Next generation gold drugs and probes: chemistry and biomedical applications

RT Mertens, S Gukathasan, AS Arojojoye… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The gold drugs, gold sodium thiomalate (Myocrisin), aurothioglucose (Solganal), and the
orally administered auranofin (Ridaura), are utilized in modern medicine for the treatment of …

Multifaceted computational modeling in glycoscience

S Perez, O Makshakova - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glycoscience assembles all the scientific disciplines involved in studying various molecules
and macromolecules containing carbohydrates and complex glycans. Such an ensemble …

The CCP4 suite: integrative software for macromolecular crystallography

J Agirre, M Atanasova, H Bagdonas… - Biological …, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
The Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 (CCP4) is a UK-led international collective
with a mission to develop, test, distribute and promote software for macromolecular …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

Y Yang, Y Shi, M Schweighauser, X Zhang, A Kotecha… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, with resting tremor,
rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability being major symptoms. Neuropathologically, it …

Structure-based classification of tauopathies

Y Shi, W Zhang, Y Yang, AG Murzin, B Falcon… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ordered assembly of tau protein into filaments characterizes several neurodegenerative
diseases, which are called tauopathies. It was previously reported that, by cryo-electron …

SARS-CoV-2 RBD antibodies that maximize breadth and resistance to escape

TN Starr, N Czudnochowski, Z Liu, F Zatta, YJ Park… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
An ideal therapeutic anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody would resist viral escape,–, have activity
against diverse sarbecoviruses,,–, and be highly protective through viral neutralization,,–and …

Disease-specific tau filaments assemble via polymorphic intermediates

S Lövestam, D Li, JL Wagstaff, A Kotecha, D Kimanius… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intermediate species in the assembly of amyloid filaments are believed to play a central role
in neurodegenerative diseases and may constitute important targets for therapeutic …

Structure of pathological TDP-43 filaments from ALS with FTLD

D Arseni, M Hasegawa, AG Murzin, F Kametani, M Arai… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The abnormal aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) in neurons and
glia is the defining pathological hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic …

De novo design of picomolar SARS-CoV-2 miniprotein inhibitors

L Cao, I Goreshnik, B Coventry, JB Case, L Miller… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Targeting the interaction between the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) spike protein and the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) …

TDP-43 forms amyloid filaments with a distinct fold in type A FTLD-TDP

D Arseni, R Chen, AG Murzin, SY Peak-Chew… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abnormal assembly of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) in neuronal and glial cells
characterizes nearly all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and around half of …