ATP binding to Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and pro-Nerve Growth Factor (proNGF): an endogenous molecular switch modulating neurotrophins activity

F Paoletti - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2024 - portlandpress.com
… an interconnection of three disulfide bridges present in each protomer that stabilize the fold
of the … The pro-peptide region of proNGF has been reported to assist the correct folding of the …

Challenges and progress of neurodrug: bioactivities, production and delivery strategies of nerve growth factor protein

N Zhou, TW Gu, Y Xu, Y Liu, LH Peng - Journal of Biological Engineering, 2023 - Springer
… were used to express the coding sequence of human NGF precursor as the introns in pro-sequence
promotes disulfide bond formation and correct protein folding [28]. On the contrary, …

[HTML][HTML] A combined evolutionary and structural approach to disclose the primary structural determinants essential for proneurotrophins biological functions

S Covaceuszach, LY Peche, PV Konarev… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
… ie, Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic … -formed structural element
involved in the chaperonin function of the pro-domains that are known to assist proper folding of …

The pro‐sequence of parathyroid hormone prevents premature amyloid fibril formation

S Sachan, CG Moya, B Voigt, M Köhn, J Balbach - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
folding [[35]], as well as intra- and interchain disulfide bond … In peptide hormones, the
pro-sequence can also play an … -peptide assists in correct folding and disulfide bond formation

In situ fabrication of nerve growth factor encapsulated chitosan nanoparticles in oxidized bacterial nanocellulose for rat sciatic nerve regeneration

Z Wei, FF Hong, Z Cao, SY Zhao, L Chen - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nerve guidance conduits (NGC) provide a suitable microenvironment to … regeneration of
injured nerves, which could be the substitutes for autografts. In this study, nerve growth factor (…

Structural insights into regulation of CCN protein activities and functions

VT Monsen, H Attramadal - Journal of cell communication and signaling, 2023 - Springer
… of preproproteins (Eder and Fersht 1995), as for the prodomain of the nerve growth factor (…
Disulfide bonds formed by ten conserved cystine residues constrain the fold, and aligning the …

A p75 neurotrophin receptor‐sparing nerve growth factor protects retinal ganglion cells from neurodegeneration by targeting microglia

L Latini, DSM De Araujo, R Amato… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… , via their axons forming the optic nerve (ON). ON damage leads to axonal degeneration
and death of RGCs, and results in vision impairment. Nerve growth factor (NGF) signalling is …

Overview of protein‐based biopolymers for biomedical application

S Nagarajan, S Radhakrishnan… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… by disulfide bonds; iii) protofilaments are formed through the … a suitable biomaterial for
peripheral nerve regeneration.134 … the Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro sequence (GPRP), peptide sequence …

Computational analysis of propeptide‐containing proteins and prediction of their post‐cleavage conformation changes

J Pei, LN Kinch, Q Cong - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
… Propeptides assist their folding and disulfide formation and regulate their activities.… Pro-sequence
assisted folding and disulfide bond formation of human nerve growth factor. J …

Development of a protein-solubilizing expression method based on the synergistic action of intein ΔI-CM and the solubility enhancer elastin-like polypeptide

K Rai, X Chu, D Zhou, F Li, J Yang, J Lin, S Shen… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
disulfide bond formation and protein folding [8,46]. Analysis of the protein sequence confirmed
the existence of disulfide bonds in … could be utilized to assist the expression of variety of …