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A personal 360° view of applications of ‘biomimetic’ molecular recognition

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract Molecular recognition between biological molecules has formed the basis for innumerable applications in biotechnology for the last seven decades or so. Techniques such as affinity chromatography, solid‐phase and aqueous two‐phase extraction, affinity precipitation, biomimetic catalytic systems, biosensors and molecular imprinting all exploit ...
Christopher R Lowe
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Frustration in Biomolecules [PDF]

, 2013
Biomolecules are the prime information processing elements of living matter. Most of these inanimate systems are polymers that compute their structures and dynamics using as input seemingly random character strings of their sequence, following which they
Ferreiro, Diego U., Komives, Elizabeth A., Wolynes, Peter G.   +2 more
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Mass Spectrometry Structural Proteomics Enabled by Limited Proteolysis and Cross‐Linking

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The exploration of protein structure and function stands at the forefront of life science and represents an ever‐expanding focus in the development of proteomics. As mass spectrometry (MS) offers readout of protein conformational changes at both the protein and peptide levels, MS‐based structural proteomics is making significant strides in the
Haiyan Lu, Zexin Zhu, Lauren Fields, Hua Zhang, Lingjun Li   +4 more
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Prediction of dynamic allostery for the transmembrane domain of the sweet taste receptor subunit, TAS1R3

Communications Biology, 2023
Molecular dynamics simulations and functional assays of the transmembrane domain of the sweet taste receptor subunit, TAS1R3 reveal mechanisms on the allostery of sweet receptor activation or inactivation and pH-dependent sensitivity to saccharin.
Keisuke Sanematsu, Masato Yamamoto, Yuki Nagasato, Yuko Kawabata, Yu Watanabe, Shusuke Iwata, Shingo Takai, Kiyoshi Toko, Toshiro Matsui, Naohisa Wada, Noriatsu Shigemura   +10 more
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Monod-Wyman-Changeux Analysis of Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Mutants [PDF]

, 2017
We present a framework for computing the gating properties of ligand-gated ion channel mutants using the Monod-Wyman-Changeux (MWC) model of allostery. We derive simple analytic formulas for key functional properties such as the leakiness, dynamic range,
Einav, Tal, Phillips, Rob
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Understanding how enzymes work: the journey to ensemble–function studies

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
For decades, structure–function has dominated biochemistry. Structures are highly valuable, yet more is needed to achieve a quantitative understanding of biomolecular function, because function emerges from an ensemble of states, rather than a static structure. We describe an ensemble–function framework applied to quantitatively dissect serine protease
Daniel Herschlag, Siyuan Du
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Small Molecule Targeting of Protein–Protein Interactions through Allosteric Modulation of Dynamics

Molecules, 2015
The protein–protein interaction (PPI) target class is particularly challenging, but offers potential for “first in class” therapies. Most known PPI small molecules are orthosteric inhibitors but many PPI sites may be fundamentally intractable to this ...
Benjamin P. Cossins, Alastair D. G. Lawson   +1 more
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Solvated dissipative electro-elastic network model of hydrated proteins

, 2012
Elastic netwok models coarse grain proteins into a network of residue beads connected by springs. We add dissipative dynamics to this mechanical system by applying overdamped Langevin equations of motion to normal-mode vibrations of the network.
Daniel R. Martin, Dmitry V. Matyushov, Hansen J. P., Landau L. D., Scaife B. K. P., Takashima S., Zwanzig R.   +6 more
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Modeling effects of L-type ca(2+) current and na(+)-ca(2+) exchanger on ca(2+) trigger flux in rabbit myocytes with realistic T-tubule geometries. [PDF]

, 2012
The transverse tubular system of rabbit ventricular myocytes consists of cell membrane invaginations (t-tubules) that are essential for efficient cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. In this study, we investigate how t-tubule micro-anatomy, L-type Ca(
Andrew D McCulloch, Anushka Plamenova Michailova, Frank B Sachse, Frank B Sachse, J Andrew eMcCammon, Johan E Hake, Johan E Hake, John H Bridge, Michael J Holst, Peter M Kekenes-Huskey, Yuhui eCheng   +10 more
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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia–linked ryanodine receptor variants exhibit domain‐specific calcium leak and calmodulin affinity properties

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) variants in N terminal (NTD) and central domain (CD) but not pore domain induce a pathological RyR2 conformational shift upon protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylation, similar to that seen in heart failure (HF), calcium/calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII ...
Hitoshi Uchinoumi, Xiaoqiong Dong, Ivanita Stefanon, Yi Yang, Eduardo Hertel Ribeiro, Bengt Svensson, Xander H. T. Wehrens, Takeshi Yamamoto, Razvan L. Cornea, Robyn T. Rebbeck, Masafumi Yano, Donald M. Bers   +11 more
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