Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

Systems chemistry of peptide-assemblies for biochemical transformations

A Chatterjee, A Reja, S Pal, D Das - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
During the billions of years of the evolutionary journey, primitive polymers, involved in proto
metabolic pathways with low catalytic activity, played critical roles in the emergence of …

Amyloid fibrils formed by short prion-inspired peptides are metalloenzymes

S Navarro, M Díaz-Caballero, F Peccati… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymes typically fold into defined 3D protein structures exhibiting a high catalytic efficiency
and selectivity. It has been proposed that the earliest enzymes may have arisen from the self …

Catalytic amyloids: Is misfolding folding?

LR Marshall, IV Korendovych - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Originally regarded as a disease symptom, amyloids have shown a rich diversity of
functions, including biologically beneficial ones. As such, the traditional view of polypeptide …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembly of the de novo designed peptides to produce supramolecular catalysts with built-in enzyme-like active sites: a review of structure–activity …

Y Lou, B Zhang, X Ye, ZG Wang - Materials Today Nano, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymes have been widely applied for green transformation in a variety of fields due to their
remarkable catalytic properties, which are largely attributed to the spatial arrangement of the …

Supramolecular enzyme-mimicking catalysts self-assembled from peptides

Q Liu, A Kuzuya, ZG Wang - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Natural enzymes catalyze biochemical transformations in superior catalytic efficiency and
remarkable substrate specificity. The excellent catalytic repertoire of enzymes is attributed to …

[HTML][HTML] Small peptides in the detection of mycotoxins and their potential applications in mycotoxin removal

Z Zhao, Z Zhang, H Zhang, Z Liang - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycotoxins pose significant risks to humans and livestock. In addition, contaminated food-
and feedstuffs can only be discarded, leading to increased economic losses and potential …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembly of fibril-forming histidine-rich peptides for cofactor-free oxidase-mimetic catalysis

Y Liu, P Du, Q Teng, H Sun, XY Ye, ZG Wang - Supramolecular Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Most oxidases rely on the cofactors for catalyzing the electron transfer reactions, while tend
to suffer from externally-induced protein unfolding, cofactor dissociation and nonrecovery of …

Heme-dependent supramolecular nanocatalysts: A review

Y Liu, ZG Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymes fold into three-dimensional structures to distribute amino acid residues for
catalysis, which inspired the supramolecular approach to construct enzyme-mimicking …

Catalytically active amyloids as future bionanomaterials

R Diaz-Espinoza - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Peptides and proteins can aggregate into highly ordered and structured conformations
called amyloids. These supramolecular structures generally have convergent features, such …