Search Results - "Hoop, Cody L"
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Structural Changes and Proapoptotic Peroxidase Activity of Cardiolipin-Bound Mitochondrial Cytochrome c
Published in Biophysical journal (03-11-2015)“…The cellular process of intrinsic apoptosis relies on the peroxidation of mitochondrial lipids as a critical molecular signal. Lipid peroxidation is connected…”
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PET-RAFT and SAXS: High Throughput Tools To Study Compactness and Flexibility of Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
Published in Macromolecules (12-11-2019)“…From protein science, it is well understood that ordered folding and 3D structure mainly arise from balanced and noncovalent polar and nonpolar interactions,…”
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Huntingtin exon 1 fibrils feature an interdigitated β-hairpin–based polyglutamine core
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-02-2016)“…Polyglutamine expansion within the exon1 of huntingtin leads to protein misfolding, aggregation, and cytotoxicity in Huntington’s disease. This incurable…”
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The Aggregation-Enhancing Huntingtin N-Terminus Is Helical in Amyloid Fibrils
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (30-03-2011)“…The 17-residue N-terminus (httNT) directly flanking the polyQ sequence in huntingtin (htt) N-terminal fragments plays a crucial role in initiating and…”
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Polyglutamine Amyloid Core Boundaries and Flanking Domain Dynamics in Huntingtin Fragment Fibrils Determined by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (28-10-2014)“…In Huntington’s disease, expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ) domain in the huntingtin (htt) protein leads to misfolding and aggregation. There is much…”
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Virtual screening of ultra-large chemical libraries identifies cell-permeable small-molecule inhibitors of a "non-druggable" target, STAT3 N-terminal domain
Published in Frontiers in oncology (25-04-2023)“…STAT3 N-terminal domain is a promising molecular target for cancer treatment and modulation of immune responses. However, STAT3 is localized in the cytoplasm,…”
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DJ-1 Acts as a Scavenger of α-Synuclein Oligomers and Restores Monomeric Glycated α-Synuclein
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (06-10-2021)“…Glycation of α-synuclein (αSyn), as occurs with aging, has been linked to the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) through the promotion of advanced…”
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Revealing Accessibility of Cryptic Protein Binding Sites within the Functional Collagen Fibril
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-11-2017)“…Fibrillar collagens are the most abundant proteins in the extracellular matrix. Not only do they provide structural integrity to all of the connective tissues…”
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CD36‐Binding Amphiphilic Nanoparticles for Attenuation of α‐Synuclein‐Induced Microglial Activation
Published in Advanced NanoBiomed Research (Online) (01-06-2022)“…Neuroinflammation is one of the hallmarks contributing to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology, where microglial activation occurs as one of the earliest events,…”
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NMR unveils an N-terminal interaction interface on acetylated-α-synuclein monomers for recruitment to fibrils
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-05-2021)“…Amyloid fibril formation of α-synuclein (αS) is associated with multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Growing evidence…”
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Molecular dynamics analysis of a flexible loop at the binding interface of the SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein receptor‐binding domain
Published in Proteins, structure, function, and bioinformatics (01-05-2022)“…Since the identification of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus as the causative agent of the current COVID‐19 pandemic, considerable effort has been spent characterizing the…”
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Probing the effect of glycosaminoglycan depletion on integrin interactions with collagen I fibrils in the native extracellular matrix environment
Published in Protein science (01-01-2023)“…Fibrillar collagen–integrin interactions in the extracellular matrix (ECM) regulate a multitude of cellular processes and cell signalling. Collagen I fibrils…”
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Cryptic binding sites become accessible through surface reconstruction of the type I collagen fibril
Published in Scientific reports (09-11-2018)“…Collagen fibril interactions with cells and macromolecules in the extracellular matrix drive numerous cellular functions. Binding motifs for dozens of…”
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Collagen I Weakly Interacts with the β‑Sheets of β2‑Microglobulin and Enhances Conformational Exchange To Induce Amyloid Formation
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-01-2020)“…Amyloidogenesis is significant in both protein function and pathology. Amyloid formation of folded, globular proteins is commonly initiated by partial or…”
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Extracellular matrix components modulate different stages in β2-microglobulin amyloid formation
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (14-06-2019)“…Amyloid deposition of WT human β2-microglobulin (WT-hβ2m) in the joints of long-term hemodialysis patients is the hallmark of dialysis-related amyloidosis. In…”
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Collagen I Weakly Interacts with the β-Sheets of β 2 -Microglobulin and Enhances Conformational Exchange To Induce Amyloid Formation
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-01-2020)“…Amyloidogenesis is significant in both protein function and pathology. Amyloid formation of folded, globular proteins is commonly initiated by partial or…”
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β-Hairpin-Mediated Nucleation of Polyglutamine Amyloid Formation
Published in Journal of molecular biology (12-04-2013)“…The conformational preferences of polyglutamine (polyQ) sequences are of major interest because of their central importance in the expanded CAG repeat diseases…”
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Molecular underpinnings of integrin binding to collagen-mimetic peptides containing vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome–associated substitutions
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (27-09-2019)“…Collagens carry out critical extracellular matrix (ECM) functions by interacting with numerous cell receptors and ECM components. Single glycine substitutions…”
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Structural Characterization of the Caveolin Scaffolding Domain in Association with Cholesterol-Rich Membranes
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (10-01-2012)“…Members of the caveolin protein family are implicated in the formation of caveolae and play important roles in a number of signaling pathways and in the…”
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Backbone Engineering within a Latent β-Hairpin Structure to Design Inhibitors of Polyglutamine Amyloid Formation
Published in Journal of molecular biology (20-01-2017)“…Candidates for the toxic molecular species in the expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat diseases range from various types of aggregates to “misfolded”…”
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