Protein three-dimensional structures at the origin of life

Computational insights into the role of α-strand/sheet in aggregation of α-synuclein

(2019) Anand Balupuri et al.   Scientific Reports

α-Sheet secondary structure in amyloid β-peptide drives aggregation and toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease

(2019) Dylan Shea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Analyzing the symmetrical arrangement of structural repeats in proteins with CE-Symm

(2019) Spencer E. Bliven et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Reduced alphabet of prebiotic amino acids optimally encodes the conformational space of diverse extant protein folds

(2019) Armando D. Solis   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

De Novo Designed Alpha-Sheet Peptides Inhibit Functional Amyloid Formation of Streptococcus Mutans Biofilms

(2018) Natasha Paranjapye et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Possible Existence of α-Sheets in the Amyloid Fibrils Formed by a TTR105–115 Mutant

(2018) Mary Rose Hilaire et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The amyloid architecture provides a scaffold for enzyme-like catalysts

(2017) Z. S. Al-Garawi et al.   Nanoscale

Designed α-sheet peptides suppress amyloid formation in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

(2017) Alissa Bleem et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Short Self-Assembling Peptides Are Able to Bind to Copper and Activate Oxygen

(2016) Olga V. Makhlynets et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydrogen Evolution from Water under Aerobic Conditions Catalyzed by a Cobalt ATCUN Metallopeptide

(2016) Banu Kandemir et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Peptides Composed of Alternating L- and D-Amino Acids Inhibit Amyloidogenesis in Three Distinct Amyloid Systems Independent of Sequence

(2016) Jackson Kellock et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bridging of partially negative atoms by hydrogen bonds from main-chain NH groups in proteins: The crown motif

(2015) David P. Leader et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

A vocabulary of ancient peptides at the origin of folded proteins

(2015) Vikram Alva et al.   eLife

A Million Peptide Motifs for the Molecular Biologist

(2014) Peter Tompa et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Bridging of anions by hydrogen bonds in nest motifs and its significance for Schellman loops and other larger motifs within proteins

(2014) Avid M. Afzal et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics

(2013) Wolfgang Nitschke et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

A synthetic hexapeptide designed to resemble a proteinaceous p-loop nest is shown to bind inorganic phosphate

(2012) Antonio Bianchi et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Simulation of the β- to α-sheet transition results in a twisted sheet for antiparallel and an α-nanotube for parallel strands: Implications for amyloid formation

(2011) Steven Hayward et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Functional Capabilities of the Earliest Peptides and the Emergence of Life

(2011) E. James Milner-White et al.   Genes

The origin, evolution and structure of the protein world

(2009) Gustavo Caetano-Anollés et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Motivated Proteins: A web application for studying small three-dimensional protein motifs

(2009) David P Leader et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Retro-Enantio N-Methylated Peptides as β-Amyloid Aggregation Inhibitors

(2009) Dolors Grillo-Bosch et al.   ChemMedChem

Peptide membranes in chemical evolution☆

(2009) W Seth Childers et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct

(2008) E James Milner-White et al.   Biology Direct

Characters of very ancient proteins

(2007) Bin-Guang Ma et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Peptide-plane flipping in proteins

(2002) Steven Hayward   PROTEIN SCIENCE