From angstroms to nanometers: measuring interatomic distances by solid-state NMR

AA Shcherbakov, J Medeiros-Silva, N Tran… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Internuclear distances represent one of the main structural constraints in molecular structure
determination using solid-state NMR spectroscopy, complementing chemical shifts and …

Dipolar Recoupling in Rotating Solids

V Ladizhansky, RS Palani, M Mardini… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has evolved significantly
over the past three decades and established itself as a vital tool for the structural analysis of …

Structure of the nonhelical filament of the Alzheimer's disease tau core

P Duan, AJ Dregni, NE Mammeri… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The microtubule-associated protein tau aggregates into neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The main type of aggregates, the paired helical filaments (PHF), incorporate …

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy structure determination of a lipid-embedded heptahelical membrane protein

S Wang, RA Munro, L Shi, I Kawamura, T Okitsu… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Determination of structure of integral membrane proteins, especially in their native
environment, is a formidable challenge in structural biology. Here we demonstrate that …

Structure of outer membrane protein G in lipid bilayers

JS Retel, AJ Nieuwkoop, M Hiller, VA Higman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract β-barrel proteins mediate nutrient uptake in bacteria and serve vital functions in cell
signaling and adhesion. For the 14-strand outer membrane protein G of Escherichia coli …

Recombinant Bacillus calmette–guérin expressing SARS-CoV-2 chimeric protein protects K18-hACE2 mice against viral challenge

F Mambelli, FV Marinho, JM Andrade… - The Journal of …, 2023 - journals.aai.org
COVID-19 has accounted for more than 6 million deaths worldwide. Bacillus Calmette–
Guérin (BCG), the existing tuberculosis vaccine, is known to induce heterologous effects …

3D structure determination of amyloid fibrils using solid-state NMR spectroscopy

A Loquet, N El Mammeri, J Stanek, M Berbon… - Methods, 2018 - Elsevier
The amyloid fold is structurally characterized by a typical cross-β architecture, which is under
debate to represent an energy-favourable folding state that many globular or natively …

Structural and molecular basis of cross-seeding barriers in amyloids

A Daskalov, D Martinez, V Coustou… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Neurodegenerative disorders are frequently associated with β-sheet-rich amyloid deposits.
Amyloid-forming proteins can aggregate under different structural conformations known as …

The HicA toxin from Burkholderia pseudomallei has a role in persister cell formation

A Butt, VA Higman, C Williams, MP Crump… - Biochemical …, 2014 - portlandpress.com
TA (toxin–antitoxin) systems are widely distributed amongst bacteria and are associated with
the formation of antibiotic tolerant (persister) cells that may have involvement in chronic and …

Structures of pathological and functional amyloids and prions, a solid-state NMR perspective

A Daskalov, N El Mammeri, A Lends… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Infectious proteins or prions are a remarkable class of pathogens, where pathogenicity and
infectious state correspond to conformational transition of a protein fold. The conformational …