Electronic circular dichroism spectroscopy of proteins

DM Rogers, SB Jasim, NT Dyer, F Auvray, M Réfrégiers… - Chem, 2019 - cell.com
Electronic circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is an important tool for the elucidation of
biomolecular structure. This review describes the latest progress and developments in …

Interaction of polyethylene glycol with cytochrome c investigated via in vitro and in silico approaches

ZA Parray, F Ahmad, MF Alajmi, A Hussain… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
One of the significant proteins that have attracted research groups due to virtue of being a
potent selective anticancer drug target and property of triggering apoptosis upon release in …

Size-Dependent Interplay of Volume Exclusion Versus Soft Interactions: Cytochrome c in Macromolecular Crowded Environment

ZA Parray, F Ahmad, AA Chaudhary… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Even though there are a great number of possible conformational states, how a protein
generated as a linear unfolded polypeptide efficiently folds into its physiologically active …

Formation of molten globule state in horse heart cytochrome c under physiological conditions: Importance of soft interactions and spectroscopic approach in crowded …

ZA Parray, F Ahmad, MF Alajmi, A Hussain… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
To understand protein folding problem under physiological condition, usually taken as dilute
aqueous buffer at pH 7.0 and 25° C, knowledge of properties of folding intermediates is …

Measuring Structural Changes in Cytochrome c under Crowded Conditions Using In Vitro and In Silico Approaches

ZA Parray, AAT Naqvi, IA Ahanger, M Shahid, F Ahmad… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is known from in vitro studies that macromolecular crowding in the cell effects protein
structure, stability and function; but predictive studies are relatively unexplored. There are …

Mechanistic insights into the urea-induced denaturation of kinase domain of human integrin linked kinase

SB Syed, FI Khan, SH Khan, S Srivastava… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Integrin-linked kinase (ILK), a ubiquitously expressed intracellular Ser/Thr protein
kinase, plays a major role in the oncogenesis and tumour progression. The conformational …

Insights into Fluctuations of Structure of Proteins: Significance of Intermediary States in Regulating Biological Functions

ZA Parray, M Shahid, A Islam - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Proteins are indispensable to cellular communication and metabolism. The structure on
which cells and tissues are developed is deciphered from proteins. To perform functions …

Conformational changes in cytochrome c directed by ethylene glycol accompanying complex formation: Protein-solvent preferential interaction or/and kosmotropic …

ZA Parray, F Ahmad, MI Hassan, A Islam - Spectrochimica Acta Part A …, 2020 - Elsevier
When proteins interact with solvent or co-solutes with a high specificity and affinity, protein-
ligand complexes may be formed. Such phenomenon may involve the processes like intra …

Unravelling the unfolding mechanism of human integrin linked kinase by GdmCl-induced denaturation

SB Syed, FI Khan, SH Khan, S Srivastava… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is a ubiquitously expressed Ser/Thr kinase which plays
significant role in the cell-matrix interactions and growth factor signalling. In this study …

Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 6 Changes and Protein Frustration by Single Amino Acid Substitutions: Implications for Cancer Progression

SH Alharethi, T Kamal, B Alharbi… - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) is a multifunctional protein that
plays critical functions in cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and angiogenesis …