Tutorial: a guide for the selection of fast and accurate computational tools for the prediction of intrinsic disorder in proteins

L Kurgan, G Hu, K Wang, S Ghadermarzi, B Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Intrinsic disorder is instrumental for a wide range of protein functions, and its analysis, using
computational predictions from primary structures, complements secondary and tertiary …

Deep learning in prediction of intrinsic disorder in proteins

B Zhao, L Kurgan - Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Intrinsic disorder prediction is an active area that has developed over 100 predictors. We
identify and investigate a recent trend towards the development of deep neural network …

AlphaFold2: a role for disordered protein/region prediction?

CJ Wilson, WY Choy, M Karttunen - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The development of AlphaFold2 marked a paradigm-shift in the structural biology
community. Herein, we assess the ability of AlphaFold2 to predict disordered regions …

Rapid prediction and analysis of protein intrinsic disorder

GW Dayhoff, VN Uversky - Protein Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protein intrinsic disorder is found in all kingdoms of life and is known to underpin numerous
physiological and pathological processes. Computational methods play an important role in …

Liquid–liquid phase separation underpins the formation of replication factories in rotaviruses

F Geiger, J Acker, G Papa, X Wang, WE Arter… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
RNA viruses induce the formation of subcellular organelles that provide microenvironments
conducive to their replication. Here we show that replication factories of rotaviruses …

Intrinsic protein disorder and conditional folding in AlphaFoldDB

D Piovesan, AM Monzon, SCE Tosatto - Protein Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) defying the traditional protein structure–function
paradigm have been difficult to analyze. The availability of accurate structure predictions on …

The Toxoplasma micropore mediates endocytosis for selective nutrient salvage from host cell compartments

W Wan, H Dong, DH Lai, J Yang, K He, X Tang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Apicomplexan parasite growth and replication relies on nutrient acquisition from host cells,
in which intracellular multiplication occurs, yet the mechanisms that underlie the nutrient …

Multivalency ensures persistence of a+ TIP body at specialized microtubule ends

SM Meier, AM Farcas, A Kumar, M Ijavi, RT Bill… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+ TIPs) control microtubule specialization and are as
such essential for cell division and morphogenesis. Here we investigated interactions and …

DisProt in 2022: improved quality and accessibility of protein intrinsic disorder annotation

F Quaglia, B Mészáros, E Salladini, A Hatos… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Database of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (DisProt, URL: https://disprot. org)
is the major repository of manually curated annotations of intrinsically disordered proteins …

CAID prediction portal: a comprehensive service for predicting intrinsic disorder and binding regions in proteins

A Del Conte, A Bouhraoua, M Mehdiabadi… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Intrinsic disorder (ID) in proteins is well-established in structural biology, with increasing
evidence for its involvement in essential biological processes. As measuring dynamic ID …