The physics of protein self-assembly

JJ McManus, P Charbonneau, E Zaccarelli… - Current opinion in colloid …, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding protein self-assembly is important for many biological and industrial
processes. Proteins can self-assemble into crystals, filaments, gels, and other amorphous …

The synergic effect of water and biomolecules in intracellular phase separation

SS Ribeiro, N Samanta, S Ebbinghaus… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Phase separation has long been observed within aqueous mixtures of two or more different
compounds, such as proteins, salts, polysaccharides and synthetic polymers. A growing …

On the distribution of protein refractive index increments

H Zhao, PH Brown, P Schuck - Biophysical journal, 2011 - cell.com
The protein refractive index increment, dn/dc, is an important parameter underlying the
concentration determination and the biophysical characterization of proteins and protein …

Protein analysis by dynamic light scattering: Methods and techniques for students

B Lorber, F Fischer, M Bailly, H Roy… - … and molecular biology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic light scattering (DLS) analyses are routinely used in biology laboratories to detect
aggregates in macromolecular solutions, to determine the size of proteins, nucleic acids …

Single-shot real-time video recording of a photonic Mach cone induced by a scattered light pulse

J Liang, C Ma, L Zhu, Y Chen, L Gao, LV Wang - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Ultrafast video recording of spatiotemporal light distribution in a scattering medium has a
significant impact in biomedicine. Although many simulation tools have been implemented …

Nonspecific binding of adenosine tripolyphosphate and tripolyphosphate modulates the phase behavior of lysozyme

M Zalar, J Bye, R Curtis - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Adenosine tripolyphosphate (ATP) is a small polyvalent anion that has recently been shown
to interact with proteins and have a major impact on assembly processes involved in …

The role of electrostatics in protein–protein interactions of a monoclonal antibody

D Roberts, R Keeling, M Tracka… - Molecular …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Understanding how protein–protein interactions depend on the choice of buffer, salt, ionic
strength, and pH is needed to have better control over protein solution behavior. Here, we …

Assembling membraneless organelles from de novo designed proteins

AT Hilditch, A Romanyuk, SJ Cross, R Obexer… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in de novo protein design have delivered a diversity of discrete de novo
protein structures and complexes. A new challenge for the field is to use these designs …

Cataract-associated P23T γD-crystallin retains a native-like fold in amorphous-looking aggregates formed at physiological pH

JC Boatz, MJ Whitley, M Li, AM Gronenborn… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cataracts cause vision loss through the large-scale aggregation of eye lens proteins as a
result of ageing or congenital mutations. The development of new treatments is hindered by …

Theoretical and numerical study of the phase diagram of patchy colloids: Ordered and disordered patch arrangements

E Bianchi, P Tartaglia, E Zaccarelli… - The Journal of chemical …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We report theoretical and numerical evaluations of the phase diagram for a model of patchy
particles. Specifically, we study hard spheres whose surface is decorated by a small number …