Title:A New Advanced Approach: Design and Screening of Affinity Peptide
Ligands Using Computer Simulation Techniques
Volume: 24
Issue: 8
Author(s): Zheng Wei, Meilun Chen, Xiaoling Lu, Yijie Liu, Guangnan Peng, Jie Yang, Chunhua Tang and Peng Yu*
Affiliation:
- Xiangya School of Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China
Keywords:
Affinity peptide ligands, Computer-aided design, Virtual screening, Target recognition, Molecular docking, Virtual peptide library.
Abstract: Peptides acquire target affinity based on the combination of residues in their sequences
and the conformation formed by their flexible folding, an ability that makes them very attractive
biomaterials in therapeutic, diagnostic, and assay fields. With the development of computer technology,
computer-aided design and screening of affinity peptides has become a more efficient and
faster method. This review summarizes successful cases of computer-aided design and screening
of affinity peptide ligands in recent years and lists the computer programs and online servers used
in the process. In particular, the characteristics of different design and screening methods are summarized
and categorized to help researchers choose between different methods. In addition, experimentally
validated sequences are listed, and their applications are described, providing directions
for the future development and application of computational peptide screening and design.