Coarse-grained protein models and their applications

S Kmiecik, D Gront, M Kolinski, L Wieteska… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The traditional computational modeling of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions
remains difficult for many protein systems. It is mostly due to the size of protein …

Designing stapled peptides to inhibit protein‐protein interactions: an analysis of successes in a rapidly changing field

MTJ Bluntzer, J O'Connell, TS Baker, J Michel… - Peptide …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Two decades after their discovery, stapled peptide methodologies have evolved to a point
where they can be used with confidence to generate therapeutic leads. Research groups …

CABS-flex 2.0: a web server for fast simulations of flexibility of protein structures

A Kuriata, AM Gierut, T Oleniecki… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Classical simulations of protein flexibility remain computationally expensive, especially for
large proteins. A few years ago, we developed a fast method for predicting protein structure …

Benchmarking of different molecular docking methods for protein-peptide docking

P Agrawal, H Singh, HK Srivastava, S Singh… - BMC …, 2019 - Springer
Background Molecular docking studies on protein-peptide interactions are a challenging
and time-consuming task because peptides are generally more flexible than proteins and …

Flexible docking of peptides to proteins using CABS‐dock

M Kurcinski, A Badaczewska‐Dawid… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular docking of peptides to proteins can be a useful tool in the exploration of the
possible peptide binding sites and poses. CABS‐dock is a method for protein–peptide …

Targeting tumors using peptides

P Scodeller, EK Asciutto - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
To penetrate solid tumors, low molecular weight (Mw< 10 KDa) compounds have an edge
over antibodies: their higher penetration because of their small size. Because of the dense …

Selective coactivation of α7-and α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors reverses beta-amyloid–induced synaptic dysfunction

JP Roberts, SA Stokoe, MF Sathler, RA Nichols… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Beta-amyloid (Aβ) has been recognized as an early trigger in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) leading to synaptic and cognitive impairments. Aβ can alter …

Fully blind docking at the atomic level for protein-peptide complex structure prediction

C Yan, X Xu, X Zou - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
Protein-peptide interactions play an important role in many cellular processes. In silico
prediction of protein-peptide complex structure is highly desirable for mechanistic …

Structure-based prediction of protein–peptide binding regions using Random Forest

G Taherzadeh, Y Zhou, AWC Liew, Y Yang - Bioinformatics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Protein–peptide interactions are one of the most important biological interactions
and play crucial role in many diseases including cancer. Therefore, knowledge of these …

ASGR1 and its enigmatic relative, CLEC10A

JK Hoober - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The large family of C-type lectin (CLEC) receptors comprises carbohydrate-binding proteins
that require Ca2+ to bind a ligand. The prototypic receptor is the asialoglycoprotein receptor …