Ubiquitination in disease pathogenesis and treatment

D Popovic, D Vucic, I Dikic - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is crucial for a plethora of physiological processes, including cell survival and
differentiation and innate and adaptive immunity. In recent years, considerable progress has …

Ubiquitin-dependent and independent signals in selective autophagy

A Khaminets, C Behl, I Dikic - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
Selective autophagy regulates the abundance of specific cellular components via a
specialized arsenal of factors, termed autophagy receptors, that target protein complexes …

Chemoenzymatic semisynthesis of proteins

RE Thompson, TW Muir - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein semisynthesis—defined herein as the assembly of a protein from a combination of
synthetic and recombinant fragments—is a burgeoning field of chemical biology that has …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

The roles of post-translational modifications on α-synuclein in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's diseases

J Zhang, X Li, JD Li - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Although the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease is not entirely clear, the aberrant aggregation of α …

Role of α-synuclein in inducing innate and adaptive immunity in Parkinson disease

HE Allen Reish, DG Standaert - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is central to the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD).
Gene duplications, triplications and point mutations in SNCA1, the gene encoding α-syn …

Effects of mutations and post-translational modifications on α-synuclein in vitro aggregation

SX Pancoe, YJ Wang, M Shimogawa, RM Perez… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fibrillar aggregates of the α-synuclein (αS) protein are the hallmark of Parkinson's Disease
and related neurodegenerative disorders. Characterization of the effects of mutations and …

Ubiquitin signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an autophagy and proteasome perspective

F Le Guerroué, RJ Youle - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitin signaling is a sequence of events driving the fate of a protein based on the type of
ubiquitin modifications attached. In the case of neurodegenerative diseases, ubiquitin …

Multiplicity of α-synuclein aggregated species and their possible roles in disease

P Gracia, JD Camino, L Volpicelli-Daley… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
α-Synuclein amyloid aggregation is a defining molecular feature of Parkinson's disease,
Lewy body dementia, and multiple system atrophy, but can also be found in other …

Role of ubiquitin–proteasome and autophagy-lysosome pathways in α-synuclein aggregate clearance

S Sahoo, AA Padhy, V Kumari, P Mishra - Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Synuclein aggregation in neuronal cells is the primary underlying cause of
synucleinopathies. Changes in gene expression patterns, structural modifications, and …