RNA structural dynamics as captured by molecular simulations: a comprehensive overview

J Sponer, G Bussi, M Krepl, P Banáš, S Bottaro… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
With both catalytic and genetic functions, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is perhaps the most
pluripotent chemical species in molecular biology, and its functions are intimately linked to …

Markov state models to study the functional dynamics of proteins in the wake of machine learning

KA Konovalov, IC Unarta, S Cao, EC Goonetilleke… - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Markov state models (MSMs) based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are routinely
employed to study protein folding, however, their application to functional conformational …

PyEMMA 2: A software package for estimation, validation, and analysis of Markov models

MK Scherer, B Trendelkamp-Schroer… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Markov (state) models (MSMs) and related models of molecular kinetics have recently
received a surge of interest as they can systematically reconcile simulation data from either …

An efficient path classification algorithm based on variational autoencoder to identify metastable path channels for complex conformational changes

Y Qiu, MS O'Connor, M Xue, B Liu… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conformational changes (ie, dynamic transitions between pairs of conformational states)
play important roles in many chemical and biological processes. Constructing the Markov …

Constructing Markov State Models to elucidate the functional conformational changes of complex biomolecules

W Wang, S Cao, L Zhu, X Huang - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The function of complex biomolecular machines relies heavily on their conformational
changes. Investigating these functional conformational changes is therefore essential for …

Biogenesis and function of ago-associated RNAs

I Daugaard, TB Hansen - Trends in genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Numerous sophisticated high-throughput sequencing technologies have been developed
over the past decade, and these have enabled the discovery of a diverse catalog of small …

Modelling proteins' hidden conformations to predict antibiotic resistance

KM Hart, CMW Ho, S Dutta, ML Gross… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
TEM β-lactamase confers bacteria with resistance to many antibiotics and rapidly evolves
activity against new drugs. However, functional changes are not easily explained by …

GraphVAMPnets for uncovering slow collective variables of self-assembly dynamics

B Liu, M Xue, Y Qiu, KA Konovalov… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Uncovering slow collective variables (CVs) of self-assembly dynamics is important to
elucidate its numerous kinetic assembly pathways and drive the design of novel structures …

Role of bacterial RNA polymerase gate opening dynamics in DNA loading and antibiotics inhibition elucidated by quasi-Markov State Model

IC Unarta, S Cao, S Kubo, W Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
To initiate transcription, the holoenzyme (RNA polymerase [RNAP] in complex with σ factor)
loads the promoter DNA via the flexible loading gate created by the clamp and β-lobe, yet …

Integrative generalized master equation: A method to study long-timescale biomolecular dynamics via the integrals of memory kernels

S Cao, Y Qiu, ML Kalin, X Huang - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The generalized master equation (GME) provides a powerful approach to study
biomolecular dynamics via non-Markovian dynamic models built from molecular dynamics …