Differentiable biology: using deep learning for biophysics-based and data-driven modeling of molecular mechanisms

M AlQuraishi, PK Sorger - Nature methods, 2021 - nature.com
Deep learning using neural networks relies on a class of machine-learnable models
constructed using 'differentiable programs'. These programs can combine mathematical …

Structure‐based design of inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: mimicking peptide binding epitopes

M Pelay‐Gimeno, A Glas, O Koch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus
making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective …

AlphaFold 2: why it works and its implications for understanding the relationships of protein sequence, structure, and function

J Skolnick, M Gao, H Zhou, S Singh - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
AlphaFold 2 (AF2) was the star of CASP14, the last biannual structure prediction experiment.
Using novel deep learning, AF2 predicted the structures of many difficult protein targets at or …

Modeling protein quaternary structure of homo-and hetero-oligomers beyond binary interactions by homology

M Bertoni, F Kiefer, M Biasini, L Bordoli, T Schwede - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Cellular processes often depend on interactions between proteins and the formation of
macromolecular complexes. The impairment of such interactions can lead to deregulation of …

The STRING database in 2017: quality-controlled protein–protein association networks, made broadly accessible

D Szklarczyk, JH Morris, H Cook, M Kuhn… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
A system-wide understanding of cellular function requires knowledge of all functional
interactions between the expressed proteins. The STRING database aims to collect and …

Machine learning-guided protein engineering

P Kouba, P Kohout, F Haddadi, A Bushuiev… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent progress in engineering highly promising biocatalysts has increasingly involved
machine learning methods. These methods leverage existing experimental and simulation …

Predicting protein–protein interactions from the molecular to the proteome level

O Keskin, N Tuncbag, A Gursoy - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Identification of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is at the center of molecular biology
considering the unquestionable role of proteins in cells. Combinatorial interactions result in …

AF2Complex predicts direct physical interactions in multimeric proteins with deep learning

M Gao, D Nakajima An, JM Parks, J Skolnick - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate descriptions of protein-protein interactions are essential for understanding
biological systems. Remarkably accurate atomic structures have been recently computed for …

Structure-based prediction of protein–protein interactions on a genome-wide scale

QC Zhang, D Petrey, L Deng, L Qiang, Y Shi, CA Thu… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The genome-wide identification of pairs of interacting proteins is an important step in the
elucidation of cell regulatory mechanisms,. Much of our present knowledge derives from …

Template-based structure modeling of protein–protein interactions

A Szilagyi, Y Zhang - Current opinion in structural biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•The most accurate complex models are built by copying close homologous
templates.•Non-homologous templates can be detected by interface structure comparisons.• …