Protein Structure and Protein-Ligand Interactions
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 2729
Special Issue Editors
Interests: computational chemistry; DFT; QMMM; enzymes; peptides; non-standard amino acids; drug design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The functions of proteins and peptides in living organisms are extensive. They are involved in the regulation of metabolism as enzymes, act as signal transducers and play an important role in structural support and DNA expression. They can function as both ligands (hormones or peptide drugs) and receptors. Dysfunctions of enzymes and receptors lead to multiple diseases; therefore, they are the prime targets of drugs. In order to gain knowledge of the processes in which proteins and peptides are involved, it is necessary to properly resolve their structure, understand the structure–activity relationship (SAR), study the ligand–target interactions, and properly model reaction mechanisms. There are still many challenges that scientists in this field must face in order to fully understand the role and activity of peptides and proteins.
We cordially invite scientists working with peptides and proteins, both experimentalists and specialists in molecular modelling, to submit their work to our Special Issue titled “Protein Structure and Protein–Ligand Interactions”, and to share their findings and research results in this field.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together original papers, reviews and short communications presenting the recent knowledge and advances in protein structure characterization and protein–ligand interaction studies.
Dr. Monika Staś
Dr. Jiří Kessler
Guest Editors
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