Protein misfolding, aggregation and mechanism of amyloid cytotoxicity: An overview and therapeutic strategies to inhibit aggregation

M Zaman, AN Khan, SM Zakariya, RH Khan - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein and peptides are converted from their soluble forms into highly ordered fibrillar
aggregates under various conditions inside the cell. Such transitions confer diverse …

Vitamin k3 inhibits protein aggregation: implication in the treatment of amyloid diseases

P Alam, SK Chaturvedi, MK Siddiqi, RK Rajpoot… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Protein misfolding and aggregation have been associated with several human diseases
such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and familial amyloid polyneuropathy etc. In this study, anti …

Protein folding, misfolding and aggregation: A tale of constructive to destructive assembly

MV Khan, SM Zakariya, RH Khan - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The newly synthesized unfolded polypeptide attains its functional and unique three-
dimensional conformation through the process of protein folding for which several models …

Biophysical insight into the anti-amyloidogenic behavior of taurine

SK Chaturvedi, P Alam, JM Khan, MK Siddiqui… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigated the inhibitory ability of taurine on the aggregation of Human
serum albumin (HSA) and also examined how it controls the kinetic parameters of the …

Unraveling comparative anti-amyloidogenic behavior of pyrazinamide and D-cycloserine: a mechanistic biophysical insight

SK Chaturvedi, N Zaidi, P Alam, JM Khan, A Qadeer… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Amyloid fibril formation by proteins leads to variety of degenerative disorders called
amyloidosis. While these disorders are topic of extensive research, effective treatments are …

Effect of 1-methyl-3-octyleimmidazolium chloride on the stability and activity of lysozyme: a spectroscopic and molecular dynamics studies

M Kumari, N Dohare, N Maurya… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Herein, the binding of 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride [OMIM][Cl] ionic liquid with hen
egg white lysozyme (HEWL) has been studied using fluorescence, time resolved …

Myricetin prevents fibrillogenesis of hen egg white lysozyme

J He, Y Wang, AK Chang, L Xu, N Wang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Myricetin is a natural flavonol found in many grapes, berries, fruits, vegetables, and herbs as
well as other plants. Recent studies have identified potential antiamyloidogenic activity for …

Elevated temperatures accelerate the formation of toxic amyloid fibrils of hen egg‐white lysozyme

Z Feng, Y Li, Y Bai - Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of amyloid fibrils is critical for neurodegenerative diseases. Some
physiochemical conditions can promote the conversion of proteins from soluble globular …

Anti-fibrillation propensity of a flavonoid baicalein against the fibrils of hen egg white lysozyme: potential therapeutics for lysozyme amyloidosis

NA Fazili, IA Bhat, WF Bhat… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
More than 20 human diseases involve the fibrillation of a specific protein/peptide which
forms pathological deposits at various sites. Hereditary lysozyme amyloidosis is a systemic …

An antibiotic (sulfamethoxazole) stabilizes polypeptide (human serum albumin) even under extreme condition (elevated temperature)

M Furkan, MK Sidddiqi, AN Khan, RH Khan - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Since aggregation of protein result into number of human diseases including diabetes
mellitus, Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease, etc. Hence prevention of aggregation of a …