Susan Taylor

University of California, San Diego

Projects

First Principles Multiscale Analysis of Biochemical Processes: Signal Transduction and Spectroscopic Analysis of Local Structure-Folding Relations in Membrane Proteins

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

John Weare

Project type

Capability Research

We propose computational work in two application areas: first principles simulation of posttranslation modification in signal transduction in eukaryote cells and the use of spectroscopic methods to…

Ab-initio simulations of the catalytic mechanism in protein kinases

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

John Weare

Project type

Capability Research

Protein kinase enzymes play an important role in controlling cellular signaling events by catalyzing a phosphorylation reaction in which the gamma-phosphate from an adsorbed ATP in the catalytic…