Thermodynamic forces from protein and water govern condensate formation of an intrinsically disordered protein domain

S Mukherjee, LV Schäfer - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) can drive a multitude of cellular processes by
compartmentalizing biological cells via the formation of dense liquid biomolecular …

Origin of low melting point of ionic liquids: dominant role of entropy

T Endo, K Sunada, H Sumida, Y Kimura - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are salts with an extremely low melting point. Substantial efforts have been
made to address their low melting point from the enthalpic standpoint (ie interionic …

Machine learning force fields based on local parametrization of dispersion interactions: Application to the phase diagram of

H Muhli, X Chen, AP Bartók, P Hernández-León… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We present a comprehensive methodology to enable the addition of van der Waals (vdW)
corrections to machine learning (ML) atomistic force fields. Using a Gaussian approximation …

[HTML][HTML] The ribosome lowers the entropic penalty of protein folding

JO Streit, IV Bukvin, SHS Chan, S Bashir, LF Woodburn… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Most proteins fold during biosynthesis on the ribosome, and co-translational folding
energetics, pathways and outcomes of many proteins have been found to differ considerably …

Sequence-Dependent Orientational Coupling and Electrostatic Attraction in Cation-Mediated DNA–DNA Interactions

W He, X Qiu, S Kirmizialtin - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Condensation of DNA is vital for its biological functions and controlled nucleic acid
assemblies. However, the mechanisms of DNA condensation are not fully understood due to …

Addressing dynamics at catalytic heterogeneous interfaces with DFT-MD: anomalous temperature distributions from commonly used thermostats

V Korpelin, T Kiljunen, MM Melander… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Density functional theory-based molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) has been widely used for
studying the chemistry of heterogeneous interfacial systems under operational conditions …

Unifying the description of hydrocarbons and hydrogenated carbon materials with a chemically reactive machine learning interatomic potential

R Ibragimova, MS Kuklin, T Zarrouk… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present a general-purpose machine learning (ML) interatomic potential for carbon and
hydrogen which is capable of simulating various materials and molecules composed of …

An integrated machine learning approach delineates an entropic expansion mechanism for the binding of a small molecule to α-synuclein

S Menon, S Adhikari, J Mondal - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The mis-folding and aggregation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) such as α-
synuclein (αS) underlie the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative disorders. However …

Ab-initio simulation studies of chromium solvation in molten fluoride salts

N Winner, H Williams, RO Scarlat, M Asta - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding molten salt chemistry is essential in ongoing research of the molten salt
nuclear reactor (MSR). In this context, detailed understanding of the mechanisms underlying …

On the different faces of the supercritical phase of water at a near-critical temperature: Pressure-induced structural transitions ranging from a gaslike fluid to a plastic …

I Skarmoutsos, A Henao, E Guardia… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The present study reports a systematic analysis of a wide variety of structural,
thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of supercritical water along the near-critical …