Molecular chaperone functions in protein folding and proteostasis

YE Kim, MS Hipp, A Bracher… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The biological functions of proteins are governed by their three-dimensional fold. Protein
folding, maintenance of proteome integrity, and protein homeostasis (proteostasis) critically …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

Diffusion, crowding & protein stability in a dynamic molecular model of the bacterial cytoplasm

SR McGuffee, AH Elcock - PLoS computational biology, 2010 - journals.plos.org
A longstanding question in molecular biology is the extent to which the behavior of
macromolecules observed in vitro accurately reflects their behavior in vivo. A number of …

Crowding effects on diffusion in solutions and cells

JA Dix, AS Verkman - Annu. Rev. Biophys., 2008 - annualreviews.org
We review the effects of molecular crowding on solute diffusion in solution and in cellular
aqueous compartments and membranes. Anomalous diffusion, in which mean squared …

Dynamic cluster formation determines viscosity and diffusion in dense protein solutions

S von Bülow, M Siggel, M Linke… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
We develop a detailed description of protein translational and rotational diffusion in
concentrated solution on the basis of all-atom molecular dynamics simulations in explicit …

Crowding in cellular environments at an atomistic level from computer simulations

M Feig, I Yu, P Wang, G Nawrocki… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effects of crowding in biological environments on biomolecular structure, dynamics, and
function remain not well understood. Computer simulations of atomistic models of …

Nanofluidic technology for biomolecule applications: a critical review

M Napoli, JCT Eijkel, S Pennathur - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we present nanofluidic phenomena, particularly as they relate to applications
involving analysis of biomolecules within nanofabricated devices. The relevant length scales …

Protonation and pK changes in protein–ligand binding

AV Onufriev, E Alexov - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Formation of protein–ligand complexes causes various changes in both the receptor and the
ligand. This review focuses on changes in pK and protonation states of ionizable groups that …

New method to analyze simulations of activated processes

J Wedekind, R Strey, D Reguera - The Journal of chemical physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
We present a new method to analyze molecular and Brownian dynamics simulations of
activated processes based on the concept of mean first-passage times. The new method …

The OPEP protein model: from single molecules, amyloid formation, crowding and hydrodynamics to DNA/RNA systems

F Sterpone, S Melchionna, P Tuffery… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The OPEP coarse-grained protein model has been applied to a wide range of applications
since its first release 15 years ago. The model, which combines energetic and structural …