Computational studies on the interactions of nanomaterials with proteins and their impacts
An De-Yia),b), Su Ji-Guob), Li Chun-Hua†c), Li Jing-Yuan‡a)
       
Impacts of carbon nanotube (CNT) on protein function. (a) (left) The binding of single CNT hinders the interaction between YAP65 (green) and its native ligand PRM (navy). (right) The interaction mode of CNT. The binding scaffold residues are highlighted as red sticks. Adapted with permission from Ref. [ 48 ]. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society. (b) (left) Representative configuration of a CNT-CaM complex and a representation of the end-to-end distance of the inter-domain linker. (right) Difference in the end-to-end distance between two states. Inset: End-to-end distances of inter-domain linkers in different complexes. Reproduced from Ref. [ 68 ] with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry.