The protein folding 'speed limit'

J Kubelka, J Hofrichter, WA Eaton - Current opinion in structural biology, 2004 - Elsevier
How fast can a protein possibly fold? This question has stimulated experimentalists to seek
fast folding proteins and to engineer them to fold even faster. Proteins folding at or near the …

Single-molecule fluorescence studies of protein folding and conformational dynamics

X Michalet, S Weiss, M Jäger - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
Single-molecule measurements provide unique information on heterogeneous populations
of molecules: They give access to the complete distribution of observables (rather than only …

Optimized molecular dynamics force fields applied to the helix− coil transition of polypeptides

RB Best, G Hummer - The journal of physical chemistry B, 2009 - ACS Publications
Obtaining the correct balance of secondary structure propensities is a central priority in
protein force-field development. Given that current force fields differ significantly in their α …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct α-synuclein strains differentially promote tau inclusions in neurons

JL Guo, DJ Covell, JP Daniels, M Iba, A Stieber… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Many neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble
protein aggregates, including neurofibrillary tangles comprised of tau in Alzheimer's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the helix-coil transition via all-atom equilibrium ensemble simulations

EJ Sorin, VS Pande - Biophysical journal, 2005 - cell.com
The ensemble folding of two 21-residue α-helical peptides has been studied using all-atom
simulations under several variants of the AMBER potential in explicit solvent using a global …

Rapid detection and quantification of milk adulteration using infrared microspectroscopy and chemometrics analysis

PM Santos, ER Pereira-Filho, LE Rodriguez-Saona - Food chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
The application of attenuated total reflectance mid-infrared microspectroscopy (MIR-
microspectroscopy) was evaluated as a rapid method for detection and quantification of milk …

Infrared probes for studying the structure and dynamics of biomolecules

H Kim, M Cho - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
The first step toward understanding most of the chemical and biological processes in
condensed phases is to accurately describe solute− solvent interaction energy and to …

Combined electronic structure/molecular dynamics approach for ultrafast infrared spectroscopy of dilute HOD in liquid H2O and D2O

SA Corcelli, CP Lawrence, JL Skinner - The Journal of chemical …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We present a new approach that combines electronic structure methods and molecular
dynamics simulations to investigate the infrared spectroscopy of condensed phase systems …

Using nitrile-derivatized amino acids as infrared probes of local environment

Z Getahun, CY Huang, T Wang… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
It is well-known that the C⋮ N stretching vibration in acetonitrile is sensitive to solvent.
Therefore, we proposed in this contribution to use this vibrational mode to report local …

Site-specific infrared probes of proteins

J Ma, IM Pazos, W Zhang, RM Culik… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Infrared spectroscopy has played an instrumental role in the study of a wide variety of
biological questions. However, in many cases, it is impossible or difficult to rely on the …