Where soft matter meets living matter--protein structure, stability, and folding in the cell.
Where soft matter meets living matter--protein structure, stability, and folding in the cell.
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10.1016/j.sbi.2013.02.005
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发表时间:
2013-04
影响因子:
6.8
通讯作者:
Cheung MS
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Cheung MS
A protein is a biopolymer that self-assembles through the process of protein folding. A cell is a crowded space where the surrounding macromolecules of a protein can limit the number of ways of folding. These crowding macromolecules can also affect the shape and the size of a physically malleable, or “soft, squishy”, protein with regulatory purposes. In this review, we focus on the in silico approaches of coarse-grained molecular simulations that enable the investigation of protein folding in a cell-like environment. When these simulation results were compared with experimentally measured properties of a protein, such joint effort has yielded new ideas on the specific function of a protein in cells. We also highlight the recent developments of computer modeling and simulations that encompass the importance of the shape of a macromolecule, the interactions between macromolecules, and the hydrodynamic interactions on the kinetics and thermodynamics of a protein in a high concentration of protein solution and in cytoplasmic environments.
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DOI:
10.1038/nsb1001-879
发表时间:
2001-10-01
期刊:
NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
2.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
5.6
作者:
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通讯作者:
Cheung, Margaret S.
影响因子:
15
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
3.4
作者:
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通讯作者:
Minton, AP