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Water Contribution to the Protein Folding and its Relevance in Protein Design and Protein Aggregation
Giancarlo Franzese, Joan Àguila Rojas, Valentino Bianco +1
Water plays a fundamental role in protein stability. However, the effect of the properties of water on the behaviour of proteins is only partially understood. Several theories have…
In silico evidence that protein unfolding is as a precursor of the protein aggregation
Valentino Bianco, Giancarlo Franzese, Ivan Coluzza
We present a computational study on the folding and aggregation of proteins in aqueous environment, as function of its concentration. We show how the increase of the concentration…
Limiting the valence: advancements and new perspectives on patchy colloids, soft functionalized nanoparticles and biomolecules
Emanuela Bianchi, Barbara Capone, Ivan Coluzza +2
Limited bonding valence, usually accompanied by well-defined directional interactions and selective bonding mechanisms, is nowadays considered among the key ingredients to create c…
How the stability of a folded protein depends on interfacial water properties and residue-residue interactions
Valentino Bianco, Neus Pagès Gelabert, Ivan Coluzza +1
Proteins work only if folded in their native state, but changes in temperature T and pressure P induce their unfolding. Therefore for each protein there is a stability region (SR)…
Universal criterion for designability of heteropolymers
Chiara Cardelli, Valentino Bianco, Lorenzo Rovigatti +4
Proteins are an example of heteropolymers able to self-assemble in specific target structures. The self-assembly of designed artificial heteropolymers is still, to the best of our…
JETSPIN: a specific-purpose open-source software for simulations of nanofiber electrospinning
Marco Lauricella, Giuseppe Pontrelli, Ivan Coluzza +2
We present the open-source computer program JETSPIN, specifically designed to simulate the electrospinning process of nanofibers. Its capabilities are shown with proper reference t…