Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

Nobel lecture: Multiple equilibria

G Parisi - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
This is an extended version of my Nobel Lecture, delivered on December 8, 2021. I will
recall the genesis of the concept of multiple equilibria in natural sciences. I will then describe …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the accuracy of physical models used in protein-folding simulations: quantitative evidence from long molecular dynamics simulations

S Piana, JL Klepeis, DE Shaw - Current opinion in structural biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The accuracy of physical models used in protein-folding simulations is
assessed.•This assessment is based on data from very long molecular dynamics …

Protein design: toward functional metalloenzymes

F Yu, VM Cangelosi, ML Zastrow, M Tegoni… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Protein design is a valuable tool for understanding the fundamental factors that dictate
protein structure and function. The field of protein design has seen significant progress over …

Converging concepts of protein folding in vitro and in vivo

FU Hartl, M Hayer-Hartl - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2009 - nature.com
Most proteins must fold into precise three-dimensional conformations to fulfill their biological
functions. Here we review recent concepts emerging from studies of protein folding in vitro …

Inverse statistical physics of protein sequences: a key issues review

S Cocco, C Feinauer, M Figliuzzi… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the course of evolution, proteins undergo important changes in their amino acid
sequences, while their three-dimensional folded structure and their biological function …

Cotranslational protein folding inside the ribosome exit tunnel

OB Nilsson, R Hedman, J Marino, S Wickles, L Bischoff… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
At what point during translation do proteins fold? It is well established that proteins can fold
cotranslationally outside the ribosome exit tunnel, whereas studies of folding inside the exit …

SMOG 2: a versatile software package for generating structure-based models

JK Noel, M Levi, M Raghunathan… - PLoS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Molecular dynamics simulations with coarse-grained or simplified Hamiltonians have proven
to be an effective means of capturing the functionally important long-time and large-length …

Water mediation in protein folding and molecular recognition

Y Levy, JN Onuchic - Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Water is essential for life in many ways, and without it biomolecules might no longer truly be
biomolecules. In particular, water is important to the structure, stability, dynamics, and …

The multiscale coarse-graining method. I. A rigorous bridge between atomistic and coarse-grained models

WG Noid, JW Chu, GS Ayton, V Krishna… - The Journal of …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Coarse-grained (CG) models provide a computationally efficient method for rapidly
investigating the long time-and length-scale processes that play a critical role in many …