NMR-based methods for protein analysis

Y Hu, K Cheng, L He, X Zhang, B Jiang… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a well-established method for
analyzing protein structure, interaction, and dynamics at atomic resolution and in various …

Influence of nonspecific interactions on protein associations: implications for biochemistry in vivo

G Rivas, AP Minton - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The cellular interior is composed of a variety of microenvironments defined by distinct local
compositions and composition-dependent intermolecular interactions. We review the …

Crowding in cellular environments at an atomistic level from computer simulations

M Feig, I Yu, P Wang, G Nawrocki… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effects of crowding in biological environments on biomolecular structure, dynamics, and
function remain not well understood. Computer simulations of atomistic models of …

Physical properties of the cytoplasm modulate the rates of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization

AT Molines, J Lemière, M Gazzola, IE Steinmark… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The cytoplasm is a crowded, visco-elastic environment whose physical properties change
according to physiological or developmental states. How the physical properties of the …

Intrinsically disordered proteins in crowded milieu: when chaos prevails within the cellular gumbo

AV Fonin, AL Darling, IM Kuznetsova… - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Effects of macromolecular crowding on structural and functional properties of
ordered proteins, their folding, interactability, and aggregation are well documented. Much …

Observation of liquid–liquid phase separation of ataxin-3 and quantitative evaluation of its concentration in a single droplet using Raman microscopy

K Murakami, S Kajimoto, D Shibata, K Kuroi, F Fujii… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays an important role in a variety of biological
processes and is also associated with protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases …

Toward an understanding of biochemical equilibria within living cells

G Rivas, AP Minton - Biophysical reviews, 2018 - Springer
Four types of environmental effects that can affect macromolecular reactions in a living cell
are defined: nonspecific intermolecular interactions, side reactions, partitioning between …

Osmolytes: Wonder molecules to combat protein misfolding against stress conditions

S Khan, S Siraj, M Shahid, MM Haque… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The proper functioning of any protein depends on its three dimensional conformation which
is achieved by the accurate folding mechanism. Keeping away from the exposed stress …

Parameter reliability and understanding enzyme function

AG McDonald, KF Tipton - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of the Michaelis–Menten parameters and their meaning in different
circumstances is an essential prerequisite to understanding enzyme function and behaviour …

Computational Approaches to Predict Protein–Protein Interactions in Crowded Cellular Environments

G Grassmann, M Miotto, F Desantis… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Investigating protein–protein interactions is crucial for understanding cellular biological
processes because proteins often function within molecular complexes rather than in …