Structure, dynamics, assembly, and evolution of protein complexes

JA Marsh, SA Teichmann - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The assembly of individual proteins into functional complexes is fundamental to nearly all
biological processes. In recent decades, many thousands of homomeric and heteromeric …

Residue mutations and their impact on protein structure and function: detecting beneficial and pathogenic changes

RA Studer, BH Dessailly, CA Orengo - Biochemical journal, 2013 - portlandpress.com
The present review focuses on the evolution of proteins and the impact of amino acid
mutations on function from a structural perspective. Proteins evolve under the law of natural …

Structure–function relationship of terpenoid glycosyltransferases from plants

E Kurze, M Wüst, J Liao, K McGraphery… - Natural Product …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2021 Terpenoids are physiologically active substances that are of great
importance to humans. Their physicochemical properties are modified by glycosylation, in …

Trigger factor both holds and folds its client proteins

K Wu, TC Minshull, SE Radford, AN Calabrese… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
ATP-independent chaperones like trigger factor are generally assumed to play passive roles
in protein folding by acting as holding chaperones. Here we show that trigger factor plays a …

Insertions and deletions (indels): a missing piece of the protein engineering jigsaw

CM Miton, N Tokuriki - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the years, protein engineers have studied nature and borrowed its tricks to accelerate
protein evolution in the test tube. While there have been considerable advances, our ability …

Structural, evolutionary, and assembly principles of protein oligomerization

ED Levy, SA Teichmann - Progress in molecular biology and translational …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract In the protein universe, 30–50% of proteins self-assemble to form symmetrical
complexes consisting of multiple copies of themselves, called homomers. The prevalence of …

Protein oligomer engineering: a new frontier for studying protein structure, function, and toxicity

C Liu, J Luo - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prevalent in nature, protein oligomers play critical roles both physiologically and
pathologically. The multimeric nature and conformational transiency of protein oligomers …

Accessing unexplored regions of sequence space in directed enzyme evolution via insertion/deletion mutagenesis

S Emond, M Petek, EJ Kay, B Heames… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Insertions and deletions (InDels) are frequently observed in natural protein evolution, yet
their potential remains untapped in laboratory evolution. Here we introduce a transposon …

[HTML][HTML] How gene duplication diversifies the landscape of protein oligomeric state and function

S Mallik, DS Tawfik, ED Levy - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2022 - Elsevier
Oligomeric proteins are central to cellular life and the duplication and divergence of their
genes is a key driver of evolutionary innovations. The duplication of a gene coding for an …

Structural plasticity enables evolution and innovation of RuBisCO assemblies

AK Liu, JH Pereira, AJ Kehl, DJ Rosenberg, DJ Orr… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Oligomerization is a core structural feature that defines the form and function of many
proteins. Most proteins form molecular complexes; however, there remains a dearth of …