Cellular handling of protein aggregates by disaggregation machines

A Mogk, B Bukau, HH Kampinga - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Both acute proteotoxic stresses that unfold proteins and expression of disease-causing
mutant proteins that expose aggregation-prone regions can promote protein aggregation …

Chemoenzymatic semisynthesis of proteins

RE Thompson, TW Muir - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein semisynthesis—defined herein as the assembly of a protein from a combination of
synthetic and recombinant fragments—is a burgeoning field of chemical biology that has …

[HTML][HTML] Methyl TROSY spectroscopy: a versatile NMR approach to study challenging biological systems

S Schütz, R Sprangers - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Elsevier
A major goal in structural biology is to unravel how molecular machines function in detail. To
that end, solution-state NMR spectroscopy is ideally suited as it is able to study biological …

C9orf72-derived arginine-rich poly-dipeptides impede phase modifiers

H Nanaura, H Kawamukai, A Fujiwara… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear import receptors (NIRs) not only transport RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) but also
modify phase transitions of RBPs by recognizing nuclear localization signals (NLSs). Toxic …

Structural basis for substrate gripping and translocation by the ClpB AAA+ disaggregase

AN Rizo, JB Lin, SN Gates, E Tse, SM Bart… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Bacterial ClpB and yeast Hsp104 are homologous Hsp100 protein disaggregases
that serve critical functions in proteostasis by solubilizing protein aggregates. Two AAA+ …

Structural pathway of regulated substrate transfer and threading through an Hsp100 disaggregase

C Deville, M Carroni, KB Franke, M Topf, B Bukau… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Refolding aggregated proteins is essential in combating cellular proteotoxic stress. Together
with Hsp70, Hsp100 chaperones, including Escherichia coli ClpB, form a powerful …

Local unfolding of the HSP27 monomer regulates chaperone activity

TR Alderson, J Roche, HY Gastall, DM Dias… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The small heat-shock protein HSP27 is a redox-sensitive molecular chaperone that is
expressed throughout the human body. Here, we describe redox-induced changes to the …

[HTML][HTML] A review: Molecular chaperone-mediated folding, unfolding and disaggregation of expressed recombinant proteins

K Fatima, F Naqvi, H Younas - Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2021 - Springer
The advancements in biotechnology over time have led to an increase in the demand of
pure, soluble and functionally active proteins. Recombinant protein production has thus …

NMR studies of large proteins

Y Jiang, CG Kalodimos - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent breakthroughs in isotope-labeling and pulse sequence techniques have enabled the
NMR characterization of large protein systems with molecular masses of hundreds of …

Unmasking AlphaFold to integrate experiments and predictions in multimeric complexes

C Mirabello, B Wallner, B Nystedt, S Azinas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Since the release of AlphaFold, researchers have actively refined its predictions and
attempted to integrate it into existing pipelines for determining protein structures. These …