Protein design: From the aspect of water solubility and stability

R Qing, S Hao, E Smorodina, D **, A Zalevsky… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water solubility and structural stability are key merits for proteins defined by the primary
sequence and 3D-conformation. Their manipulation represents important aspects of the …

Protein phase separation: a new phase in cell biology

S Boeynaems, S Alberti, NL Fawzi, T Mittag… - Trends in cell …, 2018 - cell.com
Cellular compartments and organelles organize biological matter. Most well-known
organelles are separated by a membrane boundary from their surrounding milieu. There are …

Structure of FUS protein fibrils and its relevance to self-assembly and phase separation of low-complexity domains

DT Murray, M Kato, Y Lin, KR Thurber, I Hung… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polymerization and phase separation of proteins containing low-complexity (LC) domains
are important factors in gene expression, mRNA processing and trafficking, and localization …

A guide to studying protein aggregation

JAJ Housmans, G Wu, J Schymkowitz… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disrupted protein folding or decreased protein stability can lead to the accumulation of
(partially) un‐or misfolded proteins, which ultimately cause the formation of protein …

Neurotoxic amyloidogenic peptides in the proteome of SARS-COV2: potential implications for neurological symptoms in COVID-19

M Charnley, S Islam, GK Bindra, J Engwirda… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. However,
neurological symptoms such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and …

Mechanistic view of hnRNPA2 low-complexity domain structure, interactions, and phase separation altered by mutation and arginine methylation

VH Ryan, GL Dignon, GH Zerze, CV Chabata, R Silva… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Summary hnRNPA2, a component of RNA-processing membraneless organelles, forms
inclusions when mutated in a syndrome characterized by the degeneration of neurons …

Factors affecting the physical stability (aggregation) of peptide therapeutics

KL Zapadka, FJ Becher… - Interface …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The number of biological therapeutic agents in the clinic and development pipeline has
increased dramatically over the last decade and the number will undoubtedly continue to …

Structure and aggregation mechanisms in amyloids

ZL Almeida, RMM Brito - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aggregation of a polypeptide chain into amyloid fibrils and their accumulation and
deposition into insoluble plaques and intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of several …

Biophysical processes underlying cross-seeding in amyloid aggregation and implications in amyloid pathology

MI Ivanova, Y Lin, YH Lee, J Zheng… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abnormal aggregation of proteins into filamentous aggregates commonly associates with
many diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and type-2 diabetes …

A short motif in the N-terminal region of α-synuclein is critical for both aggregation and function

CPA Doherty, SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggregation of human α-synuclein (αSyn) is linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology.
The central region of the αSyn sequence contains the non-amyloid β-component (NAC) …