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DREAMM: a web-based server for drugging protein-membrane interfaces as a novel workflow for targeted drug design

Abstract Summary The allosteric modulation of peripheral membrane proteins (PMPs) by targeting protein-membrane interactions with drug-like molecules represents a new promising therapeutic strategy for proteins currently considered undruggable. However, the… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Summary The allosteric modulation of peripheral membrane proteins (PMPs) by targeting protein-membrane interactions with drug-like molecules represents a new promising therapeutic strategy for proteins currently considered undruggable. However, the accessibility of protein-membrane interfaces by small molecules has been so far unexplored, possibly due to the complexity of the interface, the limited protein-membrane structural information and the lack of computational workflows to study it. Herein, we present a pipeline for drugging protein-membrane interfaces using the DREAMM (Drugging pRotein mEmbrAne Machine learning Method) web server. DREAMM works in the back end with a fast and robust ensemble machine learning algorithm for identifying protein-membrane interfaces of PMPs. Additionally, DREAMM also identifies binding pockets in the vicinity of the predicted membrane-penetrating amino acids in protein conformational ensembles provided by the user or generated within DREAMM. Availability and implementation DREAMM web server is accessible via https://dreamm.ni4os.eu. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

Keywords: membrane interfaces; dreamm; membrane; drugging protein; protein membrane

Journal Title: Bioinformatics
Year Published: 2022

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