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July 1, 2025Briefings in BioinformaticsOpen Access

STINGAllo: a web server for high-throughput prediction of allosteric site-forming residues using internal protein nanoenvironment descriptors

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FOFolorunsho Bright OmageJSJosé Augusto SalimIMIvan Mazoni

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Overview

Web server STINGAllo predicts allosteric site-forming residues in protein structures, suggesting better identification methods for drug discovery.

Key Points

  • STINGAllo achieves a success rate of approximately 78% for predicting allosteric residues, greatly enhancing accuracy.
  • The server employs a residue-centric machine-learning model using 54 descriptors of the protein nanoenvironment.
  • Integration of hydrophobic interaction networks and a unique sponge effect metric allows predictions independent of surface geometry.
  • This tool enhances understanding of protein regulation and facilitates allosteric drug discovery efforts across various proteins.

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Omage et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af4ec6ad7bf08b1ead8111https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbaf424
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