Mine Yurtsever

Prof. Dr. Mine Yurtsever

Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

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Academic Career Length

33Years (1994-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2002 in Polymer
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MYMine Yurtsever
Mine Yurtsever
EYErsin Yurtsever
Ersin Yurtsever

18 May 2009 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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MAMeral U. Arı
Meral U. Arı
MAM. Göktuğ Ahunbay
M. Göktuğ Ahunbay
MYMine Yurtsever
Mine Yurtsever
AEAyşe Erdem-Şenatalar
Ayşe Erdem-Şenatalar

24 August 2015 in Scientific Reports
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Ramin Ekhteiari SalmasRamin Ekhteiari Salmas
Ramin Ekhteiari Salmas
MYMine Yurtsever
Mine Yurtsever
SDSerdar Durdagi
Serdar Durdagi
Chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) belongs to G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and plays an important role in treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since HIV uses CCR5 protein as a co-receptor. Recently, the crystal structure of CCR5-bound complex with an approved anti-retroviral drug (maroviroc) was resolved. During the crystallization procedure, amino acid residues (i.e., Cys224, Arg225, Asn226 and Glu227) at the third intra-cellular loop were replaced by the rubredoxin for stability reasons. In the current study, we aimed to understand the impact of the incorporated rubredoxin on the conformations of TM domains of the target protein. For this reason, rubredoxin was deleted from the crystal structure and the missing amino acids were engineered. The resultant structure was subjected to long (μs) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to shed light into the inhibitory mechanism. The derived model structure displayed a significant deviation in the cytoplasmic domain of TM5 and IC3 in the absence of rubredoxin. The principal component analyses (PCA) and MD trajectory analyses revealed important structural and dynamical differences at apo and holo forms of the CCR5.