Search Results - "Kaminski Schierle, Gabriele S."
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Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Super-Resolution Imaging
Published in Chemical reviews (10-08-2022)“…Super-resolution imaging techniques that overcome the diffraction limit of light have gained wide popularity for visualizing cellular structures with…”
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The Cellular Environment Affects Monomeric α-Synuclein Structure
Published in Trends in biochemical sciences (Amsterdam. Regular ed.) (01-05-2019)“…The presynaptic protein α-synuclein (aSyn) is an ‘intrinsically disordered protein’ that is highly dynamic in conformation. Transient intramolecular…”
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Design of a Functionalized Metal–Organic Framework System for Enhanced Targeted Delivery to Mitochondria
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (08-04-2020)“…Mitochondria play a key role in oncogenesis and constitute one of the most important targets for cancer treatments. Although the most effective way to deliver…”
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Structural basis of synaptic vesicle assembly promoted by α-synuclein
Published in Nature communications (19-09-2016)“…α-synuclein (αS) is an intrinsically disordered protein whose fibrillar aggregates are the major constituents of Lewy bodies in Parkinson’s disease. Although…”
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C-terminal calcium binding of α-synuclein modulates synaptic vesicle interaction
Published in Nature communications (19-02-2018)“…Alpha-synuclein is known to bind to small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) via its N terminus, which forms an amphipathic alpha-helix upon membrane interaction…”
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Extent of N-terminus exposure of monomeric alpha-synuclein determines its aggregation propensity
Published in Nature communications (04-06-2020)“…As an intrinsically disordered protein, monomeric alpha-synuclein (aSyn) occupies a large conformational space. Certain conformations lead to aggregation prone…”
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The role of water in amyloid aggregation kinetics
Published in Current opinion in structural biology (01-10-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Water and protein mobility are inextricably linked and therefore water itself plays an essential role in protein function.•IDPs have a…”
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Millisecond Hydrogen/Deuterium-Exchange Mass Spectrometry Approach to Correlate Local Structure and Aggregation in α‑Synuclein
Published in Analytical chemistry (Washington) (06-12-2022)“…In Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies, α-synuclein misfolds and aggregates. Its intrinsically disordered nature, however, causes it to adopt…”
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Direct Observation of Heterogeneous Amyloid Fibril Growth Kinetics via Two-Color Super-Resolution Microscopy
Published in Nano letters (08-01-2014)“…The self-assembly of normally soluble proteins into fibrillar amyloid structures is associated with a range of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s…”
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Observation of an α-synuclein liquid droplet state and its maturation into Lewy body-like assemblies
Published in Journal of molecular cell biology (04-08-2021)“…Misfolded α-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, which are a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). A large body of evidence shows that α-synuclein…”
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Fluorescence Self-Quenching from Reporter Dyes Informs on the Structural Properties of Amyloid Clusters Formed in Vitro and in Cells
Published in Nano letters (11-01-2017)“…The characterization of the aggregation kinetics of protein amyloids and the structural properties of the ensuing aggregates are vital in the study of the…”
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A Label-Free, Quantitative Assay of Amyloid Fibril Growth Based on Intrinsic Fluorescence
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (10-05-2013)“…Kinetic assay of seeded growth: The graph shows the variation in intrinsic fluorescence intensity of amyloid fibrils. Fluorescence increases during the seeded…”
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Short hydrogen bonds enhance nonaromatic protein-related fluorescence
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-05-2021)“…Fluorescence in biological systems is usually associated with the presence of aromatic groups. Here, by employing a combined experimental and computational…”
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Satellite repeat transcripts modulate heterochromatin condensates and safeguard chromosome stability in mouse embryonic stem cells
Published in Nature communications (20-06-2022)“…Heterochromatin maintains genome integrity and function, and is organised into distinct nuclear domains. Some of these domains are proposed to form by phase…”
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Lifetime imaging of a fluorescent protein sensor reveals surprising stability of ER thiol redox
Published in The Journal of cell biology (15-04-2013)“…Interfering with disulfide bond formation impedes protein folding and promotes endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Due to limitations in measurement techniques,…”
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The carbonyl-lock mechanism underlying non-aromatic fluorescence in biological matter
Published in Nature communications (13-11-2023)“…Challenging the basis of our chemical intuition, recent experimental evidence reveals the presence of a new type of intrinsic fluorescence in biomolecules that…”
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Nanoscopic insights into seeding mechanisms and toxicity of α-synuclein species in neurons
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-04-2016)“…New strategies for visualizing self-assembly processes at the nanoscale give deep insights into the molecular origins of disease. An example is the…”
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Sea cucumber-derived extract can protect skin cells from oxidative DNA damage and mitochondrial degradation, and promote wound healing
Published in Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy (01-11-2024)“…Our skin serves as the primary barrier against external environmental insults, the latter of which can cause oxidative stress within cells, while various…”
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A safety mechanism enables tissue-specific resistance to protein aggregation during aging in C. elegans
Published in PLoS biology (14-09-2023)“…During aging, proteostasis capacity declines and distinct proteins become unstable and can accumulate as protein aggregates inside and outside of cells. Both…”
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CYK4 promotes antiparallel microtubule bundling by optimizing MKLP1 neck conformation
Published in PLoS biology (01-04-2015)“…Centralspindlin, a constitutive 2:2 heterotetramer of MKLP1 (a kinesin-6) and the non-motor subunit CYK4, plays important roles in cytokinesis. It is crucial…”
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