Exploring the potential of amyloids in biomedical applications: A review

S Chowdhury, N Sarkar - Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid is defined as a fibrous quaternary structure formed by assembling protein or peptide
monomers into intermolecularly hydrogen linked β‐sheets. There is a prevalent issue with …

Advances in protein misfolding, amyloidosis and its correlation with human diseases

D Kundu, K Prerna, R Chaurasia, MK Bharty, VK Dubey - 3 Biotech, 2020 - Springer
Protein aggregation, their mechanisms and trends in the field of neurodegenerative
diseases is still far from completely being decoded. It is mainly attributed to the complexity …

Proline functionalized gold nanoparticles modulates lysozyme fibrillation

S Karmakar, N Sarkar, LM Pandey - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils are the hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's and other proteopathies. Inhibition of fibrillation is a potential strategy to check …

Elucidating the inhibitory effects of rationally designed novel hexapeptide against hen egg white lysozyme fibrillation at acidic and physiological pH

A Mitra, N Sarkar - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inhibition of highly ordered cross-β-sheet-rich aggregates of misfolded amyloid proteins
using rationally designed sequence-based short peptides is a promising therapeutic …

Rottlerin dissolves pre-formed protein amyloid: A study on hen egg white lysozyme

N Sarkar, M Kumar, VK Dubey - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Deposition of protein fibrillar aggregates called amyloids in the tissue, is
the principal cause of several degenerative diseases. Here, we have shown the …

Exploring critical determinants of protein amyloidogenesis: a review

N Sarkar, VK Dubey - Journal of Peptide Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The transformation of polypeptide chains from their globular native structure to fibrillar
aggregates has been a matter of great concern because of the involvement of these …

Biochemical properties and aggregation propensity of transforming growth factor-induced protein (TGFBIp) and the amyloid forming mutants

R Lakshminarayanan, SS Chaurasia, E Murugan… - The ocular …, 2015 - Elsevier
TGFBI-associated corneal dystrophies are characterized by accumulation of insoluble
deposits of the mutant protein transforming growth factor β− induced protein (TGFBIp) in the …

Carboxylic Group Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots inhibit Hen Egg White Lysozyme Amyloidogenesis, leading to the Formation of Spherical Aggregates with …

MPT Prabhu, S Chrungoo… - Current Protein and …, 2024 - benthamdirect.com
Introduction: Proteinopathies are a group of diseases where the protein structure has been
altered. These alterations are linked to the production of amyloids, which are persistent …

Insight into the co-solvent induced conformational changes and aggregation of bovine β-lactoglobulin

S Pal, S Maity, S Sardar, J Chakraborty… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Many proteins form ordered irreversible aggregates called amyloid fibrils which are
responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases. β-lactoglobulin (β-lg), an important …

Exploring possibility of promiscuity of amyloid inhibitor: Studies on effect of selected compounds on folding and amyloid formation of proteins

N Sarkar, M Kumar, VK Dubey - Process Biochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Fibrillar protein aggregates called amyloids are the hallmark of several degenerative
diseases. Identification of common drugs which are capable of blocking or inhibiting protein …