Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are characterized by a lack of folded structure. Since their identification more than a decade ago, they were designed as potential drug targets. However, nowadays, only few therapeutic molecules have been designed against them. Due to the nature of these proteins bioinformatics methods could have a key role disentangling IDPs related issues, which is key to design new therapeutic agents against them.
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