Tyrosine‐rich peptides as a platform for assembly and material synthesis

J Lee, M Ju, OH Cho, Y Kim, KT Nam - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of biomolecules can provide a new approach for the design of functional
systems with a diverse range of hierarchical nanoarchitectures and atomically defined …

Metabolite assemblies: A surprising extension to the amyloid hypothesis

N Gour, E Gazit - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The realization of the ability of metabolites to form self-assembled amyloid-like
nanostructures was a surprising phenomenon. This discovery paved the way towards …

Synergistic Effects of Curcumin and Piperine as Potent Acetylcholine and Amyloidogenic Inhibitors With Significant Neuroprotective Activity in SH-SY5Y Cells via Computational …

AS Abdul Manap, AC Wei Tan, WH Leong… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology include acetylcholine (ACh) deficiency and
plaque deposition. Emerging studies suggest that acetylcholinesterase (AChE) may interact …

Unusual aggregates formed by the self-assembly of proline, hydroxyproline, and lysine

B Koshti, V Kshtriya, R Singh, S Walia… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is a plethora of significant research that illustrates toxic self-assemblies formed by the
aggregation of single amino acids, such as phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan, cysteine …

Tryptophan self-assembly yields cytotoxic nanofibers containing amyloid-mimicking and cross-seeding competent conformers

KP Prajapati, BG Anand, M Ansari, AB Tiku, K Kar - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dietary consumption of Trp via protein-based foods is essential for the maintenance of
crucial metabolic processes including the synthesis of proteins and several vital metabolites …

Amyloid cross-seeding raises new dimensions to understanding of amyloidogenesis mechanism

P Chaudhuri, KP Prajapati, BG Anand, K Dubey… - Ageing Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hallmarks of most of the amyloid pathologies are surprisingly found to be heterocomponent
entities such as inclusions and plaques which contain diverse essential proteins and …

[HTML][HTML] Mimosine functionalized gold nanoparticles (Mimo-AuNPs) suppress β-amyloid aggregation and neuronal toxicity

BG Anand, Q Wu, G Karthivashan, KP Shejale… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence suggests that increased level/aggregation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides initiate
neurodegeneration and subsequent development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). At present …

A robust yet simple method to generate fluorescent amyloid nanofibers

KP Prajapati, M Ansari, DK Yadav, S Mittal… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent tagging of fluorophores is central to the mechanistic understanding of important
biological processes including protein–protein interaction and protein aggregation. Hence …

Controlling synthetic membraneless organelles by a red-light-dependent singlet oxygen-generating protein

M Li, BM Park, X Dai, Y Xu, J Huang, F Sun - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) formed via protein phase separation have great
implications for both physiological and pathological processes. However, the inability to …

Amyloid-mimicking toxic nanofibers generated via self-assembly of dopamine

KP Prajapati, BG Anand, M Ansari, M Temgire, AB Tiku… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular self-assembly of biologically relevant aromatic metabolites is known to generate
cytotoxic nanostructures and this unique property has opened up new concepts in the …