Allosteric mechanisms of molecular machines at the membrane: transport by sodium-coupled symporters

MV LeVine, MA Cuendet, G Khelashvili… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solute transport across cell membranes is ubiquitous in biology as an essential
physiological process. Secondary active transporters couple the unfavorable process of …

Spontaneous Inward Opening of the Dopamine Transporter Is Triggered by PIP2-Regulated Dynamics of the N-Terminus

G Khelashvili, N Stanley, MA Sahai… - ACS chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We present the dynamic mechanism of concerted motions in a full-length molecular model of
the human dopamine transporter (hDAT), a member of the neurotransmitter/sodium …

Computational approaches to detect allosteric pathways in transmembrane molecular machines

S Stolzenberg, M Michino, MV LeVine… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many of the functions of transmembrane proteins involved in signal processing and
transduction across the cell membrane are determined by allosteric couplings that …

Allosterically coupled conformational dynamics in solution prepare the sterol transfer protein StarD4 to release its cargo upon interaction with target membranes

H **e, H Weinstein - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Complex mechanisms regulate the cellular distribution of cholesterol, a critical component of
eukaryote membranes involved in regulation of membrane protein functions directly and …

The allosteric mechanism of substrate-specific transport in SLC6 is mediated by a volumetric sensor

MV LeVine, DS Terry, G Khelashvili… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Neurotransmitter: sodium symporters (NSSs) in the SLC6 family terminate
neurotransmission by coupling the thermodynamically favorable transport of ions to the …

Synergy and anti‐cooperativity in allostery: Molecular dynamics study of WT and oncogenic KRAS‐RGL1

A Hacisuleyman, B Erman - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study focuses on investigating the effects of an oncogenic mutation (G12V) on the
stability and interactions within the KRAS‐RGL1 protein complex. The KRAS‐RGL1 complex …

Dual-reporter system for real-time monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 main protease activity in live cells enables identification of an allosteric inhibition path

Y Bram, X Duan, BE Nilsson-Payant… - ACS bio & med …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is an ongoing threat to global health, and the continuing
emergence of contagious variants highlights the urgent need for additional antiviral therapy …

Allosteric effects of the proton donor on the microbial proton pump proteorhodopsin

S Faramarzi, J Feng, B Mertz - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Proteorhodopsin (PR) is a microbial proton pump that is ubiquitous in marine environments
and may play an important role in the oceanic carbon cycle. Photoisomerization of the retinal …