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Artificial intelligence–guided de novo engineering of conformation-adaptive targeting peptides for precision intracellular drug trafficking

Aug 2026 · Journal of Proteins and Proteomics · Vol 17, pp. 267 - 290 · 0 citations · 98 references

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The novelty of this review is not another catalogue of artificial-intelligence tools or peptide delivery motifs; it is a causal evidence framework that requires four linked demonstrations: computational design provenance, experimentally measured conformational switching, quantitative delivery of intact cargo, and organelle-level functional response.

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