Electrostatic interactions in protein structure, folding, binding, and condensation

HX Zhou, X Pang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Charged and polar groups, through forming ion pairs, hydrogen bonds, and other less
specific electrostatic interactions, impart important properties to proteins. Modulation of the …

A million peptide motifs for the molecular biologist

P Tompa, NE Davey, TJ Gibson, MM Babu - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
A molecular description of functional modules in the cell is the focus of many high-
throughput studies in the postgenomic era. A large portion of biomolecular interactions in …

Dual-functional plasmonic photothermal biosensors for highly accurate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detection

G Qiu, Z Gai, Y Tao, J Schmitt, GA Kullak-Ublick… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread globally and
poses a threat to public health in more than 200 countries. Reliable laboratory diagnosis of …

Extreme disorder in an ultrahigh-affinity protein complex

A Borgia, MB Borgia, K Bugge, VM Kissling… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Molecular communication in biology is mediated by protein interactions. According to the
current paradigm, the specificity and affinity required for these interactions are encoded in …

Complete protein–protein association kinetics in atomic detail revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and Markov modelling

N Plattner, S Doerr, G De Fabritiis, F Noé - Nature chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Protein–protein association is fundamental to many life processes. However, a microscopic
model describing the structures and kinetics during association and dissociation is lacking …

Approaching infinite affinity through engineering of peptide–protein interaction

AH Keeble, P Turkki, S Stokes… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Much of life's complexity depends upon contacts between proteins with precise affinity and
specificity. The successful application of engineered proteins often depends on high-stability …

Power to the protein: enhancing and combining activities using the Spy toolbox

AH Keeble, M Howarth - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Proteins span an extraordinary range of shapes, sizes and functionalities. Therefore generic
approaches are needed to overcome this diversity and stream-line protein analysis or …

Stochastic models of intracellular transport

PC Bressloff, JM Newby - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
The interior of a living cell is a crowded, heterogenuous, fluctuating environment. Hence, a
major challenge in modeling intracellular transport is to analyze stochastic processes within …

Interaction dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins from single-molecule spectroscopy

A Chowdhury, D Nettels… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Many proteins contain large structurally disordered regions or are entirely disordered under
physiological conditions. The functions of these intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) often …

On the binding affinity of macromolecular interactions: daring to ask why proteins interact

PL Kastritis, AMJJ Bonvin - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between proteins are orchestrated in a precise and time-dependent manner,
underlying cellular function. The binding affinity, defined as the strength of these …