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Overview

Israel Silman is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Their scientific contributions cover a range of topics related to molecular biology and pharmacology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Israel Silman has published extensively across various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Cell Biology.

Frequent co-authors of Israel Silman include:

  • Joel L. Sussman
  • Yacov Ashani
  • Jacques-Philippe Colletier
  • Tamar Unger
  • Shira Albeck

The scientist's work has appeared in several reputable publication venues, including:

  • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
  • Protein Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Some recent papers authored by or involving Israel Silman are:

  • "The multiple biological roles of the cholinesterases" (2020), published in Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • "Discovery of a Potent Dual Inhibitor of Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase with Antioxidant Activity that Alleviates Alzheimer-like Pathology in Old APP/PS1 Mice" (2020), published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "A Second Look at the Crystal Structures of Drosophila melanogaster Acetylcholinesterase in Complex with Tacrine Derivatives Provides Insights Concerning Catalytic Intermediates and the Design of Specific Insecticides" (2020), published in Molecules
  • "Design of a stable human acid-β-glucosidase: towards improved Gaucher disease therapy and mutation classification" (2023), published in FEBS Journal
  • "Do "Newly Born" orphan proteins resemble "Never Born" proteins? A study using three deep learning algorithms" (2023), published in Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics

Best Publications

  • Atomic structure of acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica: a prototypic acetylcholine-binding protein

    Joel L. Sussman;Michal Harel;Felix Frolow;Christian Oefner

  • The α/β hydrolase fold

    David L. Ollis;Eong Cheah;Miroslaw Cygler;Bauke Dijkstra

  • Quaternary ligand binding to aromatic residues in the active-site gorge of acetylcholinesterase.

    M Harel;I Schalk;L Ehret-Sabatier;F Bouet

  • FoldIndex©: a simple tool to predict whether a given protein sequence is intrinsically unfolded

    Jaime Prilusky;Clifford E. Felder;Tzviya Zeev-Ben-Mordehai;Edwin H. Rydberg

  • Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins

    A Keith Dunker;Israel Silman;Vladimir N Uversky;Vladimir N Uversky;Joel L Sussman

  • Acetylcholinesterase: From 3D structure to function

    Hay Dvir;Israel Silman;Michal Harel;Terrone L. Rosenberry

  • Structure of acetylcholinesterase complexed with E2020 (Aricept): implications for the design of new anti-Alzheimer drugs.

    Gitay Kryger;Israel Silman;Joel L Sussman

  • Structure and Evolution of the Serum Paraoxonase Family of Detoxifying and Anti-Atherosclerotic Enzymes

    Michal Harel;Amir Aharoni;Leonid Gaidukov;Boris Brumshtein

  • Relationship between sequence conservation and three‐dimensional structure in a large family of esterases, lipases, and related proteins

    Miroslaw Cygler;Joseph D. Schrag;Joel L. Sussman;Michal Harel

  • Acetylcholinesterase: ‘classical’ and ‘non-classical’ functions and pharmacology

    Israel Silman;Joel L Sussman

  • Specific chemical and structural damage to proteins produced by synchrotron radiation.

    Martin Weik;Raimond B. G. Ravelli;Gitay Kryger;Sean McSweeney

  • Automated Structure- and Sequence-Based Design of Proteins for High Bacterial Expression and Stability.

    Adi Goldenzweig;Moshe Goldsmith;Shannon E. Hill;Or Gertman

  • Structure of acetylcholinesterase complexed with the nootropic alkaloid, (-)-huperzine A.

    Mia L. Raves;Michal Harel;Yuan Ping Pang;Israel Silman

  • A structural motif of acetylcholinesterase that promotes amyloid β-peptide fibril formation

    G. V. De Ferrari;M. A. Canales;I. Shin;L. M. Weiner

  • Production of glucocerebrosidase with terminal mannose glycans for enzyme replacement therapy of Gaucher's disease using a plant cell system

    Yoseph Shaaltiel;Daniel Bartfeld;Sharon Hashmueli;Gideon Baum

  • The X-ray structure of a transition state analog complex reveals the molecular origins of the catalytic power and substrate specificity of acetylcholinesterase.

    Michal Harel;Daniel M. Quinn;Haridasan K. Nair;Israel Silman

  • Water-insoluble derivatives of enzymes, antigens, and antibodies.

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  • Structures of recombinant native and E202Q mutant human acetylcholinesterase complexed with the snake-venom toxin fasciculin-II

    Gitay Kryger;Michal Harel;Kurt Giles;Lilly Toker

  • Conversion of acetylcholinesterase to butyrylcholinesterase: modeling and mutagenesis.

    M Harel;J L Sussman;E Krejci;S Bon

  • Three‐dimensional structures of Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase and of its complexes with two potent inhibitors

    Michal Harel;Gitay Kryger;Terrone L. Rosenberry;William D. Mallender

  • Structure of acetylcholinesterase complexed with (-)-galanthamine at 2.3 A resolution.

    H.M Greenblatt;G Kryger;T.T Lewis;I Silman

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel L. Sussman
Joel L. Sussman Weizmann Institute of Science
Michal Harel
Michal Harel Weizmann Institute of Science
Anthony H. Futerman
Anthony H. Futerman Weizmann Institute of Science
Lev Weiner
Lev Weiner Weizmann Institute of Science
Hualiang Jiang
Hualiang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Florian Nachon
Florian Nachon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yadin Dudai
Yadin Dudai Weizmann Institute of Science
Dan S. Tawfik
Dan S. Tawfik Weizmann Institute of Science
Raimond B. G. Ravelli
Raimond B. G. Ravelli Maastricht University
Jean Massoulié
Jean Massoulié École Normale Supérieure

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