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Advances in Coarse-grained Models for Protein Folding and Protein-protein Interactions
(2019)
Almost all biological functions rely on the dynamics of proteins. Protein folding and protein-protein interactions are the two most fundamental problems of protein dynamics. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a powerful ...
Development of a Chemoproteomic Approach to Study Kinase-Substrate Interactions and the Discovery of CDK4 as a 4E-BP1 Kinase
(2019)
An instrumental aspect of cancer progression is the acquired deregulation of the cellular processes that regulate growth and proliferation. Most of these processes are, at some level, controlled by a kinase-catalyzed change ...
Structural Studies and Pharmacological Targeting of Protein Kinases in Obesity and Heart Disease
(2018)
Adrenergic receptors (AR) are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) responsible for regulating physiological processes including the fight-or-flight response, muscle contraction, blood flow, and energy release. Numerous ...
Inhibition of Nucleotide and One-Carbon Metabolism for the Treatment of Cancer
(2021)
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer was first described in the early to mid-1900s and later labeled as a hallmark. Rapidly proliferating cells require sufficient concentrations of nucleotides and other biomass precursor ...
Understanding Pre-mRNA Dynamics in Single Spliceosome Complexes.
(2013)
The spliceosome is a large RNA-protein complex that catalyzes pre-mRNA splicing by removing sequences called introns and joining of the remaining sequences, called exons, to produce a mature mRNA. Despite over a quarter ...
Super-resolution Imaging of DNA Replisome Architecture and Dynamics in Live Bacillus Subtilis
(2018)
DNA replication happens in all living organisms and assures that the genome is accurately copied and maintained. The replisome is the molecular machine in cells that replicates DNA, and this protein assembly includes DNA ...
Specialized Metabolites and Related Biosynthetic Enzymes in Tomato Glandular Trichomes: Defining Biological Functions of Specific Gland Types.
(2011)
Trichomes are tiny appendages that grow out from the surfaces of leaves, stems, flowers, and other above-ground parts of many plants. They contribute to important biological functions such as determent of herbivores, ...
Hsp70 chaperone Proteins and their Interactions with Various Drugs as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
(2011)
Chaperone proteins and their cochaperones are perhaps one of the most intriguing systems for investigation. Ubiquitous in nature, they can be found in every organism and that perhaps is the reason that their sequence shows ...
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Phase and Structural Transitions in Model Lung Surfactant Mixtures.
(2010)
Lung surfactant (LS) is a complex mixture of lipids and proteins that reduces and regulates the surface tension in the lungs, thereby decreasing the work of breathing. A thorough understanding of LS function is critical ...
Solid State NMR Investigations of Lipid Bilayers and Biomembrane Binding Molecules: Dendrimers and Amylin.
(2010)
The goal of this project was to investigate the interaction between lipid binding molecules, such as peptides and drug compounds, with biological lipid bilayers. The results demonstrate that human amylin, a peptide hormone ...