Serine racemase expression differentiates aging from Alzheimer's brain

S Wu, J Zhou, H Zhang… - Current Alzheimer …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Aging is an inevitable process characterized by progressive loss of physiological integrity
and increased susceptibility to cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative …

L‐serine biosynthesis in the human central nervous system: Structure and function of phosphoserine aminotransferase

F Marchesani, E Zangelmi, G Murtas… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms from all kingdoms of life synthesize L‐serine (L‐Ser) from 3‐phosphoglycerate
through the phosphorylated pathway, a three‐step diversion of glycolysis. Phosphoserine …

Protein Oxidative Modifications in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Advances in Detection and Modelling to Their Use as Disease Biomarkers

SI Anjo, Z He, Z Hussain, A Farooq, A McIntyre… - Antioxidants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Oxidation–reduction post-translational modifications (redox-PTMs) are chemical alterations
to amino acids of proteins. Redox-PTMs participate in the regulation of protein conformation …

Nitric Oxide Sensing by a Blue Fluorescent Protein

C Montali, S Abbruzzetti, A Franzen, G Casini, S Bruno… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
S-Nitrosylation of cysteine residues is an important molecular mechanism for dynamic, post-
translational regulation of several proteins, providing a ubiquitous redox regulation. Cys …

NO and Heme Proteins: Cross-Talk between Heme and Cysteine Residues

C Verde, D Giordano, S Bruno - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heme proteins are a diverse group that includes several unrelated families. Their biological
function is mainly associated with the reactivity of the heme group, which—among several …

Chemical Probes to Investigate Central Nervous System Disorders: Design, Synthesis and Mechanism of Action of a Potent Human Serine Racemase Inhibitor

F Marchesani, F Rebecchi, M Pieroni… - ACS Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The intricate signaling network within the central nervous system (CNS) involving N-methyl-
d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) has been recognized as a key player in severe …

A novel assay for phosphoserine phosphatase exploiting serine acetyltransferase as the coupling enzyme

F Marchesani, E Zangelmi, S Bruno, S Bettati… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phosphoserine phosphatase (PSP) catalyzes the final step of de novo L-serine biosynthesis—
the hydrolysis of phosphoserine to serine and inorganic phosphate—in humans, bacteria …

Tyrosine 121 moves revealing a ligandable pocket that couples catalysis to ATP-binding in serine racemase

CR Koulouris, SE Gardiner, TK Harris… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Human serine racemase (hSR) catalyses racemisation of L-serine to D-serine, the latter of
which is a co-agonist of the NMDA subtype of glutamate receptors that are important in …

Human Serine Racemase Weakly Binds the Third PDZ Domain of PSD-95

R Giaccari, F Marchesani, C Compari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human serine racemase (hSR) is a pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent dimer that
catalyzes the formation of D-serine from L-serine, as well as the dehydration of both L-and D …

Yin and Yang in Post-Translational Modifications of Human D-Amino Acid Oxidase

S Sacchi, V Rabattoni, M Miceli… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the central nervous system, the flavoprotein D-amino acid oxidase is responsible for
catabolizing D-serine, the main endogenous coagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor …