Engineering biological nanopore approaches toward protein sequencing

X Wei, T Penkauskas, JE Reiner, C Kennard… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biotechnological innovations have vastly improved the capacity to perform large-scale
protein studies, while the methods we have for identifying and quantifying individual proteins …

VCP/p97-mediated unfolding as a principle in protein homeostasis and signaling

J van den Boom, H Meyer - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
The AAA+-type ATPase p97 governs an ever-expanding number of cellular processes
reaching from degradation of damaged proteins and organelles to key signaling events and …

Multiple rereads of single proteins at single–amino acid resolution using nanopores

H Brinkerhoff, ASW Kang, J Liu, A Aksimentiev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A proteomics tool capable of identifying single proteins would be important for cell biology
research and applications. Here, we demonstrate a nanopore-based single-molecule …

The AAA+ superfamily: a review of the structural and mechanistic principles of these molecular machines

YA Khan, KI White, AT Brunger - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA+ proteins) are a superfamily of
proteins found throughout all domains of life. The hallmark of this family is a conserved …

Mechanistic insights into bacterial AAA+ proteases and protein-remodelling machines

AO Olivares, TA Baker, RT Sauer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
To maintain protein homeostasis, AAA+ proteolytic machines degrade damaged and
unneeded proteins in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. This process involves the ATP …

Structures of the ATP-fueled ClpXP proteolytic machine bound to protein substrate

X Fei, TA Bell, S Jenni, BM Stinson, TA Baker… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
ClpXP is an ATP-dependent protease in which the ClpX AAA+ motor binds, unfolds, and
translocates specific protein substrates into the degradation chamber of ClpP. We present …

Regulated proteolysis in bacteria

SA Mahmoud, P Chien - Annual review of biochemistry, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Regulated proteolysis is a vital process that affects all living things. Bacteria use energy-
dependent AAA+ proteases to power degradation of misfolded and native regulatory …

Stairway to translocation: AAA+ motor structures reveal the mechanisms of ATP‐dependent substrate translocation

SN Gates, A Martin - Protein Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Translocases of the AAA+ (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities) family are
powerful molecular machines that use the mechano‐chemical coupling of ATP hydrolysis …

Next generation methods for single-molecule force spectroscopy on polyproteins and receptor-ligand complexes

B Yang, Z Liu, H Liu, MA Nash - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Single-molecule force spectroscopy with the atomic force microscope provides molecular
level insights into protein function, allowing researchers to reconstruct energy landscapes …

Recent structural insights into the mechanism of ClpP protease regulation by AAA+ chaperones and small molecules

MF Mabanglo, WA Houry - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
ClpP is a highly conserved serine protease that is a critical enzyme in maintaining protein
homeostasis and is an important drug target in pathogenic bacteria and various cancers. In …