The transmission of information via proteins could revolutionize drug discovery

THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION VIA PROTEINS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE DRUG DISCOVERY

A study by the scientists Xavier Salvatella and Modesto Orozco at IRB Barcelona reveals the existence of information highways that connect and correlate distant sites within a single protein.

Published in Nature Communications, the article furthers a key theoretical field for drug discovery, as it would allow the discovery of many more drug binding sites in proteins of biomedical interest.

Further information:

 http://www.irbbarcelona.org/index.php/en/news/irb-news/scientific/the-tr...

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140612095033.htm