Protein Structure and Function: Application of Bioinformatics Methods - John Rigden 2014

Predicting Protein Function from Surface Properties
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This chapter details modern approaches that leverage Structure/108.html">Surface Properties in A number of important Applications, including protein function prediction, Active Site and drug sensitivity prediction, Ligand-binding site annotation for structure-based drug design, and protein-protein interaction interface prediction. In addition, various Methods and web services are presented, with References to published papers provided for interested readers seeking further details. While we have attempted to provide as broad an Overview as possible of the methods and Practical Applications in this vital and emerging field, this review does not claim to be exhaustive.



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