The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions

AS Holehouse, BB Kragelund - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein regions exist in a collection of dynamic interconverting
conformations that lack a stable 3D structure. These regions are structurally heterogeneous …

Coarse-grained protein models and their applications

S Kmiecik, D Gront, M Kolinski, L Wieteska… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The traditional computational modeling of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions
remains difficult for many protein systems. It is mostly due to the size of protein …

ff19SB: amino-acid-specific protein backbone parameters trained against quantum mechanics energy surfaces in solution

C Tian, K Kasavajhala, KAA Belfon… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly popular in studying the
motions and functions of biomolecules. The accuracy of the simulation, however, is highly …

OPLS3: a force field providing broad coverage of drug-like small molecules and proteins

E Harder, W Damm, J Maple, C Wu… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The parametrization and validation of the OPLS3 force field for small molecules and proteins
are reported. Enhancements with respect to the previous version (OPLS2. 1) include the …

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 …

Molecular dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins: force field evaluation and comparison with experiment

J Henriques, C Cragnell, M Skepo - Journal of chemical theory …, 2015 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of studies using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of unfolded
and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) suggest that current force fields sample …

Principles and overview of sampling methods for modeling macromolecular structure and dynamics

T Maximova, R Moffatt, B Ma, R Nussinov… - PLoS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Investigation of macromolecular structure and dynamics is fundamental to understanding
how macromolecules carry out their functions in the cell. Significant advances have been …

Conformational ensembles of intrinsically disordered proteins and flexible multidomain proteins

FE Thomasen, K Lindorff-Larsen - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and multidomain proteins with flexible linkers show a
high level of structural heterogeneity and are best described by ensembles consisting of …

Crowding in cellular environments at an atomistic level from computer simulations

M Feig, I Yu, P Wang, G Nawrocki… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The effects of crowding in biological environments on biomolecular structure, dynamics, and
function remain not well understood. Computer simulations of atomistic models of …

SOURSOP: A Python package for the analysis of simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins

JM Lalmansingh, AT Keeley, KM Ruff… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conformational heterogeneity is a defining hallmark of intrinsically disordered proteins and
protein regions (IDRs). The functions of IDRs and the emergent cellular phenotypes they …