From Globular Proteins to Amyloids
- 1st Edition - October 2, 2019
- Latest edition
- Editor: Irena Roterman-Konieczna
- Language: English
From Globular Proteins to Amyloids proposes a model and mechanism for explaining protein misfolding. Concepts presented are based on a model originally intended to show how prote… Read more
From Globular Proteins to Amyloids proposes a model and mechanism for explaining protein misfolding. Concepts presented are based on a model originally intended to show how proteins attain their native conformations. This model is quantitative in nature and founded upon arguments derived from information theory. It facilitates prediction and simulation of the amyloid fibrillation process, also identifying the progressive changes that occur in native proteins that lead to the emergence of amyloid aggregations.
- Introduces basic rules for protein folding, along with the conditions that result in misfolding
- Presents research that lies in treating the aqueous environment as a continuum rather than a set of individual water molecules (i.e. the classic representation)
- Provides practical applications for helping the prevention of amyloidosis and improving drug design
Researchers interested in problems related to amyloid formation and protein folding/mis-folding. Students of medicine, pharmacy and pharmacology where protein folding is taught as part of the basic biochemistry curriculum. Pharmaceutical companies which engage in R&D activities related to drug design
Foreword
Irena Roterman
introduction
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1. Description of the fuzzy oil drop model
Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek and Irena Roterman
2. Folding with the active participation of water
Gadzała Małgorzata, Dułak Dawid, Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek, Irena Roterman, Stapor Katarzyna and Fabian Piotr
3. Information coded in protein structure
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4. Glubular or ribbon-like micelle
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5. Proteins structured as spherical micelles
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6. Local discordance
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6. A. The active site in a single-chain enzyme identified as local deficiency of hydrophobicity
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6. B. Protein-protein interaction encoded as an exposure of hydrophobic residues on the surface
Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek and Irena Roterman
6. C. Ligand binding cavity coded in form of local defficiency of hydrophobicity
Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek and Irena Roterman
7. Solenoid – amyloid under control
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8. Composite structures
Banach Mateusz, Irena Roterman and Konieczny Leszek
9. Permanent chaperons
Banach Mateusz and Irena Roterman
9. A. Non-amyloid structure of the aβ(1-42) polypeptide requiring a permanent chaperone
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9. B. Structural properties of aβ(1-42) chain fragments in complex with proteins acting as permanent chaperones
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10. Amyloids
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10. A. Amyloid as a ribbon-like micelle
Banach Mateusz and Irena Roterman
10. B. Alternative conformations of the aβ(1-40) amyloid protein
Gadzała Małgorzata, Dułak Dawid, Banach Mateusz and Irena Roterman
10. C. Specificity of amino acid sequence and its role in secondary and supersecondary structure generation
Banach Mateusz and Irena Roterman
11. Anti-amyloid drug design
Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek and Irena Roterman
12. Predicted structure of the transthyretin amyloid
Banach Mateusz, Konieczny Leszek and Irena Roterman
Summary – the protein is an inteligent micelle
Irena Roterman
- Edition: 1
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- Published: October 2, 2019
- Language: English
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Irena Roterman-Konieczna
Professor Irena Roterman-Konieczna completed her PhD at the Nicolaus Copernicus Medical Academy Krakow, Poland and undertook her postdoctoral studies at Cornell University, USA. She is the director of the Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine at Jagiellonian University – Medical College, Poland. Her fields of interest are protein structure, folding simulation as well as systems biology. She is the author of "Protein Folding in Silico", published by Woodhead Publishing in 2012., and "From Globular Proteins to Amyloids" published by Elsevier in 2020. She is the Chief Editor of the journal Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems (de Gruyter).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Bioinformatics, Jagiellonian University, PolandRead From Globular Proteins to Amyloids on ScienceDirect