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Engineering novel complement activity into a pulmonary surfactant protein [PDF]

, 2010
Complement neutralizes invading pathogens, stimulates inflammatory and adaptive immune responses, and targets non- or altered-self structures for clearance.
Toth, Julia, Wilhelm J. Schwaeble, Christopher Furze, Russell Wallis, Keeble, A. H., Julia Toth, Keeble, Anthony H., Girija, Umakhanth Venkatraman, Wallis, Russell, Mitchell, D. A., Daniel A. Mitchell, Toth, J., Schwaeble, W. J., Schwaeble, Wilhelm J., Anthony H. Keeble, Furze, C., Umakhanth Venkatraman Girija, Furze, Christopher M., Mitchell, Daniel A., Wallis, R., Venkatraman Girija, U.   +20 more
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Mechanical Biochemistry of Proteins One Molecule at a Time [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008
The activity of proteins and their complexes often involves the conversion of chemical energy (stored or supplied) into mechanical work through conformational changes. Mechanical forces are also crucial for the regulation of the structure and function of cells and tissues. Thus, the shape of eukaryotic cells (and by extension, that of the multicellular
Oberhauser, A. F., Carrión-Vázquez, Mariano Sixto   +1 more
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The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of leukocyte membrane protein interactions using protein microarrays

, 2005
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
Foster-Cuevas, M, Letarte, Michelle, Deborah Hatherley, Foster-Cuevas, Mildred, Hatherley, D, Barclay, AN, Michelle Letarte, Saunders, Nigel, A Neil Barclay, Saunders, NJ, Hatherley, Deborah, Letarte, M, Barclay, Neil, Mildred Foster-Cuevas, Nigel J Saunders, Saunders, Nigel J, Voulgaraki, D, Despina Voulgaraki, Voulgaraki, Despina   +18 more
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Monitoring Protein Aggregation Kinetics In Vivo using Automated Inclusion Counting in Caenorhabditis elegans [PDF]

, 2021
Protein aggregation into insoluble inclusions is a hallmark of a variety of human diseases, many of which are age-related. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a well-established model organism that has been widely used in the field to study protein ...
Sinnige, Tessa, Molenkamp, Jelle, van Schijndel, Vera, den Outer, Anna   +3 more
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Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical basis of amyloid fibril polymorphism

Nature Communications, 2018
Amyloid fibril structures can display polymorphism. Here the authors reveal the cryo-EM structures of several different fibril morphologies of a peptide derived from an amyloidogenic immunoglobulin light chain and present a mathematical analysis of ...
William Close, Matthias Neumann, Andreas Schmidt, Manuel Hora, Karthikeyan Annamalai, Matthias Schmidt, Bernd Reif, Volker Schmidt, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Marcus Fändrich   +9 more
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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

Cryo-EM structure of a light chain-derived amyloid fibril from a patient with systemic AL amyloidosis

Nature Communications, 2019
Systemic AL amyloidosis is caused by misfolding of immunoglobulin light chains and is one of the most frequently occurring forms of systemic amyloidosis.
Lynn Radamaker, Yin-Hsi Lin, Karthikeyan Annamalai, Stefanie Huhn, Ute Hegenbart, Stefan O. Schönland, Günter Fritz, Matthias Schmidt, Marcus Fändrich   +8 more
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