Structure formation of membrane proteins is error-prone and thus requires chaperones that oversee this essential process in cell biology. The ER membrane protein complex (EMC) is well-defined as a transmembrane domain (TMD) insertase. In this study, ...
Multiple C2 Domains and Transmembrane region Proteins (MCTPs) in plants have been identified as important functional and structural components of plasmodesmata cytoplasmic bridges, which are vital for cell-cell communication. MCTPs are endoplasmic re...
BACKGROUND: Association and cooperation among structural domains play an important role in protein function and drug design. Despite remarkable advancements in highly accurate single-domain protein structure prediction through the collaborative effor...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
May 1, 2025
Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a pivotal molecular chaperone crucial in the maturation of client proteins, positioning it as a significant target for cancer therapy. However, the design of effective Hsp90 inhibitors presents substantial challenges ...
Proteins often perform biological functions by forming complexes, thereby accurately predicting the structure of protein complexes is crucial to understanding and mastering their functions, as well as facilitating drug discovery. Protein monomeric st...
The decomposition of a biomolecular complex into domains is an important step to investigate biological functions and ease structure determination. A successful approach to do so is the SPECTRUS algorithm, which provides a segmentation based on spect...
International journal of molecular sciences
Jan 9, 2025
We test here the prediction capabilities of the new generation of deep learning predictors in the more challenging situation of multistate multidomain proteins by using as a case study a coiled-coil family of Nucleotide-binding Oligomerization Domain...
Computational methods for predicting protein function are of great significance in understanding biological mechanisms and treating complex diseases. However, existing computational approaches of protein function prediction lack interpretability, mak...
Human Snk is an evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine kinase essential for the maintenance of endocrine stability. The protein consists of a N-terminal catalytic domain and a C-terminal polo-box domain (PBD) that determines subcellular localizati...
International journal of biological macromolecules
Nov 19, 2024
CRISPR/Cas9 technology is widely used for gene editing, but off-targeting still remains a major concern in therapeutic applications. Although Cas9 variants with better mismatch discrimination have been developed, they have significantly lower rates o...
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