2020 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
MurE ligase is known to play a significant role in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. It catalyzes the addition of meso-diaminopimelic acid to nucleotide… Continue reading Structural and conformational behavior of MurE ligase from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi at different temperature and pH conditions
2020 / Journal of Biotechnology
Chaperones are a diverse class of molecules known for increasing thermo-stability of proteins, preventing protein aggregation, favoring disaggregation, increasing solubility… Continue reading Application of a protein domain as chaperone for enhancing biological activity and stability of other proteins
2020 / Journal of Controlled Release
Cytosolic protein delivery is important for the development of protein therapeutics towards intracellular targets. Guanidyl polymers exhibit high binding affinity… Continue reading Tailoring guanidyl-rich polymers for efficient cytosolic protein delivery
2020 / Phytochemistry Letters
Investigations of the root extract of Dracaena usambarensis Engl. for anticancer principles led to the characterization of one new homoisoflavonoid, (3S)-3,4ʹ,5,6-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyhomoisoflavanone (1)… Continue reading Two new flavonoids from Dracaena usambarensis Engl.
2020 / ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
In this study, we report a diblock copolymer based on a polyphosphate backbone and pendant phenylboronic acid with glucose sensitivity.… Continue reading Glucose-Sensitive Polyphosphoester Diblock Copolymer for an Insulin Delivery System
2020 / Scientific Reports
Equilibrium dynamics of different folding intermediates and denatured states is strongly connected to the exploration of the conformational space on… Continue reading Transition between protein-like and polymer-like dynamic behavior: Internal friction in unfolded apomyoglobin depends on denaturing conditions
2020 / Materials Science and Engineering: C
Novel antimicrobial agents with a low propensity to develop resistance by microorganisms have contemporary relevance. In this perspective, the present… Continue reading Synthesis and characterization of cecropin peptide-based silver nanocomposites: Its antibacterial activity and mode of action
2020 / RSC Advances
Chiral oligopeptide-naphthalene/Eu(III) hybridized luminophores emit strong circularly polarised solution-state luminescence (CPL) from Eu(III) at 592 and 614 nm (|gCPL| ≤… Continue reading Circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) control of oligopeptide–Eu(iii) hybridized luminophores by interaction with peptide side chains
2010 / New Journal of Chemistry
Solvent chirality transfer using (S)- and (R)-limonenes, which are candidates for renewable volatile bioresources (bp 176 °C/760 Torr or bp 94… Continue reading Limonene magic: noncovalent molecular chirality transfer leading to ambidextrous circularly polarised luminescent π-conjugated polymers
2010 / Polymer Chemistry
Solvent chirality transfer using enantiomeric pairs of limonene and α-pinene allowed for the successful production of optically active poly(9,9-di-n-decylfluorene) (PF10) aggregates with circular dichroism (CD)… Continue reading Ambidextrous circular dichroism and circularly polarised luminescence from poly(9,9-di-n-decylfluorene) by terpene chirality transfer
2016 / Polymer Chemistry
An enantiopair of rigid rod-like helical polysilanes (PSi-S and PSi-R) as a photoscissible scaffold enabled the production of circularly polarised luminescence (CPL)-… Continue reading Aggregation-induced scaffolding: photoscissable helical polysilane generates circularly polarized luminescent polyfluorene
2018 / Biomacromolecules
We investigated whether helicity and/or chirality of cellulose tris(phenylcarbamate) (CTPC) can transfer to noncharged, nonhelical oligo- and polyfluorenes when CTPC… Continue reading Ambidextrous Chirality Transfer Capability from Cellulose Tris(phenylcarbamate) to Nonhelical Chainlike Luminophores: Achiral Solvent-Driven Helix-Helix Transition of Oligo- and Polyfluorenes Revealed by Sign Inversion of Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Circular Dichroism Spectra
2013 / Chemistry A European Journal
Chiral bichromophoric perylene bisimides are demonstrated as active materials of circularly polarized emission. The bichromophoric system exhibited circularly polarized luminescence… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Supramolecular Assemblies of Chiral Bichromophoric Perylene Bisimides
2012 / Advanced Materials
Cationic π‐conjugated polymers form an interchain helically π‐stacked assembly with anionic chiral compounds that is stabilized by both electrostatic and π−π… Continue reading Circularly Polarized Blue Luminescent Spherulites Consisting of Hierarchically Assembled Ionic Conjugated Polymers with a Helically π‐Stacked Structure
2018 / Chemistry Communications
Chiral molecules play indispensable roles in advanced materials and technologies. Nevertheless, no conventional, yet reliable logical strategies are available for… Continue reading Symmetry-based rational design for boosting chiroptical responses
2015 / Journal of Materials Chemistry C
This work provides a novel strategy for the construction of materials exhibiting circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) with a thermal tunability… Continue reading Thermally tunable circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence of tetraphenylethene with two cholesterol pendants
2017 / Chemical Communications
Chiral supramolecular assemblies (BNS–BPP) can be self-assembled by electrostatic and π–π stacking interactions between the chiral binaphthyl sulphonate (BNS) anion… Continue reading Strong circularly polarized luminescence induced from chiral supramolecular assembly of helical nanorods
2013 / Journal of Materials Chemistry C
A tetraphenylethene (TPE)-based chiral polymer (TPETyr) was synthesized by the polymerization of 1,2-bis(4-ethynylphenyl)-1,2-diphenylethene (M-1) and 3′,5′-diiodo-N-α-tert-butoxycarbonyl-O-octyl-L-tyrosine methyl ester (M-2) via Sonogashira cross-coupling. Interestingly, the generated luminogen emits weak… Continue reading A tetraphenylethene-based chiral polymer: an AIE luminogen with high and tunable CPL dissymmetry factor
2014 / Journal of Materials Chemistry C
We here report a molecule with chiral recognition capability by a mechanism of complexation-induced circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) in the… Continue reading Complexation-induced circular dichroism and circularly polarised luminescence of an aggregation-induced emission luminogen
2015 / Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Loss of ordered molecular structure in proteins is known to increase their adhesion to surfaces. The aim of this work… Continue reading Stability of Secondary and Tertiary Structures of Virus-Like Particles Representing Noroviruses: Effects of pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature and Implications for Adhesion to Surfaces
