[PDF][PDF] Update 1 of: computational modeling approaches to structure–function analysis of G protein-coupled receptors

F Fanelli, PG De Benedetti - Chemical Reviews-Columbus, 2011 - researchgate.net
Any aspect of cell activity is regulated by extracellular signals that are recognized, decoded,
and transduced inside the cell via different classes of plasma membrane receptors. 1À3 G …

Detection and characterization of 3D-signature phosphorylation site motifs and their contribution towards improved phosphorylation site prediction in proteins

P Durek, C Schudoma, W Weckwerth, J Selbig… - BMC …, 2009 - Springer
Background Phosphorylation of proteins plays a crucial role in the regulation and activation
of metabolic and signaling pathways and constitutes an important target for pharmaceutical …

Comparative genomics and functional annotation of bacterial transporters

MS Gelfand, DA Rodionov - Physics of Life Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Transport proteins are difficult to study experimentally, and because of that their functional
characterization trails that of enzymes. The comparative genomic analysis is a powerful …

Developing a high-quality scoring function for membrane protein structures based on specific inter-residue interactions

AJ Heim, Z Li - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2012 - Springer
Membrane proteins are of particular biological and pharmaceutical importance, and
computational modeling and structure prediction approaches play an important role in …

Advances in the development and application of computational methodologies for structural modeling of G-protein-coupled receptors

JC Mobarec, M Filizola - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Despite the large amount of experimental data accumulated in the past decade
on G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) structure and function, understanding of the …

Network pattern of residue packing in helical membrane proteins and its application in membrane protein structure prediction

V Pabuwal, Z Li - Protein Engineering, Design & Selection, 2008 - academic.oup.com
De novo protein structure prediction plays an important role in studies of helical membrane
proteins as well as structure-based drug design efforts. Developing an accurate scoring …

How strongly do sequence conservation patterns and empirical scales correlate with exposure patterns of transmembrane helices of membrane proteins?

Y Park, V Helms - Biopolymers: Original Research on …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Given the difficulty in determining high‐resolution structures of helical membrane proteins,
sequence‐based prediction methods can be useful in elucidating diverse physiological …

Conserved network properties of helical membrane protein structures and its implication for improving membrane protein homology modeling at the twilight zone

J Gao, Z Li - Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 2009 - Springer
Homology modeling techniques remain an important tool for membrane protein studies and
membrane protein-targeted drug development. Due to the paucity of available structure …

Method to assess packing quality of transmembrane α-helices in proteins. 1. Parametrization using structural data

AO Chugunov, VN Novoseletsky… - Journal of chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Integral membrane proteins (MPs) are pharmaceutical targets of exceptional importance.
Modern methods of three-dimensional protein structure determination often fail to supply the …

TMDIM: an improved algorithm for the structure prediction of transmembrane domains of bitopic dimers

H Cao, MCK Ng, SA Jusoh, HK Tai, SWI Siu - Journal of Computer-Aided …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract α α-Helical transmembrane proteins are the most important drug targets in rational
drug development. However, solving the experimental structures of these proteins remains …