Journal of chemical information and modeling
Apr 18, 2024
Research in the human genome sciences generates a substantial amount of genetic data for hundreds of thousands of individuals, which concomitantly increases the number of variants of unknown significance (VUS). Bioinformatic analyses can successfully...
The physical interactions between proteins are largely determined by the structural properties at their binding interfaces. It was found that the binding interfaces in distinctive protein complexes are highly similar. The structural properties underl...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Apr 17, 2024
Protein engineering faces challenges in finding optimal mutants from a massive pool of candidate mutants. In this study, we introduce a deep-learning-based data-efficient fitness prediction tool to steer protein engineering. Our methodology establish...
Current opinion in structural biology
Apr 16, 2024
The three-dimensional structure of proteins determines their function in vital biological processes. Thus, when the structure is known, the molecular mechanism of protein function can be understood in more detail and obtained information utilized in ...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Apr 4, 2024
Rapidly predicting enzyme properties for catalyzing specific substrates is essential for identifying potential enzymes for industrial transformations. The demand for sustainable production of valuable industry chemicals utilizing biological resources...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Mar 27, 2024
Phosphorylation modifications play important regulatory roles in most biological processes. However, the functional assignment for the vast majority of the identified phosphosites remains a major challenge. Here, we provide a deep learning framework ...
The fast motions of proteins at the picosecond to nanosecond timescale, known as fast dynamics, are closely related to protein conformational entropy and rearrangement, which in turn affect catalysis, ligand binding and protein allosteric effects. Th...
Designed protein cages and related materials provide unique opportunities for applications in biotechnology and medicine, but their creation remains challenging. Here, we apply computational approaches to design a suite of tetrahedrally symmetric, se...
Proteins are used in various biotechnological applications, often requiring the optimization of protein properties by introducing specific amino-acid exchanges. Deep mutational scanning (DMS) is an effective high-throughput method for evaluating the ...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Feb 29, 2024
The world has witnessed a revolution in therapeutics with the development of biological medicines such as antibodies and antibody fragments, notably nanobodies. These nanobodies possess unique characteristics including high specificity and modulatory...