Biophysical experiments and biomolecular simulations: A perfect match?

S Bottaro, K Lindorff-Larsen - Science, 2018 - science.org
A fundamental challenge in biological research is achieving an atomic-level description and
mechanistic understanding of the function of biomolecules. Techniques for biomolecular …

The role of protein loops and linkers in conformational dynamics and allostery

E Papaleo, G Saladino, M Lambrughi… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Proteins are dynamic entities that undergo a plethora of conformational changes that may
take place on a wide range of time scales. These changes can be as small as the rotation of …

[PDF][PDF] MDAnalysis: a Python package for the rapid analysis of molecular dynamics simulations

RJ Gowers, M Linke, J Barnoud, TJE Reddy, MN Melo… - 2019 - osti.gov
MDAnalysis (http://mdanalysis. org) is a library for structural and temporal analysis of
molecular dynamics (MD) simulation trajectories and individual protein structures. MD …

Principles of protein structural ensemble determination

M Bonomi, GT Heller, C Camilloni… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•The principles of protein structural ensemble determination are described.•The
use of experimental data averaged over multiple states is analysed.•Approaches for …

HUWE1 E3 ligase promotes PINK1/PARKIN-independent mitophagy by regulating AMBRA1 activation via IKKα

A Di Rita, A Peschiaroli, PD′ Acunzo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The selective removal of undesired or damaged mitochondria by autophagy, known as
mitophagy, is crucial for cellular homoeostasis, and prevents tumour diffusion …

Rescaling protein-protein interactions improves Martini 3 for flexible proteins in solution

FE Thomasen, T Skaalum, A Kumar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multidomain proteins with flexible linkers and disordered regions play important roles in
many cellular processes, but characterizing their conformational ensembles is difficult. We …

[HTML][HTML] On the potential of machine learning to examine the relationship between sequence, structure, dynamics and function of intrinsically disordered proteins

K Lindorff-Larsen, BB Kragelund - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) constitute a broad set of proteins with few uniting and
many diverging properties. IDPs—and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) interspersed …

Conformational rigidity and protein dynamics at distinct timescales regulate PTP1B activity and allostery

MS Choy, Y Li, LESF Machado, MBA Kunze… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Protein function originates from a cooperation of structural rigidity, dynamics at different
timescales, and allostery. However, how these three pillars of protein function are integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Using the maximum entropy principle to combine simulations and solution experiments

A Cesari, S Reißer, G Bussi - Computation, 2018 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations allow the investigation of the structural dynamics of
biomolecular systems with unrivaled time and space resolution. However, in order to …

Picosecond to millisecond structural dynamics in human ubiquitin

K Lindorff-Larsen, P Maragakis, S Piana… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Human ubiquitin has been extensively characterized using a variety of experimental and
computational methods and has become an important model for studying protein dynamics …