Computer simulations and theoretical studies of protein translocation

蛋白质易位的计算机模拟和理论研究

• 批准号: 0848571
• 负责人: Dmitrii Makarov
• 金额: $ 40.5万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0848571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; simulations; theoretical; studies; protein

Dmitri Makarov of the University of Texas is funded by an award from the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Program to study biological phenomena that involve the translocation of proteins through pores. Professor Makarov and his research group are developing computational tools and applying them to characterize the relationship between the structure of proteins and their resistance to co-translational unfolding. These computational studies complement recent single-molecule protein translocation experiments. An interdisciplinary workshop on single molecule dynamics that brings together theorists and experimentalists from a variety of disciplines is being planned.Advances in molecular level understanding of the mechanisms of protein translocation may have a broad impact in terms of understanding the diseases that are related to defects in translocation machinery.

得克萨斯大学的德米特里·马卡罗夫（Dmitri Makarov）获得了理论和计算化学项目的资助，研究涉及蛋白质通过孔隙易位的生物现象。Makarov教授和他的研究小组正在开发计算工具，并将其应用于表征蛋白质结构与其抗共翻译展开之间的关系。这些计算研究补充了最近的单分子蛋白质易位实验。目前正在计划举办一个关于单分子动力学的跨学科讲习班，汇集来自不同学科的理论家和实验学家，在分子水平上对蛋白质易位机制的理解的进展可能会对理解与易位机制缺陷有关的疾病产生广泛的影响。