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Recent advances in automated protein design and its future challenges

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Setiawan, Dani, Brender, Jeffrey, Zhang, Yang·2018·Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

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INTRODUCTION: Protein function is determined by protein structure which is in turn determined by the corresponding protein sequence. If the rules that cause a protein to adopt a particular structure are understood, it should be possible to refine or even redefine the function of a protein by working backwards from the desired structure to the sequence. Automated protein design attempts to calculate the effects of mutations computationally with the goal of more radical or complex transformations than are accessible by experimental techniques. Areas covered: The authors give a brief overview of the recent methodological advances in computer-aided protein design, showing how methodological choices affect final design and how automated protein design can be used to address problems considered beyond traditional protein engineering, including the creation of novel protein scaffolds for drug development. Also, the authors address specifically the future challenges in the development of automated protein design. Expert opinion: Automated protein design holds potential as a protein engineering technique, particularly in cases where screening by combinatorial mutagenesis is problematic. Considering solubility and immunogenicity issues, automated protein design is initially more likely to make an impact as a research tool for exploring basic biology in drug discovery than in the design of protein biologics.

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  • Quantum annealing is suitable to the problem of protein design, i.e. finding the amino acid sequence that minimizes the energy of a chosen main-chain configuration.

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Authors
Setiawan, D., Brender, J., & Zhang, Y.
Affiliations
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • National Cancer Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Yang
Venue
Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
Published
2018-04-25
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
587-604
ISSN
  • 1746-0441 (ISSN-L)
  • 1746-045X
OpenAlex
W2800570933
Cited by
26
References
195
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Division of Biological Infrastructure (NSF 1564756)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01 GM083107,R01 GM116960)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
Keywords
protein engineering, protein structure-function relationship, protein scaffolds, drug development, combinatorial mutagenesis, protein solubility, immunogenicity
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Automation, Humans, Protein Conformation, Proteins, Solubility, Drug Design, Protein Engineering, Computer-Aided Design, Drug Discovery

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