The spectroscopic properties of the lipodepsipeptide, syringomycin E.

abstract：:The second derivative FTIR study of heat-induced and pressure-assisted cold-induced changes in the secondary structure of bovine alpha-lactalbumin was carried out for native holoprotein and calcium ion depleted apoprotein. The secondary structure and compactness of alpha-lactalbumin were examined in a temperature rang...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Dzwolak W,Kato M,Shimizu A,Taniguchi Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dielectric relaxation peak due to bound water was found around 100 MHz in poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) and calf thymus DNA in water-ethanol mixtures with NaCl buffer. Relaxation time and strength show a transition for poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) at an ethanol composition Cw = 0.45 (w/w) where the structural transition from B- ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Umehara T,Kuwabara S,Mashimo S,Yagihara S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of a highly conserved 11-mer repeating motif in the primary sequence is a major characteristic of group 3 late embryogenesis abundant (LEA3) proteins, which are strongly associated with abiotic stress tolerance of the plants. In this study, the three-dimensional structure, mimetic membrane association, ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Xue R,Liu Y,Zheng Y,Wu Y,Li X,Pei F,Ni J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined using NMR the structure of the complex between the third double-stranded RNA-binding domain (dsRBD3) of Drosophila Staufen protein and a RNA stem-loop with optimal binding properties in vitro. This work was designed to understand how dsRBD proteins bind RNA and to investigate the role of Staufen dsR...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ramos A,Bayer P,Varani G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution conformations of a hybrid sequence peptide related to the bee venom peptide apamin have been determined using two-dimensional 1H-nmr. Apamin is an 18 amino acid peptide containing a C-terminal helix that is stabilized by two disulfide bonds. The deletion of one residue (K4) of the N-terminal "scaffold" re...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Volkman BF,Wemmer DE

更新日期：1997-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a revolution has occurred in the basic sciences, which exploits novel single molecule detection and manipulation tools to track and analyze biopolymers in unprecedented detail. A recent Gordon Research Conference style meeting, hosted by the University of Michigan, highlighted current status and futur...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Walter NG,Meiners JC,Meyhofer E,Neubig RR,Sunahara RK,Perkins NC,Steel DG,Swanson JA

更新日期：2007-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of basic fatty acid binding protein from chicken liver and the binding properties of the apo protein toward 11-dansylamino-undecanoic acid were investigated by CD and fluorescence spectroscopy. In one set of experiments the binding process was followed by the appearance of induced optical activity in ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Schievano E,Quarzago D,Spadon P,Monaco HL,Zanotti G,Peggion E

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to generate fibers from hydrogels, with control over mechanical properties, fiber diameter, and crystallinity, while retaining cytocompatibility and degradability, would expand options for biomaterials. Here, we exploited features of silk fibroin protein for the formation of tunable silk hydrogel fibers. The b...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bradner SA,Partlow BP,Cebe P,Omenetto FG,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocistatin, a new heptadecapeptide encoded in the bPNP-3 gene, has a powerful biological activity connected with the mechanisms of pain transmission. It does not bind to the opioid receptors but to another brain receptor with high affinity. In order to substantiate these novel biological data with a structural basis, ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Crescenzi O,Guerrini R,Picone D,Salvadori S,Tancredi T,Temussi PA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylanase XYNII from Trichoderma longibrachiatum is a small protein of the molecular weight 21 kDa, belonging to the family 11 of glycosyl hydrolases, which catalyses hydrolysis of xylan. This article reports thermal stability study of xylanase XYN II conformation in the temperature range 15-65 degrees C by the small a...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kozak M

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-dimensional model of DNA/RNA triple helix that contains a poly(L-deoxyadenosine) (L-dA) chain is proposed based on computer-assisted model building and energy calculations. The model building was performed by a new method that systematically searches possible conformations of nucleotide units in the helical ch...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Tomioka N,Itai A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have generated a great deal of interest in the clinical field since experimental studies showed the involvement of these species in carcinogenesis. This paper reports the detection of ROS during the decomposition of H2O2 in the presence of samples obtained from tissues of 16 patients with...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kładny J,Lichszteld K,Kołecki J

更新日期：2004-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have unique properties and are projected to have a major impact in nanoscale electronics, materials science, and nanomedicine. Yet, these potential applications are hindered by the need for sample purification to separate SWNTs from each other and from metallic catalyst and amorp...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Chiu CC,Dieckmann GR,Nielsen SO

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential scanning calorimetry measurements performed on RNase A in aqueous binary solutions containing different concentrations of urea, tetramethylurea, guanidinium chloride, and guanidinium thiocyanate, and in aqueous ternary solutions, containing the same denaturants plus 1 M trimethylamine N-oxide, TMAO, demon...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Vigorita M,Cozzolino S,Oliva R,Graziano G,Del Vecchio P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design, synthesis, and evaluation of a novel series of receptors for protein surface recognition are described. The design of these agents is based around the attachment of four constrained peptide loops onto a central calix[4]arene scaffold. This arrangement mimics the role of the hypervariable loops in antibody ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Lin Q,Park HS,Hamuro Y,Lee CS,Hamilton AD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have utilized a de novo designed two-stranded α-helical coiled-coil template to display conserved α-helical epitopes from the stem region of hemagglutinin (HA) glycoproteins of influenza A. The immunogens have all the surface-exposed residues of the native α-helix in the native HA protein of interest displayed on t...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Jiang Z,Gera L,Mant CT,Hirsch B,Yan Z,Shortt JA,Pollock DD,Qian Z,Holmes KV,Hodges RS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful intracellular delivery of various bioactive molecules has been reported using cell-permeating peptides (CPPs) as delivery vectors. To determine the effects of CPPs on the cellular uptake of immunoglobulin Fab fragment, conjugates of a radio-iodinated Fab fragment with CPPs (CPP-(125)I-Fab) derived from HIV-...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kameyama S,Horie M,Kikuchi T,Omura T,Tadokoro A,Takeuchi T,Nakase I,Sugiura Y,Futaki S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic RNA poly[r(A-T)] has been synthesized and its CD spectral properties compared to those of poly[r(A-U)], poly[d(A-T)], and poly[d(A-U)] in various salt and ethanolic solutions. The CD spectra of poly[r(A-T)] in an aqueous buffer and of poly[d(A-T)] in 70.8% v/v ethanol are very similar, suggesting that they b...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Vorlícková M,Kypr J,Jovin TM,Planck M

更新日期：1990-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual-site isotherms for the binding of bacteriophage lambda repressor to the left and right lambda operators have been determined [D. F. Senear, M. Brenowitz, M. A. Shea, and G. K. Ackers (1986) Biochemistry, Vol. 25, pp. 7344-7354.] using the DNAse protection technique [footprinting; D. J. Galas and A. Schmitz ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Saroff HA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed description of the two observed solution conformations of the pentapeptide lactone fragment of actinomycin D is presented using the distance constraints obtained from two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectra in combination with minimum energy calculations. Low energy conformational states that...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mauger AB,Gallagher KS,Silverton JV,Ferretti JA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform IR (FTIR) spectroscopy has been successfully applied in recent years to examine the functional and structural properties of the membrane protein rhodopsin, a prototype G protein coupled receptor. Unlike UV-visible spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy is structurally sensitive. It may give us both global i...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Vogel R,Siebert F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between the diketopiperazine cyclo-alanylglycine and four fluorinated alcohols in water-fluoroalcohol mixtures were examined by (1)H[(19)F] intermolecular nuclear Overhauser effects (NOE) experiments. The alcohols studied were trifluoroethanol, hexafluoroacetone trihydrate, 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropan...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Strickler MA,Gerig JT

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we isolated and purified a neutral polysaccharide (PGN) from edible fungus Pleurotus geestanus. Its structure was characterized by a range of physical-chemical methods, including high performance anion exchange chromatography, uronic acid, and protein analyses, size exclusion chromatography with ultraviolet,...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhang M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitor design against viral targets must take into account the peculiar characteristics of viral biology-in particular, the plasticity of their replicative machinery. This includes maturational cleavage of the polyprotein, which is mediated by virally encoded proteases. Designing against a movable target is particu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bianchi E,Pessi A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple, independent sites or domains behave, on chemical change, in a manner predicted by Langmuir. Distortions of this behavior have been attributed to interactions between the domains, which vary with the progress of the changes occurring at the sites or domains. The two main models for nearest neighbor interactio...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Saroff HA,Kiefer JE

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite detailed knowledge of the overall structural changes and stoichiometries of surfactant binding, little is known about which protein regions constitute the preferred sites of attack for initial unfolding. Here we have exposed three proteins to limited proteolysis at anionic (SDS) and cationic (DTAC) surfactant ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Hansen JH,Petersen SV,Andersen KK,Enghild JJ,Damhus T,Otzen D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming increasingly clear that characterization of the protein ensemble-the collection of all conformations of which the protein is capable-will be a critical step in developing a full understanding of the linkage between structure, dynamics, and function. X-ray solution scattering in the small angle (SAXS) an...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Makowski L,Gore D,Mandava S,Minh D,Park S,Rodi DJ,Fischetti RF

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method to determine the magnitude of protein-induced DNA bends relative to a set of standard A tract bends using comparative gel electrophoresis. The DNA bend of interest was that induced by the catabolite activator protein (CAP), the transcriptional activator protein of the lac operon. The set of compar...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zinkel SS,Crothers DM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptoids, oligomers of N-substituted glycine, have been valuable targets for study and diverse application as peptidomimetics and as nanomaterials. Their conformational heterogeneity has made the study of peptoid structures using high-resolution analyses challenging, limiting our understanding of the physiochemical fe...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Fuller AA,Seidl FJ,Bruno PA,Plescia MA,Palla KS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examining solute-induced changes in protein conformational equilibria is a long-standing method for probing the role of water in maintaining protein stability. Interpreting the molecular details governing the solute-induced effects, however, remains controversial. We present experimental and theoretical data for osmol...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Saunders AJ,Davis-Searles PR,Allen DL,Pielak GJ,Erie DA

更新日期：2000-04-05 00:00:00