UV resonance Raman investigations of peptide and protein structure and dynamics

SA Oladepo, K Xiong, Z Hong, SA Asher… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
1.1. Protein Folding Problem An understanding of the mechanism (s) of protein folding,
whereby the ribosome synthesized biopolymer folds into its native protein, is arguably one of …

Bilayer surface association of the pHLIP peptide promotes extensive backbone desolvation and helically-constrained structures

MC Brown, RA Yakubu, J Taylor, CM Halsey… - Biophysical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite their presence in many aspects of biology, the study of membrane proteins lags
behind that of their soluble counterparts. Improving structural analysis of membrane proteins …

UV Resonance Raman Finds Peptide Bond− Arg Side Chain Electronic Interactions

B Sharma, SA Asher - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011 - ACS Publications
We measured the UV resonance Raman excitation profiles and Raman depolarization ratios
of the arginine (Arg) vibrations of the amino acid monomer as well as Arg in the 21-residue …

Charge distribution and amyloid fibril formation: insights from genetically engineered model systems

NI Topilina, V Sikirzhytsky, S Higashiya… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The influence of electrostatic interactions on protein amyloidogenesis has been investigated
using de novo designed repetitive polypeptides YEHK21 [GH6 [(GA) 3GY (GA) 3GE (GA) …

Artificial Proteins

ME Buck, DA Tirrell, M Möller - Polymer Science: A …, 2012 - authors.library.caltech.edu
Recombinant DNA methods provide a powerful, general route to macromolecular systems of
controlled chain length, sequence, and stereochemistry. This chapter summarizes recent …

The role of proline‐containing peptide triads in β‐sheet formation: A kinetic study

GA Takor, S Higashiya, VK Sikirzhytski, JP Seeley… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The design of biomimetic materials through molecular self‐assembly is a growing area of
modern nanotechnology. With problems of protein folding, self‐assembly, and sequence …

Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy for understanding structure and formation mechanism of amyloid fibrils

J Handen, IK Lednev - Vibrational Spectroscopy in Protein Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) is a powerful tool for the study of biomolecular
structure and dynamics including the secondary structure conformational analysis at the …

Chimera-induced folding: Implications for amyloidosis

GA Takor, S Higashiya, M Sorci, NI Topilina… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The discoveries that non-native proteins have a role in amyloidosis and that multiple protein
misfolding diseases can occur concurrently suggest that cross-seeding of amyloidogenic …

[图书][B] Protein Aggregation as Hallmark of Neurodegenerative Diseases

V Stroilo - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis and Prion Diseases tend to have similar cellular and molecular …

[图书][B] Beta-Sheet forming peptides by design: Control of folding and applications

GA Takor - 2016 - search.proquest.com
The focus of the present research is the synthesis of polypeptides for the study of protein
folding and misfolding and for the development of novel polypeptide-based optical antennas …