Whereas alignment has been fundamental to sequence-based assessments of protein homology, it is ineffective for intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) due to their lowered sequence conservation and unique sequence properties. Here, we present a web ...
StructMAn is a method for protein structural annotation. It describes each position of a protein sequence or specific variants in it in terms of their importance for the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the protein and its interactions with other ...
Conotoxins are a family of highly toxic neurotoxins composed of cysteine-rich peptides produced by marine cone snails. The most lethal cone snail species to humans is with fatality rates of up to ∼65% from a single sting, which is caused mostly by t...
Peptide toxicity prediction holds significant importance in drug development and biotechnology, as accurately identifying toxic peptide sequences is crucial for designing safer peptide-based drugs. This study proposes a deep learning-based model for ...
Prediction of peptide secondary structure is challenging because of complex molecular interactions, sequence-specific behavior, and environmental factors. Traditional design strategies, based on hydrophobicity and structural propensity, can be biased...
Identifying detectable peptides, known as flyers, is key in mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Peptide detectability is strongly related to peptide sequences and their resulting physicochemical properties. Moreover, the high variability in MS data c...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
May 12, 2025
Retroviruses such as HIV cause significant diseases in humans and other organisms, making the discovery of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs a critical priority. While databases like ChEMBL contain valuable information, their complexity poses challenges. Th...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
May 12, 2025
The properties of biological materials like proteins and nucleic acids are largely determined by their primary sequence. Certain segments in the sequence strongly influence specific functions, but identifying these segments, or so-called motifs, is c...
Catalytic constant (Kcat) is to describe the efficiency of catalyzing reactions. The Kcat value of an enzyme-substrate pair indicates the rate an enzyme converts saturated substrates into product during the catalytic process. However, it is challengi...
Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society
Mar 1, 2025
Insects, a majority of animal species, rely on innate immunity and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are a part of their innate immunity, to combat diverse parasites and pathogens. These peptides have applications ranging from agriculture to antim...
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