Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

蒙大拿大学(UM)生物分子结构与动力学中心(CBSD)植根于结构生物学，但涉及多学科。该计划的基本原理是基于这样一种看法，即有效的生物医学创新是由对大分子结构的理解推动的，而大分子结构又必须以实验和理论化学原理为基础。CBSD的教职员工来自化学与生物化学系、生物科学系和生物医学与制药科学系。这一群体中有CBSD的教职员工，他们拥有光谱学、结构生物学、生物化学以及机械和理论化学方面的专业知识。我们建立在持续的制度支持的坚实基础上。与CBSD相关的是一个新设立的生物化学和生物物理学跨学科研究生课程。建议的Cobre的目标是将对细胞和分子生理学、机械生物化学、化学生物学以及理论和计算化学有研究兴趣的研究人员整合到一个互动和协作的网络中。通过创建CBSD Cobre，我们的目标是通过实施本提案的四个目标来为这一愿景提供结构： 目标1.在科布雷主题范围内为五个跨学科研究项目提供研究支持。这些项目使用理论和物理化学方法来阐明参与信号转导和色氨酸分解代谢的酶的催化机制。基于结构的同源模拟和化学生物学方法将被用来设计阿片受体的新配体，并表征多药耐药转运蛋白的结合位点。异核核磁共振实验将用于阐明Junin arenav膜融合糖蛋白的关键结构域的结构。目标2将在CBSD附属部门招聘两名新的教员，以加强现有的优势并在CBSD内引入新的专业知识。AIM 3将通过支持大分子X射线衍射、大分子核磁共振、生物光谱学和分子计算方面的关键核心研究设施，支持CBSD教职员工参与的合作活动。AIM 4将建立一个支持性计划，以维持一个智力上充满活力和凝聚力的CBSD，促进基础设施发展、指导、科学交流和合作，并具有强大的咨询和自我评估结构。

The Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (CBSD) at the University of Montana (UM) is rooted in structural biology but multidisciplinary in scope. The rationale that underlies this program is based on the perception that effective biomedical innovation is driven from an understanding of macromolecular structure, which in turn, must be grounded on principles of experimental and theoretical chemistry. CBSD faculty are drawn from Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, the Division of Biological Science and the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Among this group are CBSD faculty with expertise in spectroscopy, structural biology, biochemistry and mechanistic and theoretical chemistry. We build on a strong foundation of sustained institutional support. Associated with the CBSD is a newly established interdisciplinary graduate program in Biochemistry and Biophysics. The goal of the proposed COBRE is to integrate investigators with research interests in cell and molecular physiology, mechanistic biochemistry, chemical biology, and theoretical and computational chemistry, into an interactive and collaborative network. With the creation of a CBSD COBRE, it is our goal to give structure to this vision by implementing the four aims of this proposal: Aim 1. Provide research support for five interdisciplinary research projects within the COBRE theme. These projects use theoretical and physical chemical methods to elucidate the catalytic mechanisms of enzymes involved in signal transduction and tryptophan catabolism. Structure-based homology modeling and chemical biology approaches will be used to design new ligands for the opioid receptor and to characterize the binding sites of the multidrug resistance transporter. Heteronuclear NMR experiments will be used to elucidate the structures of critical domains in the Junin arenavirus membrane fusion glycoprotein. Aim 2 shall be to recruit two new faculty members to CBSD-affiliated departments to build on existing strengths and introduce new expertise within the CBSD. Aim 3 will support collaborative activities involving CBSD faculty by sustaining of critical core research facilities in Macromolecular X-ray diffraction, Macromolecular NMR, BioSpectroscopy and Molecular Computation. Aim 4 will establish a supportive program to sustain an intellectually vibrant and cohesive CBSD that promotes infrastructure development, mentoring, scientific exchange and collaboration, with a robust advisory and self-assessment structure.