Structural bases of proton dynamics in viroporins by multiscale modelling and simulation (C07*)

• Subject Area: Biophysics
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 221545957

This project focuses on the development and application of methods for the characterization of the long timescale conformational transitions coupled with protonation dynamics in proteins. By combining statistical mechanics, machine learning and molecular dynamic simulations, we will design coarse-grained and multiscale models to study the global structural changes coupled with deprotonation/reprotonation events in phytochromes, and the structural bases underlying proton conductance of a set of newly discovered viral proton channels (viroporins).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1078: Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professorin Cecilia Clementi, Ph.D.