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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

Nature Communications, 2020
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, lacks effective therapeutics. Additionally, no antiviral drugs or vaccines were developed against the closely related coronavirus, SARS-CoV-1 or MERS-CoV, despite previous zoonotic outbreaks.
A. Douangamath, D. Fearon, P. Gehrtz, T. Krojer, P. Lukacik, C. Owen, E. Resnick, C. Strain-Damerell, A. Aimon, Péter Ábrányi‐Balogh, J. Brandão‐Neto, A. Carbery, Gemma Davison, A. Dias, Thomas D Downes, L. Dunnett, M. Fairhead, James D. Firth, S. P. Jones, Aaron Keely, G. Keserü, Hanna F. Klein, Mathew P. Martin, M. Noble, P. O’Brien, A. Powell, Rambabu N. Reddi, R. Skyner, M. Snee, Michael J. Waring, C. Wild, N. London, F. von Delft, M. Walsh   +33 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tau acetylation at K331 has limited impact on tau pathology in vivo

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We mapped tau post‐translational modifications in humanized MAPT knock‐in mice and in amyloid‐bearing double knock‐in mice. Acetylation within the repeat domain, particularly around K331, showed modest increases under amyloid pathology. To test functional relevance, we generated MAPTK331Q knock‐in mice.
Shoko Hashimoto, Yukio Matsuba, Mika Takahashi, Takaomi C. Saido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication

Nature Communications, 2020
The main protease, Mpro (or 3CLpro) in SARS-CoV-2 is a viable drug target because of its essential role in the cleavage of the virus polypeptide. Feline infectious peritonitis, a fatal coronavirus infection in cats, was successfully treated previously ...
Wayne Vuong, Muhammad Bashir Khan, Conrad Fischer, E. Arutyunova, Tess Lamer, Justin A Shields, H. Saffran, R. McKay, M. J. van Belkum, Michael A. Joyce, H. Young, D. Tyrrell, J. Vederas, M. J. Lemieux   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hepatocyte growth factor, a key tumor-promoting factor in the tumor microenvironment [PDF]

, 2017
The tumor microenvironment plays a key role in tumor development and progression. Stromal cells secrete growth factors, cytokines and extracellular matrix proteins which promote growth, survival and metastatic spread of cancer cells.
Galemmo, Robert, Janetka, James, Klampfer, Lidija, Owusu, Benjamin Yaw   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibitors of SARS-CoV entry--identification using an internally-controlled dual envelope pseudovirion assay. [PDF]

, 2011
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) emerged as the causal agent of an endemic atypical pneumonia, infecting thousands of people worldwide.
Agudelo, Juliet, Amberg, Sean M, Chen, Yen Ting, Craik, Charles S, Goetz, David H, Hansell, Elizabeth, Lu, Kai, McKerrow, James, Roush, William R, Simmons, Graham, Zhou, Yanchen   +10 more
core   +1 more source

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

Inhibition of Protease Activity in Muscle Extracts and Surimi from Pacific Whiting, Merluccius productus, and Arrowtooth Flounder, Atheresthes stomias [PDF]

, 1993
Muscle extracts of Pacific whiting, Merluccius productus, and arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias, were assayed for proteolytic activity using azocasein as a substrate. Pacific whiting extracts showed maximum activity at pH 5.0-5.2 and a temperature
Koury, Barbara, Kudo, George, Porter, Roy W.   +2 more
core  

Adaptive HIV-1 evolutionary trajectories are constrained by protein stability [PDF]

, 2017
Despite the use of combination antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection, the emergence of drug resistance remains a problem. Resistance may be conferred either by a single mutation or a concerted set of mutations.
Kandathil, Shaun M., Lovell, Simon C., Olabode, Abayomi S., Robertson, David L.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources