, tautomers, and protonation states

J Zeng, Y Tao, TJ Giese, DM York - The Journal of chemical physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Modern semiempirical electronic structure methods have considerable promise in drug
discovery as universal “force fields” that can reliably model biological and drug-like …

Chemical, physical, and theoretical kinetics of an ultrafast folding protein

J Kubelka, ER Henry, T Cellmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
An extensive set of equilibrium and kinetic data is presented and analyzed for an ultrafast
folding protein—the villin subdomain. The equilibrium data consist of the excess heat …

Reconfiguring self-assembly of photoresponsive hybrid colloids

N Kang, J Zhu, X Zhang, H Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reconfigurable self-assembly of colloidal particles allows the bottom-up creation of
adaptive materials, yet significant challenges remain. Here, we demonstrate a synthesis of …

Insights into protein folding mechanisms from large scale analysis of mutational effects

AN Naganathan, V Muñoz - Proceedings of the National …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Protein folding mechanisms are probed experimentally using single-point mutant
perturbations. The relative effects on the folding (ϕ-values) and unfolding (1-ϕ) rates are …

Evaluating β-turn mimics as β-sheet folding nucleators

AA Fuller, D Du, F Liu, JE Davoren… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
β-Turns are common conformations that enable proteins to adopt globular structures, and
their formation is often rate limiting for folding. β-Turn mimics, molecules that replace the i+ 1 …

Modern analysis of protein folding by differential scanning calorimetry

B Ibarra-Molero, AN Naganathan… - Methods in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is a very powerful tool for investigating protein
folding and stability because its experimental output reflects the energetics of all …

Secondary structure in nonpeptidic supramolecular block copolymers

M Milton, R Deng, A Mann, C Wang… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Proteins contain a level of complexity—secondary and tertiary structures—that
polymer chemists aim to imitate. The bottom-up synthesis of protein-mimicking polymers …