Binding of an RNA aptamer and a partial peptide of a prion protein: crucial importance of water entropy in molecular recognition

Structural and Thermodynamic Characteristics That Seed Aggregation of Amyloid-β Protein in Water

(2012) Song-Ho Chong et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Anti-prion activity of an RNA aptamer and its structural basis

(2012) Tsukasa Mashima et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

High-resolution structures of two complexes between thrombin and thrombin-binding aptamer shed light on the role of cations in the aptamer inhibitory activity

(2012) Irene Russo Krauss et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Impact of chemical heterogeneity on protein self-assembly in water

(2012) S.-H. Chong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of heme on the thermal stability of mesophilic and thermophilic cytochromes c: Comparison between experimental and theoretical results

(2011) Koji Oda et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Evaluation of protein-ligand binding free energy focused on its entropic components

(2011) Shuntaro Chiba et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Functionality Mapping on Internal Surfaces of Multidrug Transporter AcrB Based on Molecular Theory of Solvation: Implications for Drug Efflux Pathway

(2011) Takashi Imai et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Rotation Mechanism of F1-ATPase: Crucial Importance of the Water Entropy Effect

(2011) Takashi Yoshidome et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Using personal glucose meters and functional DNA sensors to quantify a variety of analytical targets

(2011) Yu Xiang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Crucial importance of the water-entropy effect in predicting hot spots in protein–protein complexes

(2011) Hiraku Oshima et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Delivery of siRNA Therapeutics: Barriers and Carriers

(2010) Jie Wang et al.   AAPS Journal

Understanding protein non-folding

(2010) Vladimir N. Uversky et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Three-Dimensional Molecular Theory of Solvation Coupled with Molecular Dynamics in Amber

(2010) Tyler Luchko et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Conformational plasticity of RNA for target recognition as revealed by the 2.15 Å crystal structure of a human IgG–aptamer complex

(2010) Yusuke Nomura et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Anti-bovine Prion protein RNA aptamer containing tandem GGA repeat interacts both with recombinant bovine prion protein and its β isoform with high affinity

(2010) Kazuyoshi Murakami et al.   Prion

Theoretical analysis on thermal stability of a protein focused on the water entropy

(2009) Ken-ichi Amano et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

Roles of translational motion of water molecules in sustaining life

(2009) Masahiro Kinoshita   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Importance of Translational Entropy of Water in Biological Self-Assembly Processes like Protein Folding

(2009) Masahiro Kinoshita   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

A theoretical analysis on characteristics of protein structures induced by cold denaturation

(2009) Hiraku Oshima et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular origin of the negative heat capacity of hydrophilic hydration

(2009) Masahiro Kinoshita et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Ligand Mapping on Protein Surfaces by the 3D-RISM Theory: Toward Computational Fragment-Based Drug Design

(2009) Takashi Imai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Unique quadruplex structure and interaction of an RNA aptamer against bovine prion protein

(2009) T. Mashima et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Molecular mechanism of pressure denaturation of proteins

(2008) Yuichi Harano et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Thermodynamics of apoplastocyanin folding: Comparison between experimental and theoretical results

(2008) Takashi Yoshidome et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular origin of the hydrophobic effect: Analysis using the angle-dependent integral equation theory

(2008) Masahiro Kinoshita   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Structural and molecular basis for hyperspecificity of RNA aptamer to human immunoglobulin G

(2008) S. Miyakawa et al.   RNA

Crystal structure of an RNA aptamer bound to thrombin

(2008) S. B. Long et al.   RNA