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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. A2025

Roles of Hydration in Protein-Ligand Binding: Passive or Active Participant?

Kacie A Evans, He Mirabel Sun, Morgan Powers, Carter Lantz, Arthur Laganowsky, Hays Rye, David H Russell

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry. A, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kacie A EvansDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
He Mirabel SunDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Morgan PowersDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Carter LantzDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
Arthur LaganowskyDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5012-5547
Hays RyeDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9420-3137
David H RussellDepartment of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0830-3914

Funding

Understanding the role of lipids in structure and function of membrane proteinsRM1GM145416 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI Erin S Baker, Arthur D Laganowsky · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Native Mass Spectrometry Guided Structural Biology CenterRM1GM149374 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Vicki H. Wysocki · 2023 to 2026
$5.0M
Mechanism of protein aggregate recognition and disassembly by molecular chaperonesR01GM134063 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI RYE, HAYS S · 2019 to 2022
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM134063NIGMS NIH HHS RM1 GM145416NIGMS NIH HHS RM1 GM149374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydration is a critical yet often underappreciated factor that influences protein dynamics in solution, with direct effects on structure, stability, and interactions such as ligand binding. Native mass spectrometry (nMS) enables the analysis of biomolecules in their solution states, which are shaped by cofactors, osmolytes, ligands, and notably, hydration. Here, we employ variable-temperature electrospray ionization to address a central question in molecular biophysics: does hydration act as a passive background solvent or as an active participant in modulating ligand binding? To investigate these effects, temperature-dependent changes in average charge state (

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Escherichia coli ProteinsWaterAdenosine DiphosphateDeuterium OxideLigandsProtein BindingProtein ConformationTemperatureThermodynamicsAdenosine DiphosphateDeuterium OxideEscherichia coli ProteinsLigandsWater

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PMID41026809
PMCPMC12516730

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