Evolution of crystallins for a role in the vertebrate eye lens

Crystal Structure of an Activated Variant of Small Heat Shock Protein Hsp16.5

(2012) Hassane S. Mchaourab et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Dissecting Heterogeneous Molecular Chaperone Complexes Using a Mass Spectrum Deconvolution Approach

(2012) Florian Stengel et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Binding determinants of the small heat shock protein, αB-crystallin: recognition of the ‘IxI’ motif

(2012) Scott P Delbecq et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A role for γS-crystallin in the organization of actin and fiber cell maturation in the mouse lens

(2012) Jianguo Fan et al.   FEBS Journal

Transcriptional regulation of small HSP—HSF1 and beyond

(2012) Aurélie de Thonel et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

sHSP in the eye lens: Crystallin mutations, cataract and proteostasis

(2012) Alice R. Clark et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Probing Dynamic Conformations of the High-Molecular-Weight αB-Crystallin Heat Shock Protein Ensemble by NMR Spectroscopy

(2012) Andrew J. Baldwin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Small Heat Shock Protein p26 Aids Development of Encysting Artemia Embryos, Prevents Spontaneous Diapause Termination and Protects against Stress

(2012) Allison M. King et al.   PLoS One

Molecular analysis of the amphioxus frontal eye unravels the evolutionary origin of the retina and pigment cells of the vertebrate eye

(2012) P. Vopalensky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The gradient index lens of the eye: An opto-biological synchrony

(2012) Barbara K. Pierscionek et al.   PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH

Structural Analysis of Macromolecular Assemblies by Electron Microscopy

(2011) E. V. Orlova et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Three-Dimensional Structure of α-Crystallin Domain Dimers of Human Small Heat Shock Proteins HSPB1 and HSPB6

(2011) E.V. Baranova et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Quaternary Dynamics of αB-Crystallin as a Direct Consequence of Localised Tertiary Fluctuations in the C-Terminus

(2011) Andrew J. Baldwin et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Molecular Refractive Function of Lens γ-Crystallins

(2011) Huaying Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of R120G Disease Mutant of Human αB-Crystallin Domain Dimer Shows Closure of a Groove

(2011) A.R. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expression of βA3/A1-crystallin in the developing and adult rat eye

(2011) Geetha Parthasarathy et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR HISTOLOGY

A novel CRYAB mutation resulting in multisystemic disease

(2011) Sabrina Sacconi et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Biological glass: structural determinants of eye lens transparency

(2011) S. Bassnett et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

N-terminal domain of  B-crystallin provides a conformational switch for multimerization and structural heterogeneity

(2011) S. Jehle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple molecular architectures of the eye lens chaperone  B-crystallin elucidated by a triple hybrid approach

(2011) N. Braun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Polydispersity of αB-Crystallin Is Rationalized by an Interconverting Polyhedral Architecture

(2011) Andrew J. Baldwin et al.   STRUCTURE

Small heat shock proteins and α-crystallins: dynamic proteins with flexible functions

(2011) Eman Basha et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Independent evolution of the core domain and its flanking sequences in small heat shock proteins

(2010) Thomas Kriehuber et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Explosive Expansion of βγ-Crystallin Genes in the Ancestral Vertebrate

(2010) Guido Kappé et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Solid-state NMR and SAXS studies provide a structural basis for the activation of αB-crystallin oligomers

(2010) Stefan Jehle et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Quaternary dynamics and plasticity underlie small heat shock protein chaperone function

(2010) F. Stengel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-3D domain swapped crystal structure of truncated zebrafish alphaA crystallin

(2010) A. Laganowsky et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Crystal structures of truncated alphaA and alphaB crystallins reveal structural mechanisms of polydispersity important for eye lens function

(2010) Arthur Laganowsky et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Proteomic analysis of embryonic Fasciola hepatica: Characterization and antigenic potential of a developmentally regulated heat shock protein

(2010) Joseph V. Moxon et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

The Structure of the Cataract-Causing P23T Mutant of Human γD-Crystallin Exhibits Distinctive Local Conformational and Dynamic Changes†,‡

(2009) Jinwon Jung et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The βγ-Crystallin Superfamily Contains a Universal Motif for Binding Calcium,

(2009) Penmatsa Aravind et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Mechanism of the Very Efficient Quenching of Tryptophan Fluorescence in Human γD- and γS-Crystallins: The γ-Crystallin Fold May Have Evolved To Protect Tryptophan Residues from Ultraviolet Photodamage†

(2009) Jiejin Chen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structure and Mechanism of Protein Stability Sensors: Chaperone Activity of Small Heat Shock Proteins

(2009) Hassane S. Mchaourab et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Functions of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton in the eye lens

(2009) Shuhua Song et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Crystal Structures of α-Crystallin Domain Dimers of αB-Crystallin and Hsp20

(2009) C. Bagnéris et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The eye lens chaperone  -crystallin forms defined globular assemblies

(2009) J. Peschek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pigmented and nonpigmented ocelli in the brain vesicle of the ascidian larva

(2008) Takeo Horie et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Early evolution of multifocal optics for well-focused colour vision in vertebrates

(2008) O. S. E. Gustafsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Exploring the Limits of Sequence and Structure in a Variant βγ-Crystallin Domain of the Protein Absent in Melanoma-1 (AIM1)

(2008) Penmatsa Aravind et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

αB-Crystallin: A Hybrid Solid-State/Solution-State NMR Investigation Reveals Structural Aspects of the Heterogeneous Oligomer

(2008) Stefan Jehle et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Novel Non-Lens βγ−Crystallin and Trefoil Factor Complex from Amphibian Skin and Its Functional Implications

(2008) Shu-Bai Liu et al.   PLoS One

Crystal structure of truncated human βB1-crystallin

(2003) Rob L.M. van Montfort et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE