Protein folding and misfolding

CM Dobson - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
The manner in which a newly synthesized chain of amino acids transforms itself into a
perfectly folded protein depends both on the intrinsic properties of the amino-acid sequence …

Principles of protein folding, misfolding and aggregation

CM Dobson - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2004 - Elsevier
This review summarises our current understanding of the underlying and universal
mechanism by which newly synthesised proteins achieve their biologically functional states …

Machine learning and data science in soft materials engineering

AL Ferguson - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In many branches of materials science it is now routine to generate data sets of such large
size and dimensionality that conventional methods of analysis fail. Paradigms and tools from …

Prediction of “aggregation-prone” and “aggregation-susceptible” regions in proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases

AP Pawar, KF Dubay, J Zurdo, F Chiti… - Journal of molecular …, 2005 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence indicates that many peptides and proteins can be converted in vitro into
highly organised amyloid structures, provided that the appropriate experimental conditions …

Protein misfolding and ER stress in Huntington's disease

T Shacham, N Sharma… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence in recent years indicates that protein misfolding and aggregation,
leading to ER stress, are central factors of pathogenicity in neurodegenerative diseases …

[HTML][HTML] The role of surfaces on amyloid formation

F Grigolato, P Arosio - Biophysical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Interfaces can strongly accelerate or inhibit protein aggregation, destabilizing proteins that
are stable in solution or, conversely, stabilizing proteins that are aggregation-prone …

Mimicking molecular chaperones to regulate protein folding

FH Ma, C Li, Y Liu, L Shi - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Folding and unfolding are essential ways for a protein to regulate its biological activity. The
misfolding of proteins usually reduces or completely compromises their biological functions …

A critical assessment of the role of helical intermediates in amyloid formation by natively unfolded proteins and polypeptides

A Abedini, DP Raleigh - Protein Engineering, Design & …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Amyloidogenic proteins and polypeptides can be divided into two structural classes, namely
those which are flexible and are intrinsically disordered in their unaggregated state and …

α-Synuclein aggregation is triggered by oligomeric amyloid-β 42 via heterogeneous primary nucleation

DM Vadukul, M Papp, RJ Thrush, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An increasing number of cases where amyloids of different proteins are found in the same
patient are being reported. This observation complicates diagnosis and clinical intervention …

A role for helical intermediates in amyloid formation by natively unfolded polypeptides?

A Abedini, DP Raleigh - Physical biology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Amyloid formation and aberrant protein aggregation have been implicated in more than 15
different human diseases and an even wider range of proteins form amyloid in vitro. From a …