Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

P450-driven plastic-degrading synthetic bacteria

SJ Yeom, TK Le, CH Yun - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022‏ - cell.com
Plastic contamination currently threatens a wide variety of ecosystems and presents
damaging repercussions and negative consequences for many wildlife species. Sustainable …

Mechanistic understanding from molecular dynamics in pharmaceutical research 2: lipid membrane in drug design

T Róg, M Girych, A Bunker - Pharmaceuticals, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
We review the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation as a drug design tool in the
context of the role that the lipid membrane can play in drug action, ie, the interaction …

Protein engineering: the potential of remote mutations

M Wilding, N Hong, M Spence… - Biochemical Society …, 2019‏ - portlandpress.com
Engineered proteins, especially enzymes, are now commonly used in many industries
owing to their catalytic power, specific binding of ligands, and properties as materials and …

Pregnane X receptor mediates sorafenib resistance in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

F Feng, Q Jiang, S Cao, Y Cao, R Li, L Shen… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Background Kinase inhibitor sorafenib is the most widely used drug for advanced HCC
clinical treatment nowadays. However, sorafenib administration is only effective for a small …

Ligand access channels in cytochrome P450 enzymes: A review

P Urban, T Lautier, D Pompon, G Truan - International Journal of …, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Quantitative structure-activity relationships may bring invaluable information on structural
elements of both enzymes and substrates that, together, govern substrate specificity. Buried …

Entropic contribution to enhanced thermal stability in the thermostable P450 CYP119

Z Liu, S Lemmonds, J Huang, M Tyagi, L Hong… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
The enhanced thermostability of thermophilic proteins with respect to their mesophilic
counterparts is often attributed to the enthalpy effect, arising from strong interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond active site residues: overall structural dynamics control catalysis in flavin-containing and heme-containing monooxygenases

MJLJ Fürst, F Fiorentini, MW Fraaije - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Monooxygenases (MOs) face a challenging reaction, requiring the coordination
of three substrates by the same active site.•To address this challenge, these enzymes …

Key regulators in the architecture of substrate access/egress channels in mammalian cytochromes P450 governing flexibility in substrate oxyfunctionalization

P Hlavica - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cytochrome P450s (CYP) represent a superfamily of b-type hemoproteins catalyzing
oxifunctionalization of a vast array of endogenous and exogenous compounds. The present …

[HTML][HTML] Dermal Delivery of Selected Polyphenols from Silybum marianum. Theoretical and Experimental Study

P Kosina, M Paloncýová, A Rajnochová Svobodová… - Molecules, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Silymarin is a well-known standardized extract from the seeds of milk thistle (Silybum
marianum L., Asteraceae) with a pleiotropic effect on human health, including skin …