Serine proteinase inhibitors in the skin: role in homeostasis and disease.

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：: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：:Glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2) is a newly discovered gastrointestinal peptide with 33% sequence homology to glucagon. GLP-2 has attracted interest because of its potent intestinotrophic endocrine/paracrine actions. The peptide, consisting of 33-amino-acid, results from expression of the glucagon gene in the enteroend...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Thulesen J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroids or myomas involve large proportion of women of reproductive age. The myoma formation starts from the transformation of the myometrium, causing the progressive formation of a pseudocapsule, which is made of compressed muscle fibers. Numerous studies investigated on myoma pseudocapsule anatomy, discovering many...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Tinelli A,Mynbaev OA,Sparic R,Vergara D,Di Tommaso S,Salzet M,Maffia M,Malvasi A

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The cytolysin is a novel, two-peptide lytic toxin produced by some strains of Enterococcus faecalis. It is toxic in animal models of enterococcal infection, and associated with acutely terminal outcome in human infection. The cytolysin exerts activity against a broad spectrum of cell types including a wide range of gr...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Cox CR,Coburn PS,Gilmore MS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of peptide or peptidomimetic transporters to enable or enhance the uptake of drugs or probe molecules into cells and tissues has received increasing research attention and clinical interest over the past 10 years. This review summarizes a class of transporters that have been studied and focuses on the variatio...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Wright LR,Rothbard JB,Wender PA

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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：:For several decades the specificity of proteases has been presented as an active site divided into subsites, using the nomenclature of Schechter & Berger from 1967 (S1, S2... for subsites of the active site; P1, P2... for residues of the substrate occupying the corresponding subsites). At early stages of the research ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Schechter I

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The affinity tags are unique proteins/peptides that are attached at the N- or C-terminus of the recombinant proteins. These tags help in protein purification. Additionally, some affinity tags also serve a dual purpose as solubility enhancers for challenging protein targets. By applying a combinatorial approach, carefu...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Mishra V

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata (RRP) is a popular medicinal herb widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to treat CVDs. However, the development of this novel therapeutic product has been stagnant, and its molecular mechanism of action...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhang X,Wang D,Ren X,Atanasov AG,Zeng R,Huang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By utilizing recently developed full-length cDNA technologies, large-scale cDNA sequencing was carried out by several cDNA projects. Now full-length cDNA resources cover the major part of the protein-coding human genes. Comprehensive analyses of the collected full-length cDNA data revealed not only the complete sequen...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Suzuki Y,Sugano S

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：: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：: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：:An allergic reaction to mosquitoes can result in severe or abnormal local or systemic reactions such as anaphylaxis, angioedema, and general urticarial or wheezing. The aim of this review is to provide information on mosquito saliva allergens that can support the production of highly specific recombinant saliva allerg...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Jeon SH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated blood pressure or hypertension is one of the fastest growing health problems worldwide. Although the etiology of essential hypertension has a genetic component, dietary factors play an important role. With the high costs and adverse side-effects associated with synthetic antihypertensive drugs and the awarene...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Harnedy PA,FitzGerald RJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angina pectoris, associated with coronary artery disease, a cardiovascular disease where, pain is caused by adverse oxygen supply in myocardium, resulting in contractility and discomfort in chest. Inflammasomes, triggered by stimuli due to infection and cellular stress have identified to play a vital role in the progr...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Sharma I,Behl T,Bungau S,Sachdeva M,Kumar A,Zengin G,Arora S

更新日期：2020-12-08 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：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) represent an emerging class of proteins (or domains) that are characterized by a lack of ordered secondary and tertiary structure. This group of proteins has recently attracted tremendous interest primarily because of a unique feature: they can bind to different targets due to ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Guo LW,Ruoho AE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TOYOPEARL particles are cross-linked hydroxylated methacrylic polymers available in different pore and particle sizes. They are conjugated with different ligands to generate ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction and affinity resins. They have excellent physical and chemical properties. A mixed-mode resin, TOYOPEARL MX...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Arakawa T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biotin carboxylase family is comprised of a group of enzymes that utilize a covalently bound prosthetic group, biotin, as a cofactor. These enzymes, which include acetyl-CoA carboxylase, pyruvate carboxylase, propionyl-CoA carboxylase, methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, geranoyl-CoA carboxylase, oxaloacetate decarbox...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Jitrapakdee S,Wallace JC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of tRNA studies has focused on tRNA molecules as pivotal player in the fundamental process of protein synthesis. Mounting studies have unveiled further functions for tRNA beyond protein synthesis, including non-ribosomal amino acid transfer, and regulation of targeted proteolysis. Post-translational N-ter...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Eldeeb MA,Ragheb MA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we review the present state of structural and functional studies of the Sac10b protein family, a class of highly conserved 10 kDa nucleic acid-binding proteins in archaea. Based on biochemical and structural studies, these proteins were originally assigned a role in the structural organization of chromatin; Sac10...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Xuan J,Feng Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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