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

Notes on 2002 Protein Science review on how proteins with specificity bind multiple diverse ligands through pre-existing conformational populations and hinge-bending motions.

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

Notes on 2002 Protein Science review on how proteins with specificity bind multiple diverse ligands through pre-existing conformational populations and hinge-bending motions.

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

Notes on 2008 Biophysical Journal paper analyzing the thermodynamics of membrane insertion for an H-ras lipopeptide anchor (ANCH), highlighting the role of enthalpy-driven hydrophobic effects and conformational selection.

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

Notes on 2008 Biophysical Journal paper analyzing the thermodynamics of membrane insertion for an H-ras lipopeptide anchor (ANCH), highlighting the role of enthalpy-driven hydrophobic effects and conformational selection.

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

Notes on a 1999 Proteins review analyzing the conformational diversity of EF-hand motifs in calcium-binding proteins. Introduces Vector Geometry Mapping (VGM) to dissect helix movements beyond simple interhelical angles, and discusses functional implications of EF-hand plasticity.

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

Notes on a 1999 Proteins review analyzing the conformational diversity of EF-hand motifs in calcium-binding proteins. Introduces Vector Geometry Mapping (VGM) to dissect helix movements beyond simple interhelical angles, and discusses functional implications of EF-hand plasticity.

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

Notes on 2006 JMB review detailing EF-hand protein diversity, mechanisms of Ca2+ binding, and conformational change. Highlights the EFbeta-scaffold model and structural determinants of domain opening in calcium-binding proteins.

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

Notes on 2006 JMB review detailing EF-hand protein diversity, mechanisms of Ca2+ binding, and conformational change. Highlights the EFbeta-scaffold model and structural determinants of domain opening in calcium-binding proteins.

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

Notes on 2007 Biochemical Journal review discussing EF-hand structural diversity, Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺ binding properties, cooperativity, and conformational changes. Focus on EF-hand pairing, metal selectivity, and functional adaptation for signaling.

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

Notes on 2007 Biochemical Journal review discussing EF-hand structural diversity, Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺ binding properties, cooperativity, and conformational changes. Focus on EF-hand pairing, metal selectivity, and functional adaptation for signaling.

Pinning Down Proline-Directed Phosphorylation Signaling

Notes on a 2002 Trends in Cell Biology review introducing phosphorylation-specific prolyl isomerization as a novel signaling mechanism. Pin1-mediated cis-trans switching of pSer/Thr-Pro motifs acts as a conformational timer for cellular signaling, impacting activity, interactions, and localization of key regulatory proteins.

Pinning Down Proline-Directed Phosphorylation Signaling

Notes on a 2002 Trends in Cell Biology review introducing phosphorylation-specific prolyl isomerization as a novel signaling mechanism. Pin1-mediated cis-trans switching of pSer/Thr-Pro motifs acts as a conformational timer for cellular signaling, impacting activity, interactions, and localization of key regulatory proteins.

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

A groundbreaking exploration of how sequence patterning, especially proline and charge distributions, governs the conformational behavior of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) even under multisite phosphorylation, with compensatory conformational changes maintaining overall dimensions.

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

A groundbreaking exploration of how sequence patterning, especially proline and charge distributions, governs the conformational behavior of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) even under multisite phosphorylation, with compensatory conformational changes maintaining overall dimensions.

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

A groundbreaking study connecting protein folding energy landscapes to functional conformational changes in signaling proteins, showing how transient, non-native hydrogen bonds lower transition barriers and facilitate activation without unfolding.

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