Protein Biophysics
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: protein structure; protein folding; protein misfolding; intrinsically disordered proteins; conformational disease; partially folded protein; folding intermediate; protein aggregation
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Interests: intrinsically disordered proteins and bio-inspired polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Proteins are complex and versatile biological macromolecules with a myriad of structures and countless functions. Order and disorder are intricately intertwined in proteins, with many proteins being known to fold into unique structures in order to gain important functions, and with functions of many other proteins being dependent on the absence of unique structure and related ability to undergo disorder-to-order or order-to-disorder functional transitions. Being interaction specialists, proteins can act alone or require various partners for their functionality. They can assemble into highly specific proteinacous machines with sophisticated geometry or form liquid-like droplets. They can control and regulate countless biological processes, and, in turn, are tightly controlled and regulated themselves by a broad variety of cellular mechanisms. All this highlights the close link between protein science and different fields of molecular biophysics. This Special Issue entitled “Protein Biophysics” aims to collect high-quality research articles, short communications, and review articles in all fields of protein biophysics. We encourage scholars in related fields to contribute papers reflecting the latest progress in their research fields.
Topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Protein biophysics;
- Protein engineering;
- Protein folding;
- Protein function;
- Protein misfolding;
- Protein stability;
- Protein structure and prediction;
- Protein structural and conformational dynamics;
- Posttranslational modifications;
- Peptide and protein aggregation;
- Pathogenesis of proteinopathies;
- Intrinsically disordered proteins;
- Protein–ligand interactions;
- Protein–protein interactions;
- Protein–nucleic acid interactions;
- Membrane proteins;
- Liquid–liquid phase separation;
- Biosensing, spectroscopy, and microfluidics;
- Kinetics and thermodynamics;
- Applications in biotechnology and bioengineering.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky
Dr. Orkid Coskuner-Weber
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- protein function
- protein folding
- protein misfolding
- protein structure
- protein dynamics
- protein stability
- protein and peptide aggregation
- posttranslational modifications
- intrinsically disordered proteins
- protein–ligand interactions
- protein–protein interactions
- protein–nucleic acid interactions
- membrane proteins
- liquid–liquid phase separation
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