Deubiquitinating enzymes are IN/(trinsic to proteasome function).

abstract：:The interactions of ligands with biomacromolecules play a fundamental role in almost all bioprocesses occuring in living organisms. The binding of ligands can cause the conformational changes of biomacromolecules, possibly affecting their physiological functions. The interactions of ligands with biomacromolecules are ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhang W,Pan L,Wang H,Lv X,Ding K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary protein from fermented cottonseed meal (FCSM), widely used in poultry diets in China, had regulating effects on lipid metabolism. To understand the effects of FCSM on lipid metabolism in broilers, we analyzed the biochemical indexes, enzyme activity, hormone level and metabolites in serum responses to FCSM int...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Nie C,Wang Y,Liu Y,Liu J,Ge W,Ma X,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM) is a highly conserved eukaryotic Ca2+ sensor protein that is able to bind a large variety of target sequences without a defined consensus sequence. The recognition of this diverse target set allows CaM to take part in the regulation of several vital cell functions. To fully understand the structural b...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Dürvanger Z,Harmat V

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are type I transmembrane signaling molecules that are expressed in cells of the innate immune system. In these cells, TLRs function as pattern recognition receptors (PRR) that recognize specific molecular patterns derived from microorganisms. Upon activation, TLRs trigger a cascade of intrac...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Lee H,Lee S,Cho IH,Lee SJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the process of translation has progressed rapidly since the availability of highly resolved structures for the ribosome. A wealth of information has emerged in terms of both RNA and protein structure and the interplay between them. This has prompted us to revisit the astonishing "treasure trove" o...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Wilson DN,Blaha G,Connell SR,Ivanov PV,Jenke H,Stelzl U,Teraoka Y,Nierhaus KH

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue is not only a tissue where energy is stored but is also involved in regulating several body functions such as appetite and energy expenditure via its endocrine activity. Moreover, it thereby modulates complex processes like reproduction, inflammation and immune response. The products secreted from adipo...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Sauerwein H,Bendixen E,Restelli L,Ceciliani F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPases (PMCAs) are responsible for the clearance of Ca2+ out of cells after intracellular Ca2+ transients. Cooperating with Na+/Ca2+ exchangers (NCXs) and Ca2+ buffering proteins, PMCAs play an essential role in maintaining the long-term cellular Ca2+ homeostasis. The plasma membrane Ca2+ ATP...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Wu X,Weng L,Zhang J,Liu X,Huang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viscosity of protein solution is one of the most troublesome issues for the high-concentration formulation of protein drugs. In this review, we summarize the practical methods that suppress the viscosity of protein solution using small molecular additives. The small amount of salts decreases the viscosity that results...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Hong T,Iwashita K,Shiraki K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of work demonstrates the importance of post-transcriptional control, in particular translation initiation, in the overall regulation of gene expression. Here we focus on the contribution of regulatory elements within the 5' and 3' untranslated regions of mRNA to gene expression in eukaryotic cells inclu...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Pichon X,Wilson LA,Stoneley M,Bastide A,King HA,Somers J,Willis AE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:Secondary structure elements often mediate protein-protein interactions. Despite their low abundance in folded proteins, polyproline II (PPII) and its variant, the triple helix, are frequently involved in protein-protein interactions, likely due to their peculiar propensity to be solvent-exposed. We here review the ro...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Berisio R,Vitagliano L

更新日期：2012-12-01 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

abstract：:ATPases are important molecular machines that convert the chemical energies stored in ATP to mechanical actions within the cell. ATPases are among the most abundant proteins with diverse functions involved in almost every cellular pathway. The well characterised ATPases include the various motor proteins responsible f...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Rappas M,Niwa H,Zhang X

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SFTI-1 is a bicyclic 14 amino acid peptide that was originally isolated from the seeds of the sunflower Helianthus annuus. It is a potent inhibitor of trypsin, with a sub-nanomolar K(i) value and is homologous to the active site region of the well-known family of serine protease inhibitors known as the Bowman-Birk try...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Korsinczky ML,Schirra HJ,Craik DJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine proteases and their natural inhibitors have long been served as excellent models for studying (primary, secondary and tertiary) structure - activity relationships of biologically interacting proteins. As protein flexibility has been accepted as a "fourth dimension" of the protein structure, its contribution to ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Gráf L,Molnár T,Kardos J,Gáspári Z,Katona G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine protease inhibitors (PIs) are a large and complex group of plant proteins. Members of the potato type I (Pin1) and II (Pin2) proteinase inhibitor families are among the first and most extensively characterized plant PIs. Many insects and phytopathogenic microorganisms use intracellular and extracellular serine ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Turra D,Lorito M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly-N-acetyllactosamine structures occur in mammalian glycoproteins in both N- and O-linked glycans. They represent a backbone for additional modifications by fucosyltransferases, sialyltransferases and sulfotransferases. These glycans have been suggested to be involved in biospecific interactions with selectins and ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhou D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The review presents three hypotheses concerning the amino acid complementarity: 1) the Mekler-Blalock antisense hypothesis; 2) the Root-Bernstein approach based on stereochemical complementarity of amino acids and anti-amino acids coded by anticodons read in parallel with the coding DNA strand; 3) Siemion hypothesis r...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Siemion IZ,Cebrat M,Kluczyk A

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Lipolytic enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds in the presence of water. In media with low water content or in organic solvents, they can catalyze synthetic reactions such as esterification and transesterification. Lipases and esterases, in particular those from extremophilic origin, are robust enzymes, func...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： López-López O,Cerdán ME,González Siso MI

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic organisms and isolated photosystems are of interest for technical applications. In nature, photosynthetic electron transport has to work efficiently in contrasting environments such as shade and full sunlight at noon. Photosynthetic electron transport is regulated on many levels, starting with the energ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Roach T,Krieger-Liszkay A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of protein domain boundaries is an important step for the prediction of three-dimensional structure. The simple method PDP has been elaborated for prediction of the number and position of domain boundaries in multi-domain proteins by use of amino acid sequence alone. The method uses an optimized scale based...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Dovidchenko NV,Lobanov MY,Galzitskaya OV

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effector molecules of innate immune systems found in different groups of organisms, including microorganisms, plants, insects, amphibians and humans. These peptides exhibit several structural motifs but the most abundant AMPs assume an amphipathic alpha-helical structure. The alpha-he...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Castro MS,Cilli EM,Fontes W

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:This review is to summarize three new QSAR (quantitative structure-activity relationship) methods recently developed in our group and their applications for drug design. Based on more solid theoretical models and advanced mathematical techniques, the conventional QSAR technique has been recast in the following three a...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Du QS,Huang RB,Chou KC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STATs promote fundamental cellular processes, marking them as convergence points of many oncogenic and inflammatory pathways. Therefore, aberrant activation of STAT signaling is implicated in a plethora of human diseases, like cancer, inflammation and auto-immunity. Identification of STAT-specific inhibitors is the to...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Szelag M,Wesoly J,Bluyssen HA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00