Exploring and learning the universe of protein allostery using artificial intelligence augmented biophysical and computational approaches

S Agajanian, M Alshahrani, F Bai, P Tao… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Allosteric mechanisms are commonly employed regulatory tools used by proteins to
orchestrate complex biochemical processes and control communications in cells. The …

Emerging methods and applications to decrypt allostery in proteins and nucleic acids

PR Arantes, AC Patel, G Palermo - Journal of molecular biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Many large protein-nucleic acid complexes exhibit allosteric regulation. In these systems,
the propagation of the allosteric signaling is strongly coupled to conformational dynamics …

UMAP as a dimensionality reduction tool for molecular dynamics simulations of biomacromolecules: A comparison study

F Trozzi, X Wang, P Tao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are the molecular machines of life. The multitude of possible conformations that
proteins can adopt determines their free-energy landscapes. However, the inherently high …

[HTML][HTML] Delineating the activation mechanism and conformational landscape of a class BG protein-coupled receptor glucagon receptor

Y Wang, M Li, W Liang, X Shi, J Fan, R Kong… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Class BG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important targets in the treatment of
metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Although multiple structures of class B GPCRs–G protein …

Drug design targeting active posttranslational modification protein isoforms

F Meng, Z Liang, K Zhao, C Luo - Medicinal research reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Modern drug design aims to discover novel lead compounds with attractable chemical
profiles to enable further exploration of the intersection of chemical space and biological …

Allosteric regulation at the crossroads of new technologies: multiscale modeling, networks, and machine learning

GM Verkhivker, S Agajanian, G Hu… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Allosteric regulation is a common mechanism employed by complex biomolecular systems
for regulation of activity and adaptability in the cellular environment, serving as an effective …

From deep mutational mapping of allosteric protein landscapes to deep learning of allostery and hidden allosteric sites: zooming in on “allosteric intersection” of …

G Verkhivker, M Alshahrani, G Gupta, S Xiao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have driven the
design of new expert systems and automated workflows that are able to model complex …

Deciphering the Allosteric Process of the Phaeodactylum tricornutum Aureochrome 1a LOV Domain

H Tian, F Trozzi, BD Zoltowski… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The conformational-driven allosteric protein diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
aureochrome 1a (PtAu1a) differs from other light–oxygen–voltage (LOV) proteins for its …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of hydrogen bonds in the secondary structures of allosteric protein Avena Sativa phototropin 1

MT Ibrahim, F Trozzi, P Tao - Computational and structural biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Light-Oxygen-Voltage 2 (LOV2) domain of Avena Sativa phototropin 1
(AsLOV2) protein is one of the most studied domains in the field of designing photoswitches …

Unraveling the energetic significance of chemical events in enzyme catalysis via machine-learning based regression approach

Z Song, H Zhou, H Tian, X Wang, P Tao - Communications Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
The bacterial enzyme class of β-lactamases are involved in benzylpenicillin acylation
reactions, which are currently being revisited using hybrid quantum mechanical molecular …