Structural Symmetry and Protein Function
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2018) | Viewed by 4585
Special Issue Editor
Interests: structural bioinformatics; structural biology; protein evolution; protein variants; protein structure and function; protein structure prediction; protein–protein interaction; protein–ligand interaction; genome biology and evolution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetry is a pervasive organizing principle of living systems, from the molecular level up to the anatomy level. In fact, symmetry at macroscopic levels is often the effect and the consequence of symmetry at molecular level. This Special Issue would like to collect studies aimed at clarifying the relevance and the influence of protein structural symmetry on biological functions and structures in all organisms. A possible, non-exhaustive list of pertinent arguments includes protein symmetry and function; protein symmetry and molecular evolution; protein symmetry and folding and stability; protein symmetry in molecular diseases; symmetry in protein–protein and protein–DNA interaction; protein symmetry and biological structures (for example virus capsids). Experimental, methodological studies or sound theoretical analyses will be welcome for consideration.
Prof. Dr. Stefano Pascarella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
Protein symmetry
Protein quaternary structure
Protein function
Protein evolution
Protein stability
Protein folding
Molecular diseases
Protein–DNA recognition
Protein–Protein interaction
Protein engineering
Macromolecular assemblies
Virus capsid structure
Bioinformatics
Structural bioinformatics
Computational biology
Molecular dynamics
Structural bioinformatics
X-ray protein crystallography
NMR protein spectroscopy
Electron Microscopy
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