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Species | C M DobsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
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The fundamentals of protein folding: bringing together theory and experimentC M Dobson
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Curr Opin Struct Biol 9:92-101. 1999....
The structural basis of protein folding and its links with human diseaseC M Dobson
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 356:133-45. 2001..Understanding the nature of such protective mechanisms is a crucial step in the development of strategies to prevent and treat these debilitating diseases...
Protein folding and misfolding inside and outside the cellC M Dobson
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
EMBO J 17:5251-4. 1998..In this report we concentrate on general concepts and themes rather than on detailing every contribution...
Side-chain conformational disorder in a molten globule: molecular dynamics simulations of the A-state of human alpha-lactalbuminL J Smith
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, England
J Mol Biol 286:1567-80. 1999....
Exploration of partially unfolded states of human alpha-lactalbumin by molecular dynamics simulationE Paci
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
J Mol Biol 306:329-47. 2001..e. the various structural elements do not unfold simultaneously...
Amyloid fibril formation by a helical cytochromeT A Pertinhez
New Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks, UK
FEBS Lett 495:184-6. 2001....
Comparison of the structural and dynamical properties of holo and apo bovine alpha-lactalbumin by NMR spectroscopyR Wijesinha-Bettoni
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, New Chemistry Laboratory South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
J Mol Biol 307:885-98. 2001..Rather, the conversion appears to involve local reorganisations of the structure in the vicinity of the Ca(2+)-binding site that are coupled to the intrinsic fluctuations in the protein structure...
Alpha-lactalbumin forms a compact molten globule in the absence of disulfide bondsC Redfield
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Nat Struct Biol 6:948-52. 1999....
Dependence on solution conditions of aggregation and amyloid formation by an SH3 domainJ Zurdo
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QH, UK
J Mol Biol 311:325-40. 2001..Moreover, different hydrogen bonding patterns related to the various aggregate morphologies can be distinguished by FTIR analysis...
A refined solution structure of hen lysozyme determined using residual dipolar coupling dataH Schwalbe
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, England
Protein Sci 10:677-88. 2001....
Molecular dynamics simulations of peptide fragments from hen lysozyme: insight into non-native protein conformationsL J Smith
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences and New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, England
J Mol Biol 280:703-19. 1998..The results suggest that this approach has an important role to play in aiding the interpretation of experimental data for conformationally disordered non-native states of proteins...
High-sensitivity fluorescence anisotropy detection of protein-folding events: application to alpha-lactalbuminD Canet
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, New Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom
Biophys J 80:1996-2003. 2001....
Three key residues form a critical contact network in a protein folding transition stateM Vendruscolo
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
Nature 409:641-5. 2001..This result reveals how a nucleation mechanism involving a small number of key residues can lead to folding of a polypeptide chain to its unique native-state structure...
Response of native and denatured hen lysozyme to high pressure studied by (15)N/(1)H NMR spectroscopyY O Kamatari
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
Eur J Biochem 268:1782-93. 2001..NMR diffusion measurements demonstrate that the effective hydrodynamic radius of denatured lysozyme, and hence the global properties of the denatured ensemble, do not change detectably at high pressure...
Molecular dynamics simulations of human alpha-lactalbumin: changes to the structural and dynamical properties of the protein at low pHL J Smith
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, England, UK
Proteins 36:77-86. 1999..These structural and dynamical changes might be representative of the early stages of the transition to the molten-globule state of the protein known to be formed under low pH conditions in solution...
The folding process of hen lysozyme: a perspective from the 'new view'A Matagne
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
Cell Mol Life Sci 54:363-71. 1998....
Comparison of the denaturant-induced unfolding of the bovine and human alpha-lactalbumin molten globulesR Wijesinha-Bettoni
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, Central Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QH, UK
J Mol Biol 312:261-73. 2001..Taken together, these results suggest that there may be a number of ways of stabilising a given protein fold, and the specific manner that this is achieved for a particular protein is determined by details of its sequence...
Solid state 31P cross-polarization/magic angle sample spinning nuclear magnetic resonance of crystalline glycogen phosphorylase bJ E Taguchi
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Biophys J 64:492-501. 1993....
Collapse and cooperativity in protein foldingA D Miranker
New Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
Curr Opin Struct Biol 6:31-42. 1996..Recent experiments shed light on these issues and their relationships to the pathways of protein folding...
Characterization of the structure and dynamics of amyloidogenic variants of human lysozyme by NMR spectroscopyA K Chamberlain
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, New Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Protein Sci 10:2525-30. 2001..This finding indicates that it is the increased ability of the variants to access partially folded conformations, rather than intrinsic changes in their native state properties, that is the origin of their amyloidogenicity...
Time-resolved biophysical methods in the study of protein foldingK W Plaxco
New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
Curr Opin Struct Biol 6:630-6. 1996..Recent advances in these techniques, the use of novel methods of initiating refolding, and a convergence of theoretical and experimental approaches are leading to a detailed understanding of many aspects of the folding process...
The cytochrome c fold can be attained from a compact apo state by occupancy of a nascent heme binding siteR Wain
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, Central Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QH, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 276:45813-7. 2001..The properties of the apo state of C11A/C14A cytochrome c(552) reported here contrast strongly with those of mitochondrial cytochrome c whose apo state resembles a random coil under similar conditions...
Mutational analysis of acylphosphatase suggests the importance of topology and contact order in protein foldingF Chiti
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Nat Struct Biol 6:1005-9. 1999....
