Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of bacterial glycogen and plant starch biosynthesis, the most common carbon storage polysaccharides… Continue reading Structural Basis of Glycogen Biosynthesis Regulation in Bacteria
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Human Nfu is an iron–sulfur cluster protein that has recently been implicated in multiple mitochondrial dysfunctional syndrome (MMDS1). The Nfu… Continue reading Iron–sulfur cluster exchange reactions mediated by the human Nfu protein
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders infecting both humans and… Continue reading Unique Properties of the Rabbit Prion Protein Oligomer
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Six polyphenolic acids (1-6), including the three new compounds citriodolic acids A, B and C (1-3), were isolated from the… Continue reading Three new polyphenolic acids from the leaves of Eucalyptus citriodora with antivirus activity
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A series of rigid poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s (PPE1–PPE4) with biphenyl- (M1–M3) and phenyl- (M4) side groups is prepared from appropriately functionalized… Continue reading Synthesis, characterization, and structure–property investigation of conformationally rigid regioisomers of poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The current diabetes epidemic is associated with a diverse set of risk factors including obesity and exposure to plastics. Notably,… Continue reading Diabetic Risk Factors Promote Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Misfolding by a Common, Membrane-mediated Mechanism
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Four polycyclic norditerpenoids, cephalotanins A–D (1–4) representing three unprecedented carbon skeletons with highly rigid ring systems, were isolated from Cephalotaxus sinensis and… Continue reading Cephalotanins A–D, Four Norditerpenoids Represent Three Highly Rigid Carbon Skeletons fromCephalotaxus sinensis
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
In cold extracts of senescent leaves of the plum tree (Prunus domestica ssp. domestica) six colorless non-fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites (NCCs)… Continue reading Chlorophyll Catabolites in Senescent Leaves of the Plum Tree (Prunus domestica)
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
A new class of alkyl-chain-appended pyrene derivatives 4–14 were synthesized and evaluated for their gelation abilities. Depending on the nature of the… Continue reading Pyrene-Derived Novel One- and Two-Component Organogelators
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The conformational change of the 39–43 residues of the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) toward aβ-sheet enriched state promotes self-aggregation of the peptide… Continue reading Conformational Changes of the Amyloid β-Peptide (1–40) Adsorbed on Solid Surfaces
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
The sense of smell is arguably our most primal faculty and also the least understood. Even our own olfactorily impaired… Continue reading Is the olfactory receptor a metalloprotein?
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Chiral conducting polyaniline, which was prepared electrochemically from (+) and (−) camphorsulfonic acid, was utilized for the enantiomeric detection of… Continue reading Enantioselective Detection of D- and L-Phenylalanine Using Optically Active Polyaniline
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017
Leah Pandiscia, PhD
July 28, 2017