Why are glycoproteins modified by poly-N-acetyllactosamine glyco-conjugates?

abstract：:The High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is an extremely versatile, highly conserved nuclear protein, with its unique intracellular and extracellular functions mediated by its relatively simple domain structure. Within the nucleus, HMGB1 binds to DNA minor groove in a nonspecific manner and causes bends in the do...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Lohani N,Rajeswari MR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many naturally occurring bioactive peptides bind to biological membranes. Studying and elucidating the mode of interaction is often an essential step to understand their molecular and biological functions. To obtain the complete orientation and immersion depth of such compounds in the membrane or a membrane-mimetic sy...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Hohlweg W,Kosol S,Zangger K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent conjugation of the ubiquitin tag to cellular proteins plays a central role in a number of processes, the most notable among them being degradation by the 26S proteasome. A fundamental property of this process is that ubiquitination, in contrast to subsequent degradation, is reversible due to a number of deubi...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Guterman A,Glickman MH

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoconjugates comprise a variety of structures, include glycoproteins and glycolipids and are found on the surfaces of animal and plant cells, as well as on the surface of microorganisms. Determination of the structure and the distribution of glycoconjugates on cell surfaces are important for the understanding their...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Naeem A,Saleemuddin M,Khan RH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NOD Like Receptors (NLRs) are the most abundant cytoplasmic immune receptors in plants and animals and they similarly act sensing pathogen invasion and activating immune response. Despite the fact that plant and mammals NLRs share homology.; with some protein structure differences.; for signalling pathway.; divergent ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Pontillo A,Crovella S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tic, short for 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid, is a kind of unnatural α-amino acids. Due to its distinct geometrical conformation and biological activity, the structure of Tic, regarded as the surrogate of proline and the rigid analogue of phenylalanine or tyrosine, has been introduced into many comp...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhang Y,Fang H,Xu W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CW domain is a zinc binding domain, composed of approximately 50- 60 amino acid residues with four conserved cysteine (C) and two to four conserved tryptophan (W) residues. The members of the superfamily of CW domain containing proteins, comprised of 12 different eukaryotic nuclear protein families, are extensivel...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Liu Y,Liu S,Zhang X,Liang X,Zahid KR,Liu K,Liu J,Deng L,Yang J,Qi C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane is a selective impermeable barrier for the internalization of most macromolecules. Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) could cross the plasma membrane barrier to deliver various molecules into cells and are considered as a promising tool to deliver macromolecular drugs. However, t...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhu P,Jin L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interaction (PPI) is necessary for most of the biological processes and requisite for host-pathogen communication. Most of the threatening human diseases are caused by different types of interactions of proteins with their prior infected proteins or with pathogen's proteins. Understanding of involved m...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Rabbani G,Baig MH,Ahmad K,Choi I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria carry a battery of multidrug transporters, which belong to six families of transporters. Members of at least three families the ATP-Binding Cassette superfamily, the Major Facilitator Superfamily and the Multidrug Endosomal Transporter family have been shown to contribute to multidrug resistance phenotype in ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zgurskaya HI,Nikaido H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and theoretical analyses of proteins are central to the understanding of complex molecular mechanisms and are fundamental to the drug discovery process. Computational techniques yield useful insights into an ever-wider range of biomolecular systems. Protein three-dimensional structures and molecular functio...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Villoutreix BO

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and stability of apolipoprotein (apo)A-I, the major apolipoprotein of human plasma high-density lipoproteins (HDL), determine the efficiency of the protein in the process of HDL generation and affect HDL properties in binding and exchanging its constituents, thus playing an essential role in reverse chol...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Dergunov AD,Garaeva EA,Savushkin EV,Litvinov DY

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) is a condition with high mortality worldwide characterized by persistent progression. Myocardial hypertrophy is a dominant feature during the early stage of HF. The development of HF is a complex process related to a series of physiologic and molecular factors. Although the treatment of HF has been ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Bi Q

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the relevance of the results obtained through the clinical application of chemotherapeutic agents (reverse transcriptase and proteinase inhibitors) that are able to prolong the life span of affected people, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a serious and lethal disease. AIDS is caused by a ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Di Bello C,Pasquato A,Dettin M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence of fungal infections has increased alarmingly in past few decades. Of the fungal pathogens, the Aspergillus fumigatus has been a major cause of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) which has five main stages--the acute, remission, exacerbation, glucocorticoid dependent and fibrotic stage. The diagn...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Singh B,Singh S,Asif AR,Oellerich M,Sharma GL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aggregation of proteins or their digested fragments through β-sheet structures has a great significance because it leads to neurodegenerative diseases, which are a problem of the aging societies of the developed countries. Short peptides are typically used as models to study the formation of specific structures. H...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Makowska J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compare the DNA-interactive properties of bacteriophage T4 gene 32 protein (gp32) with those of crotamine, a component of the venom of the South American rattlesnake. Gene 32 protein is a classical single-stranded DNA binding protein that has served as a model for this class of proteins. We discuss its biological f...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Karpel RL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work briefly describes available sensors for cAMP and cGMP. Many sensors are based on derivatization of naturally occurring products such as immunoglobulins, protein kinases, etc. Only a few published works deal with chemosensors, which are built up by "total" chemical synthesis. This field stays opened for combi...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Sebestík J,Hlavácek J,Stibor I

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are plant products abundant in every day diet and claimed to be beneficial for human health. After absorption, flavonoids are transported by the serum albumin (SA), the most abundant carrier blood protein, through formation of flavonoids-SA complex. This review deals with the current state of knowledge on f...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Xue P,Zhang G,Zhang J,Ren L

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Melittin, a major component of bee venom, is a water-soluble toxic peptide of which a various biological effects have been identified to be useful in anti-tumor therapy. In addition, Melittin also has anti-parasitic, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory activities. Therefore, it is a very attractive thera...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Lyu C,Fang F,Li B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that the protein folding reaction proceeds via accumulation of various intermediate states. Osmolytes, besides their role in protein stabilization, have also been shown to possess the ability of inducing tremendous affects on these protein folding intermediates, reshape the folding pathway a...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Sharma GS,Dar TA,Singh LR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring protease inhibitors (PI) of the Bowman-Birk type constitute a major PI family in cereal and legume seeds. The family name is derived from the names of the two investigators who characterised the first inhibitor of this type, the Bowman-Birk inhibitor from soybean (BBI). These proteins have the capa...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Clementea A,Domoney C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the interactions between drugs and target proteins is a key step in drug discovery. This not only aids to understand the disease mechanism, but also helps to identify unexpected therapeutic activity or adverse side effects of drugs. Hence, drug-target interaction prediction becomes an essential tool in the...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Anusuya S,Kesherwani M,Priya KV,Vimala A,Shanmugam G,Velmurugan D,Gromiha MM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a tremendous increase in the number of approved drugs derived from recombinant proteins; however, their development as potential drugs has been hampered by their instability that causes difficulty to formulate them as therapeutic agents. It has been shown that the reactivity of thiol and disulfide funct...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Trivedi MV,Laurence JS,Siahaan TJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides act as promising anticancer agents due to their ease of synthesis and modifications, enhanced tumor penetration, and less systemic toxicity. However, only limited success has been achieved so far, as experimental design and synthesis of anticancer peptides (ACPs) are prohibitively costly and time-consuming. F...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Basith S,Manavalan B,Shin TH,Lee DY,Lee G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CGRP and adrenomedullin [AM] are peptides that have a number of physiological effects, including vasodilation, through the activation of a shared GPCR, the family B calcitonin receptor-like receptor [CLR]. Specificity to each ligand is conferred through the unusual association of CLR with a single transmembrane access...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Woolley MJ,Conner AC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-box binding protein 1 (XBP-1) is a key regulator of the unfolded protein response (UPR), which is activated in response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Cells contain two protein isoforms of XBP-1, the active isoform (XBP-1S) and the inactive isoform (XBP-1U). Induction of UPR leads to the generation of XBP-1S ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Ong HK,Soo BPC,Chu KL,Chao SH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin or lactotransferrin is a multifunctional glycoprotein found in blood circulation, mucosal surfaces, neutrophils, and in various secretory fluids, such as milk, bile, tears, nasal secretion, pancreatic juice, and saliva. The lactoferrin content in milk varies between different mammalian species and, within ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Albar AH,Almehdar HA,Uversky VN,Redwan EM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of bioinformatics has become a major part of the drug discovery pipeline playing a key role in improvement and acceleration of this time and money consuming process. Here we review the application of the informational spectrum method (ISM), a virtual spectroscopy method for structure/function analysis of pro...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Veljkovic N,Glisic S,Prljic J,Perovic V,Botta M,Veljkovic V

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parvalbumin (PA) is a classical small, mostly cytosolic Ca2+-binding protein of the EF-hand superfamily expressed in vertebrates in a tissue- and cell-specific manner, serving as a magnesium/ calcium buffer. In the last decade novel data were published on structural peculiarities of PA, likely affecting its functional...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Permyakov EA,Uversky VN,Permyakov SE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00