G. Colombo

Decrypting the languages of allostery in membrane-bound K-Ras4B using four complementary in silico approaches

The paper uses four in silico methods to analyze allostery in K-Ras4B, showing how different 'languages' of allostery change with GTP perturbation.

How Aberrant N-Glycosylation Can Alter Protein Functionality and Ligand Binding: an Atomistic View

The paper investigates how N-glycosylation of GRP94 modulates its conformational dynamics and ligand binding, providing insights for designing inhibitors targeting disease-associated conformations.

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Mutations and Escape from Antibodies: a Computational Model of Epitope Loss in Variants of Concern

This study uses computational models to predict how SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutations affect antibody binding, showing epitope loss in variants of concern.

HIF1a-dependent induction of the mitochondrial chaperone TRAP1 regulates bioenergetic adaptations to hypoxia

This study identifies TRAP1 as a HIF1a-dependent regulator of mitochondrial bioenergetics in hypoxic conditions, showing its role in maintaining respiration in developing embryos and cancer models.

The answer lies in the energy: how simple atomistic molecular dynamics simulations may hold the key to epitope prediction on the fully glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

This paper uses energy-decomposition from molecular dynamics simulations to predict epitopes on the fully glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, identifying immunoreactive regions validated by experimental structures.

Differential Antibody Recognition by Novel SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domains: Mechanistic Insights and Implications for the Design of Diagnostics and Therapeutics

The paper uses energy-based methods to predict antibody-binding epitopes and protein-protein interaction regions in SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV RBDs, revealing structural and sequence differences that explain antibody recognition differences and ACE2 binding sites.

ADAMDEC1 maintains a novel growth factor signaling loop in cancer stem cells

This study identifies a novel signaling loop involving ADAMDEC1 and FGF2/FGFR1 that maintains glioblastoma cancer stem cells and shows targeting this loop reduces tumor growth.