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Manuel N. Melo

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[PDF][PDF] MDAnalysis: a Python package for the rapid analysis of molecular dynamics simulations

RJ Gowers, M Linke, J Barnoud, TJE Reddy, MN Melo… - 2019 - osti.gov
MDAnalysis (http://mdanalysis. org) is a library for structural and temporal analysis of molecular
dynamics (MD) simulation trajectories and individual protein structures. MD simulations …

Lipid organization of the plasma membrane

HI Ingólfsson, MN Melo, FJ Van Eerden… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The detailed organization of cellular membranes remains rather elusive. Based on large-scale
molecular dynamics simulations, we provide a high-resolution view of the lipid …

Antimicrobial peptides: linking partition, activity and high membrane-bound concentrations

MN Melo, R Ferre, MARB Castanho - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
An increasing amount of information on the action of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) at the
molecular level has not yet been translated into a comprehensive understanding of effects in …

Two decades of Martini: Better beads, broader scope

SJ Marrink, L Monticelli, MN Melo… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Martini model, a coarse‐grained force field for molecular dynamics simulations, has
been around for nearly two decades. Originally developed for lipid‐based systems by the …

Dry Martini, a coarse-grained force field for lipid membrane simulations with implicit solvent

…, HI Ingólfsson, DH De Jong, MN Melo… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained (CG) models allow simulation of larger systems for longer times by decreasing
the number of degrees of freedom compared with all-atom models. Here we introduce an …

Lipid–protein interactions are unique fingerprints for membrane proteins

…, HI Ingólfsson, RX Gu, I Siuda, MN Melo… - ACS central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cell membranes contain hundreds of different proteins and lipids in an asymmetric
arrangement. Our current understanding of the detailed organization of cell membranes remains …

[HTML][HTML] Escherichia coli cell surface perturbation and disruption induced by antimicrobial peptides BP100 and pepR

CS Alves, MN Melo, HG Franquelim, R Ferre… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
The potential of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as an alternative to conventional therapies is
well recognized. Insights into the biological and biophysical properties of AMPs are thus key …

Pitfalls of the Martini model

…, PCT Souza, S Thallmair, MN Melo… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The computational and conceptual simplifications realized by coarse-grain (CG) models
make them a ubiquitous tool in the current computational modeling landscape. Building block …

[PDF][PDF] Hsc70-4 deforms membranes to promote synaptic protein turnover by endosomal microautophagy

…, MN Melo, J Swerts, S Kuenen, R Wittocx, N Corthout… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Synapses are often far from their cell bodies and must largely independently cope with
dysfunctional proteins resulting from synaptic activity and stress. To identify membrane-…

[HTML][HTML] Ceramides bind VDAC2 to trigger mitochondrial apoptosis

…, M Schneider, FG Tafesse, SJ Marrink, MN Melo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Ceramides draw wide attention as tumor suppressor lipids that act directly on mitochondria
to trigger apoptotic cell death. However, molecular details of the underlying mechanism are …