The structural basis of antibody-antigen recognition

I Sela-Culang, V Kunik, Y Ofran - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The function of antibodies (Abs) involves specific binding to antigens (Ags) and activation of
other components of the immune system to fight pathogens. The six hypervariable loops …

Protein ensembles: how does nature harness thermodynamic fluctuations for life? The diverse functional roles of conformational ensembles in the cell

G Wei, W Xi, R Nussinov, B Ma - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
All soluble proteins populate conformational ensembles that together constitute the native
state. Their fluctuations in water are intrinsic thermodynamic phenomena, and the …

Deciphering interaction fingerprints from protein molecular surfaces using geometric deep learning

P Gainza, F Sverrisson, F Monti, E Rodola, D Boscaini… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Predicting interactions between proteins and other biomolecules solely based on structure
remains a challenge in biology. A high-level representation of protein structure, the …

Protein interface prediction using graph convolutional networks

A Fout, J Byrd, B Shariat… - Advances in neural …, 2017 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We consider the prediction of interfaces between proteins, a challenging problem with
important applications in drug discovery and design, and examine the performance of …

Comparative protein structure modeling of genes and genomes

MA Martí-Renom, AC Stuart, A Fiser… - Annual review of …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Comparative modeling predicts the three-dimensional structure of a given protein
sequence (target) based primarily on its alignment to one or more proteins of known …

Modeling of loops in protein structures

A Fiser, RKG Do, A Šali - Protein science, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Comparative protein structure prediction is limited mostly by the errors in alignment and loop
modeling. We describe here a new automated modeling technique that significantly …

A generic method for assignment of reliability scores applied to solvent accessibility predictions

B Petersen, TN Petersen, P Andersen, M Nielsen… - BMC structural …, 2009 - Springer
Background Estimation of the reliability of specific real value predictions is nontrivial and the
efficacy of this is often questionable. It is important to know if you can trust a given prediction …

Hot spots—A review of the protein–protein interface determinant amino‐acid residues

IS Moreira, PA Fernandes… - … : Structure, Function, and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Proteins tendency to bind to one another in a highly specific manner forming stable
complexes is fundamental to all biological processes. A better understanding of complex …

Principles of protein− protein interactions: what are the preferred ways for proteins to interact?

O Keskin, A Gursoy, B Ma, R Nussinov - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the working horse of the cellular machinery. They are responsible for diverse
functions ranging from molecular motors to signaling. They catalyze reactions, transport …

The power of two: protein dimerization in biology

NJ Marianayagam, M Sunde, JM Matthews - Trends in biochemical …, 2004 - cell.com
The self-association of proteins to form dimers and higher-order oligomers is a very common
phenomenon. Recent structural and biophysical studies show that protein dimerization or …