PLIP 2021: expanding the scope of the protein-ligand interaction profiler to DNA and RNA

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Abstract

With the growth of protein structure data, the analysis of molecular interactions between ligands and their target molecules is gaining importance. PLIP, the protein-ligand interaction profiler, detects and visualises these interactions and provides data in formats suitable for further processing. PLIP has proven very successful in applications ranging from the characterisation of docking experiments to the assessment of novel ligand-protein complexes. Besides ligand-protein interactions, interactions with DNA and RNA play a vital role in many applications, such as drugs targeting DNA or RNA-binding proteins. To date, over 7% of all 3D structures in the Protein Data Bank include DNA or RNA. Therefore, we extended PLIP to encompass these important molecules. We demonstrate the power of this extension with examples of a cancer drug binding to a DNA target, and an RNA-protein complex central to a neurological disease. PLIP is available online at https://plip-tool.biotec.tu-dresden.de and as open source code. So far, the engine has served over a million queries and the source code has been downloaded several thousand times.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)W530-W534
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume49
Issue numberW1
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

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PubMedCentral PMC8262720
Scopus 85107667140
ORCID /0000-0003-2848-6949/work/141543355

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Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Algorithms, Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry, DNA/chemistry, Guanosine Triphosphate/chemistry, Ligands, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Phenazines/chemistry, Protein Conformation, RNA/chemistry, RNA Polymerase II/chemistry, RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry, Response Elements, Software

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