Recent Advances in Biomolecular Recognition: 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 967
Special Issue Editor
Interests: computational analysis of biomolecular sequence, structure, dynamics, and function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue, titled "Recent Advances in Biomolecular Recognition II".
Living cells are extremely complicated systems and comprise hundreds of thousands of different biomolecules that interact with each other to maintain fundamental cellular functions. The disruption of these interactions is frequently linked to various human diseases. These interactions, i.e., biomolecular recognitions, are very specific and are mediated by both polar and nonpolar interactions. They are also mediated strongly by water.
The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together wet- and dry-lab researchers with common interests in biomolecular recognition and to share their research efforts and to seek collaborations addressing common interesting questions. A Special Issue featuring works from researchers utilizing and developing different experimental and computational methods would certainly help to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of their approaches and enable one to make further improvements. Topics of interest include protein–protein binding; protein–membrane interactions; protein–nucleic acid interactions; interactions with small molecules and drug design; electrostatics, polarization, and solvation in molecular recognition; and mutations in molecular recognition.
Prof. Dr. Ray Luo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- proteins
- nucleic acids
- membrane
- ligand
- binding
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