Proteomics, networks and connectivity indices

H González‐Díaz, Y González‐Díaz, L Santana… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Describing the connectivity of chemical and/or biological systems using networks is a
straight gate for the introduction of mathematical tools in proteomics. Networks, in some …

Hydrophobicity-shake flasks, protein folding and drug discovery

A Sarkar, GE Kellogg - Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Hydrophobic interactions are some of the most important interactions in nature. They are the
primary driving force in a number of phenomena. This is mostly an entropic effect and can …

Protein folding in simplified models with estimation of distribution algorithms

R Santana, P Larrañaga… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simplified lattice models have played an important role in protein structure prediction and
protein folding problems. These models can be useful for an initial approximation of the …

A replica exchange Monte Carlo algorithm for protein folding in the HP model

C Thachuk, A Shmygelska, HH Hoos - BMC bioinformatics, 2007 - Springer
Background The ab initio protein folding problem consists of predicting protein tertiary
structure from a given amino acid sequence by minimizing an energy function; it is one of the …

HP-Lattice QSAR for dynein proteins: experimental proteomics (2D-electrophoresis, mass spectrometry) and theoretic study of a Leishmania infantum sequence

MA Dea-Ayuela, Y Pérez-Castillo… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2008 - Elsevier
The toxicity and inefficacy of actual organic drugs against Leishmaniosis justify research
projects to find new molecular targets in Leishmania species including Leishmania infantum …

CPSP-tools–Exact and complete algorithms for high-throughput 3D lattice protein studies

M Mann, S Will, R Backofen - BMC bioinformatics, 2008 - Springer
Background The principles of protein folding and evolution pose problems of very high
inherent complexity. Often these problems are tackled using simplified protein models, eg …

QSAR models for proteins of parasitic organisms, plants and human guests: theory, applications, legal protection, taxes, and regulatory issues

H Gonzalez-Diaz, F Prado-Prado… - Current …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) models based on Graph or
Network theory are important to represent and predict interesting properties of low-molecular …

MMM-QSAR Recognition of Ribonucleases without Alignment:  Comparison with an HMM Model and Isolation from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Prediction, and …

G Agüero-Chapín, H González-Díaz… - Journal of chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The study of type III RNases constitutes an important area in molecular biology. It is known
that the pac1+ gene encodes a particular RNase III that shares low amino acid similarity with …

Scoring function for DNA–drug docking of anticancer and antiparasitic compounds based on spectral moments of 2D lattice graphs for molecular dynamics trajectories

LG Pérez-Montoto, L Santana… - European journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We introduce here a new class of invariants for MD trajectories based on the spectral
moments πk (L) of the Markov matrix associated to lattice network-like (LN) graph …

Classifying proteinlike sequences in arbitrary lattice protein models using LatPack

M Mann, D Maticzka, R Saunders, R Backofen - HFSP journal, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Knowledge of a protein's three‐dimensional native structure is vital in determining its
chemical properties and functionality. However, experimental methods to determine …