Three TCBG publications in January issue of STRUCTURE
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (TCBG) wins a triple header.
Researchers of the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group have published three papers in a single issue of the prestigeous journal Structure.
- Tuning the mechanical stability of fibronectin type III modules through sequence variation. David Craig, Mu Gao, Klaus Schulten, and Viola Vogel.
- Molecular Basis of Proton Blockage in Aquaporins. Nilmadhab Chakrabarti, Emad Tajkhorshid, Benoît Roux, and Régis Pomès.
- Structural basis for cooperative DNA binding by CAP and Lac repressor. Alexander Balaeff, L. Mahadevan, and Klaus Schulten.
Structure, 12: 21-30, 2004.
Using steered molecular dynamics, the authors investigated how the
mechanical stability of FnIII modules from the cell adhesion protein
fibronectin is affected by natural variations in their amino acid
sequences. More on the subject can be found here.
The
paper was introduced in a commentary in the same issue of Structure:
FnIII Domains: Predicting Mechanical Stability.
Ross W. S. Rounsevell and Jane Clarke.
Structure, 12: 4-5, 2004.
Structure, 12: 65-74, 2004.
The authors examined in this paper the molecular basis for the blockage of proton translocation through the single-file water chain in the pore of a bacterial aquaporin, GlpF. More on the subject can be found here.
Structure, 12: 123-132, 2004.
The authors derive a multiscale model of the ternary protein - DNA complex
from crystal structures of the lac repressor and catabolic activator
protein, togetehr with DNA decribed mathematically through the theory of
elasticity. More information on the project can be found here.
This article was
introduced in a commentary in the same issue of Structure:
Spanning the Length Scales of Biomolecular Simulation.
Willy Wriggers
Structure, 12: 1-2, 2004.