Centre for Misfolding Diseases

Dr Predrag Kukic

Research Associate

 

Research Interests

Computational Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics, Soft matter, Biophysics, NMR, Bioinformatics, Physical approaches to biologically inspired problems

 

 

Publications

Structural Characterization of the Early Events in the Nucleation-Condensation Mechanism in a Protein Folding Process.
P Kukic, Y Pustovalova, C Camilloni, S Gianni, DM Korzhnev, M Vendruscolo
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2017)
139
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b01540)
The RNF168 paralog RNF169 defines a new class of ubiquitylated histone reader involved in the response to DNA damage
J Kitevski-LeBlanc, A Fradet-Turcotte, P Kukic, MD Wilson, G Portella, T Yuwen, S Panier, S Duan, MD Canny, H van Ingen, CH Arrowsmith, JL Rubinstein, M Vendruscolo, D Durocher, LE Kay
Elife
(2017)
6
(doi: 10.7554/elife.23872)
MOAG-4 promotes the aggregation of α-synuclein by competing with self-protective electrostatic interactions
Y Yoshimura, MA Holmberg, P Kukic, CB Andersen, A Mata-Cabana, SF Falsone, M Vendruscolo, EAA Nollen, FAA Mulder
J Biol Chem
(2017)
292
(doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.764886)
Simultaneous quantification of protein order and disorder.
P Sormanni, D Piovesan, GT Heller, M Bonomi, P Kukic, C Camilloni, M Fuxreiter, Z Dosztanyi, RV Pappu, MM Babu, S Longhi, P Tompa, AK Dunker, VN Uversky, SCE Tosatto, M Vendruscolo
Nat Chem Biol
(2017)
13
(doi: 10.1038/nchembio.2331)
Investigation of Ionization Pattern of the Adjacent Acidic Residues in the DXDXE Motif of GH-18 Chitinases Using Theoretical pK a Calculations
P Meekrathok, P Kukic, JE Nielsen, W Suginta
J Chem Inf Model
(2017)
57
(doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.6b00536)
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Tau Peptides for the Investigation of Conformational Changes Induced by Specific Phosphorylation Patterns.
NS Gandhi, P Kukic, G Lippens, RL Mancera
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
(2016)
1523
(doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6598-4_3)
Structural characterization of the interaction of α-synuclein nascent chains with the ribosomal surface and trigger factor.
A Deckert, CA Waudby, T Wlodarski, AS Wentink, X Wang, JP Kirkpatrick, JFS Paton, C Camilloni, P Kukic, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo, LD Cabrita, J Christodoulou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
(2016)
113
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1519124113)
Structural Insights into the Calcium-Mediated Allosteric Transition in the C-Terminal Domain of Calmodulin from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements.
P Kukic, P Lundström, C Camilloni, J Evenäs, M Akke, M Vendruscolo
Biochemistry
(2015)
55
(doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00961)
Mapping the Protein Fold Universe Using the CamTube Force Field in Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
P Kukic, A Kannan, MJJ Dijkstra, S Abeln, C Camilloni, M Vendruscolo
PLoS Comput Biol
(2015)
11
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004435)
Probing the Residual Structure of the Low Populated Denatured State of ADA2h under Folding Conditions by Relaxation Dispersion Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
Y Pustovalova, P Kukic, M Vendruscolo, DM Korzhnev
Biochemistry
(2015)
54
(doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00345)

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