Residue mutations and their impact on protein structure and function: detecting beneficial and pathogenic changes

RA Studer, BH Dessailly, CA Orengo - Biochemical journal, 2013 - portlandpress.com
The present review focuses on the evolution of proteins and the impact of amino acid
mutations on function from a structural perspective. Proteins evolve under the law of natural …

Integrated computational approaches and tools for allosteric drug discovery

O Sheik Amamuddy, W Veldman, C Manyumwa… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying the complexity of allosteric regulation in
proteins has attracted considerable attention in drug discovery due to the benefits and …

Allosteric regulation at the crossroads of new technologies: multiscale modeling, networks, and machine learning

GM Verkhivker, S Agajanian, G Hu… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Allosteric regulation is a common mechanism employed by complex biomolecular systems
for regulation of activity and adaptability in the cellular environment, serving as an effective …

Computational analysis of residue interaction networks and coevolutionary relationships in the Hsp70 chaperones: A community-hop** model of allosteric …

G Stetz, GM Verkhivker - PLoS Computational Biology, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Allosteric interactions in the Hsp70 proteins are linked with their regulatory mechanisms and
cellular functions. Despite significant progress in structural and functional characterization of …

Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates

M Vinkler, SR Fiddaman, M Těšický… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Driven by co‐evolution with pathogens, host immunity continuously adapts to optimize
defence against pathogens within a given environment. Recent advances in genetics …

Enhancement in catalytic activity of Aspergillus niger XynB by selective site-directed mutagenesis of active site amino acids

X Wu, Z Tian, X Jiang, Q Zhang, L Wang - Applied microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
XynB from Aspergillus niger ATCC1015 (An XynB) is a mesophilic glycoside hydrolase (GH)
family 11 xylanase which holds great potentials in a wide variety of industrial applications. In …

Coevolution, dynamics and allostery conspire in sha** cooperative binding and signal transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with human angiotensin …

G Verkhivker - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Binding to the host receptor is a critical initial step for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spike
protein to enter into target cells and trigger virus transmission. A detailed dynamic and …

Structure-encoded global motions and their role in mediating protein-substrate interactions

I Bahar, MH Cheng, JY Lee, C Kaya, S Zhang - Biophysical journal, 2015 - cell.com
Recent structure-based computational studies suggest that, in contrast to the classical
description of equilibrium fluctuations as wigglings and jigglings, proteins have access to …

Enhanced unbiased sampling of protein dynamics using evolutionary coupling information

Z Shamsi, AS Moffett, D Shukla - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
One of the major challenges in atomistic simulations of proteins is efficient sampling of
pathways associated with rare conformational transitions. Recent developments in statistical …

Coevolutionary forces sha** the fitness of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein against human receptor ACE2

P Priya, A Shanker - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
The current global health problem caused by SARS-CoV-2 has challenged the scientific
community in various ways. Therefore, worldwide several scientific groups are exploring …