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A Review of Evolutionary Algorithms for Computing Functional Conformations of Protein Molecules

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The ubiquitous presence of proteins in chemical pathways in the cell and their key role in many human disorders motivates a growing body of protein modeling studies to unravel the relationship between protein structure and function. The foundation of such studies is the realization that knowledge of the structures a protein accesses under physiological conditions is key to a detailed understanding of its biological function and the design of therapeutic compounds for the purpose of altering misfunction in aberrant variants of a protein.

Dry laboratory investigations promise a holistic treatment of the relationship between protein sequence, structure, and function. Significant efforts are made in the dry laboratory to map protein conformation spaces and underlying energy landscapes of proteins. The majority of such efforts employ well-studied computational templates, such as Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo. The focus of this review is on a third emerging template, stochastic optimization under the umbrella of evolutionary computation. Algorithms based on such a template, also known as evolutionary algorithms, are showing promise in addressing fundamental computational challenges in protein structure modeling and are opening up new avenues in protein modeling research. This review summarizes evolutionary algorithms for novice readers, while highlighting recent developments that showcase current, state-of-the-art capabilities for experts.

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Funding for this work is provided in part by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. 1421001 and CAREER Award No. 1144106) and the Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust Award.

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Shehu, A. (2015). A Review of Evolutionary Algorithms for Computing Functional Conformations of Protein Molecules. In: Zhang, W. (eds) Computer-Aided Drug Discovery. Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/7653_2015_47

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