In recent years, computational methods and artificial intelligence approaches have proven uniquely suited for studying patterns in molecular biology. In this focus issue, we spoke with researchers about using these tools to address various biological...
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) control RNA metabolism to orchestrate gene expression and, when dysfunctional, underlie human diseases. Proteome-wide discovery efforts predict thousands of RBP candidates, many of which lack canonical RNA-binding domains ...
As part of the ongoing bacterial-phage arms race, CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria clear invading phages whereas anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) in phages inhibit CRISPR defenses. Known Acrs have proven extremely diverse, complicating their identification....
Biological systems are composed of a vast web of multiscale molecular interactors and interactions. High-throughput technologies, both bulk and single cell, now allow for investigation of the properties and quantities of these interactors. Computatio...
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is the primary route for selective protein degradation in human cells. The UPS is an attractive target for novel cancer therapies, but the precise UPS genes and substrates important for cancer growth are incomple...
Enzyme design has struggled to emulate the complexity and catalytic proficiency of natural enzymes. Lauko et al. show that with the help of deep learning, the design of serine hydrolases that rival nature's ingenuity is possible.
In this issue of Molecular Cell, Schmid and Walter present "Predictomes," a machine-learning-based platform that utilizes AlphaFold-Multimer (AF-M) to identify high-confidence protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Their SPOC classifier is better than ...
Mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics has become a powerful technology to quantify the entire complement of proteins in cells or tissues. Here, we review challenges and recent advances in the LC-MS-based analysis of minute protein amounts, down to ...
Yang et al. (2021) describe a co-culture multiplexed imaging method that can provide an order of magnitude increase in the number of barcoded biosensors that can be imaged in a single experiment.