Collagen structure: new tricks from a very old dog

J Bella - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
The main features of the triple helical structure of collagen were deduced in the mid-1950s
from fibre X-ray diffraction of tendons. Yet, the resulting models only could offer an average …

Protein structure prediction: conventional and deep learning perspectives

VA Jisna, PB Jayaraj - The protein journal, 2021 - Springer
Protein structure prediction is a way to bridge the sequence-structure gap, one of the main
challenges in computational biology and chemistry. Predicting any protein's accurate …

Defining a new nomenclature for the structures of active and inactive kinases

V Modi, RL Dunbrack Jr - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Targeting protein kinases is an important strategy for intervention in cancer. Inhibitors are
directed at the active conformation or a variety of inactive conformations. While attempts …

In silico design and immunoinformatics analysis of a universal multi-epitope vaccine against monkeypox virus

S Sanami, S Nazarian, S Ahmad, E Raeisi… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreaks have been reported in various countries worldwide;
however, there is no specific vaccine against MPXV. In this study, therefore, we employed …

The comparison between zein-anthocyanins complex and nanoparticle systems: Stability enhancement, interaction mechanism, and in silico approaches

Z Li, Y Wang, B Song, J Li, Y Bao, Q Jiang, Y Chen… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aimed to compare and characterize the physicochemical properties and
interaction mechanism of zein and anthocyanins (ACNs) from experimental and theoretical …

Thiazole-based thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, cytotoxicity evaluation and molecular docking study

SM Gomha, HA Abdelhady, DZH Hassain… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Hybrid drug design has developed as a prime method for the development of
novel anticancer therapies that can theoretically solve much of the pharmacokinetic …

Teraryl braces in macrocycles: synthesis and conformational landscape remodeling of peptides

P Yang, MJ Širvinskas, B Li, NW Heller… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The three-dimensional structure of medium-sized cyclic peptides accounts for their
biological activity and other important physiochemical properties. Despite significant …

Codon-specific Ramachandran plots show amino acid backbone conformation depends on identity of the translated codon

AA Rosenberg, A Marx, AM Bronstein - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Synonymous codons translate into chemically identical amino acids. Once considered
inconsequential to the formation of the protein product, there is evidence to suggest that …

Discovery of Multitarget-Directed Ligands from Piperidine Alkaloid Piperine as a Cap Group for the Management of Alzheimer's Disease

K Bhanukiran, SK Singh, R Singh… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The naturally inspired multitarget-directed ligands (PC01–PC10 and PD01–PD26) were
synthesized from piperine for the management of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The compound …

Designing a novel mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: An immunoinformatics approach

I Ahammad, SS Lira - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is the deadly virus behind COVID-19, the disease that went on to ravage the
world and caused the biggest pandemic 21st century has witnessed so far. On the face of …