Amyloid and the origin of life: self-replicating catalytic amyloids as prebiotic informational and protometabolic entities

A prebiotic template-directed peptide synthesis based on amyloids

(2018) Saroj K. Rout et al.   Nature Communications

Unraveling Prion Protein Interactions with Aptamers and Other PrP-Binding Nucleic Acids

(2017) et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

From Aβ Filament to Fibril: Molecular Mechanism of Surface-Activated Secondary Nucleation from All-Atom MD Simulations

(2017) Nadine Schwierz et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

The amyloid architecture provides a scaffold for enzyme-like catalysts

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

Catalytic diversity in self-propagating peptide assemblies

(2017) Tolulope O. Omosun et al.   Nature Chemistry

Zinc-binding structure of a catalytic amyloid from solid-state NMR

(2017) Myungwoon Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular dynamics simulations of early steps in RNA-mediated conversion of prions

(2017) Erik J. Alred et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Emergence of native peptide sequences in prebiotic replication networks

(2017) Jayanta Nanda et al.   Nature Communications

Two-Step Amyloid Aggregation: Sequential Lag Phase Intermediates

(2017) Fabio Castello et al.   Scientific Reports

Amyloid Aggregates Arise from Amino Acid Condensations under Prebiotic Conditions

(2016) Jason Greenwald et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Amyloid-like Self-Assembly of a Cellular Compartment

(2016) Elvan Boke et al.   CELL

Emergent Catalytic Behavior of Self-Assembled Low Molecular Weight Peptide-Based Aggregates and Hydrogels

(2016) Marta Tena-Solsona et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Amyloid Structures as Biofilm Matrix Scaffolds

(2016) Agustina Taglialegna et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The “Jekyll and Hyde” Actions of Nucleic Acids on the Prion-like Aggregation of Proteins

(2016) Jerson L. Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The activities of amyloids from a structural perspective

(2016) Roland Riek et al.   NATURE

Prions, amyloids, and RNA: Pieces of a puzzle

(2016) Anton A. Nizhnikov et al.   Prion

Peptide Amyloid Surface Display

(2015) Marisa A. Rubio et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Regulated Formation of an Amyloid-like Translational Repressor Governs Gametogenesis

(2015) Luke E. Berchowitz et al.   CELL

Amyloidogenic Oligomerization Transforms Drosophila Orb2 from a Translation Repressor to an Activator

(2015) Mohammed Repon Khan et al.   CELL

Dynamics of protein aggregation and oligomer formation governed by secondary nucleation

(2015) Thomas C. T. Michaels et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Origin of life. Primordial genetics: Information transfer in a pre-RNA world based on self-replicating beta-sheet amyloid conformers

(2015) Carl Peter J. Maury   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

A Plausible Simultaneous Synthesis of Amino Acids and Simple Peptides on the Primordial Earth

(2014) Eric T. Parker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Molecular inscription of environmental information into protein suprastructures: temperature effects on unit assembly of α-synuclein oligomers into polymorphic amyloid fibrils

(2014) Ghibom Bhak et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Prion-like Polymerization Underlies Signal Transduction in Antiviral Immune Defense and Inflammasome Activation

(2014) Xin Cai et al.   CELL

Introducing charge transfer functionality into prebiotically relevant β-sheet peptide fibrils

(2014) Denis Ivnitski et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Amyloid diseases of yeast: prions are proteins acting as genes

(2014) Reed B. Wickner et al.   Essays in Biochemistry

Extracellular environment modulates the formation and propagation of particular amyloid structures

(2014) Laura Westergard et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Short peptides self-assemble to produce catalytic amyloids

(2014) Caroline M. Rufo et al.   Nature Chemistry

The RNA World: molecular cooperation at the origins of life

(2014) Paul G. Higgs et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Crucial role of nonspecific interactions in amyloid nucleation

(2014) Anđela Šarić et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Physical and structural basis for polymorphism in amyloid fibrils

(2014) Robert Tycko   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Discovering putative prion sequences in complete proteomes using probabilistic representations of Q/N-rich domains

(2013) Vladimir Espinosa Angarica et al.   BMC GENOMICS

New insights into prebiotic chemistry from Stanley Miller's spark discharge experiments

(2013) Jeffrey L. Bada   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Recycling of Informational Units Leads to Selection of Replicators in a Prebiotic Soup

(2013) Nilesh Vaidya et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Novel Mechanistic Insight into the Molecular Basis of Amyloid Polymorphism and Secondary Nucleation during Amyloid Formation

(2013) Jae Sun Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Coevolutionary Roots of Biochemistry and Cellular Organization Challenge the RNA World Paradigm

(2013) Gustavo Caetano-Anollés et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

On the Origin of Single Chirality of Amino Acids and Sugars in Biogenesis

(2012) Jason E. Hein et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The RNA world hypothesis: the worst theory of the early evolution of life (except for all the others)a

(2012) Harold S Bernhardt   Biology Direct

Cell-free Formation of RNA Granules: Low Complexity Sequence Domains Form Dynamic Fibers within Hydrogels

(2012) Masato Kato et al.   CELL

The RIP1/RIP3 Necrosome Forms a Functional Amyloid Signaling Complex Required for Programmed Necrosis

(2012) Jixi Li et al.   CELL

On the Possible Amyloid Origin of Protein Folds

(2012) Jason Greenwald et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

1-Palmitoyl-2-(9′-oxononanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, an Oxidized Phospholipid, Accelerates Finnish Type Familial Gelsolin Amyloidosis in Vitro

(2011) Ajay K. Mahalka et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

β-Sheet-Induced Chirogenesis in Polymerization of Oligopeptides

(2011) Nathaniel Wagner et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Self-assembly and Self-replication of Short Amphiphilic β-sheet Peptides

(2011) Valery Bourbo et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Amyloid-Associated Nucleic Acid Hybridisation

(2011) Sebastian Braun et al.   PLoS One

The RNA dreamtime

(2010) Charles G. Kurland   BIOESSAYS

Prion amyloid structure explains templating: how proteins can be genes

(2010) Reed B. Wickner et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

An Auto-Catalytic Surface for Conformational Replication of Amyloid Fibrils—Genesis of an Amyloid World?

(2010) Per Hammarström et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Creating Prebiotic Sanctuary: Self-Assembling Supramolecular Peptide Structures Bind and Stabilize RNA

(2010) Ohad Carny et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

The Origins of the RNA World

(2010) M. P. Robertson et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Racemic β-Sheets as Templates of Relevance to the Origin of Homochirality of Peptides: Lessons from Crystal Chemistry

(2009) Isabelle Weissbuch et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Self-Replicating Amphiphilic β-Sheet Peptides

(2009) Boris Rubinov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The emerging concept of functional amyloid

(2009) C. P. J. Maury   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

RNA–Amino Acid Binding: A Stereochemical Era for the Genetic Code

(2009) Michael Yarus et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The first peptides: The evolutionary transition between prebiotic amino acids and early proteins

(2009) Peter van der Gulik et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms for protein-encoded inheritance

(2009) Jed J W Wiltzius et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Self-Propagating β-Sheet Polypeptide Structures as Prebiotic Informational Molecular Entities: The Amyloid World

(2009) C. P. J. Maury   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Functional Amyloids As Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules

(2009) S. K. Maji et al.   SCIENCE

Thermodynamic Selection of Steric Zipper Patterns in the Amyloid Cross-β Spine

(2009) Jiyong Park et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The two-fold aspect of the interplay of amyloidogenic proteins with lipid membranes

(2008) Annalisa Relini et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Natural Protective Amyloids

(2008) Vassiliki Iconomidou et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

A role for Q/N-rich aggregation-prone regions in P-body localization

(2008) M. A. M. Reijns et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Methionine peptide formation under primordial earth conditions

(2008) Feng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Nucleobase-Directed Amyloid Nanotube Assembly

(2008) Peng Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Epigenetic control of polyamines by the prion [PSI+]

(2008) Olivier Namy et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Intriguing nucleic-acid-binding features of mammalian prion protein

(2008) Jerson L. Silva et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Forms Rigid Lipid–Protein Amyloid Fibrils on Supported Phospholipid Bilayers

(2007) Yegor A. Domanov et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY