AlphaFold 2 and NMR spectroscopy: partners to understand protein structure, dynamics and function

DV Laurents - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The artificial intelligence program AlphaFold 2 is revolutionizing the field of protein structure
determination as it accurately predicts the 3D structure of two thirds of the human proteome …

Integrated computational approaches and tools for allosteric drug discovery

O Sheik Amamuddy, W Veldman, C Manyumwa… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying the complexity of allosteric regulation in
proteins has attracted considerable attention in drug discovery due to the benefits and …

Comparative perturbation-based modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding with host receptor and neutralizing antibodies: Structurally adaptable allosteric …

GM Verkhivker, S Agajanian, DY Oztas, G Gupta - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, we used an integrative computational approach to examine molecular
mechanisms and determine functional signatures underlying the role of functional residues …

Impact of Early Pandemic Stage Mutations on Molecular Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro

O Sheik Amamuddy, GM Verkhivker… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a global threat to world health and economy. Its dimeric
main protease (Mpro), which is required for the proteolytic cleavage of viral precursor …

Integrated biophysical modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding and allosteric interactions with antibodies

GM Verkhivker, L Di Paola - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
Structural and biochemical studies of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2
spike glycoproteins and complexes with highly potent antibodies have revealed multiple …

Molecular simulations and network modeling reveal an allosteric signaling in the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins

GM Verkhivker - Journal of proteome research, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of computational strategies for the quantitative characterization of the
functional mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins is of paramount importance in efforts …

Dynamic network modeling of allosteric interactions and communication pathways in the SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer mutants: Differential modulation of conformational …

GM Verkhivker, L Di Paola - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rapidly growing body of structural and biochemical studies of the SARS-CoV-2 spike
glycoprotein has revealed a variety of distinct functional states with radically different …

Recent advances in coarse-grained models for biomolecules and their applications

N Singh, W Li - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics simulations have emerged as a powerful tool to study biological
systems at varied length and timescales. The conventional all-atom molecular dynamics …

Features of molecular recognition of intrinsically disordered proteins via coupled folding and binding

J Yang, M Gao, J Xiong, Z Su, Y Huang - Protein Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The sequence–structure–function paradigm of proteins has been revolutionized by the
discovery of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) or intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) …

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 …