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...
Scientists and security experts are concerned that the increasing power of AI-assisted protein design and synthesis could be abused by various actors for terrorist or criminal purposes. [Image: see text]
Understanding intracellular phase separation is crucial for deciphering transcriptional control, cell fate transitions, and disease mechanisms. However, the key residues, which impact phase separation the most for protein phase separation function ha...
N-terminal acetylation is one of the most common and important post-translational modifications (PTM) of eukaryotic proteins. PTM plays a crucial role in various cellular processes and disease pathogenesis. Thus, the accurate identification of N-term...
Given the prolonged timelines and high costs associated with traditional approaches, accelerating drug development is crucial. Computational methods, particularly drug-target interaction prediction, have emerged as efficient tools, yet the explainabi...
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...
Phosphorylation is indispensable in comprehending biological processes, while biological experimental methods for identifying phosphorylation sites are tedious and arduous. With the rapid growth of biotechnology, deep learning methods have made signi...
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 ...
BACKGROUND: Protein language models, inspired by the success of large language models in deciphering human language, have emerged as powerful tools for unraveling the intricate code of life inscribed within protein sequences. They have gained signifi...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Mar 12, 2024
The protein-ligand binding free energy is a central quantity in structure-based computational drug discovery efforts. Although popular alchemical methods provide sound statistical means of computing the binding free energy of a large breadth of syste...
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