Amyloid Disassembly: What Can We Learn from Chaperones?

ZL Almeida, RMM Brito - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Protein aggregation and subsequent accumulation of insoluble amyloid fibrils with cross-β
structure is an intrinsic characteristic of amyloid diseases, ie, amyloidoses. Amyloid …

[HTML][HTML] Unique thermophoretic behavior of supramolecular assemblies of cationic antimicrobial peptides with anionic small molecule agents

T Juhász, M Quemé-Peña, T Beke-Somfai - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptidic supramolecules formed via self-and co-assembly are intensively studied and
exploited from materials chemistry to biomedicine. Recently we have demonstrated that …

Inhibition of lysozyme aggregation and cellular toxicity by organic acids at acidic and physiological pH conditions

K Al Adem, S Lukman, TY Kim, S Lee - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The misfolding of proteins can lead to fibrillar and non-fibrillar deposits that are the hallmark
of numerous human diseases. Inhibition of protein aggregation is considered as a promising …

Infrared laser-induced amyloid fibril dissociation: a joint experimental/theoretical study on the GNNQQNY peptide

T Kawasaki, VH Man, Y Sugimoto… - The journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases are usually characterized by plaques made of well-ordered
aggregates of distinct amyloid proteins. Dissociating these very stable amyloid plaques is a …

Novel photocatalytic carbon dots: efficiently inhibiting amyloid aggregation and quickly disaggregating amyloid aggregates

X Shao, C Wang, C Wang, M Bai, T Hou, X Wang… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid aggregation is implicated in the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative
disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). It is critical to …

Exposure of aggregation-prone segments is the requirement for amyloid fibril formation

S Pramanik, B Ahmad - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Arranging into well-organized fibrillar aggregate, commonly known as amyloid fibril is an
inherent property of any polypeptide chain. Amyloid fibrils are associated with a number of …

Accelerating protein aggregation and amyloid fibrillation for rapid inhibitor screening

J Fan, L Liang, X Zhou, Z Ouyang - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation and deposition of amyloid fibrils, also known as amyloidosis, in tissues
and organs of patients has been found to be linked to numerous devastating …

Binding characteristics of the major kratom alkaloid, mitragynine, towards serum albumin: Spectroscopic, calorimetric, microscopic, and computational investigations

KA Bakar, SD Lam, SR Feroz - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitragynine (MTG) is a prominent indole alkaloid that is present abundantly in Mitragyna
speciosa, commonly referred to as kratom. MTG has garnered significant attention due to its …

Effect of tetracycline family of antibiotics on actin aggregation, resulting in the formation of Hirano bodies responsible for neuropathological disorders

S Pathak, S Tripathi, N Deori, B Ahmad… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Actin, an ATPase superfamily protein, regulates some vital biological functions like cell
locomotion, cytokinesis, synaptic plasticity and cell signaling in higher eukaryotes, and is …

The physical basis of fabrication of amyloid-based hydrogels by lysozyme

A Kumari, B Ahmad - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The fabrication of amyloid-based hydrogels has attracted remarkable attention within the
field of materials science and technology. These materials have a multitude of potential …