Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Intrinsic disorder and posttranslational modifications: the darker side of the biological dark matter

AL Darling, VN Uversky - Frontiers in genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDPRs)
are functional proteins and domains that devoid stable secondary and/or tertiary structure …

How phosphorylation impacts intrinsically disordered proteins and their function

EA Newcombe, E Delaforge… - Essays in …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Phosphorylation is the most common post-translational modification (PTM) in eukaryotes,
occurring particularly frequently in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). These proteins …

Casein kinase 1 and disordered clock proteins form functionally equivalent, phospho-based circadian modules in fungi and mammals

D Marzoll, FE Serrano, A Shostak… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Circadian clocks are timing systems that rhythmically adjust physiology and metabolism to
the 24-h day–night cycle. Eukaryotic circadian clocks are based on transcriptional …

Ganglioside binding domains in proteins: Physiological and pathological mechanisms

F Azzaz, N Yahi, C Di Scala, H Chahinian… - Advances in protein …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gangliosides are anionic lipids that form condensed membrane clusters (lipid rafts) and
exert major regulatory functions on a wide range of proteins. In this review, we propose a …

Influence of the Water Model on the Structure and Interactions of the GPR40 Protein with the Lipid Membrane and the Solvent: Rigid versus Flexible Water Models

JA Aguilar-Pineda… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are responsible for modulating various physiological
functions and are thus related to the pathophysiology of different diseases. Being potential …

[HTML][HTML] The Disorderly Nature of Caliciviruses

VL Young, AM McSweeney, MJ Edwards, VK Ward - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
An intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) or region (IDR) lacks or has little protein structure
but still maintains function. This lack of structure creates flexibility and fluidity, allowing …

Folding and self-assembly of short intrinsically disordered peptides and protein regions

PG Argudo, JJ Giner-Casares - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins and peptide fragments are highly relevant building blocks in self-assembly for
nanostructures with plenty of applications. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and …

Novel in silico insights into Rv1417 and Rv2617c as potential protein targets: The importance of the medium on the structural interactions with exported repetitive …

M Paco-Chipana, C Febres-Molina, JA Aguilar-Pineda… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death from a monopathogenic
transmitted disease, only ahead of COVID-19. The role of exported repetitive protein (Erp) in …

Bacterial susceptibility and resistance to modelin-5

SR Dennison, LHG Morton, K Badiani, F Harris… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Modelin-5 (M5-NH2) killed Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a minimum lethal concentration
(MLC) of 5.86 μM and strongly bound its cytoplasmic membrane (CM) with a Kd of 23.5 μM …