Recent Advances in Computational Protocols Addressing Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Energy Landscape of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
3. Structure Prediction and Conformational Dynamics
3.1. Conformational Selection Based Methods
3.2. Molecular Dynamics Based Methods
3.3. Force-Field Development for Intrisically Disordered Proteins
3.4. Coarse Grain and Multiscale Methods
4. Protein–Protein Interaction Involving Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
4.1. Disorder Retained upon Binding: Fuzzy Complexes
4.2. Conformational Selection versus Induced Fit
4.3. Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation and Aggregation
5. Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Therapeutic Targets
6. Concluding Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Bhattacharya, S.; Lin, X. Recent Advances in Computational Protocols Addressing Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Biomolecules 2019, 9, 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9040146
Bhattacharya S, Lin X. Recent Advances in Computational Protocols Addressing Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Biomolecules. 2019; 9(4):146. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9040146
Chicago/Turabian StyleBhattacharya, Supriyo, and Xingcheng Lin. 2019. "Recent Advances in Computational Protocols Addressing Intrinsically Disordered Proteins" Biomolecules 9, no. 4: 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9040146