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ReviewAmino acids2024

Proline, a unique amino acid whose polymer, polyproline II helix, and its analogues are involved in many biological processes: a review.

Théoneste Umumararungu, Noël Gahamanyi, Janvier Mukiza, Gratien Habarurema, Jonathan Katandula, Alexis Rugamba, Vedaste Kagisha

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Review in Amino acids, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Théoneste UmumararunguDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. umumararungut@yahoo.fr.
Noël GahamanyiDepartment of Biology, School of Science, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Janvier MukizaRwanda Food and Drugs Authority, Nyarutarama Plaza, KG 9 Avenue, Kigali, Rwanda.
Gratien HabaruremaDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Jonathan KatandulaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Alexis RugambaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Vedaste KagishaDepartment of Pharmaceuticals and Biomolecules Analysis, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proline is a unique amino acid in that its side-chain is cyclised to the backbone, thus giving proline an exceptional rigidity and a considerably restricted conformational space. Polyproline forms two well-characterized helical structures: a left-handed polyproline helix (PPII) and a right-handed polyproline helix (PPI). Usually, sequences made only of prolyl residues are in PPII conformation, but even sequences not rich in proline but which are rich in glycine, lysine, glutamate, or aspartate have also a tendency to form PPII helices. Currently, the only way to study unambiguously PPII structure in solution is to use spectroscopies based on optical activity such as circular dichroism, vibrational circular dichroism and Raman optical activity. The importance of the PPII structure is emphasized by its ubiquitous presence in different organisms from yeast to human beings where proline-rich motifs and their binding domains are believed to be involved in vital biological processes. Some of the domains that are bound by proline-rich motifs include SH3 domains, WW domains, GYF domains and UEV domains, etc. The PPII structure has been demonstrated to be essential to biological activities such as signal transduction, transcription, cell motility, and immune response.

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PeptidesProlineAnimalsCircular DichroismHumansSignal TransductionPeptidespolyprolineProlineAmino acidBiological activityPPIPPIIProline

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PMID39182198
PMCPMC11345334

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