Publications of Dirk Matthes

Sant, V.; Matthes, D.; Mazal, H.; Antonschmidt, L.; Wieser, F.; Movellan, K. T.; Xue, K.; Nimerovsky, E.; Stampolaki, M.; Nathan, M. et al.; Riedel, D.; Becker, S.; Sandoghdar, V.; de Groot, B. L.; Griesinger, C.; Andreas, L. B.: Lipidic folding pathway of α-Synuclein via a toxic oligomer. Nature Communications 16, 760 (2025)

Gapsys, V.; Kopec, W.; Matthes, D.; de Groot, B. L.: Biomolecular simulations at the exascale: From drug design to organelles and beyond. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 88, 102887 (2024)

Matthes, D.; de Groot, B. L.: Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the importance of amyloid-beta oligomer β-sheet edge conformations in membrane permeabilization. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 299 (4), 103034 (2023)

Frieg, B.; Antonschmidt, L.; Dienemann, C.; Geraets, J. A.; Najbauer, E. E.; Matthes, D.; de Groot, B. L.; Andreas, L. B.; Becker, S.; Griesinger, C. et al.; Schröder, G. F.: The 3D structure of lipidic fibrils of α-synuclein. Nature Communications 13 (1), 6810 (2022)

Antonschmidt, L.; Matthes, D.; Dervişoğlu, R.; Frieg, B.; Dienemann, C.; Leonov, A.; Nimerovsky, E.; Sant, V.; Ryazanov, S.; Giese, A. et al.; Schröder, G.; Becker, S.; de Groot, B. L.; Griesinger, C.; Andreas, L. B.: The clinical drug candidate anle138b binds in a cavity of lipidic α-synuclein fibrils. Nature Communications 13, pp. 5385 - 5394 (2022)

Matthes, D.; Gapsys, V.; Brennecke, J. T.; de Groot, B. L.: An atomistic view of amyloidogenic self-assembly: Structure and dynamics of heterogeneous conformational states in the pre-nucleation phase. Scientific Reports 6, 33156 (2016)

Matthes, D.; Daebel, V.; Meyenberg, K.; Riedel, D.; Heim, G.; Diederichsen, U.; Lange, A.; De Groot, B. L.: Spontaneous aggregation of the insulin-derived steric zipper peptide VEALYL results in different aggregation forms with common features. Journal of Molecular Biology 426 (2), pp. 362 - 376 (2014)

Matthes, D.; Gapsys, V.; de Groot, B. L.: Driving forces and structural determinants of steric zipper peptide oligomer formation elucidated by atomistic simulations. Journal of Molecular Biology 421 (2-3), pp. 390 - 416 (2012)

Matthes, D.; Gapsys, V.; Daebel, V.; de Groot, B. L.: Mapping the conformational dynamics and pathways of spontaneous steric zipper peptide oligomerization. Plos One 6 (5), e19129 (2011)

Matthes, D.; de Groot, B. L.: Secondary structure propensities in peptide folding simulations: A systematic comparison of molecular mechanics interaction schemes. Biophysical Journal 97 (2), pp. 599 - 608 (2009)

Haas, J.; Vöhringer-Martinez, E.; Bögehold, A.; Matthes, D.; Hensen, U.; Pelah, A.; Abel, B.; Grubmuller, H.: Primary steps of pH-dependent insulin aggregation kinetics are governed by conformational flexibility. ChemBioChem 10 (11), pp. 1816 - 1822 (2009)

Matthes, D.: Spontaneous aggregation of fibril-forming peptides studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Dissertation, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen (2011)

Griesinger, C.; Sant, V.; Matthes, D.; Mazal, H.; Antonschmidt, L.; Wieser, F.; Tekwani Movellan, K.; Xue, K.; Nimerovsky, E.; Stampolaki, M. et al.; Nathan, M.; Riedel, D.; Becker, S.; Sandoghdar, V.; de Groot, B. L.; Andreas, L. B.: Lipidic folding pathway of α-Synuclein via a toxic oligomer. Research Square (2024)