2025  9

March  5

A Whisper in the Static

 2025/03/18

On the Self and Overthinking — A Thought for Inspiration

On the Self and Overthinking — A Thought for Inspiration

Conformational Coupling Across the Plasma Membrane in Activation of the EGF Receptor

Book Recommendation: Dynamics in Enzyme Catalysis

February  3

Rethinking Life as Protocol — A Philosophical Exploration

 2025/02/28

YOU ARE MY ZING

Book Recommendation: Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Biology

January  1

Borderlands 3: pure chaos, solo fun

 2025/01/12

2024  69

December  3

Gris & Neva: beautiful art!!

 2024/12/12

Multiple Diverse Ligands Binding at a Single Protein Site: A Matter of Pre-existing Populations

Behavior of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) in Protein-Protein Complexes: Emphasis on Fuzziness

October  13

Book Recommendation: Protein Actions: Principles and Modeling

It Takes Two — A Game We Played Together

 2024/10/26

Protein Isoelectric Point (pI) and Intracellular Localization: Relationships and Functional Insights

Water-Membrane Partition Thermodynamics of an Amphiphilic Lipopeptide: An Enthalpy-Driven Hydrophobic Effect

Why Are ‘Natively Unfolded’ Proteins Unstructured Under Physiologic Conditions

Preformed Structural Elements Feature in Partner Recognition by Intrinsically Unstructured Proteins

how to define dilute & semi dilute & high salt concentrations etc

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

models

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

native & recombinant proteins

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

some cloning systems

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

some frameworks

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

Some useful links

 2024/10/05  |   blog,

Structural Characteristics of Protein Binding Sites for Calcium and Lanthanide Ions

September  11

Conformations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Are Influenced by Linear Sequence Distributions of Oppositely Charged Residues

Diversity of Conformational States and Changes within the EF-hand Protein Superfamily

Net Charge Per Residue Modulates Conformational Ensembles of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Structural Basis for Diversity of the EF-hand Calcium-binding Proteins

Structures and Metal-ion Binding Properties of the Ca2+-Binding Helix–Loop–Helix EF-hand Motifs

Pinning Down Proline-Directed Phosphorylation Signaling

Anchor Residues in Protein–Protein Interactions

Identification of a Major Determinant for Serine-Threonine Kinase Phosphoacceptor Specificity

The Hallmark of AGC Kinase Functional Divergence is Its C-terminal Tail, a Cis-acting Regulatory Module

Sequence Determinants of the Conformational Properties of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Prior to and Upon Multisite Phosphorylation

Water and Molecular Chaperones as Weak Links in Protein Folding Networks: A Game Theory View of Protein Folding

August  4

The Changing Landscape of Protein Allostery: Dynamic Ensembles and Functional Shifts

Transient Non-native Hydrogen Bonds Promote Activation of a Signaling Protein

Network Topology of a Potential Energy Landscape: A Static Scale-Free Network

Summer — My Sweet Little Monster

 2024/08/12

July  3

An Inherent Difference Between Serine and Threonine Phosphorylation: Phosphothreonine Strongly Prefers a Highly Ordered, Compact, Cyclic Conformation

Architecture and Membrane Interaction of the EGF Receptor

Conformational Coupling Across the Plasma Membrane in Activation of the EGF Receptor

June  4

Network Protocols vs. Biological Protocols — Advanced Parallels

 2024/06/30

Detroit: Become Human — A Game About Choices and Humanity

 2024/06/25

Algorithms and Biological Behavior

 2024/06/20

Data Structures and Biological Architecture

 2024/06/11

May  9

System Layer — Protocols for Organism-Wide Coordination

 2024/05/31

Life Runs on Protocols

 2024/05/28

Network Layer — How Cells Resolve Conflicting Signals

 2024/05/28

Protocol Layers in Biology — From Molecules to Systems

 2024/05/26

Cellular Layer — How Cells Negotiate and Confirm Signals

 2024/05/21

Evolutionarily Conserved Networks of Residues Mediate Allosteric Communication in Proteins

Zelda and Me

 2024/05/20

Molecular Layer — How Proteins Negotiate

 2024/05/19

Identification of the Autophosphorylation Sites in Rhodopsin Kinase

April  3

Binding Mechanism of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment

Induced Fit, Conformational Selection, and Independent Dynamic Segments: An Extended View of Binding Events

Molecular Mechanism Underlying Ca²⁺/Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase (CaMKK) Signal Transduction

March  13

DFGmodel: Predicting Protein Kinase Structure in Inactive States for Structure-based Discovery of Type-II Inhibitors

Regulation of Protein Kinases: Activation Segment Conformation and Functional Control

Regulatory Modules: Coupling Protein Stability to Phosphorylation during Cell Division

Protein Grabs a Ligand by Extending Anchor Residues: Ca²⁺ Binding Mechanism of Calmodulin

Protein Interaction Kinetics Delimit Phosphorylation-Driven Protein Switches

Strong Links Are Important, but Weak Links Stabilize Them — The Role of Weak Links in Complex Systems

Surface Comparison Reveals Conserved Activation Mechanism in Protein Kinases

Community Analysis of PKA: A Dynamic View of Kinase Architecture

Graded Enhancement of p53-CBP Interaction by Multisite Phosphorylation

Protein Kinases: Evolution of Dynamic Regulatory Proteins

The Conformational Plasticity of Protein Kinases

F-Helix as a Structural Scaffold for Active Protein Kinase Assembly

YOU FOUND RRDD’s pic ⸝⸝•‧̫•⸝⸝

 2024/03/02

February  1

AKAP Signaling Complexes: Focal Points in Space and Time

January  5

CASK Functions as a Mg²⁺-Independent Neurexin Kinase

Intrinsically Disordered Regions Are Poised to Act as Sensors of Cellular Chemistry

Single-Molecule Spectroscopy Reveals Polymer Effects of Disordered Proteins in Crowded Environments

Structural Biases in Disordered Proteins Are Prevalent in the Cell

Revealing the Hidden Sensitivity of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Their Chemical Environments

2023  52

December  1

Homing In: Mechanisms of Substrate Targeting by Protein Kinases

November  3

Structures of Two Repeats of Spectrin Suggest Models of Flexibility

SOCKET: A Program for Identifying and Analyzing Coiled-Coil Motifs within Protein Structures

Principles of Helix-Helix Packing in Proteins: The Helical Lattice Superposition Model

October  2

Structure-Function of the Multifunctional Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII)

Phosphoproteomics of the Arabidopsis Plasma Membrane and a New Phosphorylation Site Database

September  4

Autophosphorylation: A Salient Feature of Protein Kinases

Structural Evidence for Loose Linkage Between Ligand Binding and Kinase Activation in EGFR

Molecular Evolution of CDPKs in Plants and Protists: The Role of Ancestral Introns

A Temporary Gating of Actin Remodeling during Synaptic Plasticity: Interplay between the Kinase and Structural Functions of CaMKII

August  12

Assembly of Allosteric Macromolecular Switches: Lessons from PKA

Activation of the Essential Kinase PDK1 by Phosphoinositide-Driven Trans-Autophosphorylation

Ile441 Is Essential for Autoinhibition of CaMKK: Regulatory Mechanism of Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase

Decoding Ca²⁺ Signals Through Plant Protein Kinases

Mechanism of CDK Activation Revealed by the Structure of a CyclinA-CDK2 Complex

Variable Calcium Sensitivity in Arabidopsis CDPKs: Activated or Not by Calcium?

How Do Kinases Transfer Phosphoryl Groups

Structure of the Autoinhibited CaMKII Kinase Domain and SAXS Analysis of the Holoenzyme

A Mechanism for Tunable Autoinhibition in the Structure of Human CaMKII Holoenzyme

αKAP as an Anchoring Protein for a Novel CaMKII Isoform in Skeletal Muscle

Regulation of the ABC Kinases by Phosphorylation: Protein Kinase C as a Paradigm

Allosteric Activation of Toxoplasma CDPK1: A Splint Model for Kinase Regulation

July  21

Structural Insights into Apicomplexan CDPK Activation: A Calcium-Triggered Mechanism

The CaMKII Holoenzyme Structure in Activation-Competent Conformation

Membrane Binding of Recoverin: From Mechanistic Understanding to Biological Functionality

Unique Conformational Adaptation of Calmodulin to CaMKK: A Distinct Mode of Calcium-Dependent Kinase Regulation

Autonomous Activity of CaMKKβ via Intramolecular Autophosphorylation at Thr482: A Mechanism to Bypass Calcium-Calmodulin Dependency

Target-Induced Conformational Adaptation of Calmodulin in Complex with Nematode CaMKK Peptide: Insights into Calcium-Dependent Kinase Regulation

The Calmodulin-Fused Kinase (CFK) Family: A Major System Converting Calcium Signals into Protein Phosphorylation in Plants

Common Activation Mechanism in CDPK: Structural Insights into CAD Refolding

N-terminal Domain of CDPK1 Determines Substrate Specificity: A Key to Rewiring Kinase Signaling

Prediction of EF-hand-like Calcium Binding Regions in Myosin Light Chain and T4 Lysozyme

Comparative Modeling Studies of the Calmodulin-like Domain of CDPK from Soybean

Discovery of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase (CDPK) as a Calmodulin-like Kinase Family

Real-Time Imaging of CDPK Conformational Changes Reveals Calcium-Decoding Mechanisms in Planta

Calmodulin Trapping by CaMKII: A Mechanism for Frequency Decoding of Calcium Signals

Structure of the Regulatory Apparatus of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase (CDPK): A Novel Mode of Calmodulin-Target Recognition

Dual Role of Calmodulin in CaMKII Autophosphorylation: Decoding Calcium Frequency

Evidence for Differing Roles for Each Lobe of the Calmodulin-like Domain in a Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase

Unexpected Structure of the Ca2+-Regulatory Region from Soybean Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase-Alpha

Activation of a Ca2+-dependent Protein Kinase Involves Intramolecular Binding of a Calmodulin-like Regulatory Domain

Membrane Localization of a Rice Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase (CDPK) Is Mediated by Myristoylation and Palmitoylation

Tobacco Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases Are Differentially Phosphorylated In Vivo as Part of a Kinase Cascade That Regulates Stress Response

June  3

Autophosphorylation-Dependent Activation of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase from Groundnut

Histidine Protein Kinases: Key Signal Transducers Outside the Animal Kingdom

Encoded, Embedded, Alive

 2023/06/10

May  2

Predicting Coiled-Coil from Protein Sequences: A 1991 Science Classic

KALRN: A Central Regulator of Synaptic Function and Synaptopathies (Gene, 2021)

April  4

Rapid Whole Cell Imaging Reveals a Calcium-APPL1-Dynein Nexus that Regulates Cohort Trafficking of Stimulated EGF Receptors

Some Sakura Pic Dump

 2023/04/15

A Critical Evolution of Protein Kinase Regulation by Activation Loop Autophosphorylation

Kinetic and Catalytic Mechanisms of Protein Kinases

2022  13

November  1

Little Nightmares — A Dark Fairy Tale You Don’t Forget

 2022/11/25

October  1

SO CUTE HER

 2022/10/29

September  1

SO CUTEEEE HER ᕱ⑅ᕱ

 2022/09/27

April  1

Crusader Kings III: Where History Meets Chaos — A Personal Journey

 2022/04/01

February  8

Some Hangzhou Pic Dump

 2022/02/12

Some KST Pic Dump

 2022/02/12

Some LZU Pic Dump

 2022/02/12

Some MTL Pic Dump

 2022/02/12

Some WPG Pic Dump

 2022/02/12

FIRST OF first

 2022/02/08

Systems We Build, Systems We Are

 2022/02/08

What Would a Biological Protocol Look Like?

 2022/02/08

January  1

Hades — A Roguelike That Feels Personal

 2022/01/03
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