Synthesis of retro acyl carrier protein (74-65) fragment on a new glycerol based polystyrene support.

abstract：:The importance of the intestinal microbiota of animals is widely acknowledged because of its vital role in the health of animals. There are complex communities of microbiota, which colonize the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal microbiota are conductive to animal health and the development of the host immune system. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Hu S,Wang L,Jiang Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apomyoglobin (apoMb) folds through at least two partially folded forms that are detected both as transient intermediates during folding/unfolding kinetics or as stable intermediates at equilibrium. Here, I summarize the results of recent kinetic studies, which combined with detailed characterizations of equilibrium fo...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Jamin M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few decades, novel drug delivery strategies have been a big priority to the formulation scientists. Peptides and proteins have drawn a special attention for their wide scope in the area. Serum albumin, transferrin, recom- binant proteins, virus capsids etc. are used as carrier for drug and biomolecules. Co...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Mukherjee B,Karmakar SD,Hossain CM,Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryptochrome is a flavin-binding blue-light photoreceptor that functions in growth and development in plants, the circadian clock in animals and navigation in birds. However, a lack of purified cryptochrome has hindered studies of the structure and function of this protein. In this study, we obtained a subst...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Yuan X,Wang W,Wu W,Wang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cell-penetrating peptides, a Pro-rich peptide derivative, acetyl-(Val-Arg-Leu-Pro-Pro-Pro)(3)-Gly-Cys amide, and an octaarginine derivative, acetyl-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg-Gly-Cys amide, were prepared by the solid phase method. Each peptide was coupled to the heterobifunctional cross-linking reagent, 6-mal...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kida S,Eto Y,Yoshioka Y,Nakagawa S,Kawasaki K,Maeda M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the in vitro antibiotic activity of the 19-amino acid antimicrobial peptide HP (2-20), derived from the N-terminus of Helicobacter pylori Ribosomal Protein L1 (RPL1), against antibiotic susceptible and resistant pathogens from a patient with gallstones. HP (2-20) was active against antibiotic-susceptib...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Park Y,Hahm JS,Hahm KS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant human parathyroid hormone (rhPTH) fragment (Gly1-Gln26-rhPTH(1-34)) which contains two amino acids substitutions (Gly1 and Gln26) was acquired through Escherichia coli expression system using a soluble fusion protein strategy. The soluble fusion protein MBP-Gly1-Gln26-rhPTH(1-34) was harvested after puri...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Xu XC,Zhong SD,Kai F,Li LR,Liu C,Liu B,Bao JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine kinase is an essential enzyme which is closely related to energy metabolism in marine invertebrates. Arginine kinase provides a significant role in quick response to environmental change and stress. In this study, we simulated a tertiary structure of Sepia pharaonis arginine kinase (SPAK) based on the gene se...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Si YX,Lee J,Cheng JG,Yin SJ,Park YD,Qian GY,Jiang XM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturation Transfer Difference NMR (STD NMR) is used for the detection of the binding constant of the decapeptide RRRDDDSDDD with CK2α, the catalytic subunit of the proteinkinase CK2. For this work a valid irradiation frequency of the CK2α had to be found ensuring that no peptide resonance is affected by the irradiati...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Raüber C,Berger S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calreticulin is a soluble endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, which has a relatively low melting point due to its remarkable structure with a relatively high content of flexible structural elements. Using far ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and a fluorescent dye binding thermal shift assay, we have inves...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Duus K,Larsen N,Tran TA,Güven E,Skov LK,Jespersgaard C,Gajhede M,Houen G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to understand the conformational biases that are present in unfolded states to understand protein folding. In this context, it is surprising that even a short tripeptide like AFA samples folded/ordered conformation as demonstrated recently by NMR experiments of the peptide in aqueous solution at 280 K....

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Patel S,Taimni R,Sasidhar YU

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A missense mutation of Aspartic to Asparagine acid in 113 position of liver-targeting peptide CSP I-plus modified rEndostatin (rES-CSP) happened unexpectedly results in the changes of protein secondary structure and a reduced bioactivity. With the aim to clarify the structure-function relationships featuring the fuse ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Bao D,Jin X,Ma Y,Zhu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for seed proteome analysis using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is described. The data were used to estimate the genetic diversity degree among twelve genotypes of pepper (Capsicum). The resulting spectra were converted into a binary matrix consisting of 23 protein data sets, and genetic similarity values were c...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： de Pinho Pessoa Filho MA,Bloch Junior C,da Silva Filho DF,Galdino AS,da Cunha RM,Alves MA,Grangeiro TB

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and elimination of noise peaks in mass spectra from large proteomics data streams simultaneously improves the accuracy of peptide identification and significantly decreases the size of the data. There are a number of peak filtering strategies that can achieve this goal. Here we present a simple algorith...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Reiz B,Myers MP,Pongor S,Kertesz-Farkas A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, prion phenomena have been detected in various organisms, in addition to mammals affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, various proteins have prion properties and adopt atypical phenotypes as genetic elements, such as the Sup35 and Ure2 proteins,...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Inoue Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-splicing inteins are widespread in nature and have found many applications in protein research and engineering. The mechanism of protein splicing typically requires a nucleophilic amino acid residue at both position 1 (first residue of intein) and position +1 (first residue after intein), however it was not cl...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Qi X,Wang J,Meng Q,Liu XQ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence that the formation and accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGE) have been known to progress under diabetic conditions, thereby being involved in diabetic vascular complications. Further, we, along with others, have recently found AGE could disturb insulin actions in cul...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Unoki-Kubota H,Yamagishi S,Takeuchi M,Bujo H,Saito Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wheat germ, one of the byproducts of flour milling, contains abundant physiologically active components. Globulins in wheat germ are a class of high-quality functional proteins and have received widespread attention. However, the composition of wheat germ globulin（ WGG）and the structure of the typical protei...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ji XG,Huang JH,Hui M,Zhang YQ,Zhao Y

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two efficient network propagation algorithms that operate on a binary tree, i.e., a sparse-edged substitute of an entire similarity network. TreeProp-N is based on passing increments between nodes while TreeProp-E employs propagation to the edges of the tree. Both algorithms improve protein classification e...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kocsor A,Busa-Fekete R,Pongor S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ciprofloxacin (Cip) is the most commonly used quinolone in clinical practice; however large-scale use has favored the increase of multiresistant pathogenic microorganisms. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) appear to be a promising alternative in potentiating these conventional drugs. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this s...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Carneiro VA,de Oliveira ST,Silva RL,de Sousa Duarte H,Silva ML,Matos MNC,Cavalcante RMB,Figueira CS,Lorenzón EN,Cilli EM,da Cunha RMS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their recent identification, eukaryotic Hsp70 nucleotide exchange factors (NEFs) have gained increasing interest due to their engagement in vital cellular processes. Here, I summarize our current knowledge of their mechanisms of action, regulations and cellular functions as well as their relevance for human dise...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kabani M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supramolecular self-assembled functional materials comprised of cyclic dipeptide building blocks have excellent prospects for biotechnology applications due to their exceptional structural rigidity, morphological flexibility, ease of preparation and modification. Although the pharmacological uses of many natural cycli...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chen Y,Tao K,Ji W,Makam P,Rencus-Lazar S,Gazit E

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-kDa trypsin inhibitor with an N-terminal sequence resembling storage proteins was purified from moth beans (Phaseolus acutifolius). It dose-dependently inhibited trypsin with an IC(50) value of about 0.38 microM. It inhibited [methyl-(3)H] thymidine incorporation by lymphoma MBL2 cells with an IC(50) value of 20 ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ma DZ,Sun J,Zhang GQ,Wang HX,Ng TB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seminal plasma proteins contributed by secretions of accessory glands plays a copious role in fertilization. Their role is overlooked for decades and even now, as Artificial Reproduction Techniques (ART) excludes the plasma components in the procedures. Recent evidences suggest the importance of these proteins startin...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kumar A,Sridharn TB,Rao KA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA ligase is an important enzyme and it plays vital role in the replication and repair; also catalyzes nick joining between adjacent bases of DNA. The NAD(+) dependent DNA ligase is selectively present in eubacteria and few viruses; but missing in humans. Homology modeling was used to generate 3-D structure of NAD(+)...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Singh V,Somvanshi P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that the plant oncoprotein RolA from Agrobacterium rhizogenes acts to stabilize beta-glucoronidase (Gus) when the two proteins are expressed as a fusion protein in transformed tobacco. The observed 50-fold increase of Gus activity was shown to be related to protein accumulation, with no significant changes i...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Barros LM,Curtis RH,Viana AA,Campos L,Carneiro M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteases have been used not only for proteolysis but also in organic solvent-assisted religation processes. Here, we demonstrated the effect of salts on peptide bond resynthesis in Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and have found it to be in the purview of the Hofmeister phenomena. Our results show that the efficiency ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kishan KV,Sharma A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of protein structure from its amino acid sequence is still a challenging problem. The complete physicochemical understanding of protein folding is essential for the accurate structure prediction. Knowledge of residue solvent accessibility gives useful insights into protein structure prediction and function ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Pugalenthi G,Kandaswamy KK,Chou KC,Vivekanandan S,Kolatkar P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endonuclease tRNase Z catalyzes the generation of the mature 3' end of tRNA precursors through specific endonucleolytic cleavage. The enzyme has been characterized from organisms representative of all domains of life as well as from organelles, and the crystal structure of three bacterial enzymes has been determined. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ceballos M,Vioque A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotic cells, regulated protein degradation of intracellular proteins is mediated largely by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). UPS-mediated protein degradation regulates virtually all crucial aspects of cellular physiology, such as cell proliferation, cell division, cell differentiation, and cell death. Co...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Eldeeb M,Fahlman R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00