2020 / ACS Nano
Recording neural activity from the living brain is of great interest in neuroscience for interpreting cognitive processing or neurological disorders.… Continue reading Supramolecular Peptide Hydrogel-Based Soft Neural Interface Augments Brain Signals through a Three-Dimensional Electrical Network
2020 / European Biophysics Journal
GRASP55, one of the two human GRASP proteins, has been implicated in the organization of Golgi stacks and in unconventional… Continue reading Nucleation-dependent amyloid fibrillation of human GRASP55 in aqueous solution
2020 / Food Chemistry
Formation of protein gels in processed muscle foods is one of the most important functionalities. To explore the mechanisms responsible… Continue reading Site-specific incorporation of sodium tripolyphosphate into myofibrillar protein from mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla oratoria) promotes protein crosslinking and gel network formation
2020 / Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Cysteine sulfinic acid (Cys-SO2–) is a non-enzymatic oxidative post-translational modification (PTM) that has been identified in hundreds of proteins. However,… Continue reading Structural preferences of cysteine sulfinic acid: The sulfinate engages in multiple local interactions with the peptide backbone
2020 / ACS Omega
The synthesis of 4′-methoxymethyl threofuranosyl (4′-MOM-TNA) thymidine and derived oligomers of the G-rich thrombin-binding aptameric (TBA) sequence is reported. The… Continue reading Methoxymethyl Threofuranosyl Thymidine (4′-MOM-TNA-T) at the T7 Position of the Thrombin-Binding Aptamer Boosts Anticoagulation Activity, Thermal Stability, and Nuclease Resistance
2020 / Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
This study investigates the surface chemistry properties of the tyrosinase enzyme Langmuir monolayer at air-aqueous interface using sodium chloride in… Continue reading Tyrosinase enzyme Langmuir monolayer: Surface chemistry and spectroscopic study
2020 / Talanta
Combining electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) with circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, a G-rich sequence from miR-92a promoter region was discovered… Continue reading Exploration of the formation and structure characteristics of a miR-92a promoter G-quadruplex by ESI-MS and CD
2020 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Nanoparticles owing to their size have a substantial influence on the biological behavior of collagen, thereby opening new channels to… Continue reading Collagen stabilization using ionic liquid functionalised cerium oxide nanoparticle
2020 / ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
β-Glucosidases catalyze the hydrolysis of cellobiose to glucose, which is often the rate-limiting step in the conversion of cellulose into… Continue reading Enhanced Activity of the Cellulase Enzyme β-Glucosidase upon Addition of an Azobenzene-Based Surfactant
2020 / Biophysical Chemistry
The minimum functional unit of c-Myb for specific DNA binding, c-Myb R2R3, fluctuates largely in solution which is critical for… Continue reading Naïve balance between structural stability and DNA-binding ability of c-Myb R2R3 under physiological ionic conditions
2019 / Chemistry & Biodiversity
Nickel is harmful to humans, being both carcinogenic and allergenic. However, the mechanisms of this toxicity are still unresolved. We… Continue reading Peptide Bond Cleavage by Ni(II) Ions within the Nuclear Localization Signal Sequence
2020 / Dyes and Pigments
The development of small organic CPL-active molecules with large luminescent dissymmetry factors and high quantum yields is highly demanded due… Continue reading Easily accessible axial chiral binaphthalene-triarylborane dyes displaying intense circularly polarized luminescence both in solution and in solid-state
2020 / Carbohydrate Research
The glucosinolate (GSL) profiles of wild-growing plants from the genus Hesperis, i.e. Hesperis laciniata All. (leaf, stem, flower, and root) from Croatia and Hesperis… Continue reading Investigation of the glucosinolates in Hesperis matronalis L. and Hesperis laciniata All.: Unveiling 4′-O-β-d-apiofuranosylglucomatronalin
2020 / Journal of Functional Foods
Low bioavailability and stability of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF) hinder its potential application in prevention of humans’ disease. 7,8-DHF loaded nanoliposomes decorated… Continue reading 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone nano-liposomes decorated by crosslinked and glycosylated lactoferrin: storage stability, antioxidant activity, in vitro release, gastrointestinal digestion and transport in Caco-2 cell monolayers
2020 / molecules
Two new decalin/tetramic acid hybrid metabolites, hyalodendrins A (1) and B (2) were isolated from plant endophytic fungus Hyalodendriella sp. Ponipodef12. The… Continue reading Hyalodendrins A and B, New Decalin-Type Tetramic Acid Larvicides from the Endophytic Fungus Hyalodendriella sp. Ponipodef12
2020 / Journal of Organic Chemistry
Halogenated 2-aminopyridine was attached to the acetylene terminal of ethynyl C-2-deoxy-β-d-ribofuranoside as a nucleobase substitute, and then, the C-nucleoside was incorporated into… Continue reading 2-Aminopyridine as a Nucleobase Substitute for Adenine in DNA-like Architectures: Synthesis of Alkynyl C-Nucleotides and Their Hybridization Characteristics
2020 / Microchemical Journal
The safety of various food additives such as calcium lactate (CL) has become a challengeable subject in recent years because… Continue reading Multi-spectroscopic, thermodynamic and molecular dockimg insights into interaction of bovine serum albumin with calcium lactate
2020 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
One specific technological advance in transdermal drug delivery is the development of dissolving microneedles (DMNs), which efficiently deliver therapeutics through… Continue reading Pullulan-based dissolving microneedle arrays for enhanced transdermal delivery of small and large biomolecules
2020 / Food Chemistry
The effects of low frequency magnetic field (0–12 mT) on hydrogen peroxide oxidized myoglobin-isolate (MbI) were investigated. The results indicate… Continue reading Low frequency magnetic fields modification on hydrogen peroxide oxidized myoglobin-isolate and mechanisms underlying the chain reaction process
2020 / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
Micro Exon Gene (MEG) proteins are thought to play major roles in the infection and survival of parasitic Schistosoma mansoni worms in… Continue reading Interactions of amphipathic α-helical MEG proteins from Schistosoma mansoni with membranes
