Molecular simulations of peptide amphiphiles

A Manandhar, M Kang, K Chakraborty… - Organic & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This review describes recent progress in the area of molecular simulations of peptide
assemblies, including peptide-amphiphiles and drug-amphiphiles. The ability to predict the …

Insights into molecular mechanisms of EGCG and apigenin on disrupting amyloid-beta protofibrils based on molecular dynamics simulations

M Fang, Q Zhang, P Guan, K Su… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The fibrillization and deposition of amyloid-beta (Aβ) protofibrils are one of the important
factors leading to Alzheimer's disease. Molecular dynamics simulations can offer information …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Modeling milk stability

C Holt, JA Carver - Journal of Dairy Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Novel insights into the stability of milk and milk products during storage and processing
result from describing caseins near neutral pH as hydrophilic, intrinsically disordered …

Tautomerization Effect of Histidines on Oligomer Aggregation of β-Amyloid (1–40/42) during the Early Stage: Tautomerism Hypothesis for Misfolding Protein …

X **ng, W Zhao, D Hu, B Kang, H Shi… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
As the intrinsic origin of the hypothesis for β-amyloid (Aβ) from Alzheimer's disease, histidine
behaviors were found to play a crucial role in Aβ aggregation. To investigate the histidine …

Adsorption mechanism of amyloid fibrils to graphene nanosheets and their structural destruction

N Zhang, X Hu, P Guan, K Zeng… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A detailed understanding of the interaction mechanisms between pathogenic protein
aggregates and nanomaterials is indispensable to the application and development in …

Structure of ring-shaped Aβ42 oligomers determined by conformational selection

L Tran, N Basdevant, C Prévost, T Ha-Duong - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The oligomerization of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides into soluble non-fibrillar species plays a
critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. However, it has been challenging to …

Structural and binding properties on Aβ mature fibrils due to the histidine tautomeric effect

H Shi, H Li, W Gong, R Gong, A Qian… - ACS Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Many studies have focused on histidine behaviors in misfolding diseases. However,
histidine behaviors on mature fibrils are still unknown. In the current study, we investigated …

Probing mechanical properties and failure mechanisms of fibrils of self-assembling peptides

F Fontana, F Gelain - Nanoscale Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembling peptides (SAPs) are a promising class of biomaterials amenable to easy
molecular design and functionalization. Despite their increasing usage in regenerative …

Coupling of zinc-binding and secondary structure in Nonfibrillar Aβ40 peptide Oligomerization

L Xu, S Shan, Y Chen, X Wang… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nonfibrillar neurotoxic amyloid β (Aβ) oligomer structures are typically rich in β-sheets,
which could be promoted by metal ions like Zn2+. Here, using molecular dynamics (MD) …

Role of the English (H6R) Mutation on the Structural Properties of Aβ40 and Aβ42 Owing to the Histidine Tautomeric Effect

H Shi, L Wang, Z Yao, JY Lee… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As an intrinsic origin cause, histidine behaviors play a critical role in protein misfolding
processes. Generally, the English (H6R) mutation will disrupt H6 interactions. However, the …