• Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors 

      Casarotto, Plinio C.; Girych, Mykhailo; Fred, Senem M.; Kovaleva, Vera; Moliner, Rafael; Enkavi, Giray; Biojone, Caroline; Cannarozzo, Cecilia; Sahu, Madhusmita Pryiadrashini; Kaurinkoski, Katja; Brunello, Cecilia A.; Steinzeig, Anna; Winkel, Frederike; Patil, Sudarshan; Vestring, Stefan; Serchov, Tsvetan; Diniz, Cassiano R.A.F.; Laukkanen, Liina; Cardon, Iseline; Antila, Hanna; Rog, Tomasz; Piepponen, Timo Petteri; Bramham, Clive Raymond Evjen; Normann, Claus; Lauri, Sari E.; Saarma, Mart; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Castrén, Eero (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      It is unclear how binding of antidepressant drugs to their targets gives rise to the clinical antidepressant effect. We discovered that the transmembrane domain of tyrosine kinase receptor 2 (TRKB), the brain-derived ...
    • Cryo-EM, X-ray diffraction, and atomistic simulations reveal determinants for the formation of a supramolecular myelin-like proteolipid lattice 

      Ruskamo, Salla; Krokengen, Oda Caspara; Kowal, Julia; Nieminen, Tuomo; Lehtimäki, Mari; Raasakka, Arne; Dandey, Venkata P; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Stahlberg, Henning; Kursula, Petri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Myelin protein P2 is a peripheral membrane protein of the fatty acid–binding protein family that functions in the formation and maintenance of the peripheral nerve myelin sheath. Several P2 gene mutations cause human ...
    • Molecular mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy linked to mutations in human myelin protein P2 

      Ruskamo, Salla; Nieminen, Tuomo; Kristiansen, Cecilie Katrin; Vatne, Guro Helén; Baumann, Anne; Hallin, Erik Ingmar; Raasakka, Arne; Joensuu, Päivi; Bergmann, Ulrich; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Kursula, Petri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-26)
      Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is one of the most common inherited neuropathies. Recently, three CMT1-associated point mutations (I43N, T51P, and I52T) were discovered in the abundant peripheral myelin protein P2. These ...
    • Structure and dynamics of a human myelin protein P2 portal region mutant indicate opening of the β barrel in fatty acid binding proteins 

      Laulumaa, Saara; Nieminen, Tuomo; Raasakka, Arne; Krokengen, Oda C.; Safaryan, Anushik; Hallin, Erik Ingmar; Brysbaert, Guillaume; Lensink, Marc F.; Ruskamo, Salla; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Kursula, Petri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-25)
      Background: Myelin is a multilayered proteolipid sheath wrapped around selected axons in the nervous system. Its constituent proteins play major roles in forming of the highly regular membrane structure. P2 is a myelin-specific ...