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  • Pettersson, JennyLund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine (author)

Can misfolded proteins be beneficial? The HAMLET case.

  • Article/chapterEnglish2009

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  • 2009-07-08
  • Informa UK Limited,2009

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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:a3328c5d-2929-40f8-9a74-6faa93175aa7
  • https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1271814URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890802502614DOI

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  • By changing the three-dimensional structure, a protein can attain new functions, distinct from those of the native protein. Amyloid-forming proteins are one example, in which conformational change may lead to fibril formation and, in many cases, neurodegenerative disease. We have proposed that partial unfolding provides a mechanism to generate new and useful functional variants from a given polypeptide chain. Here we present HAMLET (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells) as an example where partial unfolding and the incorporation of cofactor create a complex with new, beneficial properties. Native alpha-lactalbumin functions as a substrate specifier in lactose synthesis, but when partially unfolded the protein binds oleic acid and forms the tumoricidal HAMLET complex. When the properties of HAMLET were first described they were surprising, as protein folding intermediates and especially amyloid-forming protein intermediates had been regarded as toxic conformations, but since then structural studies have supported functional diversity arising from a change in fold. The properties of HAMLET suggest a mechanism of structure-function variation, which might help the limited number of human protein genes to generate sufficient structural diversity to meet the diverse functional demands of complex organisms.

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  • Aits, SonjaLund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)so6048ai (author)
  • Gustafsson, LottaLund University,Lunds universitet,Medicin, Lund,Sektion II,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Oftalmologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicine, Lund,Section II,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine,Ophthalmology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine(Swepub:lu)fysi-lgu (author)
  • Mossberg, AnkiLund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för medicinsk mikrobiologi,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Experimentell infektionsmedicin, Malmö,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Division of Medical Microbiology,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Experimental Infection Medicine, Malmö,Lund University Research Groups(Swepub:lu)mmb-amo (author)
  • Storm, PetterLund University,Lunds universitet,Genomik, diabetes och endokrinologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology,Lund University Research Groups,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)med-psm (author)
  • Trulsson, MariaLund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)med-mto (author)
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  • Svanborg, CatharinaLund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för mikrobiologi, immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG,Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG,Department of Laboratory Medicine,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)mmb-csv (author)
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