Advances in Computational Biology of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinformatics and Systems Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 453
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioinformatical and simulational analysis has been a key component of efforts to understand the functional and biophysical characteristics of intrinsic disorder in proteins. This Special Issue aims to bring together diverse research focuses in the computational analysis of intrinsic disorder in proteins, that produce insights and hypotheses that are actionable for future research. It is not limited to purely computational work, but may include research involving laboratory experiment.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Prediction of intrinsic disorder and its subtypes
- Analysis of the evolution of intrinsic disorder
- Insights into the role of compositional bias and ‘low-complexity’ sequence
- Analysis of the function of intrinsically-disordered regions
- Simulational analysis of intrinsic disorder
- Computational analysis of prions
- Computational case studies of proteins and protein families with intrinsic disorder
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Paul Harrison
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- intrinsic disorder
- compositional bias
- prions
- protein annotation
- protein simulation
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