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  1. Article ; Online: Docking approaches for modeling multi-molecular assemblies.

    Rosell, Mireia / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Current opinion in structural biology

    2020  Volume 64, Page(s) 59–65

    Abstract: Computational docking approaches aim to overcome the limited availability of experimental structural data on protein-protein interactions, which are key in biology. The field is rapidly moving from the traditional docking methodologies for modeling of ... ...

    Abstract Computational docking approaches aim to overcome the limited availability of experimental structural data on protein-protein interactions, which are key in biology. The field is rapidly moving from the traditional docking methodologies for modeling of binary complexes to more integrative approaches using template-based, data-driven modeling of multi-molecular assemblies. We will review here the predictive capabilities of current docking methods in blind conditions, based on the results from the most recent community-wide blind experiments. Integration of template-based and ab initio docking approaches is emerging as the optimal strategy for modeling protein complexes and multimolecular assemblies. We will also review the new methodological advances on ab initio docking and integrative modeling.
    MeSH term(s) Computational Biology ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Protein Binding ; Proteins/metabolism ; Software
    Chemical Substances Proteins
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1068353-7
    ISSN 1879-033X ; 0959-440X
    ISSN (online) 1879-033X
    ISSN 0959-440X
    DOI 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.05.016
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  2. Article: Docking-based identification of small-molecule binding sites at protein-protein interfaces.

    Rosell, Mireia / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Computational and structural biotechnology journal

    2020  Volume 18, Page(s) 3750–3761

    Abstract: Protein-protein interactions play an essential role in many biological processes, and their perturbation is a major cause of disease. The use of small molecules to modulate them is attracting increased attention, but protein interfaces generally do not ... ...

    Abstract Protein-protein interactions play an essential role in many biological processes, and their perturbation is a major cause of disease. The use of small molecules to modulate them is attracting increased attention, but protein interfaces generally do not have clear cavities for binding small compounds. A proposed strategy is to target interface hot-spot residues, but their identification through computational approaches usually require the complex structure, which is not often available. In this context, pyDock energy-based docking and scoring can predict hot-spots on the unbound proteins, thus not requiring the complex structure. Here, we have devised a new strategy to detect protein-protein inhibitor binding sites, based on the integration of molecular dynamics for the generation of transient cavities, and docking-based interface hot-spot prediction for the selection of the suitable cavities. This integrative approach has been validated on a test set formed by protein-protein complexes with known inhibitors for which complete structural data of unbound molecules and complexes is available. The results show that local conformational sampling with short molecular dynamics can generate transient cavities similar to the known inhibitor binding sites, and that docking simulations can identify the best cavities with similar predictive accuracy as when knowing the real interface. In a few cases, these predicted pockets are shown to be suitable for protein-ligand docking. The proposed strategy will be useful for many protein-protein complexes for which there is no available structure, as long as the the unbound proteins do not deviate dramatically from the bound conformations.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2001-0370
    ISSN 2001-0370
    DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.029
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  3. Article: Kisspeptins and norepinephrine regulate different G-protein-coupled receptor signaling pathways.

    Rosell, Rafael / González-Cao, María / Ito, Masaoki / Jordan, Mireia Marco / Gómez-Vázquez, José Luis / Chen, Jing-Hua / Aguilar, Andrés / Chaib, Imane

    Translational lung cancer research

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 8, Page(s) 1517–1521

    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-01
    Publishing country China
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2754335-3
    ISSN 2226-4477 ; 2218-6751
    ISSN (online) 2226-4477
    ISSN 2218-6751
    DOI 10.21037/tlcr-22-494
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  4. Article: Docking approaches for modeling multi-molecular assemblies

    Rosell, Mireia / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Curr Opin Struct Biol

    Abstract: Computational docking approaches aim to overcome the limited availability of experimental structural data on protein-protein interactions, which are key in biology. The field is rapidly moving from the traditional docking methodologies for modeling of ... ...

    Abstract Computational docking approaches aim to overcome the limited availability of experimental structural data on protein-protein interactions, which are key in biology. The field is rapidly moving from the traditional docking methodologies for modeling of binary complexes to more integrative approaches using template-based, data-driven modeling of multi-molecular assemblies. We will review here the predictive capabilities of current docking methods in blind conditions, based on the results from the most recent community-wide blind experiments. Integration of template-based and ab initio docking approaches is emerging as the optimal strategy for modeling protein complexes and multimolecular assemblies. We will also review the new methodological advances on ab initio docking and integrative modeling.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #624039
    Database COVID19

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  5. Article ; Online: Hot-spot analysis for drug discovery targeting protein-protein interactions.

    Rosell, Mireia / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Expert opinion on drug discovery

    2018  Volume 13, Issue 4, Page(s) 327–338

    Abstract: Introduction: Protein-protein interactions are important for biological processes and pathological situations, and are attractive targets for drug discovery. However, rational drug design targeting protein-protein interactions is still highly ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Protein-protein interactions are important for biological processes and pathological situations, and are attractive targets for drug discovery. However, rational drug design targeting protein-protein interactions is still highly challenging. Hot-spot residues are seen as the best option to target such interactions, but their identification requires detailed structural and energetic characterization, which is only available for a tiny fraction of protein interactions. Areas covered: In this review, the authors cover a variety of computational methods that have been reported for the energetic analysis of protein-protein interfaces in search of hot-spots, and the structural modeling of protein-protein complexes by docking. This can help to rationalize the discovery of small-molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interfaces of therapeutic interest. Computational analysis and docking can help to locate the interface, molecular dynamics can be used to find suitable cavities, and hot-spot predictions can focus the search for inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. Expert opinion: A major difficulty for applying rational drug design methods to protein-protein interactions is that in the majority of cases the complex structure is not available. Fortunately, computational docking can complement experimental data. An interesting aspect to explore in the future is the integration of these strategies for targeting PPIs with large-scale mutational analysis.
    MeSH term(s) Computational Biology/methods ; Drug Design ; Drug Discovery/methods ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2259618-5
    ISSN 1746-045X ; 1746-0441
    ISSN (online) 1746-045X
    ISSN 1746-0441
    DOI 10.1080/17460441.2018.1430763
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  6. Article ; Online: Docking-based identification of small-molecule binding sites at protein-protein interfaces

    Rosell, Mireia / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Abstract: Protein-protein interactions play an essential role in many biological processes, and their perturbation is a major cause of disease. The use of small molecules to modulate them is attracting increased attention, but protein interfaces generally do not ... ...

    Abstract Protein-protein interactions play an essential role in many biological processes, and their perturbation is a major cause of disease. The use of small molecules to modulate them is attracting increased attention, but protein interfaces generally do not have clear cavities for binding small compounds. A proposed strategy is to target interface hot-spot residues, but their identification through computational approaches usually require the complex structure, which is not often available. In this context, pyDock energy-based docking and scoring can predict hot-spots on the unbound proteins, thus not requiring the complex structure. Here, we have devised a new strategy to detect protein-protein inhibitor binding sites, based on the integration of molecular dynamics for the detection of transient cavities, and docking-based interface hot-spot prediction for the selection of the suitable cavities. This integrative approach has been validated on a test set formed by protein-protein complexes with known inhibitors for which complete structural data of unbound molecules and complexes is available. The results show that local conformational sampling with short molecular dynamics can generate transient cavities similar to the known inhibitor binding sites, and that docking simulations can identify the best cavities with similar predictive accuracy as when knowing the real interface. In a few cases, these predicted pockets are shown to be suitable for protein-ligand docking. The proposed strategy will be useful for many protein-protein complexes for which there is no available structure, as long as the the unbound proteins do not deviate dramatically from the bound conformations.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.029
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  7. Article ; Online: Modeling of Protein Complexes and Molecular Assemblies with pyDock.

    Rosell, Mireia / Rodríguez-Lumbreras, Luis Angel / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2020  Volume 2165, Page(s) 175–198

    Abstract: The study of the 3D structural details of protein interactions is essential to understand biomolecular functions at the molecular level. In this context, the limited availability of experimental structures of protein-protein complexes at atomic ... ...

    Abstract The study of the 3D structural details of protein interactions is essential to understand biomolecular functions at the molecular level. In this context, the limited availability of experimental structures of protein-protein complexes at atomic resolution is propelling the development of computational docking methods that aim to complement the current structural coverage of protein interactions. One of these docking approaches is pyDock, which uses van der Waals, electrostatics, and desolvation energy to score docking poses generated by a variety of sampling methods, typically FTDock or ZDOCK. The method has shown a consistently good prediction performance in community-wide assessment experiments like CAPRI or CASP, and has provided biological insights and insightful interpretation of experiments by modeling many biomolecular interactions of biomedical and biotechnological interest. Here, we describe in detail how to perform structural modeling of protein assemblies with pyDock, and the application of its modules to different biomolecular recognition phenomena, such as modeling of binding mode, interface, and hot-spot prediction, use of restraints based on experimental data, inclusion of low-resolution structural data, binding affinity estimation, or modeling of homo- and hetero-oligomeric assemblies.
    MeSH term(s) Binding Sites ; Molecular Docking Simulation/methods ; Protein Binding ; Protein Multimerization ; Software
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-0716-0708-4_10
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  8. Article ; Online: PirePred: An Accurate Online Consensus Tool to Interpret Newborn Screening-Related Genetic Variants in Structural Context.

    Galano-Frutos, Juan José / García-Cebollada, Helena / López, Alfonso / Rosell, Mireia / de la Cruz, Xavier / Fernández-Recio, Juan / Sancho, Javier

    The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD

    2022  Volume 24, Issue 4, Page(s) 406–425

    Abstract: PirePred is a genetic interpretation tool used for a variety of medical conditions investigated in newborn screening programs. The PirePred server retrieves, analyzes, and displays in real time genetic and structural data on 58 genes/proteins associated ... ...

    Abstract PirePred is a genetic interpretation tool used for a variety of medical conditions investigated in newborn screening programs. The PirePred server retrieves, analyzes, and displays in real time genetic and structural data on 58 genes/proteins associated with medical conditions frequently investigated in the newborn. PirePred analyzes the predictions generated by 15 pathogenicity predictors and applies an optimized majority vote algorithm to classify any possible nonsynonymous single-nucleotide variant as pathogenic, benign, or of uncertain significance. PirePred predictions for variants of clear clinical significance are better than those of any of the individual predictors considered (based on accuracy, sensitivity, and negative predictive value) or are among the best ones (for positive predictive value and Matthews correlation coefficient). PirePred predictions also outperform the comparable in silico predictions offered as supporting evidence, according to American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines, by VarSome and Franklin. Also, PirePred has very high prediction coverage. To facilitate the molecular interpretation of the missense, nonsense, and frameshift variants in ClinVar, the changing amino acid residue is displayed in its structural context, which is analyzed to provide functional clues. PirePred is an accurate, robust, and easy-to-use tool for clinicians involved in neonatal screening programs and for researchers of related diseases. The server is freely accessible and provides a user-friendly gateway into the structural/functional consequences of genetic variants at the protein level.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Consensus ; Genomics ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Mutation, Missense ; Neonatal Screening
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2000060-1
    ISSN 1943-7811 ; 1525-1578
    ISSN (online) 1943-7811
    ISSN 1525-1578
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2022.01.005
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  9. Article ; Online: Structural and Computational Characterization of Disease-Related Mutations Involved in Protein-Protein Interfaces.

    Navío, Dàmaris / Rosell, Mireia / Aguirre, Josu / de la Cruz, Xavier / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2019  Volume 20, Issue 7

    Abstract: One of the known potential effects of disease-causing amino acid substitutions in proteins is to modulate protein-protein interactions (PPIs). To interpret such variants at the molecular level and to obtain useful information for prediction purposes, it ... ...

    Abstract One of the known potential effects of disease-causing amino acid substitutions in proteins is to modulate protein-protein interactions (PPIs). To interpret such variants at the molecular level and to obtain useful information for prediction purposes, it is important to determine whether they are located at protein-protein interfaces, which are composed of two main regions, core and rim, with different evolutionary conservation and physicochemical properties. Here we have performed a structural, energetics and computational analysis of interactions between proteins hosting mutations related to diseases detected in newborn screening. Interface residues were classified as core or rim, showing that the core residues contribute the most to the binding free energy of the PPI. Disease-causing variants are more likely to occur at the interface core region rather than at the interface rim (
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Computational Biology/methods ; Disease/genetics ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Newborn, Diseases/diagnosis ; Infant, Newborn, Diseases/genetics ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Mutant Proteins/chemistry ; Mutation/genetics ; Neonatal Screening ; Protein Binding ; Protein Subunits/chemistry ; Proteins/genetics ; beta-Globins/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Mutant Proteins ; Protein Subunits ; Proteins ; beta-Globins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-29
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms20071583
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  10. Article ; Online: Structural Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions by Docking: Application to Biomedical Problems.

    Barradas-Bautista, Didier / Rosell, Mireia / Pallara, Chiara / Fernández-Recio, Juan

    Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology

    2017  Volume 110, Page(s) 203–249

    Abstract: A huge amount of genetic information is available thanks to the recent advances in sequencing technologies and the larger computational capabilities, but the interpretation of such genetic data at phenotypic level remains elusive. One of the reasons is ... ...

    Abstract A huge amount of genetic information is available thanks to the recent advances in sequencing technologies and the larger computational capabilities, but the interpretation of such genetic data at phenotypic level remains elusive. One of the reasons is that proteins are not acting alone, but are specifically interacting with other proteins and biomolecules, forming intricate interaction networks that are essential for the majority of cell processes and pathological conditions. Thus, characterizing such interaction networks is an important step in understanding how information flows from gene to phenotype. Indeed, structural characterization of protein-protein interactions at atomic resolution has many applications in biomedicine, from diagnosis and vaccine design, to drug discovery. However, despite the advances of experimental structural determination, the number of interactions for which there is available structural data is still very small. In this context, a complementary approach is computational modeling of protein interactions by docking, which is usually composed of two major phases: (i) sampling of the possible binding modes between the interacting molecules and (ii) scoring for the identification of the correct orientations. In addition, prediction of interface and hot-spot residues is very useful in order to guide and interpret mutagenesis experiments, as well as to understand functional and mechanistic aspects of the interaction. Computational docking is already being applied to specific biomedical problems within the context of personalized medicine, for instance, helping to interpret pathological mutations involved in protein-protein interactions, or providing modeled structural data for drug discovery targeting protein-protein interactions.
    MeSH term(s) Biomedical Research ; Computational Biology ; Drug Discovery ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Protein Binding ; Proteins/chemistry ; Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-08-31
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 1876-1631 ; 1876-1623
    ISSN (online) 1876-1631
    ISSN 1876-1623
    DOI 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2017.06.003
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