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Glassy Dynamics of Protein Folding [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review E, 1999
A coarse grained model of a random polypeptide chain, with only discrete torsional degrees of freedom and Hookean springs connecting pairs of hydrophobic residues is shown to display stretched exponential relaxation under Metropolis dynamics at low ...
Ayşe Erzan   +17 more
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Targeting Ras-binding domain of ELMO1 by computational nanobody design

open access: yesCommunications Biology, 2023
Structural analysis of the Ras-binding domain (RBD) of ELMO1 alone and in complex with the activator RhoG enables rational engineering and validation of a nanobody targeting ELMO1 RBD.
Chunlai Tam   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacological Characterization of Purified Full-Length Dopamine Transporter from Drosophila melanogaster

open access: yesCells, 2022
The dopamine transporter (DAT) is a member of the neurotransmitter:sodium symporter (NSS) family, mediating the sodium-driven reuptake of dopamine from the extracellular space thereby terminating dopaminergic neurotransmission.
Ciara Frances Pugh   +3 more
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With Age Comes Maturity: Biochemical and Structural Transformation of a Human Centriole in the Making

open access: yesCells, 2020
Centrioles are microtubule-based cellular structures present in most human cells that build centrosomes and cilia. Proliferating cells have only two centrosomes and this number is stringently maintained through the temporally and spatially controlled ...
Catherine Sullenberger   +3 more
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Modern Tools for Rapid Diagnostics of Antimicrobial Resistance

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
Fast, robust, and affordable antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is required, as roughly 50% of antibiotic treatments are started with wrong antibiotics and without a proper diagnosis of the pathogen. Validated growth-based AST according to EUCAST
Antti Vasala   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A protein quality control pathway at the mitochondrial outer membrane

open access: yeseLife, 2020
Maintaining the essential functions of mitochondria requires mechanisms to recognize and remove misfolded proteins. However, quality control (QC) pathways for misfolded mitochondrial proteins remain poorly defined.
Meredith B Metzger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced efficacy of a Src kinase inhibitor in crowded protein solution

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
The intracellular compartment is a crowded environment. Here, the authors use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to assess inhibitor binding to c-Src kinase and show how ligand binding pathways differ in crowded and dilute protein solutions ...
Kento Kasahara   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The dopamine transporter antiports potassium to increase the uptake of dopamine

open access: yesNature Communications, 2022
The dopamine transporter, DAT, controls dopamine signaling by facilitating its reuptake using the Na+ gradient as driving force. Here, the authors uncover that an antiport of K+ ions also contributes to setting the rate of DAT-mediated dopamine clearance.
Solveig G. Schmidt   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a peptide to disrupt cohesin head domain interactions

open access: yesiScience, 2023
Summary: Cohesin mediates the 3-D structure of chromatin and is involved in maintaining genome stability and function. The cohesin core comprises Smc1 and Smc3, elongated-shaped proteins that dimerize through globular domains at their edges, called head ...
Maria Elias   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The antidepressant drug vilazodone is an allosteric inhibitor of the serotonin transporter

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
Vilazodone (VLZ) is a drug for the treatment of major depressive disorders that targets the serotonin transporter (SERT). Here, the authors combine pharmacology measurements and cryo-EM structural analysis to characterize VLZ binding to SERT and observe ...
Per Plenge   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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