Peptides possess several attractive features when compared to small molecule and protein
therapeutics, such as high structural compatibility with target proteins, the ability to disrupt …

The recent focus on protein-protein interaction networks has increasingly been shifted
towards the disruption of protein complexes, which either are mediated by the binding of a …

An important objective of computational protein design is the generation of high affinity
peptide inhibitors of protein–peptide interactions, both as a precursor to the development of …

Protein–protein interfaces play fundamental roles in the molecular mechanisms underlying
pathophysiological pathways and are important targets for the design of compounds of …

With the decline in productivity of drug‐development efforts, novel approaches to rational
drug design are being introduced and developed. Naturally occurring and synthetic peptides …

Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) execute many fundamental cellular functions and have
served as prime drug targets over the last two decades. Interfering intracellular PPIs with …

Highlights•We provide an overview of protein-peptide docking methods and their
applications.•Peptide docking tools can be divided on template-based, local and global …

Peptides are prevalent in biology, mediating as many as 40% of protein-protein interactions,
and involved in other cellular functions such as transport and signaling. Their ability to bind …

Highlights•Accrual of peptide–protein complex structures allowed their detailed
characterization.•This has lead to rapid progress in peptide docking, based on diverse …

Peptides and peptidomimetics are strongly re-emerging as amenable candidates in the
development of therapeutic strategies against a plethora of pathologies. In particular, these …