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Invisible but not inaccessible—Revealing transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins with solution NMR and complementary methods

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins may be ‘invisible’ to direct detection yet remain accessible to solution NMR through equilibrium‐exchange measurements and pressure‐jump experiments. Complementary methods report on mass, stoichiometry, selected distance distributions, morphology, and internal packing.
Martin D. Gelenter, Ad Bax
wiley   +1 more source

The role of complement in synaptic degeneration

, 2012
Synapse loss is an early event of many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer?s disease and Parkinson?s disease. The causes and mechanisms that underpin synapse dysfunction and degeneration are poorly understood.
Malfa, Katya
core   +1 more source

Complement C2 receptor inhibitor trispanning: a novel human complement inhibitory receptor

, 2005
The complement system presents a powerful defense against infection and is tightly regulated to prevent damage to self by functionally equivalent soluble and membrane regulators.
Krueger, G., Lange, S., Hui Kwok-M, Schneider, B., Inal, J., Miot, S., Ramirez, M.   +6 more
core  

DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Going viral − Virus‐targeting nanobodies for research, diagnostics and therapy

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of viral diseases represents a major threat for global human health. Nanobodies, small binding fragments derived from camelid heavy‐chain antibodies, offer versatile tools for viral research, diagnostics, and antiviral therapy.
Domenic Ebert, Ulrich Rothbauer
wiley   +1 more source

The role of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule in interactions with complement and phagocytes [PDF]

, 2010
The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is an essential virulence factor and it is ideally situated to modulate interactions between the bacteria and host immune cells.
Hyams, C.J.
core  

Soft motions encoded by the fold and mediated by conserved hinge sites drive V‐ATPase allosteric machinery and autoinhibition

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Vacuolar H+‐ATPase (V‐ATPase) is a multisubunit rotary proton pump that acidifies intracellular compartments. Using elastic network models, we identified conserved hinge residues that govern its large‐scale functional motions. We show that intrinsically encoded ‘soft modes’ drive critical functional transitions, including rotary catalysis and ...
Diksha Parwana, Xiaowei Bogetti, Stuti Sharma, Ivet Bahar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How structural disorder and polyelectrolyte properties of prothymosin α enable its large interactome

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this review, complexes of the fully disordered and highly negatively charged prothymosin α are collected, described, and discussed. Linked to its poly‐electrostatic character, prothymosin α engages a large interactome through multiple different binding modes ranging from fully disordered complexes to short linear motif (SLiM)‐driven interactions ...
Ketty C. Tamburrini, Freia S. Buus, Benjamin Schuler, Birthe B. Kragelund   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

In vitro and in silico modelling of ROS1‐positive non‐small cell lung cancer reveals fusion‐dependent tyrosine kinase inhibitor responses

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Drug resistance limits treatment success in a subset of lung cancers driven by ROS1 gene alterations. Using patient‐derived cells and computer simulations, we studied three key mutations and how they affect five targeted drugs. The mutations reduced drug effectiveness in different ways by altering protein structure and behavior.
Farhan Ul Haq, Marc Terrones, Felicia Rodrigues Fortes, Anne Schepers, Alessia Denis, Christophe Deben, Ken Op de Beeck, Guy Van Camp, Geert Vandeweyer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of Circulating Complement Levels with Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy

International Journal of General Medicine
Guangjiang Wang, Yuan Guo Department of Ophthalmology, The Fourth Hospital of Baotou, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 014030, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yuan Guo, Department of Ophthalmology, The Fourth Hospital of Baotou ...
Wang G, Guo Y
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