Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25913536›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2015

Computational characterization of structural dynamics underlying function in active membrane transporters.

Jing Li, Po-Chao Wen, Mahmoud Moradi, Emad Tajkhorshid

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The allosteric mechanism of substrate-specific transport in SLC6 is mediated by a volumetric sensor.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  12. Shared dynamics of LeuT superfamily members and allosteric differentiation by structural irregularities and multimerization.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018
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  15. Structural and functional significance of water permeation through cotransporters.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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  16. Simulating the Function of the MjNhaP1 Transporter.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing LiDepartment of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.
Po-Chao WenDepartment of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.
Mahmoud MoradiDepartment of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.
Emad TajkhorshidDepartment of Biochemistry, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States. Electronic address: emad@life.illinois.edu.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Synthetic Antigen Binder CoreU54GM087519 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI BOWIE, JAMES U · 2010 to 2017
$31.9M
WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41RR005969 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI STONE, JOHN H · 1990 to 2011
$19.8M
WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41GM104601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2012 to 2021
$19.0M
Molecular Mechanisms of Active Transport Across Cellular MembranesR01GM086749 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR005969NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104601NIGMS NIH HHS P41-GM104601NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM086749NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM086749NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM087519NIGMS NIH HHS U54-GM087519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Active transport of materials across the cellular membrane is one the most fundamental processes in biology. In order to accomplish this task, membrane transporters rely on a wide range of conformational changes spanning multiple time and size scales. These molecular events govern key functional aspects in membrane transporters, namely, coordinated gating motions underlying the alternating access mode of operation, and coupling of uphill transport of substrate to various sources of energy, for example, transmembrane electrochemical gradients and ATP binding and hydrolysis. Computational techniques such as molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations have equipped us with a powerful repertoire of biophysical tools offering unparalleled spatial and temporal resolutions that can effectively complement experimental methodologies, and therefore help fill the gap of knowledge in understanding the molecular basis of function in membrane transporters.

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Computer SimulationBiological TransportLipid MetabolismMembrane Transport ProteinsModels, MolecularWaterMembrane Transport ProteinsWater

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PMID25913536
PMCPMC4476910
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