2024
Cellular Prion Protein Conformational Shift after Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Regulated by a Polymeric Antagonist and Mutations
Liu Y, Tuttle M, Kostylev M, Roseman G, Zilm K, Strittmatter S. Cellular Prion Protein Conformational Shift after Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Regulated by a Polymeric Antagonist and Mutations. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2024, 146: 27903-27914. PMID: 39326869, PMCID: PMC11469297, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiquid-liquid phase separationCellular prion proteinAssociated with neurodegenerative diseasesAmyloid-bMaturation processDisordered proteinsPrion proteinConformational shiftProtein conformationConformational changesNeurodegenerative diseasesInduction conditionsConformational statesProteinPrPMutationsPhase separationSaturating concentrationsMolecular motionSolid-like stateMaturationDisease-related cognitive deficitsNeurodegenerationInductionAlzheimer
1993
Functional expression of sodium channel mutations identified in families with periodic paralysis
Cannon S, Strittmatter S. Functional expression of sodium channel mutations identified in families with periodic paralysis. Neuron 1993, 10: 317-326. PMID: 8382500, DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(93)90321-h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSodium channel alpha subunitChannel alpha subunitAlpha subunitFunctional expressionMammalian cell linesSame functional defectSodium channel mutationsBenign polymorphismsSingle-channel conductanceMutationsChannel mutationsCell linesSubunitsMyotubesFunctional defectsPeriodic paralysisProcess of inactivationPotassium dependenceNoninactivating componentNew regionsInactivationExpressionPolymorphismSodium currentFamily