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The RNA-Recognition Motifs of TAR DNA-Binding Protein 43 May Play a Role in the Aberrant Self-Assembly of the Protein.

Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

Zacco E, Martin SR, Thorogate R, Pastore A.
PMID: 30356856
Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 Oct 09;11:372. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00372. eCollection 2018.

The TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a nucleic acid-binding protein implicated in gene regulation and RNA processing and shuffling. It is a ribonuclear protein that carries out most of its functions by binding specific nucleic acid sequences with...

The Role of Post-translational Modifications on the Energy Landscape of Huntingtin N-Terminus.

Frontiers in molecular biosciences

Yalinca H, Gehin CJC, Oleinikovas V, Lashuel HA, Gervasio FL, Pastore A.
PMID: 31632982
Front Mol Biosci. 2019 Oct 01;6:95. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00095. eCollection 2019.

Huntington disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a polymorphic tract of polyglutamine repeats in exon 1 of the huntingtin protein, which is thought to be responsible for protein aggregation and neuronal death. The polyglutamine tract is preceded by...

Conformational Rigidity within Plasticity Promotes Differential Target Recognition of Nerve Growth Factor.

Frontiers in molecular biosciences

Paoletti F, de Chiara C, Kelly G, Covaceuszach S, Malerba F, Yan R, Lamba D, Cattaneo A, Pastore A.
PMID: 28083536
Front Mol Biosci. 2016 Dec 26;3:83. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2016.00083. eCollection 2016.

Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), the prototype of the neurotrophin family, is essential for maintenance and growth of different neuronal populations. The X-ray crystal structure of NGF has been known since the early '90s and shows a β-sandwich fold with...

The effect of crowding and confinement: a comparison of Yfh1 stability in different environments.

Physical biology

Sanfelice D, Politou A, Martin SR, De Los Rios P, Temussi P, Pastore A.
PMID: 23912905
Phys Biol. 2013 Aug;10(4):045002. doi: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/4/045002. Epub 2013 Aug 02.

Crowding and confinement can affect protein stability, favouring the more compact species amongst the folded and unfolded conformations. An unbiased assessment of the relative efficacy of crowded and confined environments has been hampered so far by the paucity of...

Analyzing the Effects of a G137V Mutation in the FXN Gene.

Frontiers in molecular neuroscience

Faggianelli N, Puglisi R, Veneziano L, Romano S, Frontali M, Vannocci T, Fortuni S, Testi R, Pastore A.
PMID: 26635519
Front Mol Neurosci. 2015 Nov 25;8:66. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00066. eCollection 2015.

Reduced levels of frataxin, an essential mitochondrial protein involved in the regulation of iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, are responsible for the recessive neurodegenerative Friedreich Ataxia (FRDA). Expansion of a GAA triplet in the first intron of the FRDA is essential...

An "Onion-like" Model of Protein Unfolding: Collective versus Site Specific Approaches.

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry

Politou AS, Pastore A, Temussi PA.
PMID: 34549492
Chemphyschem. 2021 Sep 22; doi: 10.1002/cphc.202100520. Epub 2021 Sep 22.

Approximating protein unfolding by an all-or-none cooperative event is a convenient assumption that can provide precious global information on protein stability. It is however quickly emerging that the scenario is far more complex and that global denaturation curves often...

An "Onion-like" Model of Protein Unfolding: Collective versus Site Specific Approaches.

Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry

Politou AS, Pastore A, Temussi PA.
PMID: 34549492
Chemphyschem. 2022 Jan 05;23(1):e202100520. doi: 10.1002/cphc.202100520. Epub 2021 Oct 13.

Approximating protein unfolding by an all-or-none cooperative event is a convenient assumption that can provide precious global information on protein stability. It is however quickly emerging that the scenario is far more complex and that global denaturation curves often...

Macromolecular crowding: chemistry and physics meet biology (Ascona, Switzerland, 10-14 June 2012).

Physical biology

Foffi G, Pastore A, Piazza F, Temussi PA.
PMID: 23912807
Phys Biol. 2013 Aug;10(4):040301. doi: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/4/040301. Epub 2013 Aug 02.

More than 60 years of biochemical and biophysical studies have accustomed us to think of proteins as highly purified entities that act in isolation, more or less freely diffusing until they find their cognate partner to bind to. While...

Further insights into the ubiquitin pathway: understanding the scarlet letter code.

Structure (London, England : 1993)

Pastore A.
PMID: 20696387
Structure. 2010 Aug 11;18(8):891-2. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2010.07.004.

Understanding the machinery that decides proteins' fate by tagging them with ubiquitin is an important goal of structural biology. Benirschke et al. (2010) have solved the structure of human E4B (or UFD2a), a U-box-containing protein that functions both as...

The Disease Associated Tau35 Fragment has an Increased Propensity to Aggregate Compared to Full-Length Tau.

Frontiers in molecular biosciences

Lyu C, Da Vela S, Al-Hilaly Y, Marshall KE, Thorogate R, Svergun D, Serpell LC, Pastore A, Hanger DP.
PMID: 34778381
Front Mol Biosci. 2021 Oct 28;8:779240. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.779240. eCollection 2021.

Tau35 is a truncated form of tau found in human brain in a subset of tauopathies. Tau35 expression in mice recapitulates key features of human disease, including progressive increase in tau phosphorylation, along with cognitive and motor dysfunction. The...

Aggregation is a Context-Dependent Constraint on Protein Evolution.

Frontiers in molecular biosciences

Monti M, Armaos A, Fantini M, Pastore A, Tartaglia GG.
PMID: 34222334
Front Mol Biosci. 2021 Jun 18;8:678115. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.678115. eCollection 2021.

Solubility is a requirement for many cellular processes. Loss of solubility and aggregation can lead to the partial or complete abrogation of protein function. Thus, understanding the relationship between protein evolution and aggregation is an important goal. Here, we...

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