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Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2013 May 31;23(4):639–646. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2013.04.010

Table I. Summary of recent computer-based designed interactions.

Goal Strategy System PDB codes Ref
Interface de novo design
Target binding Known hydrophobic groove, hotspots Hemaglutinin 3R2X [32]
Target binding Known hydrophobic groove GoLoco peptide, Gαil 2XNS [33]
Target binding Known hydrophobic groove PAK1 [12]
Target binding, multi-
specificity
Dataset-driven scoring of coiled-coils bZIP coiled-coil [8]
Fibril inhibition Strand pairing and hydrophobic sidechains Tau and PAP fibrils [7]
Two-sided design Aromatic sidechain hydrogen bond Ankyrin and PH1109 3Q9U, 3Q9N, 3QA9 [48]
Homodimer Strand pairing and hydrophobic sidechains Native monomer 3ZY7 [38]
Homodimer Metal binding and hydrophobic sidechains Native monomer 3V1A, 3V1B, 3V1C,
3V1D, 3V1E, 3V1F
[39]
Heterotetramer Nonnatural zinc chromophore Heterotetramer coiled-coil [43]
Transmembrane
targeting
GxxGxxG motif in a beta helix Beta-peptide [46]
Transmembrane Porphyrin binding Four-helix bundle [42]
Octahedron, 24-mer Hydrophobic sidechains, hydroxyl hbonds Native trimer 3VCD, 4DDF [17]
Tetrahedron, 12-mer Hydrophobic sidechains Native trimer 4EGG, 4DCL [17]
Nanotube coating Helix Ala/Gly interaction with carbon ring Coiled-coil hexamer 3S0R [16]
Array, P6 crystal Superhelix stacking, GxxG helix Previous trimer lattice 3V86, 4DAC [45]

Scaffold design for new binding complexes
Target binding Grafting HIV epitopes 2F5 and 4E10 3RPT, 3RU8 and
3RI0, 3RHU, 3RFN
[3]
Target binding Grafting MMP-14 and TIMP-2 not released [52]
Target binding PAK1 biosensor Autoinhib. helical domain [13]
Nanohedron Genetic fusion, rigid helix linker Native dimer, trimer, helix 3VDX, 4D9J [35,55]
Arrays, 1D and 2D Genetic fusion, rotational symmetry (TEM, AFM data) [56]

Interface redesign
Specificity Second-site suppressor mutations GoLoco peptide and Gai,
UbcH7 and E6AP
[57]
[14]
Specificity Flexible backbone design to replace Phe GTPase/GEF (1KI1) 3QBV [14]
Multi-specificity Structure-based modeling and library
screening
Bcl-x(L) [58]
Affinity Noncanonical amino acid at a native interface Calpain, calpastatin [59]
Affinity Sequence design with backbone perturbation PDZ peptide and CAL [2]
Affinity Hydrophobic interface design Cytochrome cb562 3HNI, 3HNJ, 3HNL [60]
Affinity Two hydrophobic mutations PCNA and polymerase [9]
Homologous target Computationally-directed library Ubc12 and E6AP [61]
Hexamer Augmentation of coiled-coil tetramer GCN4-p1 starting tetramer 3R4A, 3R4H, 3R3K,
3R46, 3R48
[37]
Metal switching Replace native interactions with metal
coordination residues
Ferritin cage 4DYX, 4DYY, 4DYZ,
4DZ0
[62]