The folding and misfolding of multidomain proteins

S Gianni, M Brunori - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2025 - Elsevier
Protein folding represents a vital process for any living organism. While significant insights
have been gained from studying single-domain proteins, our current knowledge on the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and Dynamical Properties of Nucleic Acid Hairpins Implicated in Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases

F Pan, P Xu, C Roland, C Sagui, K Weninger - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dynamic mutations in some human genes containing trinucleotide repeats are associated
with severe neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders—known as Trinucleotide (or …

[HTML][HTML] Erucin, a Natural Isothiocyanate, Prevents Polyglutamine-Induced Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans via aak-2/AMPK and daf-16/FOXO Signaling

M Balducci, JT Pérez, CT Del Río, MC Pérez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Several neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), such as Huntington's disease, six of the
spinocerebellar ataxias, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, and spinobulbar muscular …

Role of PQBP1 in Pathogen Recognition—Impact on Innate Immunity

L Wiench, D Rizzo, Z Sinay, Z Nacsa, NV Fuchs… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The intrinsically disordered polyglutamine-binding protein 1 (PQBP1) has been linked to
various cellular processes including transcription, alternative splicing, translation and innate …

Sex and Region-Specific Disruption of Autophagy and Mitophagy in Alzheimer's Disease: Linking Cellular Dysfunction to Cognitive Decline

A Adlimoghaddam, F Fayazbakhsh, M Mohammadi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Macroautophagy and mitophagy are critical processes in Alzheimer disease (AD), yet their
links to behavioral outcomes, particularly sex-specific differences, are not fully understood …

Pushing the limits of structure prediction in regions of disorder using ColabFold: Progress and insights

M Rieth - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Understanding the impact of amino acid substitutions on protein structure is critical for
unraveling mechanisms of protein function and disease. ColabFold, a user-friendly …

Molecular Mechanisms of FAN1 in CAG Repeat Instability: Implications for HD and SCAs

B Maring - 2024 - fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl
CAG repeat instability is a hallmark of Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar
ataxias (SCAs), contributing to disease onset and progression through somatic expansions …