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ReviewBiophysical reviews2021

Protein aggregation: in silico algorithms and applications.

R Prabakaran, Puneet Rawat, A Mary Thangakani, Sandeep Kumar, M Michael Gromiha

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Review in Biophysical reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

R PrabakaranDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.
Puneet RawatDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.
A Mary ThangakaniDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.
Sandeep KumarBiotherapeutics Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Inc., Ridgefield, CT USA.
M Michael GromihaDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India.ORCID 0000-0002-1776-4096

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregation is a topic of immense interest to the scientific community due to its role in several neurodegenerative diseases/disorders and industrial importance. Several in silico techniques, tools, and algorithms have been developed to predict aggregation in proteins and understand the aggregation mechanisms. This review attempts to provide an essence of the vast developments in in silico approaches, resources available, and future perspectives. It reviews aggregation-related databases, mechanistic models (aggregation-prone region and aggregation propensity prediction), kinetic models (aggregation rate prediction), and molecular dynamics studies related to aggregation. With a multitude of prediction models related to aggregation already available to the scientific community, the field of protein aggregation is rapidly maturing to tackle new applications.

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Aggregation kineticsAggregation propensityAlgorithmMolecular dynamicsPeptide assemblyPredictionProtein aggregation

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PMID33747245
PMCPMC7930180

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