ATP synthase: a molecular therapeutic drug target for antimicrobial and antitumor peptides

Z Ahmad, F Okafor, S Azim… - Current medicinal …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
In this review we discuss the role of ATP synthase as a molecular drug target for natural and
synthetic antimicrobial/antitumor peptides. We start with an introduction of the universal …

Catalytic robustness and torque generation of the F1-ATPase

H Noji, H Ueno, DGG McMillan - Biophysical Reviews, 2017 - Springer
The F 1-ATPase is the catalytic portion of the F o F 1 ATP synthase and acts as a rotary
molecular motor when it hydrolyzes ATP. Two decades have passed since the single …

Dietary bioflavonoids inhibit Escherichia coli ATP synthase in a differential manner

N Chinnam, PK Dadi, SA Sabri, M Ahmad… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine if the dietary benefits of bioflavonoids are linked to
the inhibition of ATP synthase. We studied the inhibitory effect of 17 bioflavonoid compounds …

Novel features of the rotary catalytic mechanism revealed in the structure of yeast F1 ATPase

V Kabaleeswaran, N Puri, JE Walker… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
The crystal structure of yeast mitochondrial F1 ATPase contains three independent copies of
the complex, two of which have similar conformations while the third differs in the position of …

Inhibition of ATPase activity of Escherichia coli ATP synthase by polyphenols

PK Dadi, M Ahmad, Z Ahmad - International Journal of Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
We have studied the inhibitory effect of five polyphenols namely, resveratrol, piceatannol,
quercetin, quercetrin, and quercetin-3-β-d glucoside on Escherichia coli ATP synthase …

Medicinal chemistry of ATP synthase: a potential drug target of dietary polyphenols and amphibian antimicrobial peptides

Z Ahmad, TF Laughlin - Current medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
In this review we discuss the inhibitory effects of dietary polyphenols and amphibian
antimicrobial/antitumor peptides on ATP synthase. In the beginning general structural …

Inhibition of Escherichia coli ATP synthase by amphibian antimicrobial peptides

TF Laughlin, Z Ahmad - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2010 - Elsevier
Previously melittin, the α-helical basic honey bee venom peptide, was shown to inhibit F1-
ATPase by binding at the β-subunit DELSEED motif of F1Fo-ATP synthase. Herein, we …

ZmPPR26, a DYW-type pentatricopeptide repeat protein, is required for C-to-U RNA editing at atpA-1148 in maize chloroplasts

XY Liu, RC Jiang, Y Wang, JJ Tang… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are involved in the C-to-U RNA editing of organellar
transcripts. The maize genome contains over 600 PPR proteins and few have been found to …

Insect venom peptides as potent inhibitors of Escherichia coli ATP synthase

A Amini, S Raheem, A Steiner, F Deeba… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insect venom peptides (IVPs) eumenitin, lasiocepsin, lycosin1, mastoparanB, panurgine1,
and protonectin possess antibacterial properties, and the ubiquitous enzyme ATP synthase …

Effect of structural modulation of polyphenolic compounds on the inhibition of Escherichia coli ATP synthase

Z Ahmad, M Ahmad, F Okafor, J Jones… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper we present the inhibitory effect of a variety of structurally modulated/modified
polyphenolic compounds on purified F1 or membrane bound F1FoEscherichia coli ATP …