Song YANG's research on developing the Multiple-Basin Gō-Martini method has been published online in JCTC (Link). The study introduces this new coarse-grained simulation technique to simulate spontaneous protein conformational transitions and reveals detailed insights into how proteins, especially membrane proteins, interact with their environment like lipid membranes. Notably, using the developed method, Song successfuly simulated the mechanosensitive ion channel TRAAK's "Down-Up" transitions under near-physiological membrane surface tension, detailing how lipid molecules interact with the protein during this process.

This work provides new tools and understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing protein dynamics and their environmental coupling. Congratulations to Dr. Song YANG on this nice achievement!