Publications

Complete list of publications of people in the group can be found in their home pages.
Here we list some recent publications (2000- ) with links to the pdf files.

Invalidity of continuum theories of electrolytes in nanopores.
B. Corry, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Chem. Phys. Lett. 320 (2000) 35-41.

Tests of continuum theories as models of ion channels: I. Poisson-Boltzmann theory versus Brownian Dynamics.
G. Moy, B. Corry, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 78 (2000) 2349-2363.

Tests of continuum theories as models of ion channels: II. Poisson-Nernst-Planck theory versus Brownian Dynamics.
B. Corry, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 78 (2000) 2364-2381.

Molecular  dynamics estimates of ion diffusion in model hydrophobic and the KcsA potassium channels.
T.W. Allen, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. Chem. 86 (2000) 1-14.

The potassium channel:  structure, selectivity and diffusion.
T.W. Allen, A. Bliznyuk, A.P. Rendell, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, J. Chem. Phys. 112 (2000) 8191-8204.

A model of calcium channels.
B. Corry, T.W. Allen, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biochim. Biophys. Acta,  Rapid report 1509 (2000) 1-6.

Predicting channel function from channel structure using Brownian Dynamics simulations.
S.H. Chung and S. Kuyucak, Clinical & Exp. Physiology & Pharmacology 28 (2001) 89-94.

Mechanisms of permeation and selectivity in calcium channels.
B. Corry, T.W. Allen, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 80 (2001) 195-214.

Models of permeation in ion channels.
S. Kuyucak, O.A. Andersen and S.H. Chung, Rep. Prog. Phys. 64 (2001) 1427-1472.

Conducting-state properties of the KcsA potassium channel from molecular and Brownian Dynamics simulations.
S.H. Chung, T.W. Allen and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 82 (2002) 628-645.

Permeation models and structure-function relationships in ion channels.
S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, J. Biol. Phys. 28 (2002) 289-308.

Reservoir boundaries in Brownian Dynamics simulations of ion channels.
B. Corry, M. Hoyles, T.W. Allen, M. Walker, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 82 (2002) 1975-1984.

Modeling diverse range of potassium channels with Brownian Dynamics.
S.H. Chung, T.W. Allen and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 83 (2002) 263-277.

Ion channels: recent progress and prospects.
S.H. Chung and S. Kuyucak, Eur. Biophys. J. 31 (2002) 283-293.

Continuum electrostatics fails to describe ion permeation in the gramicidin A channel.
S. Edwards, B. Corry, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 83 (2002) 1348-1360.

Recent advances in ion channels research.
S.H. Chung and S. Kuyucak, Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Reviews 1565 (2002) 267-286.

Gramicidin A channel as a test ground for molecular dynamics force fields.
T.W. Allen, T. Bastug, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 84 (2003) 2159-2168.

Functional properties of 3-fold and 4-fold channels in Ferritin deduced from electrostatic calculations.
T. Takahashi and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 84 (2003) 2256-2263.

Role of the dielectric constants of membrane proteins and channel water in ion permeation.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 84 (2003) 2871-2882.

Dielectric self energy in Poisson-Boltzmann and Poisson-Nernst-Planck models of ion channels.
B. Corry, S. Kuyucak and S.H. Chung, Biophys. J. 84 (2003) 3594-3606.

Physics of ion channels.
S. Kuyucak and T. Bastug, J. Biol. Phys. 29 (2003) 429-446.

Memory effects in Brownian dynamics simulations of ion transport.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Chem. Phys. Lett.  401 (2005) 175-179. 

Temperature dependence of the transport coefficients of ions from molecular dynamics simulations.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Chem. Phys. Lett.  408 (2005) 84-88.

Test of molecular dynamics force fields in gramicidin A.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Eur. Biophys. J. 34 (2005) 377-382.

Role of protein flexibility in ion permeation: a case study in gramicidin A.
T. Bastug, A. Gray-Weale, S.M. Patra and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 90 (2006) 2285-2296.

Energetics of ion permeation, rejection, binding and block in gramicidin A from free energy simulations.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Biophys. J. 90 (2006) 3941-3950.

Molecular dynamics simulations of calcium binding in gramicidin A.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Chem. Phys. Lett. 424 (2006) 82-85.


Molecular dynamics simulations of gramicidin A in a lipid bilayer: from structure-function relations to force fields.
T. Bastug, S.M. Patra and S. Kuyucak, Chem. Phys. Lipids 141 (2006) 197-204.

Finite system and periodicity effects in free energy simulations of membrane proteins.
T. Bastug, S.M. Patra and S. Kuyucak,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 425 (2006) 320-323.

Molecular dynamics and continuum electrostatics studies of inactivation in the HERG potassium channel.
R. Kutteh, J.I. Vandenberg and S. Kuyucak, J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 1090-1098.

Free energy simulations of single and double ion occupancy in gramicidin A.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak,
J. Chem. Phys. 126 (2007) #105103 (12 pages).

Application of Jarzynski's equality in simple versus complex systems.
T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, Chem. Phys. Lett. 436 (2007) 383-387.

Binding of organic cations to gramicidin A channel studied with Autodock and molecular dynamics simulations.
S.M. Patra, T. Bastug and S. Kuyucak, J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 11303-11311.

Charge state of the fast gate in chloride channels: electrostatic calculations in a schematic model.
R. Wijesinghe, N. Coorey, and S.Kuyucak, J. Chem. Phys. 127 (2007) #195102 (9 pages).