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ReviewThe journal of physical chemistry. B2025

Dissecting Large-Scale Structural Transitions in Membrane Transporters Using Advanced Simulation Technologies.

Shashank Pant, Sepehr Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh, Noah Trebesch, Ali Rasouli, Tianle Chen, Karan Kapoor, Po-Chao Wen, Emad Tajkhorshid

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Review in The journal of physical chemistry. B, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shashank PantTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8222-3616
Sepehr Dehghani-GhahnaviyehTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6113-3438
Noah TrebeschTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5536-4862
Ali RasouliTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.
Tianle ChenTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6581-8012
Karan KapoorTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.
Po-Chao WenTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6049-6904
Emad TajkhorshidTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8434-1010

Funding

WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41GM104601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI SCHULTEN, KLAUS · 2012 to 2021
$19.0M
Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and VisualizationR24GM145965 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Emad Tajkhorshid · 2022 to 2026
$6.2M
Molecular mechanism of Na+ -coupled HCO3- transporters: transport of CO3= and CO2R01DK128315 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI BORON, WALTER F, TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2021 to 2024
$2.7M
Dynamics and mechanism of sodium-dependent carboxylate transportersR01DK135088 · NIDDK · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Ruben L Gonzalez, Emad Tajkhorshid · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Structural dynamics of sphingosine-1-phosphate transporters as key therapeutic targets for immune system modulation and cancerR01GM145783 · NIGMS · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI Reza Dastvan · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Dynamic changes in PIP2 binding sites and their impact on axonal targeting and function of epilepsy-associated KCNQ/Kv7 channelsR01NS126584 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Hee Jung Chung · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128315NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK135088NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104601NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM145783NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM145965NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126584
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane transporters are integral membrane proteins that act as gatekeepers of the cell, controlling fundamental processes such as recruitment of nutrients and expulsion of waste material. At a basic level, transporters operate using the "alternating access model," in which transported substances are accessible from only one side of the membrane at a time. This model usually involves large-scale structural changes in the transporter, which often cannot be captured using unbiased, conventional molecular simulation techniques. In this article, we provide an overview of some of the major simulation techniques that have been applied to characterize the structural dynamics and energetics involved in the transition of membrane transporters between their functional states. After briefly introducing each technique, we discuss some of their advantages and limitations and provide some recent examples of their application to membrane transporters.

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Membrane Transport ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein ConformationThermodynamicsMembrane Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID40100959
PMCPMC12085981

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