Validation of Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) Force Fields Based on Thermophysical Properties of Aqueous TMAO Solutions

D Markthaler, J Zeman, J Baz, J Smiatek… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Five molecular models for trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) to be used in conjunction with
compatible models for liquid water are evaluated by comparison of molecular dynamics …

Effects of high pressure on protein stability, structure, and function—Theory and applications

LKY Cheung, AD Sanders, A Pratap-Singh… - Effect of High-Pressure …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pressure is a powerful tool used to study basic protein science, modulate protein structure-
function relationships for industrial applications, and gain insight into life in extreme …

Determination of partial molar volumes from free energy perturbation theory

JZ Vilseck, J Tirado-Rives… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Partial molar volume is an important thermodynamic property that gives insights into
molecular size and intermolecular interactions in solution. Theoretical frameworks for …

[HTML][HTML] Compressibility of the protein-water interface

F Persson, B Halle - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The compressibility of a protein relates to its stability, flexibility, and hydrophobic
interactions, but the measurement, interpretation, and computation of this important …

Kirkwood–Buff integrals for aqueous urea solutions based upon the quantum chemical electrostatic potential and interaction energies

S Chiba, T Furuta, S Shimizu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cosolvents, such as urea, affect protein folding and binding, and the solubility of solutes.
The modeling of cosolvents has been facilitated significantly by the rigorous Kirkwood–Buff …

Assessment of the DNA partial specific volume and hydration layer properties from CHARMM Drude polarizable and additive MD simulations

A Savelyev - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study we report on the accurate computation of the biomolecular partial specific
volume (PSV) from explicit-solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The case of DNA …

Simulated pressure changes in LacI suggest a link between hydration and functional conformational changes

NL Kariyawasam, EA Ploetz, L Swint-Kruse… - Biophysical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The functions of many proteins are associated with interconversions among conformational
substates. However, these substates can be difficult to measure experimentally, and …

Particle and energy pair and triplet correlations in liquids and liquid mixtures from experiment and simulation

EA Ploetz, PE Smith - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2015 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in fluctuation solution theory (FST) have provided access to information
concerning triplet fluctuations and integrals, in addition to the established pair fluctuations …

Osmolyte depletion viewed in terms of the dividing membrane and its work of expansion against osmotic pressure

S Shimizu, N Matubayasi - Biophysical Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
How osmolytes enhance the folding, binding, and self-assembly of biological
macromolecules at a microscopic scale has long been a matter of debate. Ambiguities …

Simulated pressure denaturation thermodynamics of ubiquitin

EA Ploetz, PE Smith - Biophysical chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Simulations of protein thermodynamics are generally difficult to perform and provide limited
information. It is desirable to increase the degree of detail provided by simulation and …