Small molecule protein binding to correct cellular folding or stabilize the native state against misfolding and aggregation

F Chiti, JW Kelly - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Protein misfolding diseases are caused by the difficulty of a protein to attain or stably
maintain its native three-dimensional structure. In 2011, the first small molecule that …

Conformational dynamics of an amyloidogenic intermediate of transthyretin: implications for structural remodeling and amyloid formation

BI Leach, JA Ferguson, G Morgan, X Sun… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
The aggregation pathway of transthyretin (TTR) proceeds through rate-limiting dissociation
of the tetramer (a dimer of dimers) and partial misfolding of the resulting monomer, which …

Trypsin‐induced aggregation of transthyretin Valine 30 variants associated with hereditary amyloidosis

M Mizuguchi, T Obita, S Yamada… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid fibrils of transthyretin (TTR) consist of full‐length TTR and C‐terminal fragments
starting near residue 50. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the production of …

Chlorinated naringenin analogues as potential inhibitors of transthyretin amyloidogenesis

M Mizuguchi, Y Nakagawa, K Inui… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Misfolding and aggregation of transthyretin are implicated in the fatal systemic disease
known as transthyretin amyloidosis. Here, we report the development of a naringenin …

Characterization of an amyloidogenic intermediate of transthyretin by NMR relaxation dispersion

BI Leach, JA Ferguson, GJ Morgan, X Sun, G Kroon… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The aggregation pathway of transthyretin (TTR) proceeds through rate-limiting dissociation
of the tetramer and partial misfolding of the monomers, which assemble into amyloid …

Disease-associated mutations impacting BC-loop flexibility trigger long-range transthyretin tetramer destabilization and aggregation

SA Esperante, N Varejāo, F Pinheiro… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is an autosomal dominant disease
characterized by the extracellular deposition of the transport protein transthyretin (TTR) as …

ArVirInd—a database of arboviral antigenic proteins from the Indian subcontinent

NM Atre, K Alagarasu, P Shil - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Studies on antigenic proteins for arboviruses are important for providing
diagnostics and vaccine development. India and its neighboring countries have a huge …

Defensin-based therapeutic peptide design in attenuating V30M TTR-induced Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy

G Chandrasekhar, H Pengyong, G Pravallika, L Hailei… - 3 Biotech, 2023 - Springer
In the present study, we aimed to formulate an effective therapeutic candidate against V30M
mutant transthyretin (TTR) protein to hinder its pathogenic misfolding. Nicotiana alata …

Theoretical investigations of TTR derived aggregation-prone peptides' potential to biochemically attenuate the amyloidogenic propensities of V30 M TTR amyloid …

G Chandrasekhar, R Rajasekaran - Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Transthyretin (TTR) is a cerebrospinal fluid and plasma prevalent protein implicated in
heritable and sporadic amyloidosis. Numerous mutations and a wide range of phenotypes …

Vitreoretinal Amyloidosis: Clinical Features, OCT/A Insights, Gene Mutations, and Outcomes of Pars Plana Vitrectomy Surgery

N Zhou, L Yang, X Xu, WB Wei, Y Liu - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Purpose: To describe the OCT/A findings, surgical findings and outcomes of vitrectomy
among 8 eyes of 4 patients with vitreoretinal amyloidosis. Participants: Eight eyes of 4 Asian …