Computational Intelligence in Structure and Function Prediction and Modeling of Proteins

Dear Colleagues,

Exploring the functions and structures of proteins is paramount for understanding the molecular mechanisms of life. The analyses and predictions of protein functional residues contribute to the research of protein function. The traditional methods used to extract protein structures and function information all involve biophysics-related or biochemistry-related technologies. These technologies need expensive experimental instruments, complex experimental procedures and elaborate human resources. They are benefited from the development of bioinformatics, which uses intelligent computing methods to accurately predict protein structure information and functional residues. Currently, only a few proteins have accurate 3D structure information. With the avalanche of hundreds of thousands of unknown proteins, computational intelligence methods have become ever more popular since they could provide informative and valuable clues for biologists.

This Special Issue of Biomolecules is dedicated to computational methods and analyses focusing on the identification, elucidation, and analysis of protein function-related factors. We welcome both original articles and surveys that cover state-of-the-art advances in this rapidly developing area. We also encourage the submission of experimental studies that are coupled with computational analysis.

We look forward to your contributions. 

Dr. Jian Zhang
Guest Editor

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