Abstract
Protein design is a valuable tool to create bespoke proteins with desired properties as well as for investigating sequence, structure and function relationships. Membrane protein design is a burgeoning field that is hampered by the lack of high-resolution structural information. In spite of these shortcomings, computational methods have offered a route towards blueprints for these hydrophobic proteins. Advances in structural scoring and sampling methods are enabling more accurate predictions of a folded structure from the primary amino acid sequence. This review highlights a number of novel studies focusing on the methods and information used to successfully design membrane proteins.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 976-981 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Chemical Biology |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Computer Simulation
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Engineering
- Protein Folding
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Review