Published/in press 2018-2024
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332. Dynamic electronic structure fluctuations in the de novo peptide ACC-dimer revealed by first-principles theory and machine learning, P. Mastracco, L. N. Mohanam, G. Nagaro, S. Prusty, Y. Oh, R. Wu, Q. Cui, A. I. Hochbaum, S. M. Copp*, S. Sharifzadeh*, J. Chem. Inf. Model., Submitted (2024)
331. Fluctuations of site energies and couplings in the Peridinin-Chlorophyll\,a-Protein – Insights from Classical and QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulations, M. Sokolov, Q. Cui*, Invited article for Biochemistry (Special Issue on “Computational Biochemistry”), Submitted (2024)
330. Hydrogen Bonding Blues: Vibrational Spectroscopy of the TIP3P Water Model, Z. A. Piskulich*, Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Phys. In press (2024)
329. CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in accessibility, functionality, and speed, W. Hwang et al, Q. Cui et al., C. L. Brooks III*, B. R. Brooks*, M. Karplus*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 128, 9976-10042 (2024)
328. The molecular basis for the increased stability of the FUS-LC fibril at the anionic membrane- and air-water interfaces, S. Paul, S. Mondal, I. Shenogina, Q. Cui*, Chem. Sci. 15, 13788-13799 (2024)
327. Click-free imaging of carbohydrate trafficking in live cells using an azido photothermal probe, Q. Xia, H. A. Perera, R. Bolarinho, Z. A. Piskulich, Z. Guo, J. Yin, H. He, M. Li, X. Ge, Q. Cui, O. Ramstrom, M. Yan*, J.-X. Cheng*, Sci. Adv., 10, eadq0294 (2024)
326. Delineating the shape of COPII coated membrane bud, S. Paul, A. Audhya and Q. Cui*, PNAS Nexus, 3, 305 (2024)
325. Electronic Polarization Leads to a Drier Dewetted State for Hydrophobic Gating in the Big Potassium Channel, J. Deng and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 7436-7441 (2024)
324. Complete Computational Reaction Mechanism for Foldamer-Catalyzed Aldol Condensation, R. Brown, D. Demapan, Q. Cui*, ACS Catal. 14, 7624-7638 (2024)
323. Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics: A Molecular Perspective , M. Elstner, Q. Cui and M. Gruden, Springer (2024)
322. Effect of polymer coating on nanoparticles interaction with lipid membranes by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, E. Donadoni, P. Siani, G. Frigerio, C. Milani, Q. Cui, C. Di Valentin*, Nanoscale, 16, 9108-9122 (2024)
321. Efficient Sampling of Cavity Hydration in Proteins with Nonequilibrium Grand Canonical Monte Carlo and Polarizable Force Fields, J. Deng and Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20, 1897-1911 (2024)
320. Sequence sensitivity in membrane remodeling by polyampholyte condensates, S. Mondal, Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. B, Greg Voth Festschrift, 128, 2087-2099 (2024)
319. Flexibility of Binding Site is Essential to the Ca2+ Selectivity in EF-hand Calcium-binding Protein, R. Lai*, G, Li and Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 7628-7639 (2024)
318. Modulation of Allostery with Multiple Mechanisms by Hotspot Mutations in TetR, J. Deng*, Y. Yuan and Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 2757-2768 (2024)
317. The catalytic mechanism of the RNA-methyltransferase METTL3, I. Corbeski, P. A. Vargas-Rosales, R. K. Bedi, J. Deng, D. Coelho, E. Braud, L. Iannazzo, Y. Li, D. Huang, M. Etheve-Quelquejeu, Q. Cui, A. Caflisch*, eLife, 12, RP92537 (2024)
316. Lysine-rich motif of synaptotagmin 1 regulates Ca2+ binding via liquid-liquid phase separation, N. Mehta, S. Mondal, E. T. Watson, Q. Cui, and E. R. Chapman*, Nat. Commun., 15, 262 (2024)
315. A parametrized two-domain thermodynamic model explains diverse mutational effects on protein allostery, Z. Liu, T. Gillis, S. Raman, Q. Cui*, eLife, 12, RP92262 (2024)
314. B56$\delta$ long-disordered arms form a dynamic PP2A regulation interface coupled with global allostery and Jordan’s syndrome mutations, C.-G. Wu, V. K. Balakrishnan, R. A. Merrill, P. S. Parihar, K. Konovolov, Y.-C. Chen, Z. Xu, H. Wei, R. Sundaresan, Q. Cui, B. E. Wadzinski, M. R Swingle, A. Musiyenko, W. K. Chung, R. Honkanen, A. Suzuki, X. Huang, S. Strack, Y. Xing*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 121, e2310727120 (2024)
313. Lipid membrane remodeling by (bio)polymers and nanoparticles: mechanistic insights from multi-scale simulations, S. Paul, S. Mondal, Z. A. Piskulich, T. Mandal, Q. Cui*, Book Chapter in “ Membrane Shape and Biological Function”, Eds. J. Carlos Bozelli Jr. and R. Epand, In press (2024)
312. Synaptotagmin 7 outperforms synaptotagmin 1 to open nascent fusion pores via robust membrane penetration, K. C. Courtney, T. Mandal, Y. Li, N. Mehta, D. Das, Q. Cui and E. R. Chapman*, Nat. Commun., 14, 7761 (2023)
311. Multipole Expansion of Atomic Electron Density Fluctuation Interactions in the Density-Functional Tight-Binding Method, V. Vuong*, A. M. N. Niklasson, B. Aradi, Q. Cui*, and S. Irle*, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 19, 7592-7605 (2023)
310. Accurate and Efficient Multi-Level Free Energy Simulations with Neural Network-Assisted Enhanced Sampling, Y. Yuan*, Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Theory. Comput., 19, 5394-5406 (2023)
309. Non-equilibrium transport of nanoparticles across the lipid membrane, Y. Oh, Q. Cui*, Nanoscale, 15, 12307-12318 (2023)
308. Coacervation induced remodeling of nanovesicles, S. Mondal and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 4532-4540 (2023)
307. Second-shell residues contribute to catalysis by predominately pre-organizing the apo state in PafA, J. Deng* and Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 11333-11347 (2023)
306. Quantitative Determination of the Interactions between Anionic Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes using Laurdan Fluorescence Spectroscopy, L. A. Kesner, Z. Piskulich, Q. Cui*, Z. Rosenzweig*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 7962-7973 (2023)
305. Sensitive and Selective Polymer Condensation at Membrane Surface Driven by Positive Co-operativity, Z. Liu, A. Yethiraj and Q. Cui*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 120, e2212516120 (2023)
304. Reparameterization of the Chemical-Potential Equalization Model with DFTB3: A Practical Balance Between Accuracy and Transferability, V. Vuong and Q. Cui*, Special Issue on “Modern Semi-empirical Electronic Structure Methods”, J. Chem. Phys. 158, 064111 (2023)
303. Molecular mechanism of GTP binding- and dimerization-induced enhancement of Sar1-mediated membrane remodeling, S. Paul, A. Audhya and Q. Cui*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 120, e2212513120 (2023)
302. Thermodynamic analysis of GASright dimerization supports a model in which stability is modulated by weak hydrogen bonding and van der Waals packing, G. Diaz-Vazquez, Q. Cui, and A. Senes*, Biophys. J. 122, 143-155 (2023)
301. Hybrid QM/MM Methods For Studying Energy Transduction in Biomolecular Machines, T. Kubar*, M. Elstner* and Q. Cui*, Annu. Rev. Biophys. 52, 525-551 (2023)
300. Thermodynamic Driving Forces for Divalent Cations Binding to Zwitterionic Phospholipid Membranes, Y. Dong, L. Fu, J. Song, S. Zhang, X. Li, W. Fang, Q. Cui*, and L. Gao*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 11237-11244 (2022)
299. How To Stabilize Carbenes in Enzyme Active Sites Without Metal Ions? R. Lai and Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 20739-20751 (2022)
298. Deep mutational scanning and machine learning reveal structural and molecular rules governing allosteric hotspots in homologous proteins, M. Leander, Z. Liu, Q. Cui* and S. Raman*, eLife, 11, e79932 (2022)
297. Machine learning assisted phase transition temperatures from generalized replica exchange simulations of dry Martini lipid bilayers, Z. A. Piskulich and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 6481-6486 (2022)
296. Unconventional aliphatic fluorophores discovered as the luminescence origin in citric acid-urea carbon dots, X. Yao, Y. Wang, F. Li, J. J. Dalluge, G. Orr, R. Hernandez, Q. Cui, and C. L.
Haynes*, Nanoscale, 14, 9516-9525 (2022)
295. Coacervation of poly-electrolytes in the presence of lipid bilayers: Mutual alteration of structure and morphology, S. Mondal and Q. Cui*, Chem. Sci., 13, 7933-7946 (2022)
294. Electronic Structure of de Novo Peptide ACC-Hex from First Principles, D. K. Lewis, Y. Oh, L. N. Mohanam, L. Gu, A. Hochbaum, R. Wu, Q. Cui and S. Sharifzadeh*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 126, 4289-4298 (2022)
293. Molecular Dynamics Simulations Establish the Molecular Basis for the Broad Allostery Hotspots Distribution in the Tetracycline Repressor, Y. Yuan, J. Deng, and Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 10870-10887 (2022)
292. Binding of Polar and Hydrophobic Molecules at the LiCoO2 (001)-water Interface: Force Field Development and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, D. Liang, J. Liu, H. Heinz, S. E. Mason, R. J. Hamers, Q. Cui*, Nanoscale, 14, 7003-7014 (2022)
291. Editorial Overview: Theory and simulation: Molecular modeling from atoms to complexes, Q. Cui* and M. E. McCully*, Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol., 73, 102347 (2022)
290. Identification of Functional Substates of KRas during GTP Hydrolysis with Enhanced Sampling Simulations, J. Zeng, J. Chen, F. Xia*, Q. Cui, X. Deng*, and X. Xu*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 7653-7665 (2022)
289. Conformations and Binding Pockets of HRas and its GEF$\cdot$HRas Complexes in the GTP Exchange Process, Y. Xiong, J. Zeng, F. Xia*, Q. Cui, X. Deng*, and X. Xu*, J. Comput. Chem. 43, 906-916 (2022)
288. Electronic Polarization is Essential for the Stabilization and Dynamics of Buried Ion Pairs in {\em Staphylococcal} Nuclease Mutants, J. Deng, Q. Cui*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 4594-4610 (2022)
287. Factors that Determine the Variation of Equilibrium and Kinetic Properties of QM/MM enzyme simulations: QM region, Conformation and Boundary Condition, D. Demapan, J. Kussman, C. Ochsenfeld, Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 18, 2530-2542 (2022)
286. The complexin C-terminal amphipathic helix stabilizes the fusion pore open state by sculpting membranes, K. C. Courtney, L. Wu, T. Mandal, M. Swift, Z. Zhang, M. Alaghemandi, Z. Wu, M. M. Bradberry, C. Deo, L. D. Lavis, N. Volkmann, D. Hanein, Q. Cui, H. Bao and E. R. Chapman*, Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 29, 97-107 (2022)
285. The coiled-coil domain of Escherichia coli FtsLB is a structurally detuned element critical for modulating its activation in bacterial cell division, S. J. Craven, S. G. F. Condon, G. Diaz-Vazquez, Q. Cui, and A. Senes*, J. Biol. Chem., 298, 101460 (2022)
284. Clustering of the HIV Fusion Protein gp41 in Lipid Bilayers Investigated by Solid-State NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, N. Tran, Y. Oh, M. Sutherland, Q. Cui*, M. Hong*, J. Mol. Biol. 434, 16735 (2022)
283. O to bR Transition in Bacteriorhodopsin Occurs Through a Proton Hole Mechanism, D. Maag, T. Mast, M. Elstner, Q. Cui and Tomas Kubar*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 118, e2024803118 (2021)
282. Conformational Features of Ras: Key Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions of Gln61 in the Intermediate State during GTP Hydrolysis, J. Zeng, J. Weng, Y. Zhang, F. Xia*, Q. Cui, and X. Xu*, J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 8805-8813 (2021)
281. Reverse Protonation of Buried Ion-pairs in Staphylococcal Nuclease Mutants, J. Deng, Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Theory. Comput., 17, 4550-4563 (2021)
280. Protein Induced Membrane Curvature in Coarse-Grained Simulations: Binding Interface, Insertion Depth and Lipid Spontaneous Curvature, T. Mandal, S. E. Spagnolie, A. Audhya and Q. Cui*, Biophys. J., 120, 3211-3221 (2021)
279. Influence of Hydrophobic Length and Flexibility of Surface Ligands on Phospholipid Membrane Disruption by Cationic Nanoparticles, Y. Q. Zhang, U. Dahal, Z. V. Feng, Z. Rosenzweig, Q. Cui* and R. J. Hamers*, Langmuir, 37, 7600-7610 (2021)
278. Multiple deprotonation paths of the nucleophile 3′-OH in the DNA synthesis reaction, M. T. Gregory, Y. Gao, Q. Cui and W. Yang*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 118, e2103990118 (2021)
277. DNMT1 reads heterochromatic H4K20me3 to reinforce LINE-1 DNA methylation, W. Ren, H. Fan, S. A. Grimm, J. J. Kim, L. Li, Y. Guo, C. J. Petell, X. -F. Tan, Z. -M. Zhang, J. P. Coan, J. Yin, D. I. Kim, L. Gao, L. Cai, N. Khudaverdyan, B. Cetin, D. J. Patel, Y. Wang, Q. Cui, B. D. Strahl, O. Gozani, K. M. Miller, S. E. O’Leary, P. A. Wade, G. G. Wang*, J. Song*, Nat. Comm., 12, 2490 (2021)
276. Substrate deformation regulates DRM2-mediated DNA methylation in plants, J. Fang, S. M. Leichter, J. Jiang, M. Biswal, J. Lu, Z-M Zhang, W. Ren, J. Zhai, Q. Cui, X. Zhong,* J. Song*, Sci. Adv. 7, eabd9224 (2021)
275. Modulation of Nanoparticle Diffusion by Surface Ligand Length and Charge: Analysis with Molecular Dynamics Simulations, A. Y. Cui and Q. Cui* J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 4555-4565 (2021)
274. Mapping temperature-dependent conformational change in the voltage-sensing domain of an engineered heat-activated K+ channel, H. B. Chen, J. H. Deng, Q. Cui, B. Chanda*, K. Henzler-Wildman*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2017280118 (2021)
273. Interfacial Polarization and Ionic Structure at the Ionic Liquid-Metal Interface Studied by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, M. J. Voegtle, T. Pal, A. Pennathur, S. Menachekanian, J. G. Patrow, S. Sarkar, Q. Cui, and J. M. Dawlaty*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 10, 2741-2753 (2021)
272. Hercynine imidazole side-chain sp2 C-H bond deuterium exchange: implication for an imidazol- 2-yl carbene intermediate in a rhodanase-catalyzed C-S bond formation from the anaerobic ergoth- ioneine biosynthesis, R. Cheng, R. Lai, C. Peng, J. Lopez, Z. Li, N. Naowarojna, K. Li, C. Wong, N. Lee, S. A. Whelan, L. Qiao, M. W. Grinstaff, J. Y. Wang, Q. Cui*, and P. H. Liu*, ACS Catalysis, 11, 6, 3319-3334 (2021)
271. Multicolor polymeric carbon dots: synthesis, separation and polyamide-supported molecular fluorophore, B. Zhi, X. X. Yao, M. Wu, A. Mensch, Y. Cui, J. H. Deng, J. Duchimaza-Heredia, K. Trerayapiwat, T. Niehaus, Y. Nishimoto, B. Frank, Y. Q. Zhang, R. E. Lewis, R. J. Hamers, H. Fairbrother, G. Orr, C. J. Murphy, Q. Cui, and C. L. Haynes*, Chem. Sci. 12, 2441-2455 (2021)
270. Perspective: Biomolecular QM/MM Simulations: What are the “Burning Issues”? Q. Cui*, T. Pal, L. Xie, J. Phys. Chem. B, 125, 689-702 (2021)
269. Improvement of d − d interactions in Density Functional Tight Binding for Transition Metal Ions with a Ligand Field Model: Assessment of a DFTB3+U model on Nickel coordination compounds, S. Stepanovic, R. Lai, M. Elstner*, M. Gruden*, P. Garcia-Fernandez*, Q. Cui*, PCCP Special Issue on “Quantum Theory: The Challenge of Transition Metal Complexes”, 22, 27084-27095 (2020)
268. What Does the Bronsted Slope Measure in the Phosphoryl Transfer Transition State? L. Rui and Q. Cui*, ACS Catalysis, 10, 13932-13945 (2020)
267. Ligand Length and Surface Curvature Modulate Nanoparticle Surface Heterogeneity and Electrostatics, D. Y. Liang, U. Dahal, M. Wu, C. J. Murphy, and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 24513-24525 (2020)
266. Differences in the Nature of Phosphoryl Transfer Transition State in Protein Phosphatase 1 and Alkaline Phosphatase: Insights from QM Cluster Models, L. Rui and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. B, Ruth Nussinov Festschrift, 124, 9371-9384 (2020)
265. Anionic nanoparticle-induced fluidization of lipid membranes affects ion channel function, I. U. Foreman-Ortiz, D. Y. Liang, E. D. Laudadio, J. Calderin, M. Wu, P. Keshri, X. Z. Zhang, M. P. Schwartz, R. J. Hamers, V. M. Rotello, C. J. Murphy, Q. Cui and J. A. Pedersen*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117, 27854-27861 (2020)
264. Functional Plasticity and Evolutionary Adaptation of Allosteric Regulation, M. Leander, Y. C. Yuan, A. Meger, Q. Cui and S. Raman*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117, 25445-25454 (2020)
263. Interfacial water and ion distribution determine $\zeta$-potential and binding affinity of nanoparticles to biomolecules, D. Y. Liang, U. Dahal, Y. Q. Zhang, C. Lochbaum, R. J. Hamers, J. A. Pedersen and Q. Cui*, Nanoscale, 12, 18106-18123 (2020)
262. Single-step Replacement of an Unreactive C-H Bond by a C-S Bond Using Polysulfide as the Direct Sulfur Source: An Unprecedented Transformation in Anaerobic Ergothioneine Biosynthesis, R. H. Cheng, L. Wu, R. Lai, C. Peng, N. Naowarojna, W. Y. Hu, X. H. Li, S. A. Whelan, N. Lee, J. Lopez, C. M. Zhao, Y. H. Yong, J. H. Xue, X. F. Jiang, Mark Grinstaff, Z. X. Deng, J. S. Chen*, Q. Cui*, J. H. Zhou*, P. H. Liu*, ACS Catalysis, 10, 8981-8994 (2020)
261. Multi-level Free Energy Simulation with a Staged Transformation Approach, S. Ito and Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Phys., 153, 044115 (2020)
260. Protonation-Driven Aqueous Lyotropic Self-Assembly of Synthetic Six-Tail Lipidoids, J. Jennings, M. C. D. Carter, C. Y. Son, Q. Cui, D. M. Lynn, M. K. Mahanthappa*, Langmuir, 36, 8240-8252 (2020)
259. Cholesterol Interaction with the Trimeric HIV Fusion Protein gp41 in Lipid Bilayers Investigated by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, B. Kwon, T. Mandal, M. R. Elkins, Y. Oh, Q. Cui and M. Hong*, J. Mol. Biol., 432, 4705 (2020)
258. Direct readout of heterochromatic H3K9me3 regulates DNMT1- mediated maintenance DNA methylation, W. D. Ren, H. T. Fan, S. A. Grimm, Y. R. Guo, J. J. Kim, J. K. Yin, L. H. Li, C. J. Petell, X-F, Tan, Z-M. Zhang, J. P. Coan, L. F. Gao, L. Cai, B. Detrick, B. Cetin, Q. Cui, B. Strahl, O. Gozani, Y. S. Wang, K. M. Miller, S. O’Leary, P. A. Wade, D. J. Patel, G. G. Wang, J. K. Song*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 117, 18439-18447 (2020)
257. Identifying the proton loading site cluster in the Ba3 cytochrome c oxidase that loads and traps protons, X. H. Cai, C. Y. Son, J. J. Mao, D. Kaur, Y. Y. Zhang, U. Khaniya, Q. Cui, M. R. Gunner*, BBA Bioenergetics 1861, 148239 (2020)
256. Artificial Intracellular Peptide Filaments, Z. Q. Feng, H. M. Wang, F. B. Wang, C. Berciu, Y. H. Oh, Q. Cui*, E. H. Egelman*, B. Xu*, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 1, 100085 (2020)
255. Molecular Simulation of Mechanical Properties and Membrane Activities of the ESCRT-III complexes, T. Mandal, W. Lough, S. E. Spagnolie, A. Audhya and Q. Cui*, Biophys. J., 118, 1333-1343 (2020)
254. Photo-Disassembly of Membrane Microdomains Revives Conventional Antibiotics against MRSA, J. Hui, P-T, Dong, L. Liang, T. Mandal, J. Li, C. Ulloa, Y. W. Zhan, S. Jusuf, C. Zong, M. Seleem, G. Liu, Q. Cui, J-X, Cheng*, Adv. Sci. 7, 1903117 (2020) Cover
253. Electrostatics, Hydrogen Bonding, and Molecular Structure at Polycation and Peptide:Lipid Membrane Interfaces, N. Dalchand, Q. Cui* and F. M. Geiger*, ACS Applied Mater. & Interfaces, 12, 21149-21158 (2020)
252. Proper Thermal Equilibration of Simulations with Drude Polarizable Models : Temperature Grouped Dual-Nos ́e-Hoover Thermostat, C. Y. Son, J. G. McDaniel, Q. Cui, A. Yethiraj∗, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 10, 7523-7530 (2019)
251. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Interaction between Functionalized Nanoparticles with Lipid Membranes: Analysis of Coarse-grained Models, M. Das, U. Dahal, O. Mesele, D. Y. Liang and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. B 123, 10547-10561 (2019)
250. Extensive Free Energy Simulations Identify Water as the Base in Nucleotide Addition by DNA Polymerase, D. Roston, D. Demapan, Q. Cui*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116, 25048-25056 (2019)
249. Analysis of Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) with Natural Bonding Orbitals (NBOs), X. Lu, J. Duchimaza-Heredia, and Q. Cui*, J. Phys. Chem. A 123, 7439-7453 (2019)
248. NMR structural analysis of isolated Shake voltage-sensing domain in LPPD micelles, H. B. Chen, J. K. Pan, Q. Cui, B. Chanda, K. Henzler-Wildman*, Biophys. J., 117, 388-398 (2019)
247. Quantitative analysis and correction of QM/MM boundary artifacts in adaptive QM/MM methods, H. C. Watanabe* and Q. Cui, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 15, 3917-3928 (2019) Cover
246. A Systematic Determination of Hubbard U using the GBRV Ultrasoft Pseudopotential Set, J. W. Bennett, B. G. Hudson, I. K. Metz, D. Y. Liang, S. Spurgeon, Q. Cui, S. E. Mason*, Comput. Mater. Sci., 170, 109137 (2019)
245. Gating and Inactivation of Mechanosensitive Channels of Small Conductance: A Continuum Mechanics Study, L. L. Zhu, Q. Cui, H. Xiao, X. B. Liao and X. Chen*, J. Mech. Behavior Biomed. Mater. 90, 502-514 (2019)
244. Exploring the Applicability of Density Functional Tight Binding to Transition Metal Ions: Parametrization for Nickel with the Spin-polarized DFTB3 model, M. Vujovic, M. Huynh, S. Steiner, P. Garcia-Fernandez, M. Elstner*, Q. Cui*, M. Gruden*, J. Comp. Chem., Special memorial issue for Keiji Morokuma , 40, 400-413 (2019)
243. N6-methyldeoxyadenosine directs nucleosome positioning in eukaryotic DNA, G. Z. Luo, Z. Y. Hao, M. R. Shen, D. Sparvoli, Y. Q. Zheng, Z. J. Zhang, X. C. Weng, K. Chen, Q. Cui, A. Turkewitz and C. He*, Genome Biol. 19, 200 (2018)
242. Specificity Landscapes unmask differential sequence preferences of homologous transcription factors, D. Bhimsaria, J. A. Rodriguez-Martinez, J. K. Pan, D. Roston, E. N. Korkmaz, Q. Cui, P. Ramanathan, and A. Z. Ansari*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 115, E10586-10595 (2018)
241. Structural and Mechanistic Basis for Preferential Deadenylation of U6 snRNA by Usb1, Y. Nomura, D. Roston, E. J. Montemayor, Q. Cui*, and S. E. Butcher*, Nuc. Acids Res. 46, 11488-11501 (2018)
240. Lipid Corona Formation from Nanoparticle Interactions with Bilayers and Membrane-Specific Biological Outcomes, L. L. Olenick, J. M. Troiano, A. Vartanian, E. S. Melby, A. Mensch, L. L. Zhang, J. Hong, O. Mesele, T. Qiu, J. Bozich, S. Lohse, X. Zhang, T. R. Kuech, A. Millevolte, I. Gunsolus, A. C. McGeachy, M. Dogang\”un, T. Z. Li, D. H. Hu, S. R. Walter, A. Mohaimani, A. Schmoldt, M. D. Torelli, K. R. Hurley, J. Dalluge, G. Chong, Z. V. Feng, C. L. Haynes, R. J. Hamers, J. A. Pedersen, Q. Cui, R. Hernandez, R. Klaper, G. Orr, C. J. Murphy, and F. M. Geiger*, Chem , 4, 2709-2723 (2018)
239. Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide) in BMIM+$BF–4 : A Microsecond Computer Simulation Study Using First Principles-Based Force Fields, C. Y. Son, J. G. McDaniel, Q. Cui, and A. Yethiraj*, Macromolecules, 51, 5336-5345 (2018)
238. Network Analysis of a Proposed Exit Pathway for Protons to the P-side of Cytochrome c Oxidase, X. H. Cai, K. Haider, J. X. Lu, S. Radik, C. Y. Son, Q. Cui and M. Gunner*, BBA Bioener. 1859, 997-1005 (2018)
237. Analysis of Phosphoryl Transfer Enzymes with QM/MM Free Energy Simulations, D. Roston, X. Lu, D. Fang, D. Demapan and Q. Cui*, Methods in Enzymology: Phosphatases , 607, 53-90 (2018) Invited contribution
236. Molecular Dynamics-Decorated Finite Element Method (MDeFEM): Application to the Gating Mechanism of Mechanosensitive Channels, L. L. Zhu, Q. Cui, Y. L. Liu, Y. Yan, H. Xiao, and X. Chen*, Handbook of Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics for Materials and Structure, 1-52 (2018)
235. Comment: Membrane Mediated Interaction Drives Mitochondria ATPase Assembly and Cristae Formation, Q. Cui*, J. Gen. Physiol. , 150, 777-780 (2018)
234. Hydrogen Bond Networks Near Supported Lipid Bilayers from Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Experiments and Atomistic Simulations, M. Dogangun, P. E. Ohno, D. Y. Liang, A. C. McGeachy, N. Dalchand, T. Li, Q. Cui* and F. M. Geiger*, J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 4870-4879 (2018)
233. Counting Charges on Membrane-bound Peptides, A. C. McGeachy, E. Caudill, D. Y. Liang, Q. Cui, J. A. Pedersen and F. M. Geiger*, Chem. Sci. 9, 4285-4298 (2018)
232. Specific Substates of Ras to Interact with GAPs and Effectors: Revealed by Theoretical Simulations and FTIR Experiments, Y. Li, Y. W. Zhang, F. Groberuschkamp, S. Stephan, Q. Cui, C. Kottig, F. Xia* and K. Gerwert*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 1312-1317 (2018)
231. Essence of Small Molecule-Mediated Control of Hydroxyapatite Growth: Free Energy Calculations of amino acid side chain analogs, Z. J. Xu*, Q. C. Wei, W. L. Zhao, Q. Cui and N. Sahai*, J. Phys. Chem. C , 122, 4372-4380 (2018)
230. Inspiring Molecular Quantum Chemist, Obituary for Professor Keiji Morokuma, Q. Cui*, S. Irle and J. Musaev, Angew Chim. Intl. Ed. 57, 2288-2289 (2018)
229. Multiple Pathways and Timescales for Conformational Transitions in apo-Adenylate Kinase, Y. Q. Zheng and Q. Cui*, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 14, 1716-1726 (2018)
228. Dynamics and number of trans-SNARE complexes determine nascent fusion pore properties, H. Bao, D. Das, N. A. Courtney, Y. H. Jiang, J. Briguglio, X. C. Lou, D. Roston, Q. Cui, B. Chanda and E. R. Chapman*, Nature , 554, 260-263 (2018)
227. Iron starvation inhibits late stages of bacterial cytokinesis, T. M. A. Santos, M. G. Lammers, M. Q. Zhou, I. L. Sparks, M. Rajendran, D. Fang, C. L. Y. De Jesus, G. F. R. Carneiro, Q. Cui and D. B. Weibel*, ACS Chem. Bio , 13, 235-246 (2018)
226. Structural and functional analysis of the FtsLB tetrameric complex of the bacterial divisome, D. A. Mahbuba, S. G. F. Condon, C. R. Armstrong, G. Diaz-Vazquez, S. J. Craven, L. M. LaPointe, A. S. Khadria, R. Chadda, J. A. Crooks, N. Rangarajan, D. B. Weibel, A. A. Hoskins, J. L. Robertson, Q. Cui, A. Senes*, J. Biol. Chem. , 293, 1623-1641 (2018)
225. Analysis of Conformational Properties of Amine Ligands at the Gold/Water Interface with QM, MM and QM/MM simulations, D. Y. Liang, J. W. Hong, F. Dong, J. W. Bennett, S. E. Mason, R. J. Hamers and Q. Cui*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. , 20, 3349-3362 (2018)