Alvin Yu

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
School	School of Medicine
Address	1001 Health Sciences Road Irvine CA 92697-3950
Phone	(949) 824-4643
ORCID	0000-0002-8051-7661
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multiscale simulations, molecular modeling, viruses, HIV, ion channels, proteins, computational biophysics

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Phosphorylation at Ser65 modulates ubiquitin conformational dynamics. Structure. 2023 07 06; 31(7):884-890.e2. Yovanno RA, Yu A, Wied TJ, Lau AY. PMID: 37267945; PMCID: PMC10330661.

View in: PubMed Mentions: Fields:
Bio Biochemistry Bio Biotechnology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Cells
Strain and rupture of HIV-1 capsids during uncoating. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 03 08; 119(10):e2117781119. Yu A, Lee EMY, Briggs JAG, Ganser-Pornillos BK, Pornillos O, Voth GA. PMID: 35238630; PMCID: PMC8915963.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 12 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Cooperative multivalent receptor binding promotes exposure of the SARS-CoV-2 fusion machinery core. Nat Commun. 2022 02 22; 13(1):1002. Pak AJ, Yu A, Ke Z, Briggs JAG, Voth GA. PMID: 35194049; PMCID: PMC8863989.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 22 Fields:
Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Stability and molecular pathways to the formation of spin defects in silicon carbide. Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 03; 12(1):6325. Lee EMY, Yu A, de Pablo JJ, Galli G. PMID: 34732705; PMCID: PMC8566517.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 4 Fields:
Bio Biology Sci Science
Integrin-based mechanosensing through conformational deformation. Biophys J. 2021 10 19; 120(20):4349-4359. Driscoll TP, Bidone TC, Ahn SJ, Yu A, Groisman A, Voth GA, Schwartz MA. PMID: 34509509; PMCID: PMC8553792.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
Bio Biophysics
Translation:Cells
Cooperative multivalent receptor binding promotes exposure of the SARS-CoV-2 fusion machinery core. bioRxiv. 2021 Jun 07. Pak AJ, Yu A, Ke Z, Briggs JAG, Voth GA. PMID: 34127973; PMCID: PMC8202425.

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A multiscale coarse-grained model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion. Biophys J. 2021 03 16; 120(6):1097-1104. Yu A, Pak AJ, He P, Monje-Galvan V, Casalino L, Gaieb Z, Dommer AC, Amaro RE, Voth GA. PMID: 33253634; PMCID: PMC7695975.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 60 Fields:
Bio Biophysics
Translation:Cells
Temperature and Phase Transferable Bottom-up Coarse-Grained Models. J Chem Theory Comput. 2020 Nov 10; 16(11):6823-6842. Jin J, Yu A, Voth GA. PMID: 32975948; PMCID: PMC8631167.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 14 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry Che Chemistry
A Multiscale Coarse-grained Model of the SARS-CoV-2 Virion. bioRxiv. 2020 Oct 02. Yu A, Pak AJ, He P, Monje-Galvan V, Casalino L, Gaieb Z, Dommer AC, Amaro RE, Voth GA. PMID: 33024966; PMCID: PMC7536869.

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Atomic-scale characterization of mature HIV-1 capsid stabilization by inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6). Sci Adv. 2020 09; 6(38). Yu A, Lee EMY, Jin J, Voth GA. PMID: 32938668; PMCID: PMC7494349.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields:
Sci Science
TRIM5α self-assembly and compartmentalization of the HIV-1 viral capsid. Nat Commun. 2020 03 11; 11(1):1307. Yu A, Skorupka KA, Pak AJ, Ganser-Pornillos BK, Pornillos O, Voth GA. PMID: 32161265; PMCID: PMC7066149.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 31 Fields:
Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Off-Pathway Assembly: A Broad-Spectrum Mechanism of Action for Drugs That Undermine Controlled HIV-1 Viral Capsid Formation. J Am Chem Soc. 2019 07 03; 141(26):10214-10224. Pak AJ, Grime JMA, Yu A, Voth GA. PMID: 31244184; PMCID: PMC6739737.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields:
Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans Cells
Glutamate and Glycine Binding to the NMDA Receptor. Structure. 2018 07 03; 26(7):1035-1043.e2. Yu A, Lau AY. PMID: 29887499; PMCID: PMC6031449.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 26 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry Bio Biotechnology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Neurotransmitter Funneling Optimizes Glutamate Receptor Kinetics. Neuron. 2018 01 03; 97(1):139-149.e4. Yu A, Salazar H, Plested AJR, Lau AY. PMID: 29249286; PMCID: PMC5766834.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 11 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans Cells
Energetics of Glutamate Binding to an Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor. J Phys Chem B. 2017 11 22; 121(46):10436-10442. Yu A, Lau AY. PMID: 29065265; PMCID: PMC5716343.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 10 Fields:
Che Chemistry
Translation:Humans Cells
Molecular lock regulates binding of glycine to a primitive NMDA receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 11 01; 113(44):E6786-E6795. Yu A, Alberstein R, Thomas A, Zimmet A, Grey R, Mayer ML, Lau AY. PMID: 27791085; PMCID: PMC5098608.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 19 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells