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Theoretical Class 3: Conformational Disorders; Tutorial Class

31 Outubro 2025, 17:00 ANA PAULA COSTA DOS SANTOS PERALTA LEANDRO

Theoretical Class 3: Conformational Disorders

§  Protein aggregation in the cell

§  Gain-of –function conformational disorders

§  Amyloid fibrils

§  Disease mechanism

§   Examples

§  Loss-of-function conformational disorders

§  Missense mutations

§  Disease Mechanism

§  Therapeutic Approaches

§  Pharmacological chaperones

§  Proteostasis regulators

 

Tutorial Class


Laboratory 1 & 2

30 Outubro 2025, 17:00 ANA PAULA COSTA DOS SANTOS PERALTA LEANDRO

L1 – SDS-PAGE analysis of target proteins

L2 – Compounds screening


Laboratory 1 & 2

29 Outubro 2025, 17:00 ANA PAULA COSTA DOS SANTOS PERALTA LEANDRO

L1 – SDS-PAGE analysis of target proteins

L2 – Compounds screening


Theoretical Class 3: Protein Degradation in the Cell; Practical Class 1: Protein Characterization Introduction

28 Outubro 2025, 17:00 ANA PAULA COSTA DOS SANTOS PERALTA LEANDRO

Theoretical Class 3: Protein Degradation in the Cell

§  Protein Turnover

§  PEST sequences  and N-degron

§  The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS)

§  Ubiquitin; Protein Ubiquitination; The Proteasome 26S; The Ubiquitin Code

§  The Lysosomal System 

§  Autophagy Lysosome Pathways (ALPs): micro, macro and chaperone mediated

§  Protein Degradation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ERAD)

§  Protein Degradation in the Mitochondria

§  Protein Quality Control Systems (PQC)

§  Endoplasmic reticulum associated: Unfolded Protein Response (UPR)

§  Cytoplasm Associated

§  Spatial Sequestration of Misfolded Proteins

 

Practical Class 1: Protein Characterization Introduction

§  Heterologous protein expression in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells:

§  Recombinant DNA technology and expression systems

§  Protein characterization

§  Protein function

§  Biochemical and Biophysical methods to study Protein Folding/Unfolding/Stability 



Theoretical Class 1: Introduction to the Curricular Unit; Protein Homeostasis: From Structure to Function; Theoretical Class 2: Protein Folding in the Cell

27 Outubro 2025, 17:00 ANA PAULA COSTA DOS SANTOS PERALTA LEANDRO

Theoretical Class 1: Introduction to the Curricular Unit; Protein Homeostasis: From Structure to Function

§  Introduction

§  Learning Objectives

§  Class Schedule

§  Evaluation

§  Protein Structure

§  Amino acids: Chemical and Structural Properties

§  The Peptide Bond

§  Levels of Structural Organization

§  Forces Stabilizing the Protein Structure

§  Post-Translational Modifications

§  Protein Folding & Function

 

Theoretical Class 2: Protein Folding in the Cell

§  Folding in vitro vs Folding in vivo

§  Components of the Proteostasis Network

§  Molecular Chaperones and Co-Chaperones

§  Molecular Chaperone Families

§  Protein Synthesis in the Ribosome

§  Properties of the Exit Tunnel

§  Newly Synthesized Proteins and the Role of Molecular Chaperones

§  Co- and Post-translational Folding in the Cytosol

§  Folding in cellular compartments

§  Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

§  Mitochondria

§  Nucleus