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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Membrane Fusion.

Owen Tyoe, Kai Zhang, Jiajie Diao

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Owen TyoeDepartment of Physics, University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Kai ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. kaizkaiz@illinois.edu.
Jiajie DiaoDepartment of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. jiajie.diao@uc.edu.

Funding

The role of VAMP2 in alpha-synuclein function and pathologyR01NS121077 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI BURRE, JACQUELINE, DIAO, JIAJIE · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) protein complex drives membrane fusion, and this process is further aided by accessory proteins, including complexin and α-synuclein. To understand the molecular mechanism underlying membrane fusion, we introduce an all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method. This method is used to understand and predict the conformations of protein and lipids, membrane geometry, and their interaction at femtosecond precision, by describing complex chemical systems with atomic models. Simulation results reveal information on distinct membrane fusion stages, including docking, hemifusion, and kiss-and-run fusion. Here, we introduce the simulation workflow, consisting of pre-MD construction, pre-MD setup in GROMACS, MD in GROMACS, and analysis.

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Membrane FusionMolecular Dynamics SimulationSNARE Proteinsalpha-SynucleinHumansProtein Conformationalpha-SynucleinSNARE ProteinsMD simulationMembrane fusionSNARE proteinsSynaptic vesicles

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PMID39806145
PMCPMC11808403

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