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Akello Agwa
Akello Agwa
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute
Verified email at nih.gov
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Spider peptide toxin HwTx-IV engineered to bind to lipid membranes has an increased inhibitory potency at human voltage-gated sodium channel hNaV1. 7
AJ Agwa, N Lawrence, E Deplazes, O Cheneval, RM Chen, DJ Craik, ...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 1859 (5), 835-844, 2017
512017
Gating modifier toxins isolated from spider venom: Modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels and the role of lipid membranes
AJ Agwa, S Peigneur, CY Chow, N Lawrence, DJ Craik, J Tytgat, GF King, ...
Journal of Biological Chemistry 293 (23), 9041-9052, 2018
442018
Lengths of the C-terminus and interconnecting loops impact stability of spider-derived gating modifier toxins
AJ Agwa, YH Huang, DJ Craik, ST Henriques, CI Schroeder
Toxins 9 (8), 248, 2017
292017
Enzymatic Ligation of a Pore Blocker Toxin and a Gating Modifier Toxin: Creating Double-Knotted Peptides with Improved Sodium Channel NaV1.7 Inhibition
HNT Tran, P Tran, JR Deuis, AJ Agwa, AH Zhang, I Vetter, CI Schroeder
Bioconjugate Chemistry 31 (1), 64-73, 2019
272019
Efficient enzymatic ligation of inhibitor cystine knot spider venom peptides: Using sortase A to form double-knottins that probe voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1. 7
AJ Agwa, LV Blomster, DJ Craik, GF King, CI Schroeder
Bioconjugate Chemistry 29 (10), 3309-3319, 2018
242018
Mapping the Molecular Surface of the Analgesic NaV1.7-Selective Peptide Pn3a Reveals Residues Essential for Membrane and Channel Interactions
A Mueller, Z Dekan, Q Kaas, AJ Agwa, H Starobova, PF Alewood, ...
ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science 3 (3), 535-546, 2020
222020
Fluorescence Imaging of Peripheral Nerves by a Nav1.7-Targeted Inhibitor Cystine Knot Peptide
J Gonzales, P Demetrio de Souza Franca, Y Jiang, G Pirovano, S Kossatz, ...
Bioconjugate chemistry 30 (11), 2879-2888, 2019
222019
Gating modifier toxin interactions with ion channels and lipid bilayers: Is the trimolecular complex real?
AJ Agwa, ST Henriques, CI Schroeder
Neuropharmacology 127, 32-45, 2017
212017
Manipulation of a spider peptide toxin alters its affinity for lipid bilayers and potency and selectivity for voltage-gated sodium channel subtype 1.7
AJ Agwa, P Tran, A Mueller, HNT Tran, JR Deuis, MR Israel, KL McMahon, ...
Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (15), 5067-5080, 2020
202020
Peptide-membrane interactions affect the inhibitory potency and selectivity of spider toxins ProTx-II and GpTx-1
N Lawrence, B Wu, J Ligutti, O Cheneval, AJ Agwa, AH Benfield, ...
ACS chemical biology 14 (1), 118-130, 2018
182018
Pharmacological Inhibition of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.7 Alleviates Chronic Visceral Pain in a Rodent Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Y Jiang, J Castro, LV Blomster, AJ Agwa, J Maddern, G Schober, V Herzig, ...
ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science 4 (4), 1362-1378, 2021
142021
Weaponisation ‘on the fly’: Convergent recruitment of knottin and defensin peptide scaffolds into the venom of predatory assassin flies
J Jin, AJ Agwa, TG Szanto, A Csóti, G Panyi, CI Schroeder, AA Walker, ...
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 118, 103310, 2020
122020
Multipurpose peptides: the venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities
SA Nixon, SD Robinson, AJ Agwa, AA Walker, S Choudhary, A Touchard, ...
Biochemical pharmacology 192, 114693, 2021
112021
Cyclizing disulfide-rich peptides using sortase A
AJ Agwa, DJ Craik, CI Schroeder
Enzyme-Mediated Ligation Methods, 29-41, 2019
62019
Discovery and characterisation of novel peptides from Amazonian stinging ant venoms with antiparasitic activity
S Nixon, A Agwa, S Robinson, A Walker, A Touchard, C Schroeder, ...
Toxicon 177, S60-S60, 2020
12020
Corrigendum to" Spider peptide toxin HwTx-IV engineered to bind to lipid membranes has an increased inhibitory potency at human voltage-gated sodium channel hNaV1. 7"[Biochim …
AJ Agwa, N Lawrence, E Deplazes, O Cheneval, RM Chen, DJ Craik, ...
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes 1859 (11), 2277, 2017
12017
The tri-molecular concept: exploiting the lipid membrane in the design of potent and selective inhibitors for voltage-gated sodium channels
JA Agwa
2019
The Use of Peptide-Membrane Interactions in the Design of Selective and Potent Sodium Channel Inhibitors
C Schroeder, A Agwa, A Mueller, CY Chow, S Peigneur, N Lawrence, ...
Journal Of Peptide Science 24, S70-S70, 2018
2018
The Importance of Peptide-Membrane Interactions in Toxin Inhibitions of Sodium Channels
CI Schroeder, E Deplazes, N Lawrence, A Agwa, ST Henriques
Biophysical Journal 112 (3), 226a, 2017
2017
B) Manipulating the pharmacophore of HwTx-IV to influence affinity for lipid bilayers, and in vitro selectivity for NaV1. 7
AJ Agwa, A Mueller, MR Israel, P Tran, DJ Craik, I Vetter, CI Schroeder
The tri-molecular concept: exploiting the lipid membrane in the design of …, 0
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