Multifunctional Cytochrome c: Learning New Tricks from an Old Dog

D Alvarez-Paggi, L Hannibal, MA Castro… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a small soluble heme protein characterized by a relatively flexible
structure, particularly in the ferric form, such that it is able to sample a broad conformational …

Frustration in biomolecules

DU Ferreiro, EA Komives, PG Wolynes - Quarterly reviews of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Biomolecules are the prime information processing elements of living matter. Most of these
inanimate systems are polymers that compute their own structures and dynamics using as …

Capturing the essence of folding and functions of biomolecules using coarse-grained models

C Hyeon, D Thirumalai - Nature communications, 2011 - nature.com
The distances over which biological molecules and their complexes can function range from
a few nanometres, in the case of folded structures, to millimetres, for example, during …

Alternative Conformations of Cytochrome c: Structure, Function, and Detection

L Hannibal, F Tomasina, DA Capdevila… - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a cationic hemoprotein of∼ 100 amino acid residues that exhibits
exceptional functional versatility. While its primary function is electron transfer in the …

Structure-based model of allostery predicts coupling between distant sites

P Weinkam, J Pons, A Sali - Proceedings of the National …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Allostery is a phenomenon that couples effector ligand binding at an allosteric site to a
structural and/or dynamic change at a distant regulated site. To study an allosteric transition …

[PDF][PDF] The folding of single domain proteins-have we reached a consensus?

TR Sosnick - Biophysical Journal, 2011 - cell.com
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. This talk will provide
an overview of new approaches to study and manipulate signaling in living cells and …

Mapping protein–ligand interactions with proteolytic fragmentation, hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry

ES Gallagher, JW Hudgens - Methods in enzymology, 2016 - Elsevier
Biological processes are the result of noncovalent, protein–ligand interactions, where the
ligands range from small organic and inorganic molecules to lipids, nucleic acids, peptides …

Mechanism of activation and the rewired network: new drug design concepts

R Nussinov, M Zhang, R Maloney… - Medicinal research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precision oncology benefits from effective early phase drug discovery decisions. Recently,
drugging inactive protein conformations has shown impressive successes, raising the …

Cardiolipin signaling mechanisms: collapse of asymmetry and oxidation

VE Kagan, YY Tyurina, VA Tyurin… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Significance: An ancient anionic phospholipid, cardiolipin (CL), ubiquitously present in
prokaryotic and eukaryotic membranes, is essential for several structural and functional …

Structure and function of heme proteins in non-native states: A mini-review

YW Lin, J Wang - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Heme proteins perform various biological functions ranging from electron transfer, oxygen
binding and transport, catalysis, to signaling. Although adopting proper native states is very …