Role of proline in pathogen and host interactions

SL Christgen, DF Becker - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Proline metabolism has complex roles in a variety of biological processes,
including cell signaling, stress protection, and energy production. Proline also contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Methods, development and applications of small-angle X-ray scattering to characterize biological macromolecules in solution

S Da Vela, DI Svergun - Current research in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Applications of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in structural biology are reviewed. A
brief introduction of the SAXS basics is followed by the presentation of the structural features …

Structure, function, and mechanism of proline utilization A (PutA)

LK Liu, DF Becker, JJ Tanner - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2017 - Elsevier
Proline has important roles in multiple biological processes such as cellular bioenergetics,
cell growth, oxidative and osmotic stress response, protein folding and stability, and redox …

Structural biology of proline catabolic enzymes

JJ Tanner - Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Proline catabolism refers to the 4-electron oxidation of proline to glutamate
catalyzed by the enzymes proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) and l-glutamate γ …

Empirical power laws for the radii of gyration of protein oligomers

JJ Tanner - Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology, 2016 - journals.iucr.org
The radius of gyration is a fundamental structural parameter that is particularly useful for
describing polymers. It has been known since Flory's seminal work in the mid-20th century …

Structures of proline utilization A (PutA) reveal the fold and functions of the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily domain of unknown function

M Luo, TT Gamage, BW Arentson, KN Schlasner… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) catalyze the NAD (P)+-dependent oxidation of
aldehydes to carboxylic acids and are important for metabolism and detoxification. Although …

Co-localization and confinement of ecto-nucleotidases modulate extracellular adenosine nucleotide distributions

H Rahmaninejad, T Pace, S Bhatt, B Sun… - PLoS computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Nucleotides comprise small molecules that perform critical signaling roles in biological
systems. Adenosine-based nucleotides, including adenosine tri-, di-, and mono-phosphate …

Crystal structure of aldehyde dehydrogenase 16 reveals trans-hierarchical structural similarity and a new dimer

LK Liu, JJ Tanner - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamily is a vast group of enzymes that catalyze
the NAD+-dependent oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids. ALDH16 is perhaps the …

Structure and characterization of a class 3B proline utilization A: ligand-induced dimerization and importance of the C-terminal domain for catalysis

DA Korasick, TT Gamage, S Christgen… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
The bifunctional flavoenzyme proline utilization A (PutA) catalyzes the two-step oxidation of
proline to glutamate using separate proline dehydrogenase (PRODH) and l-glutamate-γ …

Structural analysis of prolines and hydroxyprolines binding to the L-glutamate-γ-semialdehyde dehydrogenase active site of bifunctional proline utilization A

AC Campbell, AN Bogner, Y Mao, DF Becker… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Proline utilization A (PutA) proteins are bifunctional proline catabolic enzymes that catalyze
the 4-electron oxidation of l-proline to l-glutamate using spatially-separated proline …