Large-Scale Conformational Changes and Protein Function: Breaking the in silico Barrier
L Orellana - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale conformational changes are essential to link protein structures with their
function at the cell and organism scale, but have been elusive both experimentally and …
function at the cell and organism scale, but have been elusive both experimentally and …
Protein conformational ensembles in function: roles and mechanisms
The sequence-structure-function paradigm has dominated twentieth century molecular
biology. The paradigm tacitly stipulated that for each sequence there exists a single, well …
biology. The paradigm tacitly stipulated that for each sequence there exists a single, well …
Design principles for energy transfer in the photosystem II supercomplex from kinetic transition networks
Photosystem II (PSII) has the unique ability to perform water-splitting. With light-harvesting
complexes, it forms the PSII supercomplex (PSII-SC) which is a functional unit that can …
complexes, it forms the PSII supercomplex (PSII-SC) which is a functional unit that can …
Molecular energy landscapes of hardware-efficient ansatze in quantum computing
B Choy, DJ Wales - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rapid advances in quantum computing have opened up new opportunities for solving the
central electronic structure problem in computational chemistry. In the noisy intermediate …
central electronic structure problem in computational chemistry. In the noisy intermediate …
The energy landscape perspective: Encoding structure and function for biomolecules
K Röder, DJ Wales - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The energy landscape perspective is outlined with particular reference to biomolecules that
perform multiple functions. We associate these multifunctional molecules with multifunnel …
perform multiple functions. We associate these multifunctional molecules with multifunnel …
High resolution ensemble description of metamorphic and intrinsically disordered proteins using an efficient hybrid parallel tempering scheme
Map** free energy landscapes of complex multi-funneled metamorphic proteins and
weakly-funneled intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) remains challenging. While rare …
weakly-funneled intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) remains challenging. While rare …
Dynamical signatures of multifunnel energy landscapes
DJ Wales - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional systems, such as molecular switches, exhibit multifunnel energy landscapes
associated with the alternative functional states. In this contribution the multifunnel …
associated with the alternative functional states. In this contribution the multifunnel …
Structured protein domains enter the spotlight: modulators of biomolecular condensate form and function
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles that concentrate proteins and
nucleic acids. One of the primary components of condensates is multidomain proteins …
nucleic acids. One of the primary components of condensates is multidomain proteins …
Analysing ill-conditioned Markov chains
Discrete state Markov chains in discrete or continuous time are widely used to model
phenomena in the social, physical and life sciences. In many cases, the model can feature a …
phenomena in the social, physical and life sciences. In many cases, the model can feature a …
Replica exchange with hybrid tempering efficiently samples PGLa peptide binding to anionic bilayer
We evaluated the utility of a variant of the replica exchange method, a replica exchange with
hybrid tempering (REHT), for all-atom explicit water biomolecular simulations and compared …
hybrid tempering (REHT), for all-atom explicit water biomolecular simulations and compared …