Distinguishing features of fold‐switching proteins

D Chakravarty, JW Schafer, LL Porter - Protein Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Though many folded proteins assume one stable structure that performs one function, a
small‐but‐increasing number remodel their secondary and tertiary structures and change …

[HTML][HTML] Design and discovery of metamorphic proteins

AF Dishman, BF Volkman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Metamorphic proteins are single amino acid sequences that reversibly interconvert between
multiple, dramatically different native structures, often with distinct functions. Since the …

A Cullin 5-based complex serves as an essential modulator of ORF9b stability in SARS-CoV-2 replication

Y Zhou, Z Chen, S Liu, S Liu, Y Liao, A Du… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The ORF9b protein, derived from the nucleocapsid's open-reading frame in both SARS-CoV
and SARS-CoV-2, serves as an accessory protein crucial for viral immune evasion by …

Phosphorylation of SARS-CoV-2 Orf9b regulates its targeting to two binding sites in TOM70 and recruitment of Hsp90

L Brandherm, AM Kobaš, M Klöhn… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) is the causative agent of
the COVID19 pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes for a small accessory protein …

Binding of SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF9b to mitochondrial translocase TOM70 prevents its interaction with chaperone HSP90

KS Ayinde, GMS Pinheiro, CHI Ramos - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), remains a great threat to global health. ORF9b, an important …

Fluid protein fold space and its implications

LL Porter - Bioessays, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fold‐switching proteins, which remodel their secondary and tertiary structures in response
to cellular stimuli, suggest a new view of protein fold space. For decades, experimental …

Insights into the evolution of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 non-spike proteins

R Arya, P Tripathi, K Nayak, J Ganesh, SC Bihani… - Microbial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has been driven by the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with
mutations across all the viral proteins. Although mutations in the spike protein have received …

[HTML][HTML] Metamorphic proteins under a computational microscope: lessons from a fold-switching RfaH protein

I Artsimovitch, CA Ramírez-Sarmiento - Computational and Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metamorphic proteins constitute unexpected paradigms of the protein folding problem, as
their sequences encode two alternative folds, which reversibly interconvert within …

A sequence‐based method for predicting extant fold switchers that undergo α‐helix↔ β‐strand transitions

S Mishra, LL Looger, LL Porter - Biopolymers, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extant fold‐switching proteins remodel their secondary structures and change their functions
in response to cellular stimuli, regulating biological processes and affecting human health …

[HTML][HTML] Proteomic evidence for amyloidogenic cross-seeding in fibrinaloid microclots

DB Kell, E Pretorius - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In classical amyloidoses, amyloid fibres form through the nucleation and accretion of protein
monomers, with protofibrils and fibrils exhibiting a cross-β motif of parallel or antiparallel β …