Behzad Mehrafrooz
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Fatima S, Mehrafrooz B, Boggs D, Ali N, Singh S, Thielges M, et al.
Biochemistry
. 2024 Aug;
63(16):2040-2050.
PMID: 39088332
Hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) interactions in metalloprotein active sites can critically regulate enzyme function. Changes in the protein structure triggered by interplay with substrates, products, and partner proteins are often translated to...
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Mehrafrooz B, Yu L, Pandey L, Siwy Z, Wanunu M, Aksimentiev A
ACS Nano
. 2024 Jun;
18(27):17521-17533.
PMID: 38832758
Selective transport of ions through nanometer-sized pores is fundamental to cell biology and central to many technological processes such as water desalination and electrical energy storage. Conventional methods for generating...
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Oh H, Tu Y, Samineni L, De Respino S, Mehrafrooz B, Joshi H, et al.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
. 2024 Apr;
PMID: 38598825
Novel vapor-permeable materials are sought after for applications in protective wear, energy generation, and water treatment. Current impermeable protective materials effectively block harmful agents but trap heat due to poor...
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Mehrafrooz B, Yu L, Siwy Z, Wanunu M, Aksimentiev A
bioRxiv
. 2024 Jan;
PMID: 38168277
Selective transport of ions through nanometer-sized pores is fundamental to cell biology and central to many technological processes such as water desalination and electrical energy storage. Conventional methods for generating...
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Tripathi P, Mehrafrooz B, Aksimentiev A, Jackson S, Gruebele M, Wanunu M
J Phys Chem Lett
. 2023 Nov;
14(47):10719-10726.
PMID: 38009629
Knotted proteins are rare but important species, yet how their complex topologies affect their physical properties is not fully understood. Here we combine single molecule nanopore experiments and all-atom MD...
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Yu L, Kang X, Li F, Mehrafrooz B, Makhamreh A, Fallahi A, et al.
Nat Biotechnol
. 2023 Sep;
41(10):1483.
PMID: 37735269
No abstract available.
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Yu L, Kang X, Li F, Mehrafrooz B, Makhamreh A, Fallahi A, et al.
Nat Biotechnol
. 2023 Jan;
41(8):1130-1139.
PMID: 36624148
The electrical current blockade of a peptide or protein threading through a nanopore can be used as a fingerprint of the molecule in biosensor applications. However, threading of full-length proteins...
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Tripathi P, Benabbas A, Mehrafrooz B, Yamazaki H, Aksimentiev A, Champion P, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2021 Apr;
118(17).
PMID: 33883276
Many small proteins move across cellular compartments through narrow pores. In order to thread a protein through a constriction, free energy must be overcome to either deform or completely unfold...
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Mehrafrooz B, Shamloo A
J Theor Biol
. 2018 Apr;
448:94-103.
PMID: 29634959
This paper aims to give a comprehensive atomistic modeling of the nanomechanical behavior of actin monomer. Actin is a ubiquitous and essential component of cytoskeleton which forms many different cellular...
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Mehrafrooz B, Pedram M, Ghafar-Zadeh E
Sensors (Basel)
. 2018 Feb;
18(2).
PMID: 29382116
One of the crucial issues in the pharmacological field is developing new drug delivery systems. The main concern is to develop new methods for improving the drug delivery efficiencies such...