Mapping the binding sites of challenging drug targets

AE Wakefield, D Kozakov, S Vajda - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
An increasing number of medically important proteins are challenging drug targets because
their binding sites are too shallow or too polar, are cryptic and thus not detectable without a …

[HTML][HTML] Cell phenotypes can be predicted from propensities of protein conformations

R Nussinov, Y Liu, W Zhang, H Jang - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteins exist as dynamic conformational ensembles. Here we suggest that the propensities
of the conformations can be predictors of cell function. The conformational states that the …

Predicting allosteric pockets in protein biological assemblages

A Kumar, BT Kaynak, KS Dorman, P Doruker… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Allostery enables changes to the dynamic behavior of a protein at distant
positions induced by binding. Here, we present APOP, a new allosteric pocket prediction …

Practical Guidance for Consensus Scoring and Force Field Selection in Protein–Ligand Binding Free Energy Simulations

H Zhang, S Kim, W Im - Journal of chemical information and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The advances in ligand binding affinity prediction have been fostered by system generation
tools and improved force fields (FFs). CHARMM-GUI Free Energy Calculator provides input …

Single-Molecule Human Nucleosome Spontaneously Ruptures under the Stress of Compressive Force: A New Perspective on Gene Stability and Epigenetic …

L Shahu, SR Chowdhury, HP Lu - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Force manipulation on the biological entities from living cells to protein molecules has
revealed many mechanical details of cell biology from resolving folding and unfolding …

Gauging Dynamics-driven Allostery Using a New Computational Tool: A CAP Case Study

AP Kornev, JH Weng, RA Maillard, SS Taylor - Journal of molecular biology, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we utilize Protein Residue Networks (PRNs), constructed using Local Spatial
Pattern (LSP) alignment, to explore the dynamic behavior of Catabolite Activator Protein …

Molecular Simulations of Unexplored Philippine Plant Constituents on the Inhibition of the Proinflammatory Marker NF-κB p50 Subunit

JU Ting, MCS Tan, VAS Ng, SJY Macalino, VC Linis… - Crystals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Inflammation serves as a pivotal defense mechanism orchestrated by the innate immune
system to safeguard cellular health against adversities. Nonetheless, dysregulated …

From single-omics to interactomics: How can ligand-induced perturbations modulate single-cell phenotypes?

LF Piochi, AT Gaspar, N Rosário-Ferreira… - Advances in Protein …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cells suffer from perturbations by different stimuli, which, consequently, rise to individual
alterations in their profile and function that may end up affecting the tissue as a whole. This …

Dynamics-based protein network features accurately discriminate neutral and rheostat positions

P Campitelli, D Ross, L Swint-Kruse, SB Ozkan - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
In some proteins, a unique class of nonconserved positions is characterized by their ability
to generate diverse functional outcomes through single amino acid substitutions. Due to …

Dynamic play between human N-α-acetyltransferase D and H4-mutant histones: Molecular dynamics study

SB Rathod, KR Srivastava - Current Protein and Peptide …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Many N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs) play important role in the
posttranslational modifications of histone tails. Research showed that these enzymes have …