A compact vocabulary of paratope-epitope interactions enables predictability of antibody-antigen binding

R Akbar, PA Robert, M Pavlović, JR Jeliazkov… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Antibody-antigen binding relies on the specific interaction of amino acids at the paratope-
epitope interface. The predictability of antibody-antigen binding is a prerequisite for de novo …

Unconstrained generation of synthetic antibody–antigen structures to guide machine learning methodology for antibody specificity prediction

PA Robert, R Akbar, R Frank, M Pavlović… - Nature Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning (ML) is a key technology for accurate prediction of antibody–
antigen binding. Two orthogonal problems hinder the application of ML to antibody …

A new clustering and nomenclature for beta turns derived from high-resolution protein structures

M Shapovalov, S Vucetic… - PLoS computational …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Protein loops connect regular secondary structures and contain 4-residue beta turns which
represent 63% of the residues in loops. The commonly used classification of beta turns …

An amino-domino model described by a cross-peptide-bond Ramachandran plot defines amino acid pairs as local structural units

AA Rosenberg, N Yehishalom, A Marx… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Protein structure, both at the global and local level, dictates function. Proteins fold from
chains of amino acids, forming secondary structures, α-helices and β-strands, that, at least …

Recognizing local and global structural motifs at the atomic scale

P Gasparotto, RH Meißner… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Most of the current understanding of structure–property relations at the molecular and the
supramolecular scales can be formulated in terms of the stability of and the interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Using chirality to probe the conformational dynamics and assembly of intrinsically disordered amyloid proteins

JA Raskatov, DB Teplow - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) conformers occupy large regions of conformational
space and display relatively flat energy surfaces. Amyloid-forming IDPs, unlike natively …

Systematic exploration of protein conformational space using a distance geometry approach

TE Malliavin, A Mucherino, C Lavor… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The optimization approaches classically used during the determination of protein structure
encounter various difficulties, especially when the size of the conformational space is large …

Dihedral-based segment identification and classification of biopolymers I: proteins

G Nagy, C Oostenbrink - Journal of chemical information and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A new structure classification scheme for biopolymers is introduced, which is solely based
on main-chain dihedral angles. It is shown that by dividing a biopolymer into segments …

Two-Dimensional Heterospectral Correlation Analysis of the Redox-Induced Conformational Transition in Cytochrome c Using Surface-Enhanced Raman and …

C Zou, M Larisika, G Nagy, J Srajer… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The heme protein cytochrome c adsorbed to a two-layer gold surface modified with a self-
assembled monolayer of 2-mercaptoethanol was analyzed using a two-dimensional (2D) …

Influence of stereochemistry in a local approach for calculating protein conformations

W Da Rocha, L Liberti, A Mucherino… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Protein structure prediction is generally based on the use of local conformational information
coupled with long-range distance restraints. Such restraints can be derived from the …