Beta-barrel scaffold of fluorescent proteins: folding, stability and role in chromophore formation

OV Stepanenko, OV Stepanenko, IM Kuznetsova… - International review of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the current view of the interaction between the β-barrel scaffold of
fluorescent proteins and their unique chromophore located in the internal helix. The …

Selective magnetic nanoheating: Combining iron oxide nanoparticles for multi-hot-spot induction and sequential regulation

JG Ovejero, I Armenia, D Serantes… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The contactless heating capacity of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) has been exploited in
fields such as hyperthermia cancer therapy, catalysis, and enzymatic thermal regulation …

Combining structural aggregation propensity and stability predictions to redesign protein solubility

M Gil-Garcia, M Bano-Polo, N Varejao… - Molecular …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The aggregation propensity of each particular protein seems to be shaped by evolution
according to its natural abundance in the cell. The production and downstream processing …

Intrinsic disorder-based design of stable globular proteins

GS Nagibina, TN Melnik, KA Glukhova… - Progress in Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Directed stabilization of globular proteins via substitution of a minimal number of amino acid
residues is one of the most complicated experimental tasks. In this work, we have …

Ice nucleation proteins self-assemble into large fibres to trigger freezing at near 0° C

T Hansen, J Lee, N Reicher, G Ovadia, S Guo, W Guo… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
In nature, frost can form at a few degrees below 0 C. However, this process requires the
assembly of tens of thousands of ice-like water molecules that align together to initiate …

[HTML][HTML] Imidazolium-based ionic liquids as additives to preserve the enhanced green fluorescent protein fluorescent activity

NV Veríssimo, CF Saponi, TM Ryan, TL Greaves… - Green Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluorescent Proteins (FP) can be applied as biomarkers and biosensors in the industrial and
medical fields, but their large-scale use, especially for new industrial applications, is limited …

Membrane-localized magnetic hyperthermia promotes intracellular delivery of cell-impermeant probes

J Idiago-López, D Ferreira, L Asín, M Moros, I Armenia… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we report the disruptive use of membrane-localized magnetic hyperthermia to
promote the internalization of cell-impermeant probes. Under an alternating magnetic field …

SS-stabilizing proteins rationally: intrinsic disorder-based design of stabilizing disulphide bridges in GFP

BS Melnik, TV Povarnitsyna, AS Glukhov… - Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The most attractive and methodologically convenient way to enhance protein stability is via
the introduction of disulphide bond (s). However, the effect of the artificially introduced SS …

Multi-state proteins: approach allowing experimental determination of the formation order of structure elements in the green fluorescent protein

TN Melnik, TV Povarnitsyna, AS Glukhov, BS Melnik - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The most complex problem in studying multi-state protein folding is the determination of the
sequence of formation of protein intermediate states. A far more complex issue is to …

Extreme thermal stability of the antiGFP nanobody–GFP complex

B Kakasi, E Gácsi, H Jankovics, F Vonderviszt - BMC Research Notes, 2023 - Springer
Objective The green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its derivatives are widely used in
biomedical research. The manipulation of GFP-tagged proteins by GFP-specific binders, eg …