Member Listing – Chu Wang

Chemoproteomic profiling and design of protein functions

Protein docking, modeling and design of metal-binding proteins. Our research programs focus on the development and application of multi-disciplinary tools in chemoproteomics, biochemistry, bioinformatics and computational structure biology to 1) globally uncover novel funtional sites in enzymes that are post-translationally regulated by endogenous reactive metabolites or targeted by drug compounds; 2) interrogate the underlying molecular mechanisms by which these modifications regulate protein function to perturb key cellular signaling pathways and 3) develop computational tools to predict, model and design such protein-small molecule interactions. These studies have the great potential to provide penetrating mechanistic insights into the molecular basis for numerous diseases functionally linked to metabolic disorder as well as to integrate and streamline efforts in inhibitor discovery, drug design and the functional annotation of uncharacterized enzymes in the post-genomic era.

protein docking,protein design,metal binding proteins

2002