Disorder and cysteines in proteins: A design for orchestration of conformational see-saw and modulatory functions

AA Bhopatkar, VN Uversky, V Rangachari - Progress in molecular biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Being responsible for more than 90% of cellular functions, protein molecules are workhorses
in all the life forms. In order to cater for such a high demand, proteins have evolved to adopt …

Advanced Dressings for Chronic Wound Management

A Mishra, A Kushare, MN Gupta… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wound healing, particularly for chronic wounds, presents a considerable difficulty due to
differences in biochemical and cellular processes that occur in different types of wounds …

Granulins modulate liquid–liquid phase separation and aggregation of the prion-like C-terminal domain of the neurodegeneration-associated protein TDP-43

AA Bhopatkar, VN Uversky, V Rangachari - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) has emerged as a key player in many
neurodegenerative pathologies, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and …

Reversible Disulfide Bond Cross-Links as Tunable Levers of Phase Separation in Designer Biomolecular Condensates

M Mondal, PE Jankoski, LD Lee… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates (BCs) are membraneless hubs enriched with proteins and
nucleic acids that have emerged as important players in many cellular functions. Uncovering …

Animal granulins: In the GRN scheme of things

CR Bowhay, PC Hanington - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2024 - Elsevier
Granulins are conserved in nearly all metazoans, with an intriguing loss in insects. These
pleiotropic peptides are involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes yet …

Conformational dynamics of specific Aβ oligomers govern their ability to replicate and induce neuronal apoptosis

DN Dean, KM Pate, MA Moss, V Rangachari - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Oligomers of amyloid-β (Aβ) have emerged as the primary toxic agents responsible for early
synaptic dysfunction and neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Characterization of …

Structural variants of a liver fluke derived granulin peptide potently stimulate wound healing

M Dastpeyman, PS Bansal, D Wilson… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Granulins are a family of growth factors involved in cell proliferation. The liver-fluke granulin,
Ov-GRN-1, isolated from a carcinogenic liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini, can significantly …

Disulfide bonds and disorder in granulin‐3: An unusual handshake between structural stability and plasticity

G Ghag, CJ Holler, G Taylor, TL Kukar… - Protein …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Granulins (GRNs) are a family of small (∼ 6 kDa) proteins generated by the proteolytic
processing of their precursor, progranulin (PGRN), in many cell types. Both PGRN and …

Are granulins copper sequestering proteins?

AA Bhopatkar, V Rangachari - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Granulins (GRN 1‐7) are short (~ 6 kDa), cysteine‐rich proteins that are generated
upon the proteolytic processing of progranulin (PGRN). These peptides, along with their …

Cysteine-rich granulin-3 rapidly promotes amyloid-β fibrils in both redox states

AA Bhopatkar, G Ghag, LM Wolf, DN Dean… - Biochemical …, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Abstract Granulins (GRNs 1–7) are cysteine-rich proteolytic products of progranulin (PGRN)
that have recently been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal …