Life in Multi-Extreme Environments: Brines, Osmotic and Hydrostatic Pressure─ A Physicochemical View

JM Knop, S Mukherjee, MW Jaworek… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Elucidating the details of the formation, stability, interactions, and reactivity of biomolecular
systems under extreme environmental conditions, including high salt concentrations in …

Effects of Crowding and Cosolutes on Biomolecular Function at Extreme Environmental Conditions

J Peters, R Oliva, A Caliò, P Oger, R Winter - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The extent of the effect of cellular crowding and cosolutes on the functioning of proteins and
cells is manifold and includes the stabilization of the biomolecular systems, the excluded …

Dynamics of proteins in solution

M Grimaldo, F Roosen-Runge, F Zhang… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of proteins in solution includes a variety of processes, such as backbone and
side-chain fluctuations, interdomain motions, as well as global rotational and translational …

Novel solid lipid nanoparticle with endosomal escape function for oral delivery of insulin

Y Xu, Y Zheng, L Wu, X Zhu, Z Zhang… - ACS applied materials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Although nanoparticles (NPs) have been demonstrated as promising tools for improving oral
absorption of biotherapeutics, most of them still have very limited oral bioavailability. Lyso …

Interrogating the structural dynamics and energetics of biomolecular systems with pressure modulation

R Winter - Annual review of biophysics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
High hydrostatic pressure affects the structure, dynamics, and stability of biomolecular
systems and is a key parameter in the context of the exploration of the origin and the …

Molecular dynamics simulation of proteins under high pressure: Structure, function and thermodynamics

H Hata, M Nishiyama, A Kitao - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is well-recognized as a powerful tool to
investigate protein structure, function, and thermodynamics. MD simulation is also used to …

Pressure—A gateway to fundamental insights into protein solvation, dynamics, and function

TQ Luong, S Kapoor, R Winter - ChemPhysChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Now that the centennial anniversary of the first report on pressure denaturation of proteins
by Nobel Laureate PW Bridgman can be celebrated, this Review on the application of high …

Neutron scattering in the biological sciences: progress and prospects

R Ashkar, H Bilheux, H Bordallo, R Briber… - … Section D: Structural …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
The scattering of neutrons can be used to provide information on the structure and dynamics
of biological systems on multiple length and time scales. Pursuant to a National Science …

Deep sea osmolytes in action: their effect on protein–ligand binding under high pressure stress

A Kamali, N Jahmidi-Azizi, R Oliva… - Physical chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Because organisms living in the deep sea and in the sub-seafloor must be able to cope with
hydrostatic pressures up to 1000 bar and more, their biomolecular processes, including …

[HTML][HTML] High protein flexibility and reduced hydration water dynamics are key pressure adaptive strategies in prokaryotes

N Martinez, G Michoud, A Cario, J Ollivier, B Franzetti… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Water and protein dynamics on a nanometer scale were measured by quasi-elastic neutron
scattering in the piezophile archaeon Thermococcus barophilus and the closely related …