The NRT1/PTR family of proton-coupled transporters are responsible for nitrogen assimilation in eukaryotes and bacteria through the uptake of peptides.… Continue reading Molecular basis of nitrate uptake by the plant nitrate transporter NRT1.1
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Two tri(benzo[b]thiopheno)subporphyrazine regioisomers with C3 and C1 molecular symmetry have been isolated from the cyclotrimerization of benzo[b]thiophene-2,3-dicarbonitrile as the first five-membered-heterocycle-fused subphthalocyanine analogues. Optical… Continue reading The First Five-Membered-Heterocycle-Fused Subphthalocyanine Analogues: Chiral Tri(benzo[b]thiopheno)subporphyrazines
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative illnesses, resulting from the conformational conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrPC)… Continue reading Distinct effects of mutations on biophysical properties of human prion protein monomers and oligomers
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Enzymes have evolved with highly specific values of their catalytic parameters kcat and KM. This poses fundamental biological questions about the selection pressures… Continue reading Linkage between Fitness of Yeast Cells and Adenylate Kinase Catalysis
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Recombinant tau protein is widely used to study the biochemical, cellular and pathological aspects of tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease and… Continue reading Expression and purification of tau protein and its frontotemporal dementia variants using a cleavable histidine tag
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Amyloid fibers are classified as a new generation of tunable bionanomaterials that exhibit new functions related to their distinctive characteristics,… Continue reading Enzyme-Mimic Peptide Assembly To Achieve Amidolytic Activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
This study presents the effect of ultrasound (24 kHz) on enzyme production, enzymatic hydrolysis and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF)… Continue reading Proper ultrasound treatment increases ethanol production from simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of sugarcane bagasse
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The modification of protein surfaces employing cationic and anionic species enables the assembly of these bio-materials into highly sophisticated hierarchical… Continue reading The Effect of Bioconjugation on the Reduction Potential of Heme Proteins
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Aldama discolor (syn.Viguiera discolor) is an endemic Asteraceae from the Brazilian “Cerrado”, which has not previously been investigated for its chemical… Continue reading ent-Pimarane and ent-Kaurane Diterpenes from Aldama discolor (Asteraceae) and Their Antiprotozoal Activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The synthesis of highly ordered chiral periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) materials is described using a novel approach. Chiral dopants featuring… Continue reading Installing stable molecular chirality within the walls of periodic mesoporous organosilicas via self assembly
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The interaction between the transport protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the natural product lophirone B, was investigated by spectroscopic… Continue reading Binding studies of lophirone B with bovine serum albumin (BSA): Combination of spectroscopic and molecular docking techniques
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Interaction of pendimethalin (PM) herbicide with the major transporter in human circulation, human serum albumin (HSA), was studied using fluorescence,… Continue reading Evaluation of pendimethalin binding to human serum albumin: Insights from spectroscopic and molecular modeling approach
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
yfdX proteins occur in a large number of virulent bacteria. Recently we have shown that STY3178, a yfdX protein from… Continue reading Response to chemical induced changes and their implication in yfdX proteins
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Globulin, albumin, gluten, and gliadin in oat bran were prepared by the Osborn method using oat bran as starting material.… Continue reading Characterization and Analysis of Protein Structures in Oat Bran
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
In this work, ovalbumin-dextran nanogels were fabricated via the Maillard reaction followed by a heat-gelation process and their potential to… Continue reading Improved bioavailability of curcumin in ovalbumin-dextran nanogels prepared by Maillard reaction
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017