SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

A Waterhouse, M Bertoni, S Bienert… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Homology modelling has matured into an important technique in structural biology,
significantly contributing to narrowing the gap between known protein sequences and …

Viral journeys on the intracellular highways

M Robinson, S Schor, R Barouch-Bentov… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that are dependent on cellular machineries for
their replication. Recent technological breakthroughs have facilitated reliable identification …

Disrupting the α-synuclein-ESCRT interaction with a peptide inhibitor mitigates neurodegeneration in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease

S Nim, DM O'Hara, C Corbi-Verge… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Accumulation of α-synuclein into toxic oligomers or fibrils is implicated in dopaminergic
neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Here we performed a high-throughput, proteome …

Predicting and experimentally validating hot-spot residues at protein–protein interfaces

AA Ibarra, GJ Bartlett, Z Hegedus, S Dutt… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are vital to all biological processes. These interactions
are often dynamic, sometimes transient, typically occur over large topographically shallow …

High‐throughput discovery of functional disordered regions: investigation of transactivation domains

CNJ Ravarani, TY Erkina, G De Baets… - Molecular Systems …, 2018 - embopress.org
Over 40% of proteins in any eukaryotic genome encode intrinsically disordered regions (IDR
s) that do not adopt defined tertiary structures. Certain IDR s perform critical functions, but …

Strategies to develop inhibitors of motif-mediated protein-protein interactions as drug leads

C Corbi-Verge, M Garton, S Nim… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Protein-protein interactions are fundamental for virtually all functions of the cell. A large
fraction of these interactions involve short peptide motifs, and there has been increased …

Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 stabilizes integrin α4β1 complex to promote thyroid cancer cell metastasis by activating transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway

Q He, H Cao, Y Zhao, P Chen, N Wang, W Li, R Cui… - Thyroid, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: Metastatic disease is a major cause of thyroid cancer-related death. However,
the mechanisms responsible for thyroid cancer metastasis are unclear. Dipeptidyl peptidase …

Genome‑wide identification of CAMTA gene family members in rice (Oryza sativa L.) and in silico study on their versatility in respect to gene expression and …

H Gain, D Nandi, D Kumari, A Das… - Functional & Integrative …, 2022 - Springer
The calmodulin-binding transcription activator (CAMTA) is a family of transcriptional factors
containing a cluster of calmodulin-binding proteins that can activate gene regulation in …

A bionic‐homodimerization strategy for optimizing modulators of protein–protein interactions: from statistical mechanics theory to potential clinical translation

J Yan, X Zheng, W You, W He, GK Xu - Advanced science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging protein–protein interaction (PPI) modulators have brought out exciting ability as
therapeutics in human diseases, but its clinical translation has been greatly hampered by …

Molecular simulation of oncostatin M and receptor (OSM–OSMR) interaction as a potential therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease

Q Du, Y Qian, W Xue - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Therapeutics targeting cytokines such as the oncostatin M (OSM)-mediated inflammation
represent a potential strategy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Despite …