Structural Biochemistry and Evolution of Proteins
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Proteins and Proteomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DNA; genomics; sequencing; proteins; biochemistry; RNA; DNA sequencing; PCR; gel electrophoresis; bioinformatics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue, “Structural Biochemistry and Evolution of Proteins”, is intended to provide a forum for the publication of articles on the structural biochemistry of proteins in which the data are interpreted from an evolutionary perspective. Both “dry” and “wet” biochemical studies are welcome, while preference would be given to manuscripts that combine both approaches. New data, dependences, hypotheses, concepts and theories on the structure, function and origin of proteins obtained with the help of computational biology are expected to be published in this Special Issue. Fields in which the structural biochemistry of proteins is applied include drug design studies, immunology, microbiology, virology, phylogenetics, proteomics, enzymology, and metallomics. Manuscripts in the abovementioned fields of science are acceptable if they include methodologies for exploring the structural and/or evolutionary biochemistry of proteins. In the same manner, articles describing new methods for the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure prediction of proteins are suitable as long as they use evolutionary thinking, as are studies on the role of intrinsically disordered regions of proteins in evolution. Reviews on the molecular evolution of certain proteins, their families, superfamilies, are structural classes are expected to become highlights of this Special Issue—especially if they refer to the theory of neutral evolution.
Dr. Vladislav Khrustalev
Prof. Dr. Pierandrea Temussi
Guest Editors
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