Molecular chaperone functions in protein folding and proteostasis

YE Kim, MS Hipp, A Bracher… - Annual review of …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
The biological functions of proteins are governed by their three-dimensional fold. Protein
folding, maintenance of proteome integrity, and protein homeostasis (proteostasis) critically …

A nature-inspired approach to reactor and catalysis engineering

MO Coppens - Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Mechanisms used by biology to solve fundamental problems, such as those related to
scalability, efficiency and robustness could guide the design of innovative solutions to …

Extended surfaces modulate hydrophobic interactions of neighboring solutes

AJ Patel, P Varilly, SN Jamadagni, H Acharya… - Proceedings of the …, 2011‏ - pnas.org
Interfaces are a most common motif in complex systems. To understand how the presence of
interfaces affects hydrophobic phenomena, we use molecular simulations and theory to …

Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein folding under confinement

J Mittal, RB Best - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008‏ - pnas.org
Understanding the effects of confinement on protein stability and folding kinetics is important
for describing protein folding in the cellular environment. We have investigated the effects of …

Single-molecule spectroscopy of protein folding in a chaperonin cage

H Hofmann, F Hillger, SH Pfeil, A Hoffmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2010‏ - pnas.org
Molecular chaperones are known to be essential for avoiding protein aggregation in vivo,
but it is still unclear how they affect protein folding mechanisms. We use single-molecule …

Calculation of local water densities in biological systems: a comparison of molecular dynamics simulations and the 3D-RISM-KH molecular theory of solvation

MC Stumpe, N Blinov, D Wishart… - The journal of …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
Water plays a unique role in all living organisms. Not only is it nature's ubiquitous solvent,
but it also actively takes part in many cellular processes. In particular, the structure and …

Polar or apolar—the role of polarity for urea-induced protein denaturation

MC Stumpe, H Grubmüller - PLoS computational biology, 2008‏ - journals.plos.org
Urea-induced protein denaturation is widely used to study protein folding and stability;
however, the molecular mechanism and driving forces of this process are not yet fully …

Reconciling theories of chaperonin accelerated folding with experimental evidence

AI Jewett, JE Shea - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2010‏ - Springer
For the last 20 years, a large volume of experimental and theoretical work has been
undertaken to understand how chaperones like GroEL can assist protein folding in the cell …

Graphene oxide as a protein matrix: influence on protein biophysical properties

G Hernández-Cancel, D Suazo-Dávila… - Journal of …, 2015‏ - Springer
Background This study provides fundamental information on the influence of graphene
oxide (GO) nanosheets and glycans on protein catalytic activity, dynamics, and thermal …

The Legionella pneumophila Chaperonin – An Unusual Multifunctional Protein in Unusual Locations

RA Garduño, A Chong, GK Nasrallah… - Frontiers in …, 2011‏ - frontiersin.org
The Legionella pneumophila chaperonin, high temperature protein B (HtpB), was
discovered as a highly immunogenic antigen, only a few years after the identification of L …