Novel machine learning approaches revolutionize protein knowledge

N Bordin, C Dallago, M Heinzinger, S Kim… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Breakthrough methods in machine learning (ML), protein structure prediction, and novel
ultrafast structural aligners are revolutionizing structural biology. Obtaining accurate models …

Protein data bank: a comprehensive review of 3D structure holdings and worldwide utilization by researchers, educators, and students

SK Burley, HM Berman, JM Duarte, Z Feng, JW Flatt… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB),
funded by the United States National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and …

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and its pentameric homologs: toward an allosteric mechanism of signal transduction at the atomic level

M Cecchini, PJ Corringer… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor has served, since its biochemical identification in the
1970s, as a model of an allosteric ligand-gated ion channel mediating signal transition at the …

α7 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: a key receptor in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway exerting an antidepressant effect

H Liu, X Zhang, P Shi, J Yuan, Q Jia, C Pi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Depression is a common mental illness, which is related to monoamine neurotransmitters
and the dysfunction of the cholinergic, immune, glutamatergic, and neuroendocrine systems …

[HTML][HTML] Silent agonists for α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

RL Papke, M Quadri, A Gulsevin - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We discuss models for the activation and desensitization of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine
receptors (nAChRs) and the effects of efficacious type II positive allosteric modulators …

α7-and α9-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the functioning of immune system and in pain

I Shelukhina, A Siniavin, I Kasheverov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) present as many different subtypes in the
nervous and immune systems, muscles and on the cells of other organs. In the immune …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by post-translational modifications

JF Chrestia, O Turani, NR Araujo, G Hernando… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) comprise a family of pentameric ligand-gated ion
channels widely distributed in the central and peripheric nervous system and in non …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and function meet at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-lipid interface

FJ Barrantes - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a transmembrane protein that mediates fast
intercellular communication in response to the endogenous neurotransmitter acetylcholine …

A sequence‐based foldability score combined with AlphaFold2 predictions to disentangle the protein order/disorder continuum

A Bruley, T Bitard‐Feildel, I Callebaut… - Proteins: Structure …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Order and disorder govern protein functions, but there is a great diversity in disorder, from
regions that are—and stay—fully disordered to conditional order. This diversity is still difficult …

[HTML][HTML] Auxiliary protein and chaperone regulation of neuronal nicotinic receptor subtype expression and function

C Gotti, F Clementi, M Zoli - Pharmacological Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a family of pentameric, ligand-
gated ion channels that are located on the surface of neurons and non-neuronal cells and …