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Trans-Bilayer Ion Conduction by Proline Containing Cyclic Hexapeptides and Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions on Ion Conducting Properties [PDF]

, 2010
Several ion channel forming cyclic peptides have been reported over the past two decades and various ion conducting mechanisms have been proposed. In this article, we report on amino acid substitutions in cyclic hexapeptides and their effects on the ion ...
Aoyagi, Haruhiko, Hayashi, Ryo, Jelokhani-Niaraki, Masoud, Kodama, Hiroaki, Osada, Saoshi, Taira, Junichi, Ueda, Toshihisa   +6 more
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Modulation of the Dipole Potential of Model Lipid Membranes with Phytochemicals: Molecular Mechanisms, Structure–Activity Relationships, and Implications in Reconstituted Ion Channels

Membranes, 2023
Phytochemicals, such as flavonoids, stilbenoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, and related compounds, have a wide range of useful pharmacological properties which cannot be ascribed to binding to a single peptide or protein target alone.
Svetlana S. Efimova, Olga S. Ostroumova
doaj   +1 more source

Episodic neurologic disorders: syndromes, genes, and mechanisms. [PDF]

, 2013
Many neurologic diseases cause discrete episodic impairment in contrast with progressive deterioration. The symptoms of these episodic disorders exhibit striking variety.
Fu, Ying-Hui, Ptáček, Louis J, Russell, Jonathan F   +2 more
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Epilepsy and ion channels

Rinsho Shinkeigaku, 2017
Many mutations of genes for ion channels result in some epilepsies. Their electrophysiological studies reveal pathophysiological mechanisms underlining epilepsy and also mechanism of action of several antiepileptic drugs. In this review, We briefly summarize pathophysiology of epilepsy and the mechanisms of antiepileptic drugs.
Yoshihiro, Sugiura, Yoshikazu, Ugawa
openaire   +3 more sources

Hyperosmotic stress induces PARP1‐mediated HPF1‐dependent mono(ADP‐ribosyl)ation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Sorbitol‐induced hyperosmotic stress rapidly induces reversible mono(ADP‐ribosyl)ation (MARylation) on PARP1 without the signs of genotoxic signaling. We show that PARP1 autoMARylation is HPF1 dependent and forms hydroxylamine‐resistant O‐glycosidic linkages.
Anna Georgina Kopasz, Mihály Mérey, Rebeka Vásárhelyi, Ramóna Pék, Victor Imburchia, László Henn, Adrián Kószó, Nicholas D. Lakin, Ivan Ahel, Sébastien Huet, Ágnes Czibula, Gyula Timinszky   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A superfamily of small potassium channel subunits: form and function of the MinK-related peptides (MiRPs). [PDF]

, 1998
MinK and MinK-related peptide I (MiRPI) are integral membrane peptides with a single transmembrane span. These peptides are active only when co-assembled with pore-forming K+ channel subunits and yet their role in normal ion channel behaviour is ...
Abbott, GW, Goldstein, SA
core  

AAA+ protein unfoldases—the Moirai of the proteome

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
AAA+ unfoldases are essential molecular motors that power protein degradation and disaggregation. This review integrates recent cryo‐electron microscopy (cryo‐EM) structures and single‐molecule biophysical data to reconcile competing models of substrate translocation.
Stavros Azinas, Marta Carroni
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the effect of the scorpion toxin AaH-II on action potential generation in the axon initial segment

Scientific Reports
The toxin AaH-II, from the scorpion Androctonus australis Hector venom, is a 64 amino acid peptide that targets voltage-gated Na+ channels (VGNCs) and slows their inactivation. While at macroscopic cellular level AaH-II prolongs the action potential (AP),
Fatima Abbas, Laila Ananda Blömer, Hugo Millet, Jérôme Montnach, Michel De Waard, Marco Canepari   +5 more
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Gratings photowritten in ion-exchanged glass channel waveguides [PDF]

, 1999
Gratings are photowritten in ion-exchanged glass channel waveguides. The transmission of these waveguides shows a rejection dip of almost 20dB.
Geraghty, D. F., Honkanen, S., Marshall, W. K., Peyghambarian, N., Provenzano, D., Yariv, A.   +5 more
core   +1 more source