Water determines the structure and dynamics of proteins

MC Bellissent-Funel, A Hassanali, M Havenith… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Water is an essential participant in the stability, structure, dynamics, and function of proteins
and other biomolecules. Thermodynamically, changes in the aqueous environment affect …

The GroEL–GroES chaperonin machine: a nano-cage for protein folding

M Hayer-Hartl, A Bracher, FU Hartl - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The bacterial chaperonin GroEL and its cofactor GroES constitute the paradigmatic
molecular machine of protein folding. GroEL is a large double-ring cylinder with ATPase …

Discovery, molecular mechanisms, and industrial applications of cold-active enzymes

M Santiago, CA Ramírez-Sarmiento… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cold-active enzymes constitute an attractive resource for biotechnological applications.
Their high catalytic activity at temperatures below 25° C makes them excellent biocatalysts …

Cytoplasmic protein aggregates interfere with nucleocytoplasmic transport of protein and RNA

AC Woerner, F Frottin, D Hornburg, LR Feng… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Amyloid-like protein aggregation is associated with neurodegeneration and other
pathologies. The nature of the toxic aggregate species and their mechanism of action …

Are aberrant phase transitions a driver of cellular aging?

S Alberti, AA Hyman - BioEssays, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Why do cells age? Recent advances show that the cytoplasm is organized into many
membrane‐less compartments via a process known as phase separation, which ensures …

Interplay of endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy in neurodegenerative disorders

Y Cai, J Arikkath, L Yang, ML Guo, P Periyasamy… - Autophagy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The common underlying feature of most neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer
disease (AD), prion diseases, Parkinson disease (PD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Kinetic analysis reveals the diversity of microscopic mechanisms through which molecular chaperones suppress amyloid formation

P Arosio, TCT Michaels, S Linse, C Månsson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
It is increasingly recognized that molecular chaperones play a key role in modulating the
formation of amyloid fibrils, a process associated with a wide range of human disorders …

Nanomanufacturing: a perspective

JA Liddle, GM Gallatin - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanomanufacturing, the commercially scalable and economically sustainable mass
production of nanoscale materials and devices, represents the tangible outcome of the …

Food crops face rising temperatures: an overview of responses, adaptive mechanisms, and approaches to improve heat tolerance

N Kaushal, K Bhandari, KHM Siddique… - Cogent food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The rising temperatures are resulting in heat stress for various agricultural crops to limit their
growth, metabolism, and leading to significant loss of yield potential worldwide. Heat stress …

Architecture of the 90S pre-ribosome: a structural view on the birth of the eukaryotic ribosome

M Kornprobst, M Turk, N Kellner, J Cheng, D Flemming… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The 90S pre-ribosome is an early biogenesis intermediate formed during co-transcriptional
ribosome formation, composed of∼ 70 assembly factors and several small nucleolar RNAs …