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 …

[HTML][HTML] How can we discover developable antibody-based biotherapeutics?

J Bauer, N Rajagopal, P Gupta, P Gupta… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibody-based biotherapeutics have emerged as a successful class of pharmaceuticals
despite significant challenges and risks to their discovery and development. This review …

WALTZ-DB 2.0: an updated database containing structural information of experimentally determined amyloid-forming peptides

N Louros, K Konstantoulea… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Transition of soluble proteins into insoluble amyloid fibrils is driven by self-propagating short
sequence stretches. However, accurate prediction of aggregation determinants remains …

N-glycosylation as a eukaryotic protective mechanism against protein aggregation

R Duran-Romaña, B Houben, M De Vleeschouwer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The tendency for proteins to form aggregates is an inherent part of every proteome and
arises from the self-assembly of short protein segments called aggregation-prone regions …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the sequence features determining amyloidosis in human antibody light chains

P Rawat, R Prabakaran, S Kumar, MM Gromiha - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The light chain (AL) amyloidosis is caused by the aggregation of light chain of antibodies
into amyloid fibrils. There are plenty of computational resources available for the prediction …

ANuPP: a versatile tool to predict aggregation nucleating regions in peptides and proteins

R Prabakaran, P Rawat, S Kumar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Short aggregation prone sequence motifs can trigger aggregation in peptide and protein
sequences. Most algorithms developed so far to identify potential aggregation prone regions …

[HTML][HTML] Using protein engineering to understand and modulate aggregation

JS Ebo, N Guthertz, SE Radford… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Computational methods identify aggregation-prone regions in protein sequences
as a guide for protein engineering.•Rational methods can reveal genotype-phenotype …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning approaches in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment selection of cardiac amyloidosis

A Allegra, G Mirabile, A Tonacci, S Genovese… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac amyloidosis is an uncommon restrictive cardiomyopathy featuring an unregulated
amyloid protein deposition that impairs organic function. Early cardiac amyloidosis …

Application of yeast to studying amyloid and prion diseases

YO Chernoff, AV Grizel, AA Rubel, AA Zelinsky… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Amyloids are fibrous cross-β protein aggregates that are capable of proliferation via
nucleated polymerization. Amyloid conformation likely represents an ancient protein fold …

CPAD 2.0: a repository of curated experimental data on aggregating proteins and peptides

P Rawat, R Prabakaran, R Sakthivel… - Amyloid, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Curated Protein Aggregation Database (CPAD) is a manually curated and
open-access database dedicated to providing comprehensive information related to …