Functional Peptides and Their Interactions (3rd Edition)
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules: Proteins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular biomarkers for health monitoring and the early detection of cancers; antigenic epitopes; rational and structure-based engineering of functional polypeptides; analytical biochemistry and analytical methods development
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Interests: microbial genetics; vaccines; biologically active peptides; drug delivery; probiotics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to participate in a Special Issue of Biomolecules, entitled 'Functional Peptides and Their Interactions (3rd Edition)'. This Special Issue seeks original research articles, reviews and short communications exploring the discovery, and structural and functional characterization of naturally occurring and engineered peptides and small proteins, including hormones, signaling peptides, regulatory peptides, immunomodulatory peptides, toxins and antimicrobial peptides.
Functional and structural studies that fall within the scope of this Special Issue include peptide docking, peptide binding analyses, peptide pharmacodynamics, and peptide pharmacokinetics, as well as peptide profiling and peptidomics. We especially welcome papers focusing on the interactions of functional peptides with other biological molecules, peptide receptors, cells and tissues. The scope of this Special Issue includes applications of peptides and peptide-based preparations as vaccines, molecular therapeutics, biocatalysts and biomaterials.
'Functional Peptides and Their Interactions (3rd Edition)' provides a forum for the global peptide community to communicate the latest developments in functional peptide research at the molecular, cellular and systems levels. Please join us in sharing with the scientific community your discoveries and other advances in peptide research, peptide engineering, peptide biotechnology and peptide applications.
Dr. Mikhail Soloviev
Prof. Dr. Simon M. Cutting
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peptides
- antimicrobial peptides
- immunomodulatory peptides
- neuropeptides
- signaling peptides
- regulatory peptides
- cyclic peptides
- peptidomics
- peptide profiling
- peptoids
- peptide engineering
- peptide docking
- peptide therapeutics
- peptide self-assembly
- biomaterials
- biocatalysts
- small proteins
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