Journal of chemical information and modeling
Nov 1, 2024
In the realm of biomedical research, understanding the intricate structure of proteins is crucial, as these structures determine how proteins function within our bodies and interact with potential drugs. Traditionally, methods like X-ray crystallogra...
The accuracy of the information in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) is of great importance for the myriad downstream applications that make use of protein structural information. Despite best efforts, the occasional introduction of errors is inevitable, e...
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
Oct 22, 2024
The APOE gene, encoding apolipoprotein E, is a predictor of longevity and age-related diseases. Despite numerous genetic studies, the data on molecular mechanisms by which apolipoprotein E affects the human phenotype remain incomplete due to the stru...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Oct 10, 2024
Inspired by the success of deep learning in predicting static protein structures, researchers are now actively exploring other deep learning algorithms aimed at predicting the conformational changes of proteins. Currently, a major challenge in the de...
Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences
Oct 5, 2024
The structural stability of proteins is an important topic in various fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and enzymology. Specifically, understanding the structural stability of protein is crucial for protein design. Artificial design, whi...
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations produce a substantial volume of high-dimensional data, and traditional methods for analyzing these data pose significant computational demands. Advances in MD simulation analysis combined with deep learning-based a...
Deep learning methods, trained on the increasing set of available protein 3D structures and sequences, have substantially impacted the protein modeling and design field. These advancements have facilitated the creation of novel proteins, or the optim...
Journal of chemical theory and computation
Sep 20, 2024
Biomolecular simulations often suffer from the "time scale problem", hindering the study of rare events occurring over extended time scales. Enhanced sampling techniques aim to alleviate this issue by accelerating conformational transitions, yet they...
Journal of chemical theory and computation
Sep 17, 2024
The complex, multidimensional energy landscape of biomolecules makes the extraction of suitable, nonintuitive collective variables (CVs) that describe their conformational transitions challenging. At present, dimensionality reduction approaches and m...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Sep 16, 2024
Identifying druggable binding sites on proteins is an important and challenging problem, particularly for cryptic, allosteric binding sites that may not be obvious from X-ray, cryo-EM, or predicted structures. The Site-Identification by Ligand Compet...
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