MACC1 revisited–an in-depth review of a master of metastasis

PC Schöpe, S Torke, D Kobelt, B Kortüm, C Treese… - Biomarker …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer metastasis remains the most lethal characteristic of tumors mediating the majority of
cancer-related deaths. Identifying key molecules responsible for metastasis, understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Oligomerization of drug transporters: Forms, functions, and mechanisms

C Ni, M Hong - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug transporters are essential players in the transmembrane transport of a wide variety of
clinical drugs. The broad substrate spectra and versatile distribution pattern of these …

Soft disorder modulates the assembly path of protein complexes

B Seoane, A Carbone - PLOS Computational Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The relationship between interactions, flexibility and disorder in proteins has been explored
from many angles over the years: folding upon binding, flexibility of the core relative to the …

Dimerization of PHGDH via the catalytic unit is essential for its enzymatic function

H Xu, X Qing, Q Wang, C Li, L Lai - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Human D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), a key enzyme in de novo serine
biosynthesis, is amplified in various cancers and serves as a potential target for anticancer …

Unveiling clinically significant PPARγ mutations for thiazolidinedione treatment responsiveness through atomistic simulations

S Shahrear, ABMMK Islam - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
In Type 2 diabetes, increased insulin sensitivity is induced by thiazolidinedione activation of
the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ). Recent data indicate a …

Homodimerization of a glycoside hydrolase family GH1 β‐glucosidase suggests distinct activity of enzyme different states

FAM Otsuka, RS Chagas, VM Almeida… - Protein …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we investigated how activity and oligomeric state are related in a purified GH1 β‐
glucosidase from Spodoptera frugiperda (Sfβgly). Gel filtration chromatography coupled to a …

Allostery and molecular machines

GH Lorimer, A Horovitz… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Allostery and molecular machines | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B:
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Mechanism of conditional partner selectivity in MITF/TFE family transcription factors with a conserved coiled coil stammer motif

V Pogenberg, J Ballesteros-Álvarez… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Interrupted dimeric coiled coil segments are found in a broad range of proteins and
generally confer selective functional properties such as binding to specific ligands. However …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Chemokine Homodimer Stability: Structural Insights into CXC and CC Interfaces

D Budean, Y Almeida-Hernández, J Pandey, JM Pérez… - Biophysica, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chemokine ligands play a pivotal role in immune response by mediating cell migration and
coordinating cellular processes through interactions with chemokine receptors …

Unraveling the folding and dimerization properties of the human FoxP subfamily of transcription factors

P Villalobos, AI Carvajal, V Castro‐Fernández… - FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human FoxP proteins share a highly conserved DNA‐binding domain that dimerizes via
three‐dimensional domain swapping, although showing varying oligomerization …