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2018 / Polymer Chemistry
Herein, a series of azobenzene (Azo)-containing side-chain cyclic polymers were successfully synthesized by combining atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and… Continue reading Supramolecular chirality induced by chiral solvation in achiral cyclic Azo-containing polymers: topological effects on chiral aggregation
2018 / Biochemistry
The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa injects venom directly into the brain and subesophageal ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana, inducing… Continue reading Ampulexins: A New Family of Peptides in Venom of the Emerald Jewel Wasp, Ampulex compressa
2018 / The Journal of Organic Chemistry
(±)-Sativamides A (1) and B (2), two pairs of nor-lignanamide enantiomers featuring a unique benzo-angular triquinane skeleton, were isolated from… Continue reading (±)-Sativamides A and B, Two Pairs of Racemic Nor-Lignanamide Enantiomers from the Fruits of Cannabis sativa
2018 / PLoS ONE
Proteins that fold as (β/α)8 barrels are thought to have evolved from half-barrels that underwent duplication and fusion events. The evidence… Continue reading Search for independent (β/α)4 subdomains in a (β/α)8 barrel β-glucosidase
2018 / Analytical Methods
In this work, the chemiluminescence (CL) reagent luminol, the CL catalyst horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and antibody ternary codified gold nanoparticles… Continue reading Luminol, horseradish peroxidase and antibody ternary codified gold nanoparticles for a label-free homogenous chemiluminescent immunoassay
2018 / Chemistry: A European Journal
The specialized, fungal pathogen Escovopsis weberi threatens the mutualistic symbiosis between leaf-cutting ants and their garden fungus (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus). Because E. weberi can overwhelm L.… Continue reading Secondary Metabolites from Escovopsis weberi and Their Role in Attacking the Garden Fungus of Leaf-Cutting Ants
2018 / Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Novel fluorescent monometallic Ag nanohybrids (Ag NHs) have been synthesized viapolycytosine-mediated biomineralization on Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs). Thiolated polycytosine dC12 was anchored… Continue reading Fabrication of multifunctional monometallic nanohybrids for reactive oxygen species-mediated cell apoptosis and enhanced fluorescence cell imaging
2018 / Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
The highly efficient and highly selective photocatalytic oxidation of alkenes under mild conditions is an important objective in chemical production… Continue reading One-step synthesis of ZnS-N/C nanocomposites derived from Zn-based chiral metal–organic frameworks with highly efficient photocatalytic activity for the selective oxidation of cis-cyclooctene
2018 / Cell Death & Disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) involves the abnormal posttranslational modifications and fibrillization of copper, zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) and TDP-43. However,… Continue reading Pathological hydrogen peroxide triggers the fibrillization of wild-type SOD1 via sulfenic acid modification of Cys-111
2018 / The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Phototropin is a blue light sensor protein found in higher plants and green algae. Photochemical reactions of a variety of… Continue reading Photoreaction Dynamics of LOV1 and LOV2 of Phototropin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
2018 / IUBMB Life
Aromatic amino acid or Dopa decarboxylase (AADC or DDC) is a homodimeric pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) enzyme responsible for the generation… Continue reading Heterozygosis in aromatic amino acid decarboxylase deficiency: Evidence for a positive interallelic complementation between R347Q and R358H mutations
2018 / Langmuir
Designing peptide-based drugs to target the β-sheet-rich toxic intermediates during the aggregation of amyloid-β 1-42 (Aβ1-42) has been a major… Continue reading Inhibition of β-Amyloid Aggregation through a Designed β-Hairpin Peptide
2018 / Cell Reports
Stress granules are non-membranous structures that transiently form in the cytoplasm during cellular stress, where they promote translational repression of non-essential… Continue reading TIA-1 Self-Multimerization, Phase Separation, and Recruitment into Stress Granules Are Dynamically Regulated by Zn2+
2018 / ACS Nano
Creating and establishing proof of hybrid protein nanofibers (hPNFs), i.e., PNFs that contain more than one protein, is a currently unsolved… Continue reading Protein Handshake on the Nanoscale: How Albumin and Hemoglobin Self-Assemble into Nanohybrid Fibers
2018 / Chirality
Fluorescence detection typically enhances sensitivity and selectivity for fluorescent analytes. The potential for combining fluorescence detection with flow orientation of… Continue reading Fluorescence detected linear dichroism spectroscopy: A selective and sensitive probe for fluorophores in flow-oriented systems
2018 / Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Fatty acids (FAs) are transported by serum albumin in plasma. Studies have been undertaken to address the binding of MCFAs… Continue reading Difference in Binding of Long- and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids with Serum Albumin: The Role of Macromolecular Crowding Effect
2018 / Pharmaceutics
Neurotensin (NTS)-polyplex is a nanoparticle system for targeted gene delivery that holds great promise for treatment of Parkinson’s disease and… Continue reading Development of a Parenteral Formulation of NTS-Polyplex Nanoparticles for Clinical Purpose
2018 / Luminescence
The effect of a potent antimicrobial compound bearing 1,2,3-triazole core and a tryptophan tail, triazole-tryptophan hybrid (TTH), with bovine serum… Continue reading Effect of triazole-tryptophan hybrid on the conformation stability of bovine serum albumin
2018 / Bioconjugate Chemistry
Staphylokinase (SAK) is a profibrinolytic protein and can be used for therapy of acute myocardial infarction and coronary thrombosis. However,… Continue reading Conjugation with Eight-Arm PEG Markedly Improves the In Vitro Activity and Prolongs the Blood Circulation of Staphylokinase
2018 / ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Antibody therapeutics, though representing a most used biomedicine, suffers from poor in vivo stability, rapid degradation, and frequent injections. Here,… Continue reading Tailor-Making Fluorescent Hyaluronic Acid Microgels via Combining Microfluidics and Photoclick Chemistry for Sustained and Localized Delivery of Herceptin in Tumors
