Inhibitors of apoptosis: clinical implications in cancer

MS Mohamed, MK Bishr, FM Almutairi, AG Ali - Apoptosis, 2017 - Springer
Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family comprises a group of endogenous proteins that function as
main regulators of caspase activity and cell death. They are considered the main culprits in …

Structural insights into the activation mechanisms of human HtrA serine proteases

D Zurawa-Janicka, T Wenta, M Jarzab… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Human HtrA1-4 proteins belong to the HtrA family of evolutionarily conserved serine
proteases and function as important modulators of many physiological processes, including …

Rationally modulate the oxidase-like activity of nanoceria for self-regulated bioassays

H Cheng, S Lin, F Muhammad, YW Lin, H Wei - Acs Sensors, 2016 - ACS Publications
One of the current challenges in nanozyme-based technology is to rationally control the
enzyme mimicking activities with suitable modulation strategies to mimic the complexity and …

Oligomeric assembly regulating mitochondrial HtrA2 function as examined by methyl-TROSY NMR

Y Toyama, RW Harkness, TYT Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Human High temperature requirement A2 (HtrA2) is a mitochondrial protease chaperone
that plays an important role in cellular proteostasis and in regulating cell-signaling events …

Structural basis of protein substrate processing by human mitochondrial high-temperature requirement A2 protease

Y Toyama, RW Harkness… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The human high-temperature requirement A2 (HtrA2) protein is a trimeric protease that
cleaves misfolded proteins to protect cells from stresses caused by toxic, proteinaceous …

Structural basis of substrate recognition and allosteric activation of the proapoptotic mitochondrial HtrA2 protease

EE Aspholm, J Lidman, BM Burmann - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The mitochondrial serine protease HtrA2 is a human homolog of the Escherichia coli Deg-
proteins exhibiting chaperone and proteolytic roles. HtrA2 is involved in both apoptotic …

Cystine-knot peptide inhibitors of HTRA1 bind to a cryptic pocket within the active site region

Y Li, Y Wei, M Ultsch, W Li, W Tang, B Tombling… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cystine-knot peptides (CKPs) are naturally occurring peptides that exhibit exceptional
chemical and proteolytic stability. We leveraged the CKP carboxypeptidase A1 inhibitor as a …

Unraveling the dichotomy of enigmatic serine protease HtrA2

A Chakraborty, R Bose, K Bose - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondrial high-temperature requirement protease A2 (HtrA2) is an integral member of
the HtrA family of serine proteases that are evolutionarily conserved from prokaryotes to …

A general strategy to inhibit serine protease by targeting its autolysis loop

L Jiang, C Yuan, M Huang - The FASEB Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Serine proteases are a large family of enzymes critical for multiple physiological processes,
and proven diagnostic and therapeutic targets in several clinical indications. The high …

Protein purification by affinity chromatography

S Dutta, K Bose - Textbook on Cloning, Expression and Purification of …, 2022 - Springer
Affinity chromatography involves targeted purification of biological macromolecules from a
crude mixture on the basis of highly specific interaction between the macromolecule and a …