Folding of heterologous proteins in bacterial cell factories: Cellular mechanisms and engineering strategies

Y Rong, SI Jensen, K Lindorff-Larsen… - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The expression of correctly folded and functional heterologous proteins is important in many
biotechnological production processes, whether it is enzymes, biopharmaceuticals or …

Multi-layered molecular mechanisms of polypeptide holding, unfolding and disaggregation by HSP70/HSP110 chaperones

A Finka, SK Sharma, P Goloubinoff - Frontiers in molecular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Members of the HSP70/HSP110 family (HSP70s) form a central hub of the chaperone
network controlling all aspects of proteostasis in bacteria and the ATP-containing …

The N-degron pathway mediates ER-phagy

CH Ji, HY Kim, AJ Heo, SH Lee, MJ Lee, SB Kim… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is susceptible to wear-and-tear and proteotoxic stress,
necessitating its turnover. Here, we show that the N-degron pathway mediates ER-phagy …

Experimental milestones in the discovery of molecular chaperones as polypeptide unfolding enzymes

A Finka, RUH Mattoo… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Molecular chaperones control the cellular folding, assembly, unfolding, disassembly,
translocation, activation, inactivation, disaggregation, and degradation of proteins. In 1989 …

Inhibition of protein glycosylation is a novel pro-angiogenic strategy that acts via activation of stress pathways

C Zhong, P Li, S Argade, L Liu, A Chilla'… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Endothelial cell (EC) metabolism is thought to be one of the driving forces for angiogenesis.
Here we report the identification of the hexosamine D-mannosamine (ManN) as an EC …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of Fic causes progressive neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of hereditary spastic paraplegia

AG Lobato, N Ortiz-Vega, T Canic, X Tao… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) is a group of rare inherited disorders
characterized by progressive weakness and spasticity of the legs. Recent newly discovered …

Andrographolide-induced apoptosis in human renal tubular epithelial cells: Roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammatory response

LL Gu, XY Zhang, WM Xing, JD Xu, H Lu - Environmental toxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Andrographolide sodium bisulfate as a kind of soluble derivative of andrographolide (AD), is
obviously known to be nephrotoxicity, but AD has not been reported clearly. Our study aimed …

Mannan-binding lectin deficiency augments hepatic endoplasmic reticulum stress through IP3R-controlled calcium release

Y Chen, M Hu, F Deng, P Wang, J Lin, Z Zheng, Y Liu… - Cell Calcium, 2021 - Elsevier
The aberrant release of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium leads to the disruption of
intracellular calcium homeostasis, which is associated with the occurrence of ER stress and …

Force‐regulated chaperone activity of BiP/ERdj3 is opposite to their homologs DnaK/DnaJ

S Banerjee, D Chowdhury, S Chakraborty… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polypeptide chains experience mechanical tension while translocating through cellular
tunnels, which are subsequently folded by molecular chaperones. However, interactions …

Muscle-specific lack of GFPT1 in knock-in mice triggers ER stress to alleviate misfolded proteins

R Zhang, P Farshadyeganeh… - Disease Models & …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Pathogenic variants in GFPT1, encoding a key enzyme to synthesize UDP-N-
acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), cause congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS). We …