Targeting microglial α-synuclein/TLRs/NF-kappaB/NLRP3 inflammasome axis in Parkinson's disease

Y Li, Y **a, S Yin, F Wan, J Hu, L Kou, Y Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
According to emerging studies, the excessive activation of microglia and the subsequent
release of pro-inflammatory cytokines play important roles in the pathogenesis and …

Protein–protein interfaces in molecular glue-induced ternary complexes: classification, characterization, and prediction

H Rui, KS Ashton, J Min, C Wang, PR Potts - RSC Chemical Biology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular glues are a class of small molecules that stabilize the interactions between
proteins. Naturally occurring molecular glues are present in many areas of biology where …

From Tethered to Freestanding Stabilizers of 14‐3‐3 Protein‐Protein Interactions through Fragment Linking

EJ Visser, P Jaishankar, E Sijbesma… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐molecule stabilization of protein‐protein interactions (PPIs) is a promising strategy in
chemical biology and drug discovery. However, the systematic discovery of PPI stabilizers …

[HTML][HTML] From sequence to function through structure: Deep learning for protein design

N Ferruz, M Heinzinger, M Akdel… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The process of designing biomolecules, in particular proteins, is witnessing a rapid change
in available tooling and approaches, moving from design through physicochemical force …

Open-source, python-based redevelopment of the ChemShell multiscale QM/MM environment

Y Lu, MR Farrow, P Fayon, AJ Logsdail… - Journal of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
ChemShell is a scriptable computational chemistry environment with an emphasis on
multiscale simulation of complex systems using combined quantum mechanical and …

Molecular tweezers: supramolecular hosts with broad-spectrum biological applications

H Shahpasand-Kroner, I Siddique, R Malik… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lysine-selective molecular tweezers (MTs) are supramolecular host molecules displaying a
remarkably broad spectrum of biologic activities. MTs act as inhibitors of the self-assembly …

Intrinsic disorder associated with 14-3-3 proteins and their partners

NN Sluchanko, DM Bustos - … in molecular biology and translational science, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) mediate a variety of cellular processes and form complex
networks, where connectivity is achieved owing to the “hub” proteins whose interaction with …

Fragment-based differential targeting of PPI stabilizer interfaces

X Guillory, M Wolter, S Leysen, JF Neves… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Stabilization of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) holds great potential for therapeutic
agents, as illustrated by the successful drugs rapamycin and lenalidomide. However, how …

Cucurbit [7] uril‐Dimethyllysine Recognition in a Model Protein

F Guagnini, PM Antonik, ML Rennie… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we provide the first structural characterization of host–guest complexation between
cucurbit [7] uril (Q7) and dimethyllysine (KMe2) in a model protein. Binding was dominated …

A general supramolecular approach to regulate protein functions by Cucurbit [7] uril and unnatural amino acid recognition

W Cao, X Qin, Y Wang, Z Dai, X Dai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of specific protein function is of great importance for both research and
therapeutic development. Many small or large molecules have been developed to control …