Conformational dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins regulate biomolecular condensate chemistry

A Abyzov, M Blackledge, M Zweckstetter - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Motions in biomolecules are critical for biochemical reactions. In cells, many biochemical
reactions are executed inside of biomolecular condensates formed by ultradynamic …

Intrinsically disordered proteins from A to Z

VN Uversky - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The ideas that proteins might possess specific functions without being uniquely folded into
rigid 3D-structures and that these floppy polypeptides might constitute a noticeable part of …

Hydrodynamic radii of native and denatured proteins measured by pulse field gradient NMR techniques

DK Wilkins, SB Grimshaw, V Receveur, CM Dobson… - Biochemistry, 1999 - ACS Publications
Pulse field gradient NMR methods have been used to determine the effective hydrodynamic
radii of a range of native and nonnative protein conformations. From these experimental …

Unfolded proteins and protein folding studied by NMR

HJ Dyson, PE Wright - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Preparation of biological macromolecules in the pure state requires that cells be disrupted,
releasing and mixing the contents. Only the most stable and highly structured molecules can …

Global structure of the intrinsically disordered protein tau emerges from its local structure

LS Stelzl, LM Pietrek, A Holla, J Oroz, M Sikora… - Jacs Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
The paradigmatic disordered protein tau plays an important role in neuronal function and
neurodegenerative diseases. To disentangle the factors controlling the balance between …

Heterogeneity in protein folding and unfolding reactions

S Bhatia, JB Udgaonkar - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteins have dynamic structures that undergo chain motions on time scales spanning from
picoseconds to seconds. Resolving the resultant conformational heterogeneity is essential …

Long-range interactions within a nonnative protein

J Klein-Seetharaman, M Oikawa, SB Grimshaw… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Protein folding and unfolding are coupled to a range of biological phenomena, from the
regulation of cellular activity to the onset of neurodegenerative diseases. Defining the nature …

Slow dynamics in folded and unfolded states of an SH3 domain

M Tollinger, NR Skrynnikov, FAA Mulder… - Journal of the …, 2001 - ACS Publications
15N relaxation dispersion experiments were applied to the isolated N-terminal SH3 domain
of the Drosophila protein drk (drkN SH3) to study microsecond to second time scale …

Polyproline II structure in a sequence of seven alanine residues

Z Shi, CA Olson, GD Rose, RL Baldwin… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - pnas.org
A sequence of seven alanine residues—too short to form an α-helix and whose side chains
do not interact with each other—is a particularly simple model for testing the common …

Structure and dynamics of the homologous series of alanine peptides: a joint molecular dynamics/NMR study

J Graf, PH Nguyen, G Stock… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The ϕ, ψ backbone angle distribution of small homopolymeric model peptides is
investigated by a joint molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and heteronuclear NMR study …