Selected protein folding papers:

Leslie L. Chavez, Shachi Gosavi, Patricia A. Jennings, and Jose' N. Onuchic. Multiple routes lead to the native state in the energy landscape of the Beta- trefoil family. PNAS 103(27) 10254 - 10258 (2006). [PDF]

Shachi Gosavi, Leslie L. Chavez, Patricia A. Jennings, and Jose' N. Onuchic. Topological Frustration and the Folding of Interleukin-1beta. Journal of Molecular Biology 357(3) 986 - 996 (2006). [PDF]

Sichun Yang, H. Levine, Jose' N. Onuchic, and Daniel L. Cox Structure of infectious prions: stabilization by domain swapping. FASEB J. 19 1178-1182 (2005). [PDF]

Sichun Yang, H. Levine, and Jose' N. Onuchic Protein oligomerization through domain swapping: Role of inter-molecular interactions and protein concentration. J Mol Biol. 352 (1) 202-211 (2005). [PDF]

Wong L, Lieser SA, Miyashita O, Miller M, Tasken K, Onuchic JN, Adams JA, Woods VL Jr, Jennings PA. Coupled Motions in the SH2 and Kinase Domains of Csk Control Src Phosphorylation. J Mol Biol. 351 (1) 131-143 (2005).

Finke JM, Onuchic JN. Equilibrium and Kinetic Folding Pathways of a TIM Barrel with a Funneled Energy Landscape. Biophys J. 89(1) 488-505 (2005).

Melinda Roy, Leslie L. Chavez, John M. Finke, David K. Heidary, Jose' N. Onuchic and Patricia A. Jennings. The Native Energy Landscape for Interleukin-1beta. Modulation of the Population Ensemble through Native-state Topology. J. Mol. Biol. 348 (2) 335 - 347 (2005). [html] [PDF]

Miyashita O, Wolynes PG, Onuchic JN Simple energy landscape model for the kinetics of functional transitions in proteins. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 109 (5) 1959-1969 (2005).

Sichun Yang, Samuel S. Cho, Yaakov Levy, Margaret S. Cheung, Herbert Levine, Peter G. Wolynes, and Jose' N. Onuchic. Domain swapping is a consequence of minimal frustration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101 (38) 13786-13791 (2004). [PDF]

Leslie L. Chavez, Jose' N. Onuchic, and Cecilia Clementi. Quantifying the roughness on the Free Energy Landscape: Entropic bottlenecks and protein folding rates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (27) 8426 - 8432 (2004). Electronic Edition [PDF]

Wong L, Lieser S, Chie-Leon B, Miyashita O, Aubol B, Shaffer J, Onuchic JN, Jennings PA, Woods VL, Adams JA. Dynamic coupling between the SH2 domain and active site of the COOH terminal Src kinase, Csk. J. of Mol. Bio. 341 (1) 93-106 (2004).

Stoycheva AD. Brooks CL. Onuchic JN. Gatekeepers in the ribosomal protein S6: Thermodynamics, kinetics, and folding pathways revealed by a minimalist protein model. J. of Mol. Bio. 340 (3) 571-585 (2004).

Levy Y. Caflisch A. Onuchic JN. Wolynes PG. The folding and dimerization of HIV-1 protease: Evidence for a stable monomer from simulations. Journal of Molecular Biology. 340(1) 67-79 (2004).

Levy Y. Onuchic JN. Water and proteins: A love-hate relationship. [Editorial Material] Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101(10) 3325-3326 (2004).

Onuchic JN. Wolynes PG. Theory of protein folding. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 14(1):70-75, 2004 Feb.

A. M. Fernndez-Escamilla, M. S. Cheung, M. C. Vega, M. Wilmanns, J. N. Onuchic, and L. Serrano. Solvation in protein folding analysis: Combination of theoretical and experimental approaches Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101 2834-2839 (2004).

Y. Levy, P. G. Wolynes, and J. N. Onuchic. Protein topology determines binding mechanism Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101 (2) 511-516 (2004).

Miyashita O, Onuchic JN, Wolynes PG. Nonlinear elasticity, proteinquakes, and the energy landscapes of functional transitions in proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100 (22) 12570-12575 (2003).

Jose N. Onuchic and Angel E. Garcia. Folding a protein in a computer: An atomic description of the folding/unfolding of protein A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100 (24) 13898-13903 (2003). [PDF]

Margaret S. Cheung, John M. Finke, Ben Callahan, and Jose N. Onuchic. Exploring the interplay of topology and secondary structural formation in the protein folding problem. J Phys Chem B 107 (40) 11193-11200 (2003).

Antitsa D. Stoycheva, Jose N. Onuchic, and Charles L. Brooks. Effect of Gatekeepers on the early folding kinetics of a model beta-barrel protein. J Chem Phys 119 (11) 5722-5729 (2003).

Clementi, C; Garcia, AE; Onuchic, JN. Interplay among tertiary contacts, secondary structure formation and side-chain packing in the protein folding mechanism all-atom representation study of protein L. J Mol Bio 326 (3) 879-890 (2003).

Margaret S. Cheung, Angel E. Garcia, and Jose N. Onuchic. Protein folding mediated by solvation: Water expulsion and formation of the hydrophobic core occur after the structural collapse. Proc Natl Acad Sci 99 (2) 685-690 (2002).

Shea, JE; Onuchic; Brooks, CL. Probing the folding free energy landscape of the Src-SH3 protein Domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci 99 (25) 16064-68 (2002).

Chahine, J; Nymeyer, H; Leite, V; Socci, N; Onuchic, J. Specific and nonspecific collapse in protein folding funnels. Phys Rev Lett 88 (16) p. 168101 (2002).

Clementi, C; Jennings, PA; Onuchic, JN. Prediction of folding mechanism for circluar-permuted proteins. J Mol Bio 311 (4) 879-890 (2001).

Shea, JE; Onuchic; Brooks, CL. Energetic frustration and the nature of the transition state in protein folding. J Chem Phys 113(17) 7663-7671 (2000).

Clementi, C; Nymeyer, H; Onuchic, JN. Topological and energetic factors: What determines the structural details of the transition state ensemble and "en-route" intermediates for protein folding? An investigation for small globular proteins. J Mol Bio 298(5) 937-953 (2000).

Plotkin S.S. and Onuchic, J.N. Investigation of routes and funnels in protein folding by free energy functional methods. Proc Natl Acad Sci 97 (12) 6509-6514 (2000). postscript version

Clementi, C; Jennings, PA; Onuchic, JN. How native-state topology affects the folding of dihydrofolate reductase and interleukin-1 beta. Proc Natl Acad Sci 97 (11) 5871-5876 (2000).

Garcia, AE; Hillson, N; Onuchic, JN. Solvent effects on protein folding/unfolding. Progress Of Theoretical Physics Suppliment 138 282-291.(2000).

Nymeyer, H; Socci, ND; Onuchic, JN. Landscape approaches for determining the ensemble of folding transition states: Success and failure hinge on the degree of frustration. Proc Natl Acad Sci 97(2)634-639(2000).

Hillson, N; Onuchic, JN; Garcia, AE. Pressure-induced protein-folding/unfolding kinetics. Proc Natl Acad Sci 96(26)14848-14853.(1999).

Shea, JE; Onuchic, JN; Brooks, CL. Exploring the origins of topological frustration: Design of a minimally frustrated model of fragment B of protein A. Proc Natl Acad Sci 96(22)12512-12517(1999).

Onuchic, JN; Wang, J; Wolynes, PG. Analyzing single molecule trajectories on complex energy landscapes using replica correlation functions. Chemical Physics 271(1)175-184(1999). postscript version

Socci, N,D., Onuchic, J.N., and Wolynes, P.G. Stretching Lattice Models of Protein Folding. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96(5)2031-2035.(1999). postscript version

Onuchic, J.N., Nymeyer, H., Garcia, A.E., Chahine, J., and Socci, N.D. The Energy Landscape Theory of Protein Folding: Insights into Folding Mechanisms and Scenarios. Advances in Protein Chemistry 53 87-152 (2000) postscript version

Socci, N. D., Onuchic, J.N., and Wolynes, P. G. Diffusive Dynamics of the Reaction Coordinate for Protein Folding Funnels. In Press: J. Chem. Phys. April 15, 1996. HTML version, postscript version

Socci, N. D., and Onuchic, J. N. Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of proteinlike heteropolymers: Monte Carlo histogram method. J Chem Phys, 103(11) 4732-4744 (1995). postscript version

Socci, N. D., and Onuchic, J. N. Folding kinetics of proteinlike heteropolymers. J Chem Phys, 101(2) 1519-1528 (1994). HTML version, postscript version

Socci, N. D., Bialek, W., and Onuchic, J. N. Properties and origins of protein secondary structure. Phys Rev E 49(4b) 3440-3443 (1994). postscript version

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