Advances in Protein Molecular and Structural Biology Methods

Advances in Protein Molecular and Structural Biology Methods offers a complete overview of the latest tools and methods applicable to the study of proteins at the molecular and structural level. The book begins with sections exploring tools to optimize recombinant protein expression and biophysical techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy, NMR, mass spectrometry, cryo-electron microscopy, and X-ray crystallography. It then moves towards computational approaches, considering structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamics simulations, and deep machine learning technologies. The book also covers methods applied to intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)followed by chapters on protein interaction networks, protein function, and protein design and engineering.

It provides researchers with an extensive toolkit of methods and techniques to draw from when conducting their own experimental work, taking them from foundational concepts to practical application.

• Presents a thorough overview of the latest and emerging methods and technologies for protein study
• Explores biophysical techniques, including nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray crystallography, and cryo-electron microscopy
• Includes computational and machine learning methods
• Features a section dedicated to tools and techniques specific to studying intrinsically disordered proteins

Dr. Timir Tripathi is a Professor of Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He previously held positions as Regional Director of IGNOU in Kohima and a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at NEHU. His research focuses on protein–substrate interactions, conformational dynamics, and the regulatory roles of non-catalytic domains. He is especially interested in intrinsically disordered and phase-separated proteins, their roles in disease, and, more recently, molecular memory, adaptive learning, and intelligence in proteins. Professor Tripathi has received several awards and is an Associate Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He is a section editor of Elsevier's International Journal of Biological Macromolecules and has published five books with Elsevier.

Vikash Kumar Dubey is a Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. Prior to joining IIT (BHU), he was a postdoctoral fellow at Florida State University, USA before joining IIT Guwahati, India, where he served as Associate Professor and Professor. He has received several awards and has been elected as a member of a number of scientific societies and academies. Among these, he is currently the Vice President of the Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society [BIDDS], India and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, UK.