Bioinformatics and variability in drug response: a protein structural perspective

JL Lahti, GW Tang, E Capriotti… - Journal of The …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Marketed drugs frequently perform worse in clinical practice than in the clinical trials on
which their approval is based. Many therapeutic compounds are ineffective for a large …

[PDF][PDF] Structure of an E3: E2∼ Ub complex reveals an allosteric mechanism shared among RING/U-box ligases

JN Pruneda, PJ Littlefield, SE Soss, KA Nordquist… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Despite the widespread importance of RING/U-box E3 ubiquitin ligases in ubiquitin (Ub)
signaling, the mechanism by which this class of enzymes facilitates Ub transfer remains …

Computational drug design targeting protein-protein interactions

RJ Bienstock - Current pharmaceutical design, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Novel discoveries in molecular disease pathways within the cell, combined with increasing
information regarding protein binding partners has lead to a new approach in drug …

The architecture of functional modules in the Hsp90 co‐chaperone Sti1/Hop

AB Schmid, S Lagleder, MA Gräwert, A Röhl… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Sti1/Hop is a modular protein required for the transfer of client proteins from the Hsp70 to the
Hsp90 chaperone system in eukaryotes. It binds Hsp70 and Hsp90 simultaneously via TPR …

Multiple binding sites on the pyrin domain of ASC protein allow self-association and interaction with NLRP3 protein

PR Vajjhala, RE Mirams, JM Hill - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
A key process underlying an innate immune response to pathogens or cellular stress is
activation of members of the NOD-like receptor family, such as NLRP3, to assemble caspase …

WeNMR: structural biology on the grid

TA Wassenaar, M Van Dijk, N Loureiro-Ferreira… - Journal of Grid …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The WeNMR (http://www. wenmr. eu) project is a European Union funded
international effort to streamline and automate analysis of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …

The small hydrophobic protein of the human respiratory syncytial virus forms pentameric ion channels

SW Gan, E Tan, X Lin, D Yu, J Wang, GMY Tan… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
The small hydrophobic (SH) protein is encoded by the human respiratory syncytial virus. Its
absence leads to viral attenuation in the context of whole organisms, and it prevents …

In silico investigation of molecular mechanism of laminopathy caused by a point mutation (R482W) in lamin A/C protein

V Rajendran, R Purohit, R Sethumadhavan - Amino acids, 2012 - Springer
Lamin A/C proteins are the major components of a thin proteinaceous filamentous
meshwork, the lamina, that underlies the inner nuclear membrane. A few specific mutations …

An ankyrin-repeat ubiquitin-binding domain determines TRABID's specificity for atypical ubiquitin chains

JDF Licchesi, J Mieszczanek, TET Mevissen… - Nature structural & …, 2012 - nature.com
Eight different types of ubiquitin linkages are present in eukaryotic cells that regulate diverse
biological processes. Proteins that mediate specific assembly and disassembly of atypical …

Self-assembly of functional, amphipathic amyloid monolayers by the fungal hydrophobin EAS

I Macindoe, AH Kwan, Q Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The hydrophobin EAS from the fungus Neurospora crassa forms functional amyloid fibrils
called rodlets that facilitate spore formation and dispersal. Self-assembly of EAS into fibrillar …