Structural basis for the functional diversity of centrins: A focus on calcium sensing properties and target recognition

M Pedretti, L Bombardi, C Conter, F Favretto… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Centrins are a family of small, EF hand-containing proteins that are found in all eukaryotes
and are often complexed with centrosome-related structures. Since their discovery, centrins …

Conformational scanning of individual EF-hand motifs of calcium sensor protein centrin-1

R Phanindranath, DVS Sudhakar, K Thangaraj… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Centrin-1, a Ca 2+ sensor protein of the centrin family is a crucial player for cell
division in eukaryotes and plays a key role in the microtubule organising centre. Despite …

A finely tuned interplay between calcium binding, ionic strength and pH modulates conformational and oligomerization equilibria in the Respiratory Syncytial Virus …

SA Esperante, D Alvarez-Paggi, M Salgueiro… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
As in most enveloped RNA viruses, the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Matrix (RSV-M) protein
plays key roles in viral assembly and uncoating. It also plays non-structural roles related to …

Optimization of purification method and characterization of recombinant human Centrin-1

R Phanindranath, DVS Sudhakar, AK Sharma… - Protein Expression and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Centrins are acidic proteins, present in all eukaryotes to perform imperative roles in
centrosome positioning and segregation. Existing methods for the purification of centrins for …