COMPDESIGN

Statistical physics-based computational design of protein-RNA complexes

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITAT WIEN 

 Organization address address: UNIVERSITATSRING 1
city: WIEN
postcode: 1010

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Amy
Cognome: Williams
Email: send email
Telefono: +43 1 427718228
Fax: +43 1 42779182

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Austria [AT]
 Totale costo 62˙500 €
 EC contributo 62˙500 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG
 Funding Scheme MC-CIG
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-04-01   -   2015-04-01

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITAT WIEN

 Organization address address: UNIVERSITATSRING 1
city: WIEN
postcode: 1010

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Amy
Cognome: Williams
Email: send email
Telefono: +43 1 427718228
Fax: +43 1 42779182

AT (WIEN) coordinator 62˙500.00

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effort    rna    experimental    complexes    cell    mechanisms    protein   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This project aims to computationally design RNA molecules apt to bind to a given protein under given conditions (such as binding affinity, properties of the solution and temperature). The relevance of this research lies in the current effort to elucidate the mechanism that guide RNA-protein complexes, which are abundantly found in the cell at all levels of relevant cell mechanisms. Further, such a study is expected to be a first valuable step in the effort of rational drug design in silico. In this project, we propose to transfer concepts from statistical mechanics used in e.g. soft matter science, to this challenging problem. Such a physics-based approach will explicitly take into account entropic effects encountered in the RNA-protein complexes, which properly account for the flexibility of these biomolecules, but which are usually disregarded by current techniques. With such an approach, we aim to win physical insight into the mechanisms governing RNA-protein complexes (shown on the example of the Hfq-RNA complex). Then, simulations can help to overcome experimental bottlenecks and drive their progress. In this project, the applicant aims to maintain close contacts with both other theoreticians and with the relevant experimental groups, both at the host institution and within the European Community.'

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