Search Results - "Kaiser, Christoph J. O."
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Formation of vesicular structures from fatty acids formed under simulated volcanic hydrothermal conditions
Published in Scientific reports (14-09-2023)“…Microscopic compartmentalization is beneficial in synthetic chemistry and indispensable for the evolution of life to separate a reactive “inside” from a…”
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Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Binds to Neuronal Vesicles through Protein Interactions Mediated by Its C-Terminal WD40 Domain
Published in Molecular and cellular biology (01-06-2014)“…Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 gene (LRRK2) are associated with familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). LRRK2 is a complex protein that…”
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Downregulation of the Hsp90 system causes defects in muscle cells of Caenorhabditis elegans
Published in PloS one (28-09-2011)“…The ATP-dependent molecular chaperone Hsp90 is required for the activation of a variety of client proteins involved in various cellular processes. Despite the…”
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Serial Lift-Out: sampling the molecular anatomy of whole organisms
Published in Nature methods (01-09-2024)“…Cryo-focused ion beam milling of frozen-hydrated cells and subsequent cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has enabled the structural elucidation of…”
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The lid domain of Caenorhabditis elegans Hsc70 influences ATP turnover, cofactor binding and protein folding activity
Published in PloS one (29-03-2012)“…Hsc70 is a conserved ATP-dependent molecular chaperone, which utilizes the energy of ATP hydrolysis to alter the folding state of its client proteins. In…”
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Polyglutamine toxicity in yeast induces metabolic alterations and mitochondrial defects
Published in BMC genomics (03-09-2015)“…Protein aggregation and its pathological effects are the major cause of several neurodegenerative diseases. In Huntington's disease an elongated stretch of…”
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Thermoswitchable Nanoparticles Based on Elastin-like Polypeptides
Published in Macromolecules (25-08-2015)“…The design of biocompatible particles with defined size on the nanometer scale has proven to be a challenging task in current biomedical research. Here we…”
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The structure and oxidation of the eye lens chaperone αA-crystallin
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-12-2019)“…The small heat shock protein αA-crystallin is a molecular chaperone important for the optical properties of the vertebrate eye lens. It forms heterogeneous…”
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Chaperone-Interacting TPR Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans
Published in Journal of molecular biology (23-08-2013)“…The ATP-hydrolyzing molecular chaperones Hsc70/Hsp70 and Hsp90 bind a diverse set of tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing cofactors via their C-terminal…”
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Hsp90 in non-mammalian metazoan model systems
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-03-2012)“…The molecular chaperone Hsp90 has been discovered in the heat-shock response of the fruit fly more than 30years ago. Today, it is becoming clear that Hsp90 is…”
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A network of genes connects polyglutamine toxicity to ploidy control in yeast
Published in Nature communications (12-03-2013)“…Neurodegeneration is linked to protein aggregation in several human disorders. In Huntington’s disease, the length of a polyglutamine stretch in Huntingtin is…”
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The structure and oxidation of the eye lens chaperone [alpha]A-crystallin
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-12-2019)“…The small heat shock protein [alpha]A-crystallin is a molecular chaperone important for the optical properties of the vertebrate eye lens. It forms…”
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