Modeling and structure determination of homo-oligomeric proteins: An overview of challenges and current approaches

A Gaber, M Pavšič - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Protein homo-oligomerization is a very common phenomenon, and approximately half of
proteins form homo-oligomeric assemblies composed of identical subunits. The vast majority …

[PDF][PDF] Applications of contact predictions to structural biology

F Simkovic, S Ovchinnikov, D Baker, DJ Rigden - IUCrJ, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
Evolutionary pressure on residue interactions, intramolecular or intermolecular, that are
important for protein structure or function can lead to covariance between the two positions …

Automated evaluation of quaternary structures from protein crystals

S Bliven, A Lafita, A Parker, G Capitani… - PLoS computational …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
A correct assessment of the quaternary structure of proteins is a fundamental prerequisite to
understanding their function, physico-chemical properties and mode of interaction with other …

[HTML][HTML] MCDB: A comprehensive curated mitotic catastrophe database for retrieval, protein sequence alignment, and target prediction

L Zhang, L Zhang, Y Guo, M Xiao, L Feng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitotic catastrophe (MC) is a form of programmed cell death induced by mitotic process
disorders, which is very important in tumor prevention, development, and drug resistance …

Assessment of protein assembly prediction in CASP12

A Lafita, S Bliven, A Kryshtafovych… - Proteins: Structure …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present the results of the first independent assessment of protein assemblies in CASP. A
total of 1624 oligomeric models were submitted by 108 predictor groups for the 30 …

Assessment of protein assembly prediction in CASP13

D Guzenko, A Lafita, B Monastyrskyy… - Proteins: Structure …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present the assembly category assessment in the 13th edition of the CASP community‐
wide experiment. For the second time, protein assemblies constitute an independent …

Trop2 forms a stable dimer with significant structural differences within the membrane-distal region as compared to EpCAM

M Pavšič - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Trop2 is a cell-surface transmembrane glycoprotein involved in the maintenance of
epithelial tissue integrity and is an important carcinoma marker. It shares similar claudin …

ClusPro-DC: Dimer classification by the CLUSPRO server for protein–protein docking

C Yueh, DR Hall, B Xia, D Padhorny, D Kozakov… - Journal of molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract ClusPro-DC (https://cluspro. bu. edu/) implements a straightforward approach to the
discrimination between crystallographic and biological dimers by docking the two subunits …

AHoJ: rapid, tailored search and retrieval of apo and holo protein structures for user-defined ligands

CP Feidakis, R Krivak, D Hoksza, M Novotny - Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanism of action of a protein or designing better ligands for it, often
requires access to a bound (holo) and an unbound (apo) state of the protein. Resources for …

Distinguishing crystallographic from biological interfaces in protein complexes: role of intermolecular contacts and energetics for classification

K Elez, AMJJ Bonvin, A Vangone - BMC bioinformatics, 2018 - Springer
Background Study of macromolecular assemblies is fundamental to understand functions in
cells. X-ray crystallography is the most common technique to solve their 3D structure at …