Cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs) are a subfamily of phytochrome photoreceptors found exclusively in photosynthetic cyanobacteria. Four CBCRs containing a second Cys in… Continue reading Hydrophobic Residues near the Bilin Chromophore-Binding Pocket Modulate Spectral Tuning of Insert-Cys Subfamily Cyanobacteriochromes
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Recently, we had published that urea-induced denaturation curves of optical properties of sheep serum albumin (SSA) are biphasic with a… Continue reading Effect of mammalian kidney osmolytes on the folding pathway of sheep serum albumin
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Effect of gold nanoclusters (Au-NCs) on the circular dichroism (CD) spectra and enzymatic activity of α-chymotrypsin (ChT) (towards hydrolysis of… Continue reading Enzyme activity of α-chymotrypsin: Deactivation by gold nano-cluster and reactivation by glutathione
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Immunoassay formats, in which antibodies provide sensitivity and specificity, are often utilized to provide rapid and simple diagnostic tests. Surface… Continue reading Label free checkerboard assay to determine overlapping epitopes of Ebola virus VP-40 antibodies using surface plasmon resonance
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Fibronectin (FN) is a multifunctional glycoprotein of the extracellular matrix (ECM) playing critical roles in physiological and pathological cell processes… Continue reading Amyloid-like aggregates formation by blood plasma fibronectin
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The reduction and binding of copper ions to the Cys/Trp motif, which is characterized by two cysteines and two tryptophans,… Continue reading Comparison of extracellular Cys/Trp motif between Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ctr4 and Ctr5
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Eleven highly halogenated chamigrane sesquiterpenoids, compositacins A–K, including one unusual rearranged chamigrane sesquiterpenoid, compositacin A, were isolated from the red… Continue reading Compositacins A–K: Bioactive chamigrane-type halosesquiterpenoids from the red alga Laurencia composita Yamada
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Interaction of pharmacological important phenolic, ferulic acid, with Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) at the simulative pH condition, was studied using spectroscopic… Continue reading Spectroscopic Characterisation of Interaction of Ferulic acid with Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (ALDH)
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
GsMTx4 is a spider venom peptide that inhibits cationic mechanosensitive channels (MSCs). It has six lysine residues that have been… Continue reading GsMTx4: Mechanism of Inhibiting Mechanosensitive Ion Channels
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Two new benzoyl glucuronosyl glycerols, (2R)-1-O-4-hydroxy-benzoyl-3-O-α-d-glucuronosyl glycerol (1) and (2S)-1-O-4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzoyl-3-O-α-d-glucuronosyl glycerol (2), together with helicioside (3), quercetin-6-C-β-d-glucopyranoside (4), apigenin-8-C-β-d-glucopyranosyl-2″-O-L-rhamnopyranoside (5),… Continue reading Two new benzoyl glucuronosyl glycerols from the leaves of Garcinia buchananii Baker
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Self-assembling (SAPs) and co-assembling peptides (CAPs) are driving increasing enthusiasm as synthetic but biologically inspired biomaterials amenable of easy functionalization… Continue reading Fabrication of nanofibrous electrospun scaffolds from a heterogeneous library of co- and self-assembling peptides
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017