2019 / Microchimica Acta
A fluorogenic probe has been developed for determination of telomerase activity using chimeric DNA-templated silver nanoclusters (AgNCs). The formation of… Continue reading Amplification-free and direct fluorometric determination of telomerase activity in cell lysates using chimeric DNA-templated silver nanoclusters
2019 / Langmuir
Chirality is the intrinsic property of a molecule that can be tuned by the change in chirality of a molecule… Continue reading Tuning the Handedness: Role of Chiral Component in Peptide-Appended Bolaamphiphile-Based Coassembled Hydrogels
2019 / ACS Omega
We report the assembly behavior of an antimitotic cell penetrating peptide (CPP) bound with membrane and in solution using experimental… Continue reading Self-Assembly of Antimitotic Peptide at Membranes: Computational and Experimental Investigation
2018 / Marine Drugs
Two previously unreported citrinin dimer derivatives, penicitol D (1) and 1-epi-citrinin H1 (2), were isolated from the culture of a… Continue reading Citrinin Monomer and Dimer Derivatives with Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities Isolated from the Deep Sea-Derived Fungus Penicillium citrinum NLG-S01-P1
2019 / analytical chemistry
Although separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) according to their helicity and handedness has been attracting tremendous interest recently, exploration… Continue reading Enantiomers of Single Chirality Nanotube as Chiral Recognition Interface for Enhanced Electrochemical Chiral Analysis
2019 / The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
It has been extremely challenging to detect protein structures with a dynamic core, such as dry molten globules, that remain… Continue reading Slow Motion Protein Dance Visualized Using Red-Edge Excitation Shift of a Buried Fluorophore
2019 / Journal of Materials Chemistry C
The induction of chirality in a liquid crystal (LC) can lead to the development of functional LC materials with enhanced… Continue reading Relationship between molecular structures of uniquely designed C2-symmetric axially chiral dopants and their helical twisting properties in cholesteric liquid crystals
2019 / Organic Chemistry Frontiers
A pair of novel enantiomeric benzophenone-hemiterpene adducts, (+)-cytorhizophin A (1a) and (−)-cytorhizophin A (1b) as well as cytorhizophin B (2),… Continue reading Cytorhizophins A and B, benzophenone-hemiterpene adducts from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae
2019 / Soft Matter
In the present work, three kinds of reducing sugars: glucose, galactose, and mannose, are applied to horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed hydrogelation… Continue reading Horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed hydrogelation consuming enzyme-produced hydrogen peroxide in the presence of reducing sugars
2018 / IUCrJ
β-Propeller proteins form one of the largest families of protein structures, with a pseudo-symmetrical fold made up of subdomains called… Continue reading Computational design of symmetrical eight-bladed β-propeller proteins
2018 / Scientific Reports
Lepidopteran male moths have an extraordinarily sensitive olfactory system that is capable of detecting and responding to minute amounts of… Continue reading Structure and Function Studies of Asian Corn Borer Ostrinia furnacalis Pheromone Binding Protein2
2019 / Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
d-amino acid-containing proteins have been found in several human tissues, and the spontaneous accumulation of d-amino acids in proteins is thought… Continue reading Effect of site-specific amino acid D-isomerization on β-sheet transition and fibril formation profiles of Tau microtubule-binding repeat peptides
2019 / Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Thermo-alkalophilic bacterium, Geobacillus thermoleovorans secrets many enzymes including a 43 kDa extracellular lipase. Significant thermostability, organic solvent stability and wide substrate preferences for hydrolysis drew our attention to solve… Continue reading X-ray structure and characterization of a thermostable lipase from Geobacillus thermoleovorans
2018 / Marine Drugs
Two new bromotyrosine alkaloids, ceratinadins E (1) and F (2), were isolated from an Okinawan marine sponge Pseudoceratina sp. as… Continue reading Ceratinadins E and F, New Bromotyrosine Alkaloids from an Okinawan Marine Sponge Pseudoceratina sp.
2018 / Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) secreted by the granular glands of frog skin have been widely reported to exhibit strong bacteriostatic and… Continue reading Novel peptide dermaseptin‐PS1 exhibits anticancer activity via induction of intrinsic apoptosis signalling
2019 / Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
The presence of moderate electric fields (MEF) during ohmic heating (OH) treatment of whey protein systems have demonstrated potential to change physicochemical and functional… Continue reading Electric field effects on β-lactoglobulin thermal unfolding as a function of pH – Impact on protein functionality
2018 / Langmuir
A series of neurodegenerative disorders are caused by intracellular or extracellular amyloid deposition, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Prion disease,… Continue reading Graphene Oxide Quantum Dot Alters Amyloidogenicity of Hen Egg White Lysozyme via Modulation of Protein Surface Character
2018 / RSC Advances
Acetoin is an important bio-based platform chemical with wide applications. Among all bacterial strains, Enterobacter cloacae is a well-known acetoin producer via α-acetolactate decarboxylase… Continue reading Studies on structure-function relationships of acetolactate decarboxylase from Enterobacter cloacae
2018 / Marine Drugs
Three new thiodiketopiperazines, geospallins A–C (1–3), together with nine known analogues (4–12), were isolated from the culture of the deep-sea… Continue reading Geospallins A–C: New Thiodiketopiperazines with Inhibitory Activity against Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme from a Deep-Sea-Derived Fungus Geosmithia pallida FS140
2019 / DNA Repair
Loss of telomeres stability is a hallmark of cancer cells. Exposed telomeres are prone to aberrant end-joining reactions leading to… Continue reading Human AP-endonuclease (Ape1) activity on telomeric G4 structures is modulated by acetylatable lysine residues in the N-terminal sequence
