Allosteric transitions in biological nanomachines are described by robust normal modes of elastic networks.

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：:Despite a wide variety of biological functions, alpha-helical membrane proteins display a rather simple transmembrane architecture. Although not many high resolution structures of transmembrane proteins are available today, our understanding of membrane protein folding has emerged in the recent years. Now we begin to ...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Schneider D,Finger C,Prodöhl A,Volkmer T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the existence and structure of intermediates on the reaction pathway is necessary before specific details of the mechanism may be successfully resolved. However, enzymatic catalysis is an extremely fast process. This rapidity of enzyme-catalyzed reactions and the short life times of intermediates represen...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Dunn BM,Uversky VN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current lack of complete understanding of the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a significant barrier to its early diagnosis and treatment. Cell cycle arrest plays an important role in the protection of renal tubular epithelial cells and maladaptive repair following AKI. G1 phase cell arrest serves as a...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Wang WG,Sun WX,Gao BS,Lian X,Zhou HL

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Defensins are a family of peptides with potent antimicrobial activity. They are found in various organisms. The intent of this article is to review the structures and mechanisms of antimicrobial actions of defensins produced by different organisms including humans, other mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, mollusks, arthr...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Wong JH,Xia L,Ng TB

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with multiple complications, including cardiomyopathy, retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Diabetic complications are the major cause of disability and death in diabetic patients. Apelin, a recently identified adipokine peptide, has been found to play important roles in diabetic c...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Chen H,Liu C,Cheng C,Zheng L,Huang K

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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 complement system is a major effector arm of the immune defense contributing to the destruction of invading pathogens. There are three possible routes of complement cascade activation: the classical, the alternative and the lectin pathways. The activation of the classical and lectin pathways is initiated by supram...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Gál P,Ambrus G

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Changes in protein structure and function, alteration in protein-protein interaction, and significant difference in protein concentration inside the body could play an important role in indicating the pathological evidence of abnormalities before the development of clinical symptoms and act as a critical detection and...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Puranik N,Yadav D,Yadav SK,Chavda VK,Jin JO

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Really Interesting New Gene (RING) family of proteins are found throughout the cells of eukaryotes and function in processes as diverse as development, oncogenesis, viral replication and apoptosis. There are over 200 members of the RING family where membership is based on the presence of a consensus seq...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Kentsis A,Borden KL

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Allergen-specific Immunotherapy (AIT), through repetitive subcutaneous or sublingual administrations of allergen extracts, represents up to now the unique treatment against allergic sensitizations. However, the clinical efficacy of AIT can be largely dependent on the quality of natural allergen extracts. Moreover, the...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Jacquet A

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:PDZ domains are versatile protein interaction modules with the ability to dimerize and to recognize internal and carboxy-terminal peptide motifs. Their function in mediating the formation of multi-molecular signaling complexes is best understood at neuronal and epithelial membranes. In a screen for interactors that re...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Thomas MK,Tsang SW,Yeung ML,Leung PS,Yao KM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestines are not only major organs for nutrient digestion and absorption, but are also the largest immune organ in pigs. They are essential for maintaining the health and growth of piglets. Fatty acids, including short-chain fatty acids, medium-chain fatty acids, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, are impor...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Chen J,Li Y,Tang Z,Sun Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we present an extensive analysis of protein contact network topology applied to a wide data set. We extended the concept of degree distribution to graphlets, describing local connectivity patterns. We compared results to those derived from artificial networks of the same size (number of nodes), reproduci...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Santoni D,Paci P,Di Paola L,Giuliani A

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:This article is a continuation of a series of reviews on the presence and the role of intrinsic disorder in milk proteins in the journal of Current Protein and Peptide Science. The focus of this article is on casein phosphopeptides, which are liberated during digestion of the milk protein casein. Structurally these ph...

journal_title：Current protein & peptide science

authors： Naqvi MA,Irani KA,Katanishooshtari M,Rousseau D

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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