Physical stability of proteins in aqueous solution: mechanism and driving forces in nonnative protein aggregation

EY Chi, S Krishnan, TW Randolph… - Pharmaceutical …, 2003 - Springer
Irreversible protein aggregation is problematic in the biotechnology industry, where
aggregation is encountered throughout the lifetime of a therapeutic protein, including during …

Binding mode of Thioflavin T and other molecular probes in the context of amyloid fibrils—current status

M Groenning - Journal of chemical biology, 2010 - Springer
Because understanding amyloid fibrillation in molecular detail is essential for development
of strategies to control amyloid formation and overcome neurodegenerative disorders …

Sphingolipid-modulated exosome secretion promotes clearance of amyloid-β by microglia

K Yuyama, H Sun, S Mitsutake, Y Igarashi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
Amyloid β-peptide (Aβ), the pathogenic agent of Alzheimer disease, is a physiological
metabolite whose levels are constantly controlled in normal brain. Recent studies have …

Amyloid fibers provide structural integrity to Bacillus subtilis biofilms

D Romero, C Aguilar, R Losick… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Bacillus subtilis forms biofilms whose constituent cells are held together by an extracellular
matrix. Previous studies have shown that the protein TasA and an exopolysaccharide are …

Effect of environmental factors on the kinetics of insulin fibril formation: elucidation of the molecular mechanism

L Nielsen, R Khurana, A Coats, S Frokjaer… - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
In the search for the molecular mechanism of insulin fibrillation, the kinetics of insulin fibril
formation were studied under different conditions using the fluorescent dye thioflavin T …

Curcumin has potent anti‐amyloidogenic effects for Alzheimer's β‐amyloid fibrils in vitro

K Ono, K Hasegawa, H Naiki… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Inhibition of the accumulation of amyloid β‐peptide (Aβ) and the formation of β‐amyloid
fibrils (fAβ) from Aβ, as well as the destabilization of preformed fAβ in the central nervous …

Protein aggregation kinetics, mechanism, and curve-fitting: a review of the literature

AM Morris, MA Watzky, RG Finke - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Protein aggregation is an important phenomenon that alternatively is part of the normal
functioning of nature or, central to this review, has negative consequences via its …

Potent anti-amyloidogenic and fibril-destabilizing effects of polyphenols in vitro: implications for the prevention and therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease.

K Ono, Y Yoshiike, A Takashima… - Journal of …, 2003 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Cerebral deposition of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) in the brain is an invariant feature of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). A consistent protective effect of wine consumption on AD has …

Distinguishing crystal-like amyloid fibrils and glass-like amorphous aggregates from their kinetics of formation

Y Yoshimura, Y Lin, H Yagi, YH Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Amyloid fibrils and amorphous aggregates are two types of aberrant aggregates associated
with protein misfolding diseases. Although they differ in morphology, the two forms are often …

Inorganic polyphosphate, a multifunctional polyanionic protein scaffold

L Xie, U Jakob - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Polyphosphate (polyP) consists of a linear arrangement of inorganic phosphates and defies
its structural simplicity with an astounding number of different activities in the cell. Already …