Publications

Exploring the Functional Landscape of the p53 Regulatory Domain: The Stabilizing Role of Post-Translational Modifications.

Published in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2024

This study uses fully atomistic explicit water molecular dynamics simulations to explore the functional landscape of the intrinsically disordered p53 regulatory domain, revealing a detailed understanding of how varying the number of phosphorylated amino acids impacts its conformational dynamics, flexibility, structural effects, protein interactivity, and energy landscapes.

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Deeper Insight of the Conformational Ensemble of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Published in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2024

This study introduces an approach to better understand the conformational ensemble (CoE) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by decomposing the ensemble of the model peptide histatin 5 into groups separated by their radius of gyration (Rg​) using a combination of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and all-atomistic molecular dynamics simulations.

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Streamlining NMR Chemical Shift Predictions for Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Design of Ensembles with Dimensionality Reduction and Clustering

Published in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2024

This study streamlines the sampling procedure for predicting NMR chemical shifts (CS) in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) by merging dimensionality reduction (DR) (specifically using solvent-accessible surface area (SASA)) and clustering algorithms (CA) to generate clustered ensembles (CEs) that outperform traditional sequential ensembles.

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Atomistic Details of Methyl Linoleate Pyrolysis: Direct Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Converting Biodiesel to Petroleum Products

Published in Energies, 2024

The long-term unsustainability of petroleum-based products is addressed by investigating the direct molecular dynamics simulation of the pyrolysis of methyl linoleate (a biodiesel substitute) to understand the atomistic details of its decomposition and identify alternative, renewable pathways to produce valuable petrochemical precursors like ethene and propene.

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