Yanxin Liu
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
Beckman Institute, Room 3165
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
405 N. Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Home Department: Physics
Office Phone: (217)244-1733
Email Address: yliu@ks.uiuc.edu
Education
- M.S. in Physics, Florida International University, 2007
- B.S. in Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2004
Research Interests
- Molecular dynamics simulations of protein folding
- Biological flow sensor in blood vessel
- Stepping mechanism of molecular motor protein
Publications
- Extension of a three-helix bundle domain of myosin VI and key role of calmodulins.
- Formation of salt bridges mediates internal dimerization of myosin VI medial tail domain.
- Challenges in protein-folding simulations.
- Flow-induced β-hairpin folding of the Glycoprotein Ibα β-switch.
- Stabilization of native and non-native structures by salt bridges in a lattice model of the GCN4 leucine dimer.
- The trigger sequence in the GCN4 Leucine zipper: alpha-helical propensity and multistate dynamics of folding and dimerization.
- Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 Leucine zipper.
- Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide.
- The study of I-V characteristics of single electron triple-barrier tunnel-junction.
Yanxin Liu, Jen Hsin, HyeongJun Kim, Paul R. Selvin, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 100:2964-2973, 2011.
Cover article
HyeongJun Kim, Jen Hsin, Yanxin Liu, Paul R. Selvin, and Klaus Schulten. Structure, 18:1443-1449, 2010.
Preview by D. Thirumalai and Z. Zhang.
Peter L. Freddolino, Christopher B. Harrison, Yanxin Liu, Klaus Schulten. Nature Physics, 6:751-758, 2010.
Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 20:8.
Xueqing Zou, Yanxin Liu, Zhongzhou Chen, Gloria Ines Cárdenas-Jirón, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 99, 1182-1191, 2010.
Yanxin Liu, Prem P. Chapagain, Bernard S. Gerstman. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114:796-803, 2010.
Prem P. Chapagain, Yanxin Liu, Bernard S. Gerstman. Journal of Chemical Physics, 129:175103, 2008.
Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 16:10.
Yanxin Liu, Prem P. Chapagain, Jose L. Parra, Bernard S. Gerstman. Journal of Chemical Physics, 128:045106, 2008.
Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 15:3.
Prem P. Chapagain, Jose L. Parra, Bernard S. Gerstman, Yanxin Liu. Journal of Chemical Physics, 127:075103, 2007.
Selected for the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 14:5.
Yanxin Liu, Yongchang Wang, Shaoyi Du. Acta Physica Sinica, 53:2734-2740, 2004.