[HTML][HTML] Utilizing Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Machine Learning, Cryo-EM, and NMR Spectroscopy to Predict and Validate Protein Dynamics

A Son, W Kim, J Park, W Lee, Y Lee, S Choi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Protein dynamics play a crucial role in biological function, encompassing motions ranging
from atomic vibrations to large-scale conformational changes. Recent advancements in …

Graphene-Assisted Electron-Based Imaging of Individual Organic and Biological Macromolecules: Structure and Transient Dynamics

DY Zhang, Z Xu, JY Li, S Mao, H Wang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Characterizing the structures, interactions, and dynamics of molecules in their native liquid
state is a long-existing challenge in chemistry, molecular science, and biophysics with …

Molecular mechanism of β-arrestin-2 pre-activation by phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate

K Kim, KY Chung - EMBO reports, 2024 - embopress.org
Phosphorylated residues of G protein-coupled receptors bind to the N-domain of arrestin,
resulting in the release of its C-terminus. This induces further allosteric conformational …

VitroJet: new features and case studies

RJM Henderikx, D Mann, A Domanska… - Biological …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy has become a widely adopted method in structural
biology due to many recent technological advances in microscopes, detectors and image …

[HTML][HTML] RNA Polymerase II activity control of gene expression and involvement in disease

JC Kuldell, CD Kaplan - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Gene expression is dependent on RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) activity in eukaryotes. In
addition to determining the rate of RNA synthesis for all protein coding genes, Pol II serves …

[HTML][HTML] Microsecond time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy

UJ Lorenz - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microsecond time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy has emerged as a novel approach for
directly observing protein dynamics. By providing microsecond temporal and near-atomic …

Conventional Electron Microscopy, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy, and Cryogenic Electron Tomography of Viruses

JR Castón, D Luque - Structure and Physics of Viruses: An Integrated …, 2024 - Springer
Electron microscopy (EM) techniques have been crucial for understanding the structure of
biological specimens such as cells, tissues and macromolecular assemblies. Viruses and …

[PDF][PDF] Article Not peer-reviewed version

WA Burns, S Lovas, CR Watts - 2024 - preprints.org
Solvent accessible surface area (SASA) of amino acid residues plays a significant role in
inter-residue, protein-ligand, and protein-protein interactions. Affecting the exposure and …

[PDF][PDF] Advances in Protein Dynamics: Unraveling the Molecular Motions Underlying Biological Functions and Therapeutic Innovations

A Son, W Kim, J Park, W Lee, Y Lee, H Kim - 2024 - preprints.org
Protein dynamics play a crucial role in biological function, encompassing motions ranging
from atomic vibrations to large-scale conformational changes. Recent advancements in …

Determining the effects of regulatory parameters on the structural dynamics of P-type ATPase membrane transporters

F Orädd - 2024 - diva-portal.org
Proteins are macromolecular machines with roles in all cellular activities and structures. The
functional properties of each protein is the result of its combination of 3D-structure and …