2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Herein, we explored the interaction of Al2O3 NPs with RBCs and Hb to determine the effect of Al2O3 NPs on hemolytic activity… Continue reading The effect of aluminum oxide on red blood cell integrity and hemoglobin structure at nanoscale
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
The transcription factors of the ArsR/SmtB family are widespread within the bacterial and archaeal kingdoms. They are transcriptional repressors able… Continue reading A physicochemical investigation on the metal binding properties of TtSmtB, a thermophilic member of the ArsR/SmtB transcription factor family
2019 / Acta Biomaterialia
Currently available interventions for vascular occlusive diseases suffer from high failure rates due to re-occlusive vascular wall adaptations, a process… Continue reading Hydrogen sulfide-releasing peptide hydrogel limits the development of intimal hyperplasia in human vein segments
2019 / Journal of Biological Chemistry
Dozens of mutations throughout the sequence of the gene encoding superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) have been linked to toxic protein… Continue reading Nonnative structure in a peptide model of the unfolded state of SOD1: Implications for ALS-linked aggregation
2019 / Materials Science & Engineering C
The purpose of this study was to determine whether dialysis method allows for efficient protein entrapment in curdlan-based hydrogel. Thus,… Continue reading Ion-exchanging dialysis as an effective method for protein entrapment in curdlan hydrogel
2019 / Bioorganic Chemistry
The root bark of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica (Ulmaceae), commonly known as yugeunpi, has been used as a traditional Korean medicine for the treatment… Continue reading Chemical constituents of the root bark of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica and their potential biological activities
2019 / Advanced Materials Interfaces
Responsive DNA hydrogels are smart soft materials that have attracted significant attention in the past decade in various research fields,… Continue reading Reversible Modulation of 2D Photonic Crystals with a Responsive Shape‐Memory DNA Hydrogel Film
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Protein aggregation and glycation is gaining increased attention in recent times as protein aggregates and advanced glycation end products (AGEs)… Continue reading Characterization of methylglyoxal induced advanced glycation end products and aggregates of human transferrin: Biophysical and microscopic insight
2019 / Marine Drugs
In this study, three synthetic zinc-chelating peptides (ZCPs) derived from sea cucumber hydrolysates with limited or none of the common… Continue reading Zinc-Chelating Mechanism of Sea Cucumber (Stichopus japonicus)-Derived Synthetic Peptides
2019 / Nucleic Acids Research
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are stable secondary structures that can lead to the stalling of replication forks and cause genomic instability. Pif1… Continue reading Complementary roles of Pif1 helicase and single stranded DNA binding proteins in stimulating DNA replication through G-quadruplexes
2019 / Journal of Chromatography B
Currently, consumption of illicit drugs and pharmaceuticals has increased significantly. Many of these substances are chiral and can be available… Continue reading Multi-residue method for enantioseparation of psychoactive substances and beta blockers by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
2019 / RSC Advances
The use of intrinsic chiral molecules opens the door to bio-imaging specific tools and to the development of target-therapy. In… Continue reading Enantiopure polythiophene nanoparticles. Chirality dependence of cellular uptake, intracellular distribution and antimicrobial activity
2019 / BMC Chemistry
Sodium benzoate (SB) is widely used as a preservative in food industry, and bovine serum albumin (BSA) is a major… Continue reading Binding interaction of sodium benzoate food additive with bovine serum albumin: multi-spectroscopy and molecular docking studies
2019 / Marine Drugs
The sponge genus Latrunculia is a prolific source of discorhabdin type pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloids. In the continuation of our research interest into this… Continue reading New Discorhabdin Alkaloids from the Antarctic Deep-Sea Sponge Latrunculia biformis
2019 / Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Inter-domain interactions tune the exceptional stability of human γS-crystallin (γS-WT) in the eye lens, which lasts a lifetime with no… Continue reading Structural studies on the individual domains of human γS-crystallin and its G57W mutant unfolds mechanistic insights into childhood cataracts
2019 / Luminescence
The interaction of four benzothiazole tethered triazole analogues (MS43, MS70, MS71, and MS78) with human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated… Continue reading Insight into the interaction of benzothiazole tethered triazole analogues with human serum albumin: Spectroscopy and molecular docking approaches
2019 / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
In Neisseria sp., SGNH family esterases are involved in bacterial pathogenesis as well as cell wall peptidoglycan maturation. Here, a novel enantioselective… Continue reading A novel enantioselective SGNH family esterase (NmSGNH1) from Neisseria meningitides: Characterization, mutational analysis, and ester synthesis
2019 / Carbohydrate Polymers
The influence of Na2SO4 as a kosmotropic salt on the thermogelation of xyloglucan (XG) solutions was measured by rheology. The gelation… Continue reading Salt-induced thermal gelation of xyloglucan in aqueous media
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
The present work investigated effects of high-pressure homogenization (HPH) pressure (0, 40, 80 and 120 MPa) on physicochemical, functional and rheological… Continue reading Application of high-pressure homogenization for improving the physicochemical, functional and rheological properties of myofibrillar protein
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
MicroRNAs affect various pathological pathways by binding to multiple target mRNAs. Recently, it was reported that eukaryotic RNA G-quadruplexes were… Continue reading Normal expression of KCNJ11 is maintained by the G-quadruplex
