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Ruxi Qi

University of California Irvine
Verified email at uci.edu
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Recent developments and applications of the MMPBSA method

C Wang, DA Greene, L Xiao, R Qi… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MMPBSA) approach has been
widely applied as an efficient and reliable free energy simulation method to model …

[BOOK][B] Amber 2023

…, KA O'Hearn, A Onufriev, F Pan, S Pantano, R Qi… - 2023 - books.google.com
Amber is the collective name for a suite of programs that allow users to carry out molecular
dynamics simulations, particularly on biomolecules. None of the individual programs carries …

AmberTools

…, AV Onufriev, F Pan, S Pantano, R Qi… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
AmberTools is a free and open-source collection of programs used to set up, run, and
analyze molecular simulations. The newer features contained within AmberTools23 are …

Structure of a unique PSII-Pcb tetrameric megacomplex in a chlorophyll d–containing cyanobacterium

L Shen, Y Gao, K Tang, R Qi, L Fu, JH Chen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Acaryochloris marina is a unique cyanobacterium using chlorophyll d (Chl d) as its major
pigment and thus can use far-red light for photosynthesis. Photosystem II (PSII) of A. marina …

Identification of a highly conserved neutralizing epitope within the RBD region of diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants

…, Z Jiang, Y Gao, M Rao, J Feng, Z Zhang, R Qi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The constant emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants continues to impair the efficacy of existing
neutralizing antibodies, especially XBB.1.5 and EG.5, which showed exceptional immune …

Replica exchange molecular dynamics: a practical application protocol with solutions to common problems and a peptide aggregation and self-assembly example

R Qi, G Wei, B Ma, R Nussinov - Peptide self-assembly: Methods and …, 2018 - Springer
Protein aggregation is associated with many human diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD),
Parkinson’s disease (PD), and type II diabetes (T2D). Understanding the molecular …

Expanding the nanoarchitectural diversity through aromatic di-and tri-peptide coassembly: Nanostructures and molecular mechanisms

C Guo, ZA Arnon, R Qi, Q Zhang, L Adler-Abramovich… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pivotal for the formation of ordered nanostructures, yet the structural
diversity obtained by the use of a single type of building block is limited. Multicomponent …

Regulation of the Hippo pathway by phosphatidic acid-mediated lipid-protein interaction

H Han, R Qi, JJ Zhou, AP Ta, B Yang, HJ Nakaoka… - Molecular Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The Hippo pathway plays a crucial role in organ size control and tumor suppression, but its
precise regulation is not fully understood. In this study, we discovered that phosphatidic acid (…

Conformational distribution and α-helix to β-sheet transition of human amylin fragment dimer

R Qi, Y Luo, B Ma, R Nussinov, G Wei - Biomacromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
Experiments suggested that the fibrillation of the 11–25 fragment (hIAPP(11–25)) of human
islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP or amylin) involves the formation of transient α-helical …

The Hippo pathway kinases LATS1 and LATS2 attenuate cellular responses to heavy metals through phosphorylating MTF1

…, L Zeng, J Nan, G Seo, RE Vargas, B Yang, R Qi… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heavy metals are both integral parts of cells and environmental toxicants, and their deregulation
is associated with severe cellular dysfunction and various diseases. Here we show that …