Protein oligomerization: how and why

MH Ali, B Imperiali - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
A large fraction of cellular proteins are oligomeric. Protein oligomerization may often be an
advantageous feature from the perspective of protein evolution and has probably evolved by …

[PDF][PDF] Design of a heterospecific, tetrameric, 21-residue miniprotein with mixed α/β structure

MH Ali, CM Taylor, G Grigoryan, KN Allen, B Imperiali… - Structure, 2005 - cell.com
The study of short, autonomously folding peptides, or" miniproteins," is important for
advancing our understanding of protein stability and folding specificity. Although many …

Oligomeric ββα miniprotein motifs: Pivotal role of single hinge residue in determining the oligomeric state

KA McDonnell, B Imperiali - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2002 - ACS Publications
The role of a single glycine hinge residue in the structure of BBAT1, a ββα peptide that forms
a discrete homotrimeric structure in solution, was evaluated with 11 new peptide sequences …