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towards understanding how biomolecules perform their functions via   
 
towards understanding how biomolecules perform their functions via   
 
dynamical motions that are encoded in their three dimensional structures.  
 
dynamical motions that are encoded in their three dimensional structures.  
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Ongoing projects include computer simulations of ABC-transporters and
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damaged DNAs and development of combined quantum mechanical/molecular
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mechanical (QM/MM) methods.
  
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== ABC-transporters ==
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[[File:MalEFGK2.png|frame|right|Maltose transporter from ''E. coli'']]
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Many essential functions of living cells are performed by nanoscale motors
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consisting of protein complexes. The ability of these biomolecular motors to
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utilize chemical free energy to perform mechanical work makes them splendid
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molecular machines. Among various types of molecular motors, ATP-binding cassette
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| [[File:MalEFGK2.png|Maltose transporter from ''E. coli''|link=Research]]
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(ABC) transporter represents a unique family of motor proteins that enable translocations
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| [[File:tt_sp.png|SP lesion in DNA|link=Research]]
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of various substrates across cell membranes, by harnessing the free energy associated with ATP
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binding and hydrolysis. Dysfunctions of ABC-transporters have been linked to a number
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of diseases, including cystic fibrosis, the most common fatal hereditary disease in the US.
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The over expressions of certain ABC-transporters are also known to contribute to multidrug
 
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resistance of tumor cells after cancer patients receive chemotherapy. In bacterial cells,
 
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ABC-transporters are responsible for extrusions of various antibiotics. Making using computer
 
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simulations, this project aims at obtaining a deeper understanding of conformational dynamics, 
 
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enzyme catalysis, as well as the chemomechanical coupling mechanisms under which the chemical
 
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free energy is converted into mechanical work in ABC-transporters.
 
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== QM/MM development ==
 

Latest revision as of 09:23, 29 March 2024

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Our interests lie at the interface between theoretical/computational chemistry and biophysics. The current research in the lab is directed towards understanding how biomolecules perform their functions via dynamical motions that are encoded in their three dimensional structures. Ongoing projects include computer simulations of ABC-transporters and damaged DNAs and development of combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods.

Maltose transporter from E. coli SP lesion in DNA QM/MM
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