Recent advances in developing small molecules targeting nucleic acid

M Wang, Y Yu, C Liang, A Lu, G Zhang - International journal of molecular …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acids participate in a large number of biological processes. However, current
approaches for small molecules targeting protein are incompatible with nucleic acids. On the …

[HTML][HTML] A CRISPR-Cas12a integrated SERS nanoplatform with chimeric DNA/RNA hairpin guide for ultrasensitive nucleic acid detection

B Yin, Q Zhang, X Xia, C Li, WKH Ho, J Yan… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: CRISPR-Cas12a has been integrated with nanomaterial-based optical
techniques, such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), to formulate a powerful …

Protein–RNA interactions: structural biology and computational modeling techniques

S Jones - Biophysical reviews, 2016 - Springer
RNA-binding proteins are functionally diverse within cells, being involved in RNA-
metabolism, translation, DNA damage repair, and gene regulation at both the transcriptional …

Structure, stability and specificity of the binding of ssDNA and ssRNA with proteins

A Pal, Y Levy - PLoS computational biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Recognition of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) or single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) is important
for many fundamental cellular functions. A variety of single-stranded DNA-binding proteins …

RmsdXNA: RMSD prediction of nucleic acid-ligand docking poses using machine-learning method

LH Tan, CK Kwoh, Y Mu - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Small molecule drugs can be used to target nucleic acids (NA) to regulate biological
processes. Computational modeling methods, such as molecular docking or scoring …

Sampling native-like structures of RNA-protein complexes through Rosetta folding and docking

K Kappel, R Das - Structure, 2019 - cell.com
RNA-protein complexes underlie numerous cellular processes including translation,
splicing, and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. The structures of these …

Construction of Histone–Protein Complex Structures by Peptide Growing

BZ Zsidó, B Bayarsaikhan, R Börzsei… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The structures of histone complexes are master keys to epigenetics. Linear histone peptide
tails often bind to shallow pockets of reader proteins via weak interactions, rendering their …

Frontiers and Challenges of Computing ncRNAs Biogenesis, Function and Modulation

S Rinaldi, E Moroni, R Rozza… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), generated from nonprotein coding DNA sequences, constitute
98–99% of the human genome. Non-coding RNAs encompass diverse functional classes …

Protein-ensemble–RNA docking by efficient consideration of protein flexibility through homology models

J He, H Tao, SY Huang - Bioinformatics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Given the importance of protein–ribonucleic acid (RNA) interactions in many
biological processes, a variety of docking algorithms have been developed to predict the …

An overview of structural approaches to study therapeutic RNAs

L Mollica, FA Cupaioli, G Rossetti… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
RNAs provide considerable opportunities as therapeutic agent to expand the plethora of
classical therapeutic targets, from extracellular and surface proteins to intracellular nucleic …