Impacts of Molecular Structure on Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions

• Other Authors: Brazda, Vaclav (Editor), Bowater, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Biotechnology; DNA; RNA; protein binding; G-quadruplex; triplex; i-motif; Z-DNA; Z-RNA; cruciform; amino acid composition; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; CNBP; virus; bioinformatics; coevolution; host; dsDNA; G4Hunter; evolution; plant science; nucleic acids; circular dichroism; UV light; ligand; rhodamine; thiazole orange; thioflavin T; p53; aging; longevity; comparative analysis; protein sequence; Drosophila; polytene chromosomes; Canton-S; agnostic; ectopic pairing; 1.688 repeats; 372-bp repeats; fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency (FXPOI); fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS); fragile X syndrome (FXS); repeat instability; repeat expansion; chromosome fragility; RNA gain-of-function; repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation; repeat-mediated gene silencing; Zα domain; orthogonal representation; algorithm; toehold switch; arithmetic operation; RNA-RNA interaction; molecular computing; reversible computing; DNA base sequence; DNA structure; DNA supercoiling; epigenetics; genome stability; inverted repeat; replication; transcription; nucleic acid-protein interactions
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Interactions between nucleic acids and proteins are essential requirements for the viability of cellular life because they are indispensable for many basic biological processes. DNA is typically presented as a specific double-stranded helical structure, but nucleic acids have great structural flexibility. Current knowledge demonstrates that the structural conformations of nucleic acids play critical roles in protein-DNA interactions. This book presents a collection of research findings published in the Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, titled "Impacts of Molecular Structure on Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions".The breadth of research findings reported here demonstrates that the structural flexibility of nucleic acids plays critical roles in their interactions with proteins, with important implications across a range of human diseases, including cancer and some infectious diseases.Prof. Richard BowaterUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, United KingdomProf. Václav BrázdaInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic