The EVcouplings Python framework for coevolutionary sequence analysis

TA Hopf, AG Green, B Schubert, S Mersmann… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Coevolutionary sequence analysis has become a commonly used technique for de novo
prediction of the structure and function of proteins, RNA, and protein complexes. We present …

3D clusters of somatic mutations in cancer reveal numerous rare mutations as functional targets

J Gao, MT Chang, HC Johnsen, SP Gao, BE Sylvester… - Genome medicine, 2017 - Springer
Many mutations in cancer are of unknown functional significance. Standard methods use
statistically significant recurrence of mutations in tumor samples as an indicator of functional …

Polymerization and editing modes of a high-fidelity DNA polymerase are linked by a well-defined path

T Dodd, M Botto, F Paul, R Fernandez-Leiro… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Proofreading by replicative DNA polymerases is a fundamental mechanism ensuring DNA
replication fidelity. In proofreading, mis-incorporated nucleotides are excised through the …

Recent advances in functional research in Giardia intestinalis

AR Jex, S Svärd, KD Hagen, H Starcevich… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review considers current advances in tools to investigate the functional biology of
Giardia, it's coding and non-coding genes, features and cellular and molecular biology. We …

Unveiling the evolution of policies for enhancing protein structure predictions: A comprehensive analysis

F Rahimzadeh, LM Khanli, P Salehpoor… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Predicting protein structure is both fascinating and formidable, playing a crucial role in
structure-based drug discovery and unraveling diseases with elusive origins. The Critical …

DeepDist: real-value inter-residue distance prediction with deep residual convolutional network

T Wu, Z Guo, J Hou, J Cheng - BMC bioinformatics, 2021 - Springer
Background Driven by deep learning, inter-residue contact/distance prediction has been
significantly improved and substantially enhanced ab initio protein structure prediction …

Protein structure from experimental evolution

MA Stiffler, FJ Poelwijk, KP Brock, RR Stein… - Cell Systems, 2020 - cell.com
Natural evolution encodes rich information about the structure and function of biomolecules
in the genetic record. Previously, statistical analysis of co-variation patterns in natural protein …

Enhanced unbiased sampling of protein dynamics using evolutionary coupling information

Z Shamsi, AS Moffett, D Shukla - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
One of the major challenges in atomistic simulations of proteins is efficient sampling of
pathways associated with rare conformational transitions. Recent developments in statistical …

A disease‐associated missense mutation in CYP4F3 affects the metabolism of leukotriene B4 via disruption of electron transfer

E Smeets, S Huang, XY Lee… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Cytochrome P450 4F3 (CYP4F3) is an ω‐hydroxylase that oxidizes
leukotriene B4 (LTB4), prostaglandins, and fatty acid epoxides. LTB4 is synthesized by …

Evolutionary coupling saturation mutagenesis: Coevolution‐guided identification of distant sites influencing Bacillus naganoensis pullulanase activity

X Wang, X Jing, Y Deng, Y Nie, F Xu, Y Xu… - FEBS …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pullulanases are well‐known debranching enzymes hydrolyzing α‐1, 6‐glycosidic linkages.
To date, engineering of pullulanase is mainly focused on catalytic pocket or domain tailoring …