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Author Spotlight: Characterizing DNA Replication of Pathogenic Repeats to Uncover Mechanisms of Replication Fork Stalling and Expansion
Published on: September 13, 2024
[Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Characteristics of Proteins with Repeats]
E I Deryusheva1,2, A V Machulin3, O V Galzitskaya4,5,6
1Institute of Biological Instrumentation, Pushchino Biological Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia.
Abstract:
The review summarizes and systematizes the data on the classification, taxonomic distribution, structural features, and functions of proteins with structural repeats. Modern approaches to the identification of structural repeats in proteins are considered. Features of specialized databases of protein domains are described. The review discusses the prospects of using repeat-containing proteins as scaffolds for drug design. The role of proteins with structural repeats in the pathogenesis of various diseases is considered. Various modern approaches to understanding the mechanisms of the evolutionary development of proteins with repeats are described and analyzed.
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