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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 8, 期 11, 页码 2513-2518出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00473
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- BBRSC [BB/M029573]
- BBSRC [BB/M029573/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M029573/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Bacteria are protected by complex molecular architectures known as the cell envelope. The cell envelope is composed of regions with distinct chemical compositions and physical properties, namely, membranes and a cell wall. To develop novel antibiotics to combat pathogenic bacteria, molecular level knowledge of the structure, dynamics, and interplay between the chemical components of the cell envelope that surrounds bacterial cells is imperative. In addition, conserved molecular patterns associated with the bacterial envelope are recognized by receptors as part of the mammalian defensive response to infection, and an improved understanding of bacteria host interactions would facilitate the search for novel immunotherapeutics. This Perspective introduces an emerging area of computational biology: multiscale molecular dynamics simulations of chemically complex models of bacterial lipids and membranes. We discuss progress to date, and identify areas for future development that will enable the study of aspects of the membrane components that are as yet unexplored by computational methods.
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