2019 / Journal of Peptide Science
Pheromone peptides are an important component of bacterial quorum‐sensing system. The pheromone peptide cOB1 (VAVLVLGA) of native commensal Enterococcus faecalis has also… Continue reading Pheromone peptide cOB1 from native Enterococcus faecalis forms amyloid‐like structures: A new paradigm for peptide pheromones
2019 / Dyes and Pigments
Eight porphyrin dimers with various functional bridging blocks and chiral amide-bonds were synthesized and characterized. An analysis of the spectroscopy… Continue reading Synthesis and properties of chiral amide-bonded porphyrin dimers with various functional bridging blocks
2019 / Molecular Immunology
Worldwide, more than one-third of the population suffers from allergies. A significant fraction of officially registered allergens originate from the… Continue reading Comparative structural and thermal stability studies of Cuc m 2.0101, Art v 4.0101 and other allergenic profilins
2019 / Nanomaterials
The interaction between gold sub-nanometer clusters composed of ten atoms (Au10) and tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TPPS) was investigated through various spectroscopic techniques.… Continue reading Dimeric Pyranonaphthoquinone Glycosides with Anti-HIV and Cytotoxic Activities from a Soil-Derived Streptomyces
2019 / Scientific Reports
The scalp-ear-nipple (SEN) syndrome is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by cutis aplasia of the scalp and malformations of breast, external… Continue reading Molecular basis of the scalp-ear-nipple syndrome unraveled by the characterization of disease-causing KCTD1 mutants
2019 / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
The neurodegenerative disease Friedreich ataxia results from a deficiency of frataxin, a mitochondrial protein. Most patients have a GAA expansion… Continue reading Exploring iron-binding to human frataxin and to selected Friedreich ataxia mutants by means of NMR and EPR spectroscopies
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
In the present study, out of three isoforms of α-mannosidase identified in the crude extract of defatted Custard apple seed… Continue reading Purification, biochemical and biophysical characterization of a zinc dependent α-mannosidase isoform III from Custard Apple (Annona squamosa) seeds
2019 / Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
Block and random copolymers are synthesized by the copolymerization of N‐tert‐butoxycarbonyl‐ʟ‐valine 4‐ethynylanilide (1L) and N‐tert‐butoxycarbonyl‐d‐valine 4‐ethynylanilide (1D) using [(nbd)Rh{C(Ph) = CPh2}(PPh3)]/PPh3 as a… Continue reading Polymerization of Substituted Acetylenes Using Well‐Defined Rhodium Complex Catalyst. Chirality Transfer and Amplification in Chiral‐Chiral Block and Random Copolymers
2019 / Food Chemistry
Cold plasma is an emerging technology increasingly applied in the agri-food industry. For fruit and vegetables, enzymatic browning is a… Continue reading Changes in activity, structure and morphology of horseradish peroxidase induced by cold plasma
2019 / Bioorganic Chemistry
Five new compounds (1–5), including three hexalactone derivatives (1–3) and a pair of new oxaspiro-carbon epimeric glycosides (4 and 5), and six… Continue reading New hexalactone derivatives and a pair of new oxaspiro-carbon epimeric glycosides from the fruits of Illicium lanceolatum
2019 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
FAD synthase, the last enzyme of the pathway converting riboflavin to FAD, exists in humans in different isoforms, with isoforms… Continue reading The hidden side of the human FAD synthase 2
2019 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2) is an osteoinductive protein which has been overexpressed, refolded (Refolding is often the bottle-neck step… Continue reading Impact of bone extracellular matrix mineral based nanoparticles on structure and stability of purified bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2)
2019 / Luminescence
Hypoxanthine riboside (HXR) is a nucleoside essential for wobble base pairs to translate the genetic code. In this work, an… Continue reading Spectroscopic and computational exploration of hypoxanthine riboside interacting with plasma albumin
2019 / Journal of Biological Chemistry
The prototypical kinase c-Src plays an important role in numerous signal transduction pathways, where its activity is tightly regulated by… Continue reading Autophosphorylation activates c-Src kinase through global structural rearrangements
2019 / Scientific Reports
Many microbial rhodopsins self-oligomerize, but the functional consequences of oligomerization have not been well clarified. We examined the effects of… Continue reading Functional importance of the oligomer formation of the cyanobacterial H+ pump Gloeobacter rhodopsin
2019 / Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry
Cyclodextrins are very important excipients in the pharmaceutical industry. Given the multitude of native and semisynthetic cyclodextrin derivatives, there is… Continue reading Simple circular dichroism method for selection of the optimal cyclodextrin for drug complexation
2019 / Journal of Peptide Science
Chiral self‐assembly of peptides is of fundamental interest in the field of biology and material science. Protamine, an alkaline biomacromolecule… Continue reading Protamine‐induced condensation of peptide nanofilaments into twisted bundles with controlled helical geometry
2019 / European Biophysics Journal
The DNA/RNA-binding KIN protein was discovered in 1989, and since then, it has been found to participate in several processes,… Continue reading Biophysical characterization and molecular phylogeny of human KIN protein
2019 / Carbohydrate Polymers
Chitin deacetylase, an enzyme isolated from Cryptococcus laurentii RY1, catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetamido group of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine unit of chitin. The primary objective… Continue reading DMSO strengthens chitin deacetylase-chitin interaction: Physicochemical, kinetic, structural and catalytic insights
2019 / Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
The present study is focused on the binding interaction of sulfadoxine with bovine serum albumin under simulated physiological conditions using spectrofluorimetry. Various… Continue reading Spectral and molecular modelling studies of sulfadoxine interaction with bovine serum albumin
