Molecular dynamics simulation for all

SA Hollingsworth, RO Dror - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The impact of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in molecular biology and drug discovery
has expanded dramatically in recent years. These simulations capture the behavior of …

Structures and general transport mechanisms by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS)

D Drew, RA North, K Nagarathinam… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest known superfamily of secondary active
transporters. MFS transporters are responsible for transporting a broad spectrum of …

Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Targeting SLC transporters: small molecules as modulators and therapeutic opportunities

A Schlessinger, N Zatorski, K Hutchinson… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Solute carrier (SLCs) transporters mediate the transport of a broad range of solutes across
biological membranes. Dysregulation of SLCs has been associated with various …

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 …

Atomistic simulations of membrane ion channel conduction, gating, and modulation

E Flood, C Boiteux, B Lev, I Vorobyov… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Membrane ion channels are the fundamental electrical components in the nervous system.
Recent developments in X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM microscopy have revealed what …

Is the functional response of a receptor determined by the thermodynamics of ligand binding?

M Vögele, BW Zhang, J Kaindl… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
For an effective drug, strong binding to the target protein is a prerequisite, but it is not
enough. To produce a particular functional response, drugs need to either block the proteins' …

The mechanisms of action of cationic antimicrobial peptides refined by novel concepts from biophysical investigations

C Aisenbrey, A Marquette, B Bechinger - Antimicrobial Peptides: Basics …, 2019 - Springer
Even 30 years after the discovery of magainins, biophysical and structural investigations on
how these peptides interact with membranes can still bear surprises and add new …

Reconstructing the transport cycle in the sugar porter superfamily using coevolution-powered machine learning

D Mitrovic, SE McComas, C Alleva, M Bonaccorsi… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Sugar porters (SPs) represent the largest group of secondary-active transporters. Some
members, such as the glucose transporters (GLUTs), are well known for their role in …

Identification of ligand-specific G-protein coupled receptor states and prediction of downstream efficacy via data-driven modeling

O Fleetwood, L Delemotte - Biophysical Journal, 2021 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) shift between inactive non-signalling states and active
signalling states, to which intracellular binding partners can bind. Extracellular binding of …