The structure of the necrosome RIPK1-RIPK3 core, a human hetero-amyloid signaling complex

M Mompeán, W Li, J Li, S Laage, AB Siemer, G Bozkurt… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The RIPK1-RIPK3 necrosome is an amyloid signaling complex that initiates TNF-induced
necroptosis, serving in human immune defense, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases …

Point mutations in the N-terminal domain of transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) compromise its stability, dimerization, and functions

M Mompeán, V Romano, D Pantoja-Uceda… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) performs multiple tasks in mRNA
processing, transport, and translational regulation, but it also forms aggregates implicated in …

Peptidoglycan-sensing receptors trigger the formation of functional amyloids of the adaptor protein Imd to initiate Drosophila NF-κB signaling

A Kleino, NF Ramia, G Bozkurt, Y Shen, H Nailwal… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
In the Drosophila immune response, bacterial derived diaminopimelic acid-type
peptidoglycan binds the receptors PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE, which through interaction with …

Hydrogen bonding patterns and cooperativity in polyproline II helical bundles

R López-Sánchez, DV Laurents… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Hydrogen bond cooperativity (HBC) plays an important role in stabilizing protein assemblies
built by α-helices and β-sheets, the most common secondary structures. However, whether …

An amyloid-like pathological conformation of TDP-43 is stabilized by hypercooperative hydrogen bonds

M Mompeán, M Baralle, E Buratti… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
TDP-43 is an essential RNA-binding protein forming aggregates in almost all cases of
sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and many cases of frontotemporal lobar …

[Retracted] Development and Supervision of Robo‐Advisors under Digital Financial Inclusion in Complex Systems

W Dai - Complexity, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of the market economy, there are more and more projects in the
financial industry, and their complexity and technical requirements are getting higher and …

Familial mutations may switch conformational preferences in α-synuclein fibrils

L Xu, B Ma, R Nussinov… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease is closely associated with the aggregation of the α-
synuclein protein. Several familial mutants have been identified and shown to affect the …

Asparagine and glutamine ladders promote cross-species prion conversion

TD Kurt, P Aguilar-Calvo, L Jiang, JA Rodriguez… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Prion transmission between species is governed in part by primary sequence similarity
between the infectious prion aggregate, PrP Sc, and the cellular prion protein of the host …

Intrinsically disordered domains, amyloids and protein liquid phases: evolving concepts and open questions

M Mompean, DV Laurents - Protein and Peptide Letters, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Enzymes and structural proteins dominated thinking about protein structure and function for
most of the twentieth century. In recent decades, however, we have begun to appreciate the …

Molecular mechanism of the inhibition of TDP-43 amyloidogenesis by QBP1

M Mompean, DR de Mingo, R Hervas… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) is an essential
human protein implicated in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and common dementias …