Principal Investigator:
Volkhard Helms
, Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken (Germany)
HPC Platform used:
SuperMUC of LRZ
Local Project ID:
pr58go
While some proteins of a biological cell are bound to cellular structures others diffuse freely. Especially in a crowded cellular environment, proteins constantly bump into other proteins which sometimes leads to biologically meaningful contact of the two proteins–the binding partners may either remain bound or a chemical reaction may take place. Performing atomistic molecular dynamics simulations on SuperMUC, bioinformaticists try to unravel the biophysical principles underlying such “specific” biomolecular interactions.
