[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Chemical Features and Biomedical Relevance of Cell-Penetrating Peptides

LM Moreno-Vargas, D Prada-Gracia - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are a diverse group of peptides, typically composed of 4 to
40 amino acids, known for their unique ability to transport a wide range of substances—such …

Polymers for Disrupting Protein–Protein Interactions: Where Are We and Where Should We Be?

SP Le, J Krishna, P Gupta, R Dutta, S Li… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are central to the cellular signaling and regulatory
networks that underlie many physiological and pathophysiological processes. It is …

Identification of a human estrogen receptor α tetrapeptidic fragment with dual antiproliferative and anti-nociceptive action

B Jouffre, A Acramel, M Belnou, MF Santolla, M Talia… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The synthetic peptide ERα17p (sequence: PLMIKRSKKNSLALSLT), which corresponds to
the 295–311 region of the human estrogen receptor α (ERα), induces apoptosis in breast …

Alphafold2 update and perspectives

S Tourlet, R Radjasandirane, J Diharce… - …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Access to the three-dimensional (3D) structural information of macromolecules is of major
interest in both fundamental and applied research. Obtaining this experimental data can be …

Promising perspectives of the antiproliferative GPER inverse agonist ERα17p in breast cancer

M Kampa, R Lappano, F Grande, B Rizzuti… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The estrogen receptor α (ERα) corresponds to a large platform in charge of the recruitment
of a panel of molecules, including steroids and related heterocyclic derivatives …

Incorporation of CF 3-pseudoprolines into polyproline type II foldamers confers promising biophysical features

C Cayrou, A Walrant, D Ravault, K Guitot… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development and the use of fluorinated polyproline-type II (PPII) foldamers are still
underexplored. Herein, trifluoromethyl pseudoprolines have been incorporated into …

A unique and stable Polyproline I helix sorted out from conformational equilibrium by solvent polarity

M Pollastrini, L Pasquinelli, M Górecki… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyproline I helical structures are often considered as the hidden face of their most famous
geminal sibling, Polyproline II, as PPI is generally spotted only within a conformational …

Discrete analyses of protein dynamics

TJ Narwani, P Craveur, NK Shinada… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Protein structures are highly dynamic macromolecules. This dynamics is often analysed
through experimental and/or computational methods only for an isolated or a limited number …

Binding and functions of the two chloride ions in the oxygen-evolving center of photosystem II

K Imaizumi, K Ifuku - Photosynthesis Research, 2022 - Springer
Light-driven water oxidation in photosynthesis occurs at the oxygen-evolving center (OEC)
of photosystem II (PSII). Chloride ions (Cl−) are essential for oxygen evolution by PSII, and …

Biochemical, biophysical and molecular dynamics studies on the proteoglycan-like domain of carbonic anhydrase IX

E Langella, M Buonanno, D Vullo, N Dathan… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Human carbonic anhydrase IX (hCA IX) is a tumour-associated enzyme present in a limited
number of normal tissues, but overexpressed in several malignant human tumours. It is a …