Mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting for higher-order structure analysis: fundamentals and applications

XR Liu, MM Zhang, ML Gross - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Proteins adopt different higher-order structures (HOS) to enable their unique biological
functions. Understanding the complexities of protein higher-order structures and dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic analysis by NMR spectroscopy: A users guide

Y Ben-Tal, PJ Boaler, HJA Dale, RE Dooley… - Progress in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
A 'principles and practice'tutorial-style review of the application of solution-phase NMR in the
analysis of the mechanisms of homogeneous organic and organometallic reactions and …

NMR spectroscopy captures the essential role of dynamics in regulating biomolecular function

TR Alderson, LE Kay - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Biomolecules are in constant motion. To understand how they function, and why
malfunctions can cause disease, it is necessary to describe their three-dimensional …

Hyperpolarized water as universal sensitivity booster in biomolecular NMR

C Hilty, D Kurzbach, L Frydman - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
NMR spectroscopy is the only method to access the structural dynamics of biomolecules at
high (atomistic) resolution in their native solution state. However, this method's low …

Heterogeneity in protein folding and unfolding reactions

S Bhatia, JB Udgaonkar - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteins have dynamic structures that undergo chain motions on time scales spanning from
picoseconds to seconds. Resolving the resultant conformational heterogeneity is essential …

The molecular basis for life in extreme environments

N Ando, B Barquera, DH Bartlett, E Boyd… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Sampling and genomic efforts over the past decade have revealed an enormous quantity
and diversity of life in Earth's extreme environments. This new knowledge of life on Earth …

Unveiling invisible protein states with NMR spectroscopy

TR Alderson, LE Kay - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Sparsely populated protein states can play significant biological roles.•NMR
spectroscopy can structurally and dynamically characterize 'invisible'protein states.•We …

Reversible switching between two common protein folds in a designed system using only temperature

TL Solomon, Y He, N Sari, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Naturally occurring metamorphic proteins have the ability to interconvert from one folded
state to another through either a limited set of mutations or by way of a change in the local …

Thermoresponsive Polymers under Pressure with a Focus on Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)

CM Papadakis, BJ Niebuur, A Schulte - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pressure is a key variable in the phase behavior of responsive polymers, both for
applications and from a fundamental point of view. In this feature article, we review recent …

[HTML][HTML] Solvent paramagnetic relaxation enhancement as a versatile method for studying structure and dynamics of biomolecular systems

AJ Lenard, FAA Mulder, T Madl - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solvent paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (sPRE) is a versatile nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR)-based method that allows characterization of the structure and dynamics …