Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Dear Colleagues,

As follows from the title, this Topical Collection “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins” aims to collect high-quality research articles, communications, and review articles in all the aspects related to the protein intrinsic disorder phenomenon. This Collection covers a wide range of topics, including structural manifestations of intrinsic disorder; functionality of intrinsically disordered proteins/regions; abundance of intrinsically disordered proteins; structure–function relationships for these proteins/regions; roles of intrinsic disorder in various biological processes; the intrinsic disorder-based mechanisms of regulation, recognition, and signaling; correlation between intrinsically disordered proteins and diseases; expression analysis of genes encoding intrinsically disordered proteins; description of experimental and computational techniques applicable for the analysis of structure and function of intrinsically disordered proteins.

The Topical Collection “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins” has several goals:

• To provide a platform devoted to protein intrinsic disorder that assembles top-quality papers on all aspects of this topic and promotes the field.
• To raise awareness about biological importance and abundance of intrinsically disordered proteins.
• To define and build a worldwide community of scientists interested in intrinsically disordered proteins, and to facilitate communication among them.
• To provide resources to enhance the effort of laboratories working on intrinsically disordered proteins.

I encourage you to share your data and thoughts in this broad field that clearly demonstrates the physiological and pathological importance of intrinsically disordered proteins.

Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky
Dr. Simona Maria Monti
Dr. Giuseppina De Simone
Dr. Emma Langella
Guest Editors

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