Tilt and azimuthal angles of a transmembrane peptide: a comparison between molecular dynamics calculations and solid-state NMR data of sarcolipin in lipid membranes.

abstract：:The time dependence of magnetic field effects on light absorption by triplet-state and radical ions in quinone-depleted reaction centers of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides strain R-26 has been investigated. Measurements on the time scale of the hyperfine interaction in the radical pair [(BChl)2+. ...BPh-.)] provided kine...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ogrodnik A,Krüger HW,Orthuber H,Haberkorn R,Michel-Beyerle ME,Scheer H

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have applied two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) and betanu correlation spectroscopy to in-situ IR spectroscopy of pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C in lipid-protein monolayers at the air-water interface. For both SP-B and SP-C, a statistical windowed autocorrelation method identified two separate surface pr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shanmukh S,Howell P,Baatz JE,Dluhy RA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) and saturation-recovery spectroscopy employing 14N:15N stearic acid spin-label pairs have been used to study the effects of cholesterol on lateral diffusion and vertical fluctuations in lipid bilayers. The 14N:15N continuous wave electron-electron double resonance (CW ELDOR) ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Yin JJ,Feix JB,Hyde JS

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosystem II contains two well-characterized tyrosine radicals, D(.) and Z(.). Z is an electron carrier between the primary chlorophyll donor and the manganese catalytic site and is essential for enzymatic function. On the other hand, D forms a stable radical with no known role in oxygen evolution. D(.) and Z(.) giv...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ma C,Barry BA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we demonstrate the new method of pulsed interleaved excitation (PIE), which can be used to extend the capabilities of multiple-color fluorescence imaging, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS), and single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer (spFRET) measurements. In PIE, multiple ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Müller BK,Zaychikov E,Bräuchle C,Lamb DC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iberiotoxin, a toxin purified from the scorpion Buthus tamulus is a 37 amino acid peptide having 68% homology with charybdotoxin. Charybdotoxin blocks large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels at nanomolar concentrations from the external side only (Miller, C., E. Moczydlowski, R. Latorre, and M. Phillips. 1985. ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Candia S,Garcia ML,Latorre R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical basis of an optical microscope technique to image dynamically scattered light fluctuation decay rates (dynamic light scattering microscopy) is developed. It is shown that relative motions between scattering centers even smaller than the optical resolution of the microscope are sufficient to produce sig...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dzakpasu R,Axelrod D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their remarkable ability to depress the freezing point of aqueous solutions, antifreeze proteins (AFPs) play a critical role in helping many organisms survive subzero temperatures. The beta-helical insect AFP structures solved to date, consisting of multiple repeating circular loops or coils, are perhaps th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Liu K,Jia Z,Chen G,Tung C,Liu R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental method and analysis are introduced which provide direct quantitation of the strength of adhesive contact for large agglutinin-bonded regions between macroscopically smooth membrane capsules (e.g., red blood cells). The approach yields intrinsic properties for separation of adherent regions independent ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Berk D,Evans E

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption of lambda-phage on sensitive bacteria Escherichia coli is a classical problem but not all issues have been resolved. One of the outstanding problems is the rate of adsorption, which in some cases appears to exceed the theoretical limit imposed by the law of random diffusion. We revisit this problem by condu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moldovan R,Chapman-McQuiston E,Wu XL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid matrix present in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, plays a crucial role in the skin barrier function. The lipids are organized into two lamellar phases. To gain more insight into the molecular organization of one of these lamellar phases, we performed neutron diffraction studies. In the ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Groen D,Gooris GS,Barlow DJ,Lawrence MJ,van Mechelen JB,Demé B,Bouwstra JA

更新日期：2011-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins that cross-link actin filaments can either form bundles of parallel filaments or isotropic networks of individual filaments. We have found that mixtures of actin filaments with alpha-actinin purified from either Acanthamoeba castellanii or chicken smooth muscle can form bundles or isotropic networks depending...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wachsstock DH,Schwartz WH,Pollard TD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several studies have shown that short doubled-stranded DNA (dsDNA) loops more readily than the wormlike chain model predicts. In most of these experiments, the intrinsic bendedness of dsDNA, which in theory can dramatically influence looping dynamics, was either avoided or unaccounted for. To investigate the...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Le TT,Kim HD

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological membranes composed of lipids and proteins are in contact with electrolytes like aqueous NaCl solutions. Based on molecular dynamics studies it is widely believed that Na(+) ions specifically bind to 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) membranes, whereas Cl(-) ions stay in solution. Here,...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Knecht V,Klasczyk B

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell/matrix adhesions are modulated by cytoskeletal or external stresses and adapt to the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix. We propose that this mechanosensitivity arises from the activation of a mechanosensor located within the adhesion itself. We show that this mechanism accounts for the observed di...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nicolas A,Safran SA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wide use of lattice-sum strategies in biomolecular simulations has raised many questions on potential artifacts in these strategies. One interesting question is the artifacts in the counterion distributions of highly charged systems. As one would anticipate, Coulombic interactions under the periodic boundary condi...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ye X,Cai Q,Yang W,Luo R

更新日期：2009-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein solubility in aqueous solutions depends in a complicated and not well understood way on pH, salt type, and salt concentration. Why for instance does the use of two different monovalent salts, potassium thiocyanate and potassium chloride, produce such different results? One important and previously neglected so...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Boström M,Williams DR,Ninham BW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase, a homo-dimeric enzyme from Salmonella typhimurium, covalently binds one pyridoxal 5'-phosphate molecule per subunit as a fluorescent coenzyme. Different tautomers of the Schiff base between the coenzyme and lysine 41 generate structured absorption and fluorescence spectra upon one-photon ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chirico G,Bettati S,Mozzarelli A,Chen Y,Müller JD,Gratton E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of genome-scale metabolic networks is now possible using multiple different data types. Constraint-based modeling is an approach to interrogate capabilities of reconstructed networks by constraining possible cellular behavior through the imposition of physicochemical laws. As a result, a steady-state fl...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Price ND,Schellenberger J,Palsson BO

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of desolvation in protein binding kinetics is investigated using Brownian dynamics simulations in complexes in which the electrostatic interactions are relatively weak. We find that partial desolvation, modeled by a short-range atomic contact potential, is not only a major contributor to the binding free ener...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Camacho CJ,Kimura SR,DeLisi C,Vajda S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bovine eye lens protein, alpha L crystallin, has been studied with photon correlation spectroscopy and statical light scattering in the concentration range up to 200 g/l in different solvent conditions. At higher concentration (c greater than 70 g/l) the scattering behavior is quite complicated, which results in n...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Andries C,Clauwaert J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular space of the brain is the heterogeneous porous medium formed by the spaces between the brain cells. Diffusion in this interstitial space is the mechanism by which glucose and oxygen are delivered to the brain cells from the vascular system. It is also a medium for the transport of certain information...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nandigam RK,Kroll DM

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional theory of transport across capillary membranes via a laminar Poiseuille flow is shown to be invalid. It is demonstrated that the random, diffusive nature of the molecular flow and interactions with the "pore" walls play an important role in the transport process. Neither the continuum Navier-Stokes the...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Schindler AM,Iberall AS

更新日期：1973-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved photovoltage measurements were performed with the acid-blue (bR605A) and acid-purple (bR565A) forms of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) in the time range from 25 ns to 100 s. The bR605A and bR565A pigments were formed by titration with H2SO4 in the absence and presence of 150 mM KCI, respectively. Qualitatively th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moltke S,Heyn MP

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Universal features of the peptide aggregation process suggest a common mechanism, with a first-order phase transition in aqueous solutions of the peptides being the driving force. Small system sizes strongly affect the stability of the minor phase in the two-phase region. We show manifestations of this effect in aqueo...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Singh G,Brovchenko I,Oleinikova A,Winter R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M2 protein from the influenza A virus forms a proton channel in the virion that is essential for infection. This tetrameric protein appears to form a four-helix bundle spanning the viral membrane. Here the solid-state NMR method, 2D polarization inversion spin exchange at magic angle (PISEMA), has been used to obt...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Song Z,Kovacs FA,Wang J,Denny JK,Shekar SC,Quine JR,Cross TA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate kinase, an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphoryl transfer between ATP and AMP, can interconvert between the open and catalytically potent (closed) forms even without binding ligands. Several aspects of the enzyme elasticity and internal dynamics are analyzed here by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations co...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pontiggia F,Zen A,Micheletti C

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulations of protein folding and unfolding are often carried out at temperatures (400-600 K) that are much higher than physiological or room temperature to speed up the (un)folding process. Use of such high temperatures changes both the protein and solvent properties considerably, compared to phys...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Walser R,Mark AE,van Gunsteren WF

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of ribosomal protein S4 from Escherichia coli has been studied by circular dichroism (CD) and shown to possess unique conformation free in solution. The near ultraviolet spectrum suggests the existence of unique tertiary structural environment for the aromatic amino acid residues. The far ultraviolet ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Allen SH,Wong KP

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) protect certain organisms from freezing by adhering to ice crystals, thereby preventing their growth. All AFPs depress the nonequilibrium freezing temperature below the melting point; however AFPs from overwintering insects, such as the spruce budworm (sbw) are 10-100 times more effective th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pertaya N,Marshall CB,Celik Y,Davies PL,Braslavsky I

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00