Targeting peptide‐mediated interactions in omics

J Lin, S Wang, L Wen, H Ye, S Shang, J Li, J Shu… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐mediated interactions (PMIs) play a crucial role in cell signaling network, which are
responsible for about half of cellular protein–protein associations in the human interactome …

SPION decorated exosome delivery of TNF-α to cancer cell membranes through magnetism

M Zhuang, X Chen, D Du, J Shi, M Deng, Q Long, X Yin… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) is capable of inducing apoptosis and is a promising candidate
for genetic engineering drugs in cancer therapy; however, the serious side-effects of TNF-α …

Integrated unsupervised–supervised modeling and prediction of protein–peptide affinities at structural level

P Zhou, L Wen, J Lin, L Mei, Q Liu… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cell signal networks are orchestrated directly or indirectly by various peptide-mediated
protein–protein interactions, which are normally weak and transient and thus ideal for …

Is protein context responsible for peptide-mediated interactions?

P Zhou, Q Miao, F Yan, Z Li, Q Jiang, L Wen… - Molecular Omics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Many cell signaling pathways are orchestrated by the weak, transient, and reversible protein–
protein interactions that are mediated by the binding of a short peptide segment in one …

Machine annealing‐guided navigation of antihypertensive food peptide selectivity between human ACE N‐and C‐domains in structurally interacting diversity space

L Mei, S Shang, S Wang, H Ye… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) is a well‐established druggable target for the
treatment of hypertension (HTN), which contains two structurally homologous but …

Context contribution to the intermolecular recognition of human ACE2-derived peptides by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: implications for improving the peptide affinity …

P Zhou, H Wang, Z Chen, Q Liu - Molecular Omics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an etiological agent of
the current rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is straining …

Systematic analysis and comparison of peptide specificity and selectivity between their cognate receptors and noncognate decoys

J Shu, J Li, S Wang, J Lin, L Wen… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–peptide interactions (PpIs) play an important role in cell signaling networks and
have been exploited as new and attractive therapeutic targets. The affinity and specificity are …

Why the first self-binding peptide of human c-Src kinase does not contain class II motif but can bind to its cognate Src homology 3 domain in class II mode?

P Zhou, F Yan, Q Miao, Z Chen… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Src homology 3 (SH3) domains are small protein modules involved in the
regulation of important cellular pathways such as proliferation and migration, which …

Self-binding peptides: binding-upon-folding versus folding-upon-binding

Z Li, F Yan, Q Miao, Y Meng, L Wen, Q Jiang… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Self-binding peptide (SBP) represents a novel biomolecular phenomenon spanning
between folding and binding. It is a structurally independent, short peptide segment within a …

A Review of the in Silico Design and Development Approaches of Ras-Specific Anticancer Therapeutics

P Motiei, HR Heidari, MS Hejazi, O Molavi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Ras Proteins, play a pivotal role in the proliferation pathways, and Ras mutant forms are well-
established cancer drivers. Ras mutations are found in about 30% of all human cancers …