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 …

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 …

Design of intrinsically disordered protein variants with diverse structural properties

F Pesce, A Bremer, G Tesei, JB Hopkins, CR Grace… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) perform a broad range of functions in biology,
suggesting that the ability to design IDPs could help expand the repertoire of proteins with …

Accurate model of liquid–liquid phase behavior of intrinsically disordered proteins from optimization of single-chain properties

G Tesei, TK Schulze, R Crehuet… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Many intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) may undergo liquid–liquid phase separation
(LLPS) and participate in the formation of membraneless organelles in the cell, thereby …

Improved predictions of phase behaviour of intrinsically disordered proteins by tuning the interaction range

G Tesei, K Lindorff-Larsen - Open Research Europe, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The formation and viscoelastic properties of condensates of intrinsically disordered proteins
(IDPs) is dictated by amino acid sequence and solution conditions. Because of the …

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 …

How robust are protein folding simulations with respect to force field parameterization?

S Piana, K Lindorff-Larsen, DE Shaw - Biophysical journal, 2011 - cell.com
Molecular dynamics simulations hold the promise of providing an atomic-level description of
protein folding that cannot easily be obtained from experiments. Here, we examine the …

Predictive polymer modeling reveals coupled fluctuations in chromosome conformation and transcription

L Giorgetti, R Galupa, EP Nora, T Piolot, F Lam… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
A new level of chromosome organization, topologically associating domains (TADs), was
recently uncovered by chromosome conformation capture (3C) techniques. To explore TAD …

Long-timescale molecular dynamics simulations of protein structure and function

JL Klepeis, K Lindorff-Larsen, RO Dror… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations allow for atomic-level characterization of biomolecular
processes such as the conformational transitions associated with protein function. The …

Bayesian ensemble refinement by replica simulations and reweighting

G Hummer, J Köfinger - The Journal of chemical physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We describe different Bayesian ensemble refinement methods, examine their interrelation,
and discuss their practical application. With ensemble refinement, the properties of dynamic …