ER/K-link—Leveraging a native protein linker to probe dynamic cellular interactions

TM Gupte, M Ritt, S Sivaramakrishnan - Methods in enzymology, 2021 - Elsevier
ER/K α-helices are a subset of single alpha helical domains, which exhibit unusual stability
as isolated protein secondary structures. They adopt an elongated structural conformation …

Assessment of helical interfaces in protein–protein interactions

AL Jochim, PS Arora - Molecular BioSystems, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Assessment of helical interfaces in protein – protein interactions - Molecular BioSystems (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B903202A Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …

Systematic control of protein interaction using a modular ER/K α-helix linker

S Sivaramakrishnan… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Cellular functions of proteins are strongly influenced by their interactions with other proteins.
The frequency of protein interactions is a function of the local concentration of two proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the unique structural properties of isolated α-helices

CJ Swanson, S Sivaramakrishnan - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
The α-helix is a ubiquitous secondary structural element that is almost exclusively observed
in proteins when stabilized by tertiary or quaternary interactions. However, beginning with …

De novo mapping of α-helix recognition sites on protein surfaces using unbiased libraries

K Li, OS Tokareva, TM Thomson… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The α-helix is one of the most common protein surface recognition motifs found in nature,
and its unique amide-cloaking properties also enable α-helical polypeptide motifs to exist in …

Anatomy of β-strands at protein–protein interfaces

AM Watkins, PS Arora - ACS chemical biology, 2014 - ACS Publications
The development of inhibitors for protein–protein interactions frequently involves the mimicry
of secondary structure motifs. While helical protein–protein interactions have been heavily …

Recapitulating the α-helix: nonpeptidic, low-molecular-weight ligands for the modulation of helix-mediated protein–protein interactions

M Lanning, S Fletcher - Future medicinal chemistry, 2013 - Future Science
Protein–protein interactions play critical roles in a wide variety of biological processes, and
their dysregulations contribute to the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer …

Dynamic charge interactions create surprising rigidity in the ER/K α-helical protein motif

S Sivaramakrishnan, BJ Spink… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Protein α-helices are ubiquitous secondary structural elements, seldom considered to be
stable without tertiary contacts. However, amino acid sequences in proteins that are based …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of long and stable de novo single alpha-helix domains provides novel insight into their stability

M Wolny, M Batchelor, GJ Bartlett, EG Baker… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Naturally-occurring single α-helices (SAHs), are rich in Arg (R), Glu (E) and Lys (K) residues,
and stabilized by multiple salt bridges. Understanding how salt bridges promote their …

Short linear motifs: ubiquitous and functionally diverse protein interaction modules directing cell regulation

K Van Roey, B Uyar, RJ Weatheritt, H Dinkel… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The eukaryotic cell is a bustling collection of macromolecules acting cooperatively to
mediate the functions required for cell viability. Specific, context-dependent and tightly …