[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic dynamics is evolutionarily optimized to enable allosteric behavior

Y Zhang, P Doruker, B Kaynak, S Zhang… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The intrinsic dynamics, encoded in proteins' sequences and structures, are
utilized by stimuli to trigger allosteric and functional actions.•The modes of allosteric actions …

The dynamic SecYEG translocon

J Oswald, R Njenga, A Natriashvili… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The spatial and temporal coordination of protein transport is an essential cornerstone of the
bacterial adaptation to different environmental conditions. By adjusting the protein …

Sampling of protein conformational space using hybrid simulations: A critical assessment of recent methods

BT Kaynak, JM Krieger, B Dudas… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Recent years have seen several hybrid simulation methods for exploring the conformational
space of proteins and their complexes or assemblies. These methods often combine fast …

[HTML][HTML] Towards gaining sight of multiscale events: utilizing network models and normal modes in hybrid methods

JM Krieger, P Doruker, AL Scott, D Perahia… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hybrid methods of three kinds combine normal mode analysis and MD
simulations•Normal mode (NM)-driven simulations use NMs to enhance energy landscape …

Pre‐and post‐docking sampling of conformational changes using ClustENM and HADDOCK for protein‐protein and protein‐DNA systems

Z Kurkcuoglu, AMJJ Bonvin - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporating the dynamic nature of biomolecules in the modeling of their complexes is a
challenge, especially when the extent and direction of the conformational changes taking …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular simulations of the ribosome and associated translation factors

LV Bock, MH Kolář, H Grubmüller - Current opinion in structural biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The ribosome is a macromolecular complex which is responsible for protein synthesis in all
living cells according to their transcribed genetic information. Using X-ray crystallography …

ClustENMD: efficient sampling of biomolecular conformational space at atomic resolution

BT Kaynak, S Zhang, I Bahar, P Doruker - Bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Efficient sampling of conformational space is essential for elucidating functional/allosteric
mechanisms of proteins and generating ensembles of conformers for docking applications …

Exploring the roles of substrate‐binding surface of the chaperone site in the chaperone activity of trigger factor

D Fan, S Cao, Q Zhou, Y Zhang, L Yue… - The FASEB …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Trigger factor (TF) is a key component of the prokaryotic chaperone network, which is
involved in many basic cellular processes, such as protein folding, protein trafficking, and …