Publications by Giulia Palermo

Editorial: Multiscale Modeling From Macromolecules to Cell: Opportunities and Challenges of Biomolecular Simulations

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2020

Pre-mRNA Splicing: The Gene Maturation Symphony of the Intron Lariat Spliceosome Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Ursula Röthlisberger, Giulia Palermo, Lorenzo Casalino

CELL PRESS2019

Allostery in Its Many Disguises: From Theory to Applications

Matthieu Wyart, Giulia Palermo, Carolina Brito Carvalho dos Santos, Jingshi Li, Riccardo Ravasio, Jing Li

Allosteric regulation plays an important role in many biological processes, such as signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, andmetabolism. Allostery is rooted in the fundamental physical properties of macromolecular systems, but its underlying mec ...

CELL PRESS2019

All-atom simulations disentangle the functional dynamics underlying gene maturation in the intron lariat spliceosome

Ursula Röthlisberger, Giulia Palermo, Lorenzo Casalino

National Academy of Sciences2018

Development of Site-Specific Mg2+-RNA Force Field Parameters: A Dream or Reality? Guidelines from Combined Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics Simulations

Ursula Röthlisberger, Giulia Palermo, Lorenzo Casalino

The vital contribution of Mg2+ ions to RNA biology is challenging to dissect at the experimental level. This calls for the integrative support of atomistic simulations, which at the classical level are plagued by limited accuracy. Indeed, force fields intr ...

2017

Allosteric cross-talk in chromatin can mediate drug-drug synergy

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ursula Röthlisberger, Tina Riedel, Giulia Palermo

Exploitation of drug-drug synergism and allostery could yield superior therapies by capitalizing on the immensely diverse, but highly specific, potential associated with the biological macromolecular landscape. Here we describe a drug-drug synergy mediated ...

Nature Research2017

Computational Characterization of the Dependence of Halide Perovskite Effective Masses on Chemical Composition and Structure

Michael Graetzel, Ursula Röthlisberger, Simone Meloni, Amir Hesam Salavati, Giulia Palermo, Negar Ashari Astani

Effective masses are calculated for a large variety of perovskites of the form ABX(3) differing in chemical composition (A= Na, Li, Cs; B = Pb, Sn; X= Cl, Br, I) and crystal structure. In addition, the effects of some defects and dopants are assessed. We s ...

2017

Computational Chemistry for Drug Discovery

Giulia Palermo

Springer Netherlands2016

The Molecular Basis for Dual Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH)/Cyclooxygenase (COX) Inhibition

Giulia Palermo

The design of multitarget-directed ligands is a promising strategy for discovering innovative drugs. Here, we report a mechanistic study that clarifies key aspects of the dual inhibition of the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) and the cyclooxygenase (COX) ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Who Activates the Nucleophile in Ribozyme Catalysis? An Answer from the Splicing Mechanism of Group II Introns

Ursula Röthlisberger, Giulia Palermo, Lorenzo Casalino

Group II introns are Mg2+-dependent ribozymes that are considered to be the evolutionary ancestors of the eukaryotic spliceosome, thus representing an ideal model system to understand the mechanism of conversion of premature messenger RNA (mRNA) into matur ...

2016