Incorporating Prior Knowledge in the Seeds of Adaptive Sampling Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ligand Transport in Enzymes with Buried Active Sites

DK Sarkar, B Surpeta, J Brezovsky - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Because most proteins have buried active sites, protein tunnels or channels play a crucial
role in the transport of small molecules into buried cavities for enzymatic catalysis. Tunnels …

Reinforcing Tunnel Network Exploration in Proteins Using Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics

N Mandal, B Surpeta, J Brezovsky - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tunnels are structural conduits in biomolecules responsible for transporting chemical
compounds and solvent molecules from the active site. They have been shown to be present …

Restriction of access to the central cavity is a major contributor to substrate selectivity in plant ABCG transporters

K Pakuła, C Sequeiros-Borja, W Biała-Leonhard… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
ABCG46 of the legume Medicago truncatula is an ABC-type transporter responsible for
highly selective translocation of the phenylpropanoids, 4-coumarate, and liquiritigenin, over …

Water will find its way: transport through narrow tunnels in hydrolases

C Sequeiros-Borja, B Surpeta… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An aqueous environment is vital for life as we know it, and water is essential for nearly all
biochemical processes at the molecular level. Proteins utilize water molecules in various …

Impact of water models on structure and dynamics of ligand-transport tunnels in enzymes derived from molecular dynamics simulations

N Agrawal, J Brezovsky - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Protein hydration plays a vital role in many biological functions. Molecular simulations are
frequently used to study the effect of hydration on proteins at the atomic level. However, the …

Water migration through enzyme tunnels is sensitive to choice of explicit water model

AS Thirunavukarasu, K Szleper, G Tanriver… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Understanding the utilization of tunnels and water transport within enzymes is crucial for the
catalytic function of enzymes, as water molecules can stabilize bound substrates and help …

[HTML][HTML] Divide-and-conquer approach to study protein tunnels in long molecular dynamics simulations

C Sequeiros-Borja, B Surpeta, I Marchlewski… - MethodsX, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of proteins with hundreds of thousands of
snapshots are commonly produced using modern GPUs. However, due to the abundance of …

Rational engineering of binding pocket's structure and dynamics in penicillin G acylase for selective degradation of bacterial signaling molecules

M Grulich, B Surpeta, A Palyzová, H Marešová… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The rapid increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the inability to provide new
generations of potent antimicrobials necessitates the search for new, unconventional …

Role of a transient access path within ABCG protein involved in a selective transport of legume phenylpropanoids

K Pakuła, C Sequeiros-Borja, W Biała-Leonhard… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
ABCG46 of the legume Medicago truncatula is an ABC-type plasma membrane transporter
that selectively translocates endogenous phenylpropanoids from the biosynthetic pathway of …

[PDF][PDF] Załącznik nr 2 do wniosku o nadanie stopnia doktora habilitowanego

J Brezovský - bip.amu.edu.pl
W każdej chwili żywa komórka wymaga bardzo sprawnego przeprowadzenia wielu
równoległych reakcji chemicznych katalizowanych przez enzymy, które zwykle są połączone …