Journal Articles


2023-2024

64.  Lev Levintov and Harish Vashisth

       Adenine methylation enhances the conformational flexibility of an RNA hairpin tetraloop
       J. Phys. Chem. B 128:3157-3166 (2024) PDF

63Jyoti Verma and Harish Vashisth

       Molecular basis for differential recognition of an allosteric inhibitor by receptor tyrosine kinases
       Proteins doi: 10.1002/prot.26685 (2024) PDF

62.  Amit Kumar and Harish Vashisth

       Quantitative assessment of energetic contributions of residues in a SARS-CoV-2 viral-enzyme/nanobody interface
       J. Chem. Inf. Model. 64:2068-2076 (2024) PDF

61.  Son Nguyen, Lev Levintov, Roy P Planalp, and Harish Vashisth

       Interactions and transport of a bioconjugated peptide targeting the mitomembrane
       Bioconjugate Chem. 35:371-380 (2024) PDF

60.  Brunno C. Rocha and Harish Vashisth

       Porous self-assemblies mediated by dumbbell particles as cross-linking agents
       J. Chem. Theory Comput. 20:1590-1599 (2024) PDF

59.  Remya Ann Mathews Kalapurakal, Brunno C. Rocha, and Harish Vashisth

       Self-assembly in an experimentally realistic model of lobed patchy colloids   
       ACS App. Bio Mater. 7:535-542  (2024)  PDF

58Lev Levintov and Harish Vashisth

       Structural and computational studies of HIV-1 RNA
       RNA Biol. 21:1-32 (2024) PDF

57.  Amit Kumar and Harish Vashisth

       Mechanism of ligand discrimination by the NMT1 riboswitch
       J. Chem. Inf. Model. 63:4864-4874 (2023) PDF

56. Shubhandra Tripathi, Rick H. Cote, and Harish Vashisth

       Coupling of conformational dynamics and inhibitor binding in the phosphodiesterase-5 family

       Protein Sci. 32:e4720 (2023) PDF
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55. Saikat Pal, Amit Kumar, and Harish Vashisth

       Role of dynamics and mutations in interactions of a zinc finger antiviral protein with CG-rich viral RNA  
       J. Chem. Inf. Model. 63:1002-1011 (2023)  PDF

54.  Biswajit Gorai and Harish Vashisth

       Structural models of viral insulin-like peptides and their analogs
       Proteins 91:62-73 (2023) PDF

2018-2022

53. R. Stolz, A. Kolln, B. Rocha, A. Brinks, A. Eagleton, L. Mendecki, Harish Vashisth, and Katherine Mirica 

       Epitaxial self-Assembly of interfaces of 2D Metal–Organic Frameworks for electroanalytical detection of neurotransmitters  
       ACS Nano 16:13869-13883 (2022) PDF

52.  Amit Kumar and Harish Vashisth

       Role of mutations in differential recognition of viral RNA molecules by peptides  
       J. Chem. Inf. Model. 62:3381-3390 (2022) PDF

51.  Arpita Srivastava, Brunno C. Rocha, and Harish Vashisth

       Self-assembly in mixtures of charged lobed particles  
       Front. Phys. 10:936385 (2022)  PDF

50Jacob Andrzejczyk, Katarina Jovic, Logan M. Brown, Valerie G. Pascetta, Krisztina Varga, and Harish Vashisth

       Molecular interactions and inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease by a Thiadiazolidinone derivative  
       Proteins 90:1896-1907 (2022)  PDF
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49.  Biswajit Gorai and Harish Vashisth

       Progress in simulation studies of insulin structure and function
       Front. Endocrinol.  13:908724 (2022) PDF

48.  Biswajit Gorai and Harish Vashisth

       Structures and interactions of insulin-like peptides from cone snail venom
       Proteins  90:680-690 (2022) PDF
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47Amit Kumar and Harish Vashisth

       Conformational dynamics and energetics of viral RNA recognition by lab-evolved proteins  
       Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  23:24773-24779 (2021) PDF

46.  Lev Levintov and Harish Vashisth

       Role of salt-bridging interactions in recognition of viral RNA by arginine-rich peptides  
       Biophys. J.  120:5060-5073 (2021) PDF
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45. Daniel Ryan Barden and Harish Vashisth

      Water dynamics in a peptide-appended pillar[5]arene artificial channel in lipid and biomimetic membranes
     Front. Chem. 9:753635 (2021) PDF

44. Sanjib Paul and Harish Vashisth

      Self-assembly of porous structures from a binary mixture of lobed patchy particles  
      Front. Phys. 9:767623 (2021) PDF

43. Biswajit Gorai, Brunno Carvalho Rocha, and Harish Vashisth

      Design of functionalized lobed particles for porous self-assemblies
      JOM 73:2413-2422 (2021)  PDF

42. H. Feroz, B. Ferlez, H. Oh, H. Mohammadiarani, T. Ren, C. S. Baker, J. P. Gajewski, D. J. Lugar, S. B. Gaudana, P. Butler, J. Hühn,
      M. Lamping, W. J. Parak, M. R. Blatt, C. A. Kerfeld, N. Smirnoff, Harish Vashisth, J. H. Golbeck, and Manish Kumar 

      Liposome-based measurement of light-driven chloride transport kinetics of halorhodopsin   
      BBA-Biomembranes  1863:183637 (2021)  PDF

41. Lev Levintov and Harish Vashisth

      Role of conformational heterogeneity in ligand recognition by viral RNA molecules  
      Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  23:11211-11223 (2021)  PDF
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40. Brunno Carvalho Rocha, Sanjib Paul, and Harish Vashisth

      Enhanced porosity in self-assembled morphologies mediated by charged lobes on patchy particles
      J. Phys. Chem. B  "Carol K. Hall Festschrift"  125:3208-3215 (2021)  PDF

39. Lev Levintov, Sanjib Paul, and Harish Vashisth
      Reaction coordinate and thermodynamics of base flipping in RNA
       J. Chem. Theory Comput. 17:1914-1921 (2021) PDF

38. Yong Liu and Harish Vashisth
      Allosteric pathways originating at cysteine residues in regulators of G-protein signaling proteins
      Biophys. J. 120:517-526 (2021) PDF

37. R. Gupta, Y. Liu, H. Wang, C. T. Nordyke, R. Z. Puterbaugh, K. Varga, F. Chu, H. Ke, Harish Vashisth, R. H. Cote
      Structural analysis of the regulatory GAF domains of cGMP phosphodiesterase elucidates the allosteric communication pathway
     J. Mol. Biol. 432:5765-5783 (2020) PDF

36. Sanjib Paul and Harish Vashisth
      Self-assembly behavior of experimentally realizable lobed patchy particles
      Soft Matter 16:8101-8107 (2020)  PDF

35. Brunno Carvalho Rocha, Sanjib Paul, and Harish Vashisth
      Role of Entropy in Colloidal Self-Assembly
      Entropy 22:877 (2020) PDF

34. Lev Levintov and Harish Vashisth
      Ligand Recognition in Viral RNA Necessitates Rare Conformational Transitions
       J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11:5426-5432 (2020) PDF

33. Shambhavi Tannir, Lev Levintov, Mark A Townley, Brian M. Leonard, Jan Kubelka, Harish Vashisth, Krisztina Varga, Milan Balaz
       Functional Nanoassemblies with Mirror-Image Chiroptical Properties Templated by a Single Homochiral DNA Strand
      Chem. Mater.  32:2272-2281 (2020) PDF

32. Sanjib Paul and Harish Vashisth
      Self-assembly of lobed particles into amorphous and crystalline porous structures
      Soft Matter 16:1142-1147 (2020) PDF
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31. Vincent S. Shaw, Mohammadjavad Mohammadi, Josiah A. Quinn, Harish Vashisth, and Richard R. Neubig
       An Interhelical Salt Bridge Controls Flexibility and Inhibitor Potency For Regulators of G-protein Signaling (RGS) Proteins 4, 8, and 19
       Mol. Pharmacol. 96:683-691 (2019)  PDF

30. Yong Liu and Harish Vashisth
       Conformational Dynamics and Interfacial Interactions of Peptide-appended Pillar[5]arene Water Channels in Biomimetic Membranes
      Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.  21:22711-22721 (2019)  PDF
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29. Sanjib Paul, Nisanth N. Nair, and Harish Vashisth
      Phase Space and Collective Variable Based Simulation Methods for Studies of Rare Events
      Mol. Sim. 45:1273-1284 (2019) PDF

28. Kevin D. Schuster, Mohammadjavad Mohammadi, Karyn B. Cahill, Suzanne L. Matte, Alexis D. Maillet, Harish Vashisth, and Rick Cote
      Pharmacological and molecular dynamics analyses of differences in inhibitor binding to human and nematode PDE4: implications for
      management of parasitic nematodes
      PLoS ONE 14: e0214554 (2019) PDF 

27. Mohammadjavad Mohammadi, Hossein Mohammadiarani, Vincent Shaw, Richard R. Neubig, Harish Vashisth
      Interplay of Cysteine Exposure and Global Protein Dynamics in Small-molecule Recognition by a Regulator of G-protein Signaling Protein
      Proteins 87:146-156 (2019) PDF
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26. Yong Liu, Mohammadjavad Mohammadi, and Harish Vashisth
      Diffusion network of CO in FeFe-Hydrogenase
       J. Chem. Phys. 149:204108  (2018) PDF

25. Hossein Mohammadiarani, Vincent Shaw, Richard R. Neubig, Harish Vashisth
      Interpreting Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Events in Proteins Using Atomistic Simulations: Case Studies on Regulators of G-protein
      Signaling Proteins
       J. Phys. Chem. B 122:9314-9323  (2018) PDF

24. Y. Shen, W. Song, DR Barden, T. Ren, C. Lang, H. Feroz, C. Henderson, P. Saboe, D. Tsai, H. Wang, PJ Butler, G. Bazan, W. Phillip, R. Hickey, P. Cremer,
      Harish Vashisth, and Manish Kumar
      Achieving high permeability and enhanced selectivity for Angstrom-scale separations using artificial water channel membranes
      Nat. Commun. 9:2294 (2018) PDF

23. Daniel Ryan Barden and Harish Vashisth
      Parameterization and atomistic simulations of biomimetic membranes
      Faraday Discuss. 209:161-178 (2018) PDF

22. Structure and function of natural proteins for water transport: general discussion
      Faraday Discuss. 209:83-95 (2018).

21. Biomimetic water channels: general discussion
      Faraday Discuss. 209:205-229 (2018).

20. The modelling and enhancement of water hydrodynamics: general discussion
      Faraday Discuss. 209:273-285 (2018).

19. Applications to water transport systems: general discussion
      Faraday Discuss. 209:389-414 (2018).

18. Vincent Shaw, Hossein Mohammadiarani, Harish Vashisth, and Richard R. Neubig
      Differential protein dynamics of regulators of G-protein signaling: Role in specificity of small-molecule inhibitors
      J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140:3454-3460 (2018) PDF

2013-2017

17. Mohammadjavad Mohammadi and Harish Vashisth
      Pathways and thermodynamics of oxygen diffusion in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase
       J. Phys. Chem. B 121:10007-10017 (2017) PDF

16. Alex Dickson, Pratyush Tiwary, and Harish Vashisth
      Kinetics of ligand binding through advanced computational approaches
      Curr. Top. Med. Chem. 17:2626-2641 (2017) PDF

15. Hossein Mohammadiarani and Harish Vashisth
      Insulin mimetic peptide S371 folds into a helical structure
       J. Comput. Chem. 38:1158-1166 (2017) PDF

14. Hossein Mohammadiarani and Harish Vashisth
      All-atom structural models of the transmembrane domains of insulin and type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptors
      Front. Endocrinol. 7:68 (2016) PDF

13. Harish Vashisth
      Theoretical and computational studies of peptides and receptors of the insulin family
      Membranes 5:48-83 (2015) PDF  

12. Harish Vashisth
      Flexibility in the insulin receptor ectodomain enables docking of insulin in crystallographic conformation observed in hormone-bound
      microreceptor
      Membranes 4:730-746 (2014) PDF     

 11. Harish Vashisth, Georgios Skiniotis, and Charles L. Brooks III
       Collective variable approaches for single molecule flexible fitting and enhanced sampling
       Chem. Rev. 114:3353-3365 (2014) PDF
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10. Harish Vashisth, Andrew J. Storaska, Richard R. Neubig, and Charles L. Brooks III
       Conformational dynamics of a regulator of G-protein signaling protein reveals a mechanism of allosteric inhibition by a small molecule
       ACS Chem. Biol. 8:2778-2784 (2013) PDF
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 9. Harish Vashisth and Cameron F. Abrams
    All-atom structural models of insulin binding to the insulin receptor in the presence of a tandem hormone-binding element
    Proteins 81:1017-1030 (2013) PDF
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 8. Harish Vashisth, Georgios Skiniotis, and Charles L. Brooks III
    Enhanced sampling and overfitting analyses in structural refinement of nucleic acids into electron microscopy maps
    J. Phys. Chem. B 117:3738-3746 (2013) PDF

2008-2012

 7. Harish Vashisth and Charles L. Brooks III
   Conformational sampling of maltose-transporter components in Cartesian collective variables is governed by the low-frequency normal
    modes
     J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3:3379-3384 (2012) PDF    

 6. Harish Vashisth, Georgios Skiniotis, and Charles L. Brooks III
    Using enhanced sampling and structural restraints to refine atomic structures into low-resolution electron microscopy maps
    Structure 20:1453-1462 (2012) PDF

  5. Harish Vashisth, Luca Maragliano, and Cameron F. Abrams
    DFG-flip in the insulin receptor kinase is facilitated by a helical intermediate state of the activation loop
    Biophys. J. 102:1979-1987 (2012) PDF           

 4. B. S. Strunk, C. R. Loucks, M. Su, H. Vashisth, S. Cheng, J. Schilling, C. L. Brooks III, K. Karbstein, and G. Skiniotis
    Ribosome assembly factors prevent premature translation initiation by 40S assembly intermediates
    Science 333:1449-1453 (2011) PDF    

 3. Harish Vashisth and Cameron F. Abrams
    All-atom structural models for complexes of insulin-like growth factors IGF1 and IGF2 with their cognate receptor
     J. Mol. Biol. 400:645-658 (2010) PDF

 2. Harish Vashisth and Cameron F. Abrams
    Docking of insulin to a structurally equilibrated insulin receptor ectodomain
    Proteins 78:1531-1543 (2010) PDF
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 1. Harish Vashisth and Cameron F. Abrams
    Ligand escape pathways and (un)binding free energy calculations for the hexameric insulin-phenol complex
    Biophys. J. 95:4194-4204 (2008) PDF