Hao Hu

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Research Interests:
The role of dynamics in the enzymatic processes; Energetic utilitzation, tranportation, and relaxation process in biomolecular systems.

Education:

1990-1995 B.Sc., Dept. of Biology, U. of Science and Technology of China, China.
1995-1998 M. Sc., School of Life Sciences, U. of Science and Technology of China, China.
1998-2003 Ph. D., Dept. of Biochem, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill


Honors

President scholarship (First Prize), Chinese Academy of Science, 1998
Cray Fellow, North Carolina Supercomputer Center, 1999

Publications


1. Hu. H., Shi Y.-Y., and Wang C-X (1996) Exploring the interaction between D-xylose isomerase and D-xylose by free energy calculation, Proteins: Struct, Funct. & Genet., 26: 157-166

2. Hu H., Liu H.-Y., and Shi Y.-Y. (1997) The reaction pathway of the isomerization of D-xylose catalyzed by the enzyme D-xylose isomerase: A theoretical study, Proteins: Struct, Funct. & Genet., 27: 545-555

3. Hu, H., Liu, H.-Y., and Shi, Y.-Y. (1999) Incorporating density functional potential in classical molecular dynamics simulation. Chinese Science Bulletin, 44: 286-287

4. Hu, H., Yun, R.-H., and Hermans, J. (2002) Reversibility of free energy simulations: Slow growth may have a unique advantage. (With a note on use of Ewald summation.) Mol. Simulation, 28:67-80

5. Hu, H., Elstner, M, Hermans, J. (2003) Comparison of a QM/MM force field and molecular mechanics force fields in simulations of alanine and glycine "dipeptides" (Ace-Ala-Nme and Ace-Gly-Nme) in water in relation to the problem of modeling the unfolded peptide backbone in solution, Proteins: Struct, Funct. & Genet., 50:451-463

6. Hu, H., Clarkson, M. W., Hermans, J., Lee, A. L. (2003) Increased rigidity of eglin c at acidic pH: evidence from NMR spin relaxation and MD simulation, Biochemistry, in print.

7. Hu, H., Hermans, J., and Lee, A.L. (2004) Implication of Methyl Dynamics Observed in Molecular Dynamics Simulations for the Interpretation of NMR Results, (in preparation).

8. Hu, H., Elstner, M. Yang, W., and Hermans, J. (2004) Simulating the liquid water by a quantum mechanic force field, (in preparation).


 

 
 

 

 

 

 
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