β-barrels and amyloids: Structural transitions, biological functions, and pathogenesis

AI Sulatskaya, AO Kosolapova, AG Bobylev… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Insoluble protein aggregates with fibrillar morphology called amyloids and β-barrel proteins
both share a β-sheet-rich structure. Correctly folded β-barrel proteins can not only function in …

Structural insights into the allosteric inhibition of P2X4 receptors

C Shen, Y Zhang, W Cui, Y Zhao, D Sheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract P2X receptors are ATP-activated cation channels, and the P2X4 subtype plays
important roles in the immune system and the central nervous system, particularly in …

Structure-guided rational design of red fluorescent proteins: towards designer genetically-encoded fluorophores

MG Eason, AM Damry, RA Chica - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) are useful for whole-animal imaging.•RFPs tend
to be dimmer and mature more slowly than green or yellow FPs.•Structure-guided rational …

An improved fluorescent tag and its nanobodies for membrane protein expression, stability assay, and purification

H Cai, H Yao, T Li, CAJ Hutter, Y Li, Y Tang… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) are widely used to monitor membrane protein expression,
purification, and stability. An ideal reporter should be stable itself and provide high sensitivity …

Engineering a yellow thermostable fluorescent protein by rational design

MR Anderson, CM Padgett, CJ Dargatz, CR Nichols… - AcS Omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermal green protein (TGP) is an extremely stable, highly soluble synthetic green
fluorescent protein. The quantum yield of TGP is lower than the closest related natural …

Multiepitope proteins for the differential detection of IgG antibodies against RBD of the spike protein and non-RBD regions of SARS-CoV-2

LR Gomes, AM Durans, P Napoleao-Pego… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the extent of global connectivity and collective
vulnerability to emerging diseases. From its suspected origins in Wuhan, China, it spread to …

A Thermal-Stable Protein Nanoparticle That Stimulates Long Lasting Humoral Immune Response

TT Wong, GG Liou, MC Kan - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
A thermally stable vaccine platform is considered the missing piece of vaccine technology. In
this article, we reported the creation of a novel protein nanoparticle and assessed its ability …

[HTML][HTML] The use of thermostable fluorescent proteins for live imaging in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

A Recalde, J Abdul-Nabi, P Junker… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Among hyperthermophilic organisms, in vivo protein localization is challenging
due to the high growth temperatures that can disrupt proper folding and function of mostly …

Novel thermostable flavin‐binding fluorescent proteins from thermophilic organisms

M Wingen, KE Jaeger, T Gensch… - Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Flavin‐binding fluorescent proteins (FbFPs) are small, oxygen‐independent in vivo
reporters, derived from Light Oxygen Voltage (LOV) domains of photoreceptors. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Backbone Cyclization of Flavin Mononucleotide-Based Fluorescent Protein Increases Fluorescence and Stability

T Lin, Y Ge, Q Gao, D Zhang, X Chen… - Journal of Microbiology …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Flavin mononucleotide-binding proteins or domains emit cyan-green fluorescence under
aerobic and anaerobic conditions, but relatively low fluorescence and less thermostability …