Computer simulations and theoretical studies of protein translocation

得克萨斯大学的德米特里·马卡洛夫是由理论和计算化学计划颁发的一项奖项资助的，该计划研究涉及蛋白质通过毛孔转移的生物现象。马卡洛夫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对共翻译展开的抵抗力之间的关系。这些计算研究补充了最近的单分子蛋白质转位实验。一个关于单分子动力学的跨学科研讨会正在计划中，该研讨会将来自不同学科的理论家和实验者聚集在一起。在分子水平上理解蛋白质易位的机制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。

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.