Protein structure prediction: conventional and deep learning perspectives

VA Jisna, PB Jayaraj - The protein journal, 2021 - Springer
Protein structure prediction is a way to bridge the sequence-structure gap, one of the main
challenges in computational biology and chemistry. Predicting any protein's accurate …

Bacilli-Mediated Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds and Heavy Metals

PK Arora - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Xenobiotic compounds are man-made compounds and widely used in dyes, drugs,
pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, explosives, and other industrial chemicals. These …

Dickkopf-1: a promising target for cancer immunotherapy

HY Chu, Z Chen, L Wang, ZK Zhang, X Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Clinical studies in a range of cancers have detected elevated levels of the Wnt antagonist
Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) in the serum or tumors of patients, and this was frequently associated …

Processing of NODULE INCEPTION controls the transition to nitrogen fixation in root nodules

J Feng, T Lee, K Schiessl, GED Oldroyd - Science, 2021 - science.org
Legume nodules create an environment for intracellular bacterial symbionts to fix
atmospheric nitrogen. The master regulator NODULE INCEPTION (NIN) controls many …

[HTML][HTML] Affinity maturation of antibody fragments: A review encompassing the development from random approaches to computational rational optimization

J Li, G Kang, J Wang, H Yuan, Y Wu, S Meng… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Routinely screened antibody fragments usually require further in vitro maturation to achieve
the desired biophysical properties. Blind in vitro strategies can produce improved ligands by …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in machine learning-based methods for protein fold recognition

L Wei, Q Zou - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Knowledge on protein folding has a profound impact on understanding the heterogeneity
and molecular function of proteins, further facilitating drug design. Predicting the 3D …

[HTML][HTML] VHH Structural Modelling Approaches: A Critical Review

P Vishwakarma, AM Vattekatte, N Shinada… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
VHH, ie, VH domains of camelid single-chain antibodies, are very promising therapeutic
agents due to their significant physicochemical advantages compared to classical …

Characterization of the NiRAN domain from RNA-dependent RNA polymerase provides insights into a potential therapeutic target against SARS-CoV-2

A Dwivedy, R Mariadasse, M Ahmad… - PLoS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Apart from the canonical fingers, palm and thumb domains, the RNA dependent RNA
polymerases (RdRp) from the viral order Nidovirales possess two additional domains. Of …

ORION: a web server for protein fold recognition and structure prediction using evolutionary hybrid profiles

Y Ghouzam, G Postic, PE Guerin, AG de Brevern… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Protein structure prediction based on comparative modeling is the most efficient way to
produce structural models when it can be performed. ORION is a dedicated webserver …

PBxplore: a tool to analyze local protein structure and deformability with Protein Blocks

J Barnoud, H Santuz, P Craveur, AP Joseph, V Jallu… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
This paper describes the development and application of a suite of tools, called PBxplore, to
analyze the dynamics and deformability of protein structures using Protein Blocks (PBs) …