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PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 43-56Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2017.1387561
Keywords
Amyloidosis; biophysical techniques; protein misfolding; protein-ligand interaction
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- University Grants Commission, New Delhi
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The association of protein aggregates with plentiful human diseases has fascinated studies regarding the biophysical characterization of protein misfolding and ultimately their aggregate formation mechanism. Protein-ligand interaction, their mechanism, conformational changes by ligands, and protein aggregate formation have been studied upon exploiting experimental techniques and computational methodologies. Such studies for the exploration of ligand-induced conformational changes in protein, misfolding and aggregation, has confirmed drastic progresses in the study of aggregate formation pathways. This review comprises of an inclusive description of contemporary experimental techniques as well as theoretical improvements in the interpretation of the conformational properties of protein. We have also discussed various factors responsible for the microenvironment change around protein that sequentially causes amyloidoses. Biophysical techniques and cell-based assays to gain comprehensive understandings of protein-ligand interaction, protein folding, and aggregation pathways have also been described. The promising therapeutic methods used to inhibit the protein fibrillogenesis have also been discussed.
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