The prolyl isomerase PIN1: a pivotal new twist in phosphorylation signalling and disease

KP Lu, XZ Zhou - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
Protein phosphorylation regulates many cellular processes by causing changes in protein
conformation. The prolyl isomerase PIN1 has been identified as a regulator of …

The alphabet of intrinsic disorder: I. Act like a Pro: On the abundance and roles of proline residues in intrinsically disordered proteins

FX Theillet, L Kalmar, P Tompa, KH Han… - Intrinsically …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A significant fraction of every proteome is occupied by biologically active proteins that do not
form unique three-dimensional structures. These intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and …

Preformed structural elements feature in partner recognition by intrinsically unstructured proteins

M Fuxreiter, I Simon, P Friedrich, P Tompa - Journal of molecular biology, 2004 - Elsevier
Intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs) are devoid of extensive structural order but often
display signs of local and limited residual structure. To explain their effective functioning, we …

The prolyl isomerase Pin1 regulates amyloid precursor protein processing and amyloid-β production

L Pastorino, A Sun, PJ Lu, XZ Zhou, M Balastik, G Finn… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease are neurofibrillary tangles composed of
tau and neuritic plaques comprising amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) derived from amyloid precursor …

[HTML][HTML] Proline isomer-specific antibodies reveal the early pathogenic tau conformation in Alzheimer's disease

K Nakamura, A Greenwood, L Binder, EH Bigio… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Summary cis-trans isomerization of proteins phosphorylated by proline-directed kinases is
proposed to control numerous signaling molecules and is implicated in the pathogenesis of …

NMR methods for the determination of protein–ligand dissociation constants

L Fielding - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2007 - Elsevier
Molecular recognition lies at the heart of biological processes. At the molecular level the
biological activity of drugs corresponds to the binding of small molecules to macromolecular …

Evolutionary information for specifying a protein fold

M Socolich, SW Lockless, WP Russ, H Lee… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Classical studies show that for many proteins, the information required for specifying the
tertiary structure is contained in the amino acid sequence. Here, we attempt to define the …

Pinning down proline-directed phosphorylation signaling

KP Lu, YC Liou, XZ Zhou - Trends in cell biology, 2002 - cell.com
The reversible phosphorylation of proteins on serine or threonine residues preceding
proline (Ser/Thr-Pro) is a major cellular signaling mechanism. Although it is proposed that …

Pinning down cell signaling, cancer and Alzheimer's disease

KP Lu - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2004 - cell.com
Protein phosphorylation on certain serine or threonine residues preceding proline (Ser/Thr-
Pro) is a pivitol signaling mechanism in diverse cellular processes and its deregulation can …

Markov state model reveals folding and functional dynamics in ultra-long MD trajectories

TJ Lane, GR Bowman, K Beauchamp… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Two strategies have been recently employed to push molecular simulation to long,
biologically relevant time scales: projection-based analysis of results from specialized …