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GroEL protein of the Leptospira spp. interacts with host proteins and induces cytokines secretion on macrophages

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with spirochetes from Leptospira genus. It has been classified into at least 17 pathogenic species, with more than 250 serologic variants.
Joana Dias Ho, Luiz Eduardo Massao Takara, Denize Monaris, Aline Patrícia Gonçalves, Antonio Francisco Souza-Filho, Gisele Oliveira de Souza, Marcos Bryan Heinemann, Paulo Lee Ho, Patrícia Antonia Estima Abreu   +8 more
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Evolvability of Chaperonin Substrate Proteins [PDF]

, 2009
Molecular chaperones ensure that their substrate proteins reach the functional native state, and prevent their aggregation. Recently, an additional function was proposed for molecular chaperones: they serve as buffers (_capacitors_) for evolution by ...
Emanuele Raineri, Luis Serrano, Paolo Ribeca, Tobias Maier   +3 more
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Capturing the essence of folding and functions of biomolecules using Coarse-Grained Models

, 2011
The distances over which biological molecules and their complexes can function range from a few nanometres, in the case of folded structures, to millimetres, for example during chromosome organization. Describing phenomena that cover such diverse length,
A Dhar, A Elcock, A Elcock, A Grosberg, A Grosberg, A Minton, A Pisliakov, A Podtelezhnikov, A Rychkova, A Savelyev, A Vologodskii, AA Podtelezhnikov, B Messer, BJ Alder, C Bustamante, C Clementi, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, C Hyeon, D Thirumalai, D Thirumalai, D Thirumalai, D Thirumalai, D Thirumalai, E Koculi, E Lieberman-Aiden, E O'Brien, E Shakhnovich, EP O'Brien, F Valle, G Lorimer, G Papoian, G Ziv, H Liu, H Ma, HX Zhou, I Tinoco Jr., J Chen, J Harms, J Karanicolas, J Straub, JD Honeycutt, JM Fernandez, JN Onuchic, KA Dill, M Levitt, M Mickler, M Strajbl, M Takano, ME Fisher, MJ Todd, MS Cheung, N Hirokawa, N Koga, N Toan, OK Dudko, P Weinkam, PB Moore, PC Whitford, Q Du, R Russell, R Tehver, R Tehver, RD Vale, RD Vale, RI Dima, RW Pastor, S Jun, S Jun, S Jun, S Kamerlin, S Kirkpatrick, S Moghaddam, SB Smith, SJ Chen, SJ Marrink, T Cloutier, T Cremer, T Kirkpatrick, T Veitshans, V Lubchenko, Z Liu, Z Xu   +89 more
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Conformational Dynamics of Supramolecular Protein Assemblies in the EMDB [PDF]

, 2010
The Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) is a rapidly growing repository for the dissemination of structural data from single-particle reconstructions of supramolecular protein assemblies including motors, chaperones, cytoskeletal assemblies, and viral ...
Bathe, Mark, Kim, Do-Nyun, Nguyen, Cong-Tri   +2 more
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Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Chaperonin GroEL: A Versatile Tool for Applied Biotechnology Platforms

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2018
The nucleotide-free chaperonin GroEL is capable of capturing transient unfolded or partially unfolded states that flicker in and out of existence due to large-scale protein dynamic vibrational modes.
Pierce T. O'Neil, Alexandra J. Machen, Benjamin C. Deatherage, Caleb Trecazzi, Alexander Tischer, Venkata R. Machha, Matthew T. Auton, Michael R. Baldwin, Tommi A. White, Tommi A. White, Mark T. Fisher   +10 more
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Soluble oligomerization provides a beneficial fitness effect on destabilizing mutations. [PDF]

, 2011
Protein stability is widely recognized as a major evolutionary constraint. However, the relation between mutation-induced perturbations of protein stability and biological fitness has remained elusive.
Eugene Shakhnovich, Shimon Bershtein
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RomA, A Periplasmic Protein Involved in the Synthesis of the Lipopolysaccharide, Tunes Down the Inflammatory Response Triggered by Brucella [PDF]

, 2018
Brucellaceae are stealthy pathogens with the ability to survive and replicate in the host in the context of a strong immune response. This capacity relies on several virulence factors that are able to modulate the immune system and in their structural ...
Altabe, Silvia Graciela, Casabuono, Adriana Cristina, Cassataro, Juliana, Couto, Alicia Susana, Czibener, Cecilia, Fulgenzi, Fabiana Rosa, Guaimas, Francisco Fernando, Pasquevich, Karina Alejandra, Spera, Juan Manuel, Ugalde, Juan Esteban, Valguarnera, Pablo Ezequiel   +10 more
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Molecular Phylogeny and Strain Genotyping of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Wolbachia Associated With Tuta absoluta Populations

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
This study was designed to understand the association between reproductive endosymbiotic bacteria and wild and laboratory‐reared Tuta absoluta populations. The majority of T. absoluta populations showed Wolbachia presence at varying levels of infection, whereas Arsenophonus, Cardinium, and Spiroplasma were not detected. Wolbachia‐positive T.
Ashok B. Hadapad, Arpit Prashar, Vikas G. C. Rana, Basavaraj S. Kalmath, Sridhar Vaddi, Ramesh S. Hire   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel cryo-EM structure of an ADP-bound GroEL–GroES complex

Scientific Reports, 2021
The GroEL–GroES chaperonin complex is a bacterial protein folding system, functioning in an ATP-dependent manner. Upon ATP binding and hydrolysis, it undergoes multiple stages linked to substrate protein binding, folding and release.
Sofia S. Kudryavtseva, Evgeny B. Pichkur, Igor A. Yaroshevich, Aleksandra A. Mamchur, Irina S. Panina, Andrei V. Moiseenko, Olga S. Sokolova, Vladimir I. Muronetz, Tatiana B. Stanishneva-Konovalova   +8 more
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