Transcriptome analyses of human genes and applications for proteome analyses.

abstract：:A complete understanding of the relationships between protein structure and stability remains an open problem. Much of our insight comes from laborious experimental analyses that perturb structure via directed mutation. The glycolytic enzyme lysozyme is among the most well characterized proteins under this paradigm, d...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Verma D,Jacobs DJ,Livesay DR

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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：:Efforts to use computers in predicting the secondary structure of proteins based only on primary structure information started over a quarter century ago [1-3]. Although the results were encouraging initially, the accuracy of the pioneering methods generally did not attain the level required for using predictions of s...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Heringa J

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：: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：:The bioactive peptides are protein fragments which have a positive impact on the intestinal homeostasis. Intestinal homeostasis depends on the diverse functions of intestinal barrier including the microbiological, physical, chemical and immunological barriers. Defects in intestinal barrier function are associated with...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Ji J,Qu H,Shu D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As global resistance to conventional antibiotics rises we need to develop new strategies to develop future novel therapeutics. In our quest to design novel anti-infectives and antimicrobials it is of interest to investigate host-pathogen interactions and learn from the complexity of host defense strategies that have e...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Augustyniak D,Nowak J,Lundy FT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), known largely as a growth-promoting agent, possesses a growth-inhibitory motif recently identified as an occult epitopic segment in the third domain. The present study reviews the multiple biological activities of this AFP-derived peptide segment termed the Growth Inhibitory Peptide (GIP), whi...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Mizejewskia GJ,Butterstein G

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：: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：:Pathogenic aggregation is closely associated with various protein misfolding diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease. Amyloidogenic proteins that have a propensity to assemble into amyloid oligomers and fibrils form the aggregates. The tumor suppressor p53, a transcription factor that regulat...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Gong H,Yang X,Zhao Y,Petersen RB,Liu X,Liu Y,Huang K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Lactation is a critical phase for brain function development. New dietary experiences of mouse caused by weaning can regulate brain development and function, increase their response to food and environment, and eventually give rise to corresponding behavioral changes. Changes in weaning time induce the alteration of b...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Zhang W,Zhang Y,Zheng Y,Zheng M,Sun N,Yang X,Gao Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Cardiomyocytes are best known for their spontaneous beating activity, large cell size, and low regenerative capacity during adulthood. The mechanical activity of cardiomyocytes depends on a sophisticated contractile apparatus comprised of sarcomeres whose rhythmic contraction relies on Ca(2+) transients with a high le...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Christians ES,Mustafi SB,Benjamin IJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) and its methylated derivatives: anserine (β-alanyl-Nπ- methyl-L-histidine) and balenine (β-alanyl-Nτ-methyl-L-histidine) are abundant constituents of excitable tissues of vertebrates. While carnosine and anserine are present at high concentrations and in variable proportions in skeleta...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Kwiatkowski S,Kiersztan A,Drozak 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：: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：:Membrane proteins play important roles in signal transduction across the cell membrane. Structural information for the membrane proteins is still limited due to many technical challenges. Membrane proteins containing a single α- helical transmembrane (TM) domain are very important in several pathways. Solution NMR spe...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Gayen S,Li Q,Kang C

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In the search of bioactive molecules, nature has always been an important source and most of the drugs in clinic are either natural products or derived from natural products. The ocean has played significant role as thousands of molecules and their metabolites with different types of biological activity such...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Negi B,Kumar D,Rawat DS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00