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Book ChapterKAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2017-04-13Online Publication Date
2017-04-13Print Publication Date
2017Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623894
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Almost all processes in living organisms occur through specific interactions between biomolecules. Any dysfunction of those interactions can lead to pathological events. Understanding such interactions is therefore a crucial step in the investigation of biological systems and a starting point for drug design. In recent years, experimental studies have been devoted to unravel the principles of biomolecular interactions; however, due to experimental difficulties in solving the three-dimensional (3D) structure of biomolecular complexes, the number of available, high-resolution experimental 3D structures does not fulfill the current needs. Therefore, complementary computational approaches to model such interactions are necessary to assist experimentalists since a full understanding of how biomolecules interact (and consequently how they perform their function) only comes from 3D structures which provide crucial atomic details about binding and recognition processes. In this chapter we review approaches to predict biomolecular complexesBiomolecular complexes, introducing the concept of molecular dockingDocking, a technique which uses a combination of geometric, steric and energetics considerations to predict the 3D structure of a biological complex starting from the individual structures of its constituent parts. We provide a mini-guide about docking concepts, its potential and challenges, along with post-docking analysis and a list of related software.Citation
Vangone A, Oliva R, Cavallo L, Bonvin AMJJ (2017) Prediction of Biomolecular Complexes. From Protein Structure to Function with Bioinformatics: 265–292. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1069-3_8.Sponsors
AV was supported by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship H2020 MSCA-IF-2015 [BAP-659025]. RO was supported by Regione Campania [LR5-AF2008].Publisher
Springer NatureAdditional Links
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-024-1069-3_8ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/978-94-024-1069-3_8