Chondroitinase as a therapeutic enzyme: Prospects and challenges

A Kheirollahi, S Sadeghi, S Orandi, K Moayedi… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2024 - Elsevier
The chondroitinases (Chase) are bacterial lyases that specifically digest chondroitin sulfate
and/or dermatan sulfate glycosaminoglycans via a β-elimination reaction and generate …

Reengineering biocatalysts: Computational redesign of chondroitinase ABC improves efficacy and stability

MH Hettiaratchi, MJ O'Meara, TR O'Meara… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Maintaining biocatalyst stability and activity is a critical challenge. Chondroitinase ABC
(ChABC) has shown promise in central nervous system (CNS) regeneration, yet its …

Thermodynamics of protein folding: methodology, data analysis and interpretation of data

SA Shirdel, K Khalifeh - European Biophysics Journal, 2019 - Springer
Thermodynamics of protein folding refers to the stability measurements where structural
changes of a given protein in the presence of a denaturing agent are monitored by …

Marine chondroitin sulfate of defined molecular weight by enzymatic depolymerization

J Valcarcel, MR García, LF Sampayo… - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan with diverse biological activities,
which are influenced by molecular weight (Mw) and sulfation pattern. In the present work, we …

Osmotic Swelling Responses Are Conserved Across Cartilaginous Tissues With Varied Sulfated‐Glycosaminoglycan Contents

EG Baylon, ME Levenston - Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Determining the influence of tissue composition on the osmotic swelling stress of articular
cartilage and meniscus fibrocartilage is important to enhance our understanding of …

Effects of synonymous mutations on kinetic properties and structure of firefly luciferase: Molecular dynamics simulation, molecular docking, RNA folding, and …

M Mortazavi, M Torkzadeh-Mahani, M Rahimi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although synonymous mutations have long been thought to lack striking results, a growing
body of research shows these mutations have highly variable effects. In this study, the …

Designing and construction of novel variants of Chondroitinase ABC I to reduce aggregation rate

H Mohammadyari, SA Shirdel, V Jafarian… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Chondroitinase ABC I (cABC I) can degrade inhibitory molecules for axon regrowth
at the site of damage after spinal cord injury (SCI). One of the main problems in the practical …

Investigating the structural and functional features of representative recombinants of chondroitinase ABC I

K Moradi, SA Shirdel, M Shamsi, V Jafarian… - Enzyme and microbial …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans (CSPGs) are the main inhibitors for axon
regeneration after damaging of Central Nervous System (CNS). Chondroitinase ABC I …

Comparing similar versions of a connecting helix on the structure of Chondroitinase ABC I

M Pourahmadi, A Shirdel, N Jamshidi, V Jafarian… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Regarding the existence of similar helices on the structure of different proteins, recently,
novel variants of Chondroitinase ABC I (cABC I) have been constructed, where a …

Enzyme Kinetics Features of the Representative Engineered Recombinants of Chondroitinase ABC I

K Moradi, Z Bayani, V Jafarian, A Shirdel - The Protein Journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Chondroitinase ABC I (cABC I) from Proteus vulgaris is an important enzyme in
medicinal biotechnology due to its ability to help axon regeneration after spinal cord injury …