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  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Annalisa Pastore is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 110 publications contributing to this area.

Their work covers several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Neurology, Materials Chemistry, Genetics, and Physiology. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into complex biological and chemical processes.

The main topics of Pastore's research encompass:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Among recent publications, the following papers highlight a diversity of interests and scientific venues:

  • "Molecular Crowding: The History and Development of a Scientific Paradigm" (2024), published in Chemical Reviews
  • "The Wide World of Coacervates: From the Sea to Neurodegeneration" (2020), published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • "Computational Approaches to Predict Protein-Protein Interactions in Crowded Cellular Environments" (2024), published in Chemical Reviews
  • "Probing TDP-43 condensation using an in silico designed aptamer" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Why does the Aβ peptide of Alzheimer share structural similarity with antimicrobial peptides?" (2020), published in Communications Biology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Piero Andrea Temussi (25 publications)
  • Gian Gaetano Tartaglia (21 publications)
  • Elsa Zacco (13 publications)
  • Rita Puglisi (13 publications)
  • Pedro M. Martins (10 publications)

They regularly publish in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (13 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (10 publications)
  • Chemical Reviews (4 publications)
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences (3 publications)

Annalisa Pastore has contributed to book publications as well. Notably, they authored a work titled "Insights in Structural Biology: 2021," published by Frontiers Media in 2022.

Recognition of their contributions includes election as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2013.

Best Publications

  • EGCG redirects amyloidogenic polypeptides into unstructured, off-pathway oligomers.

    Dagmar E Ehrnhoefer;Jan Bieschke;Annett Boeddrich;Martin Herbst

  • The solution structure of human epidermal growth factor

    Robert M. Cooke;Anthony J. Wilkinson;Martin Baron;Annalisa Pastore

  • Three−dimensional structure and stability of the KH domain: molecular insights into the fragile X syndrome

    Giovanna Musco;Gunter Stier;Catherine Joseph;Maria Antonietta Castiglione Morelli

  • Structure of the dsRNA binding domain of E. coli RNase III.

    Abelhakim Kharrat;M. J. Macias;T. J. Gibson;M. Nilges

  • Mutations in the mitochondrial protease gene AFG3L2 cause dominant hereditary ataxia SCA28

    Daniela Di Bella;Federico Lazzaro;Alfredo Brusco;Massimo Plumari

  • Immunoglobulin-like modules from titin I-band: extensible components of muscle elasticity.

    Sabina Improta;Anastasia S Politou;Annalisa Pastore

  • The structure of melittin. A 1H-NMR study in methanol.

    Renzo Bazzo;Michael J. Tappin;Annalisa Pastore;Timothy S. Harvey

  • Bacterial frataxin CyaY is the gatekeeper of iron-sulfur cluster formation catalyzed by IscS

    Salvatore Adinolfi;Clara Iannuzzi;Filippo Prischi;Filippo Prischi;Chiara Pastore;Chiara Pastore

  • Infrared nanospectroscopy characterization of oligomeric and fibrillar aggregates during amyloid formation

    F. S. Ruggeri;G. Longo;S. Faggiano;E. Lipiec

  • Structural Basis for Increased Toxicity of Pathological Aβ42:Aβ40 Ratios in Alzheimer Disease

    Kris Pauwels;Thomas L. Williams;Kyle L. Morris;Wim Jonckheere;Wim Jonckheere

  • The pathogenesis of Friedreich ataxia and the structure and function of frataxin

    Massimo Pandolfo;Annalisa Pastore

  • SCA3: neurological features, pathogenesis and animal models.

    Olaf Riess;Udo Rüb;Annalisa Pastore;Peter Bauer

  • Conversion of the major birch pollen allergen, Bet v 1, into two nonanaphylactic T cell epitope-containing fragments: candidates for a novel form of specific immunotherapy.

    Susanne Vrtala;Kora Hirtenlehner;Luca Vangelista;Annalisa Pastore

  • The relationship between chemical shift and secondary structure in proteins

    Annalisa Pastore;Vladimir Saudek

  • The solution structure of the Josephin domain of ataxin-3: Structural determinants for molecular recognition

    Giuseppe Nicastro;Rajesh P. Menon;Laura Masino;Philip P. Knowles

  • Clinical and genetic aspects of Bernard-Soulier syndrome: searching for genotype/phenotype correlations.

    Anna Savoia;Annalisa Pastore;Daniela De Rocco;Elisa Civaschi

  • Frataxin: a protein in search for a function.

    Annalisa Pastore;Helene Puccio

  • Structural bases for the interaction of frataxin with the central components of iron-sulphur cluster assembly.

    Filippo Prischi;Petr V. Konarev;Clara Iannuzzi;Chiara Pastore

  • From Alzheimer to Huntington: why is a structural understanding so difficult?

    Piero Andrea Temussi;Laura Masino;Annalisa Pastore

  • Towards a structural understanding of Friedreich's ataxia: the solution structure of frataxin.

    Giovanna Musco;Gunter Stier;Bernhard Kolmerer;Salvatore Adinolfi

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero A. Temussi
Piero A. Temussi University of Naples Federico II
Stephen R. Martin
Stephen R. Martin The Francis Crick Institute
Rudolf Valenta
Rudolf Valenta Medical University of Vienna
Peter Valent
Peter Valent Medical University of Vienna
Susanne Vrtala
Susanne Vrtala Medical University of Vienna
Dmitri I. Svergun
Dmitri I. Svergun European Bioinformatics Institute
Toby J. Gibson
Toby J. Gibson European Bioinformatics Institute
Arthur M. Lesk
Arthur M. Lesk Pennsylvania State University
Gian Gaetano Tartaglia
Gian Gaetano Tartaglia Italian Institute of Technology
Anna Savoia
Anna Savoia University of Trieste

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