Complementary peptide epitopes and anti-idiotypic antibodies in autoimmunity.

abstract：:The development of a stable L-BDH chimera was attempted by exchanging whole domains between two native structural analogs, L-BDH and meso-BDH, because the S-configuration specificity of L-BDH is valuable from the standpoint of its application but its activity is unstable, whereas meso-BDH is stable. The domain chimera...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Shimegi T,Takusagawa Y,Ohtsuki T,Noda S,Kurisu G,Kusunoki M,Ui S

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Human butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) is a serine enzyme present in most organs and plasma. No clear physiological function has yet been assigned to BuChE, but it is a pharmacologically and toxicologically important enzyme that plays a role in degradation of numerous ester-containing drugs and poisonous esters. Thus, Bu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Masson P,Carletti E,Nachon F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protealysin, a zinc metalloprotease of Serratia proteamaculans, is the prototype of a new group within the peptidase family M4. Protealysin-like proteases (PLPs) are widely spread in bacteria but are also found in fungi and archaea. The biological functions of PLPs have not been well studied, but published d...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chukhontseva KN,Salnikov VV,Morenkov OS,Kostrov SV,Demidyuk IV

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radical Probe Mass Spectrometry (RP-MS) describes a pioneering methodology in structural biology that enables the study of protein structures, their interactions, and dynamics on fast timescales (down to sub-milliseconds). Hydroxyl radicals (•OH) generated directly from water within aqueous solutions induce ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Maleknia SD,Downard KM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globulins are a major class of seed storage proteins which were thought to be enzymatically inactive. These proteins belong to the most ancient cupin superfamily. They can be graded into 11S legumin type and 7S vicilin type based on their sedimentation coefficients. Members from both classes share structural homology ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kesari P,Neetu,Sharma A,Katiki M,Kumar P,Gurjar BR,Tomar S,Sharma AK,Kumar P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chickpea is a widely grown legume in India, Australia, Canada, and Mediterranean regions. Seeds of chickpea are good source of protein for both human and animals. Wild relatives of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) are the potential gene pool for crop improvement; however, very little information is available on th...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Dhar S,Bhattacharjee M,Acharjee S,Baishya D

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewing's Sarcoma transcript-2 (EAT2) also known as SH2D1B is involved in regulation of signalling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family receptor functions. Cytoplasmic tails of SLAM family receptors contain tyrosine residues which mediate the downstream signal transduction through their phosphorylation. EAT2, c...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Taha M,Nezerwa E,Nam HJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we show for the first time that non-fibrillar and spherical aggregates produced from PrP-(23-98) in the presence of NADPH plus copper ions are toxic to cultured cells and induce apoptotic signals. It is also confirmed that endogenous cellular PrP isoform is not required for toxicity to occur. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Shiraishi N,Inai Y,Ihara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromelain inhibitor, "bromein", is a proteinase-inhibitor specific to the cysteine proteinase bromelain from pineapple stem. In the stem, eight bromein isoforms are known to exist, and each isoform has a short peptide (light chain) and a long one (heavy chain) with five disulfide bonds. The three-dimensional structure...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Hatano KI,Takahashi K,Tanokura M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bursa of Fabricius plays the vital functions on B cell development and antibody production in poultry. The bursal-derived peptide plays the essential roles on avian immature B cell development. OBJECTIVES:Here we explored the functions of the recently reported bursal nonapeptide (BP9) on the antibody produc...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zheng Y,Zong MM,Chen BY,Zhou XH,Liu ZN,Zhou GF,Chen PY,Feng XL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is known to interact with different biomolecules and was implicated in many novel cellular activities including programmed cell death, nuclear RNA transport unrelated to the commonly known carbohydrate metabolism. We reported here the purification of GAPDH from Chironom...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chong IK,Ho WS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has developed into one of the most informative and direct experimental approaches to the characterization of the molecular structures of amyloid fibrils, including those associated with Alzheimer's disease. In this article, essential aspects of solid state NMR methods are d...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Tycko R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beta-defensin-2 (hBD2) is A small cationic peptide with A broad range of antimicrobial activity. An E. coli cell-free system was employed to express the hBD2 fusion protein by using the hBD2 gene with 14 rare codons. The results showed that the expression level of trxA-hBD2 fusion protein was 0.35 mg/ml, which i...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chen H,Xu Z,Cen P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell (RBC) encapsulated L-asparaginase is a novel therapeutic for the treatment of asparagine auxotrophic malignancies. The enzyme-loaded red blood cells function as bioreactors to deplete bloodstream substrate. This delivery system provides improved pharmacodynamics with protection from circulating proteoly...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Agrawal V,Woo JH,Borthakur G,Kantarjian H,Frankel AE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ankyrin repeat and suppressor of cytokine signaling box protein 9 (hASB9), a subunit of an Elongin C-cullin-SOCS box (ECS) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, is believed to be involved in specific substrate-recognition for ubiquitination and degradation. In fact, this specific substrate-recognition is determined by th...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Fei X,Zhang Y,Gu X,Qiu R,Mao Y,Ji C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a huge amount of protein sequence data, the computational method for protein-protein interaction (PPI) prediction using only the protein sequences information have drawn increasing interest. In this article, we propose a sequence-based method based on a novel representation of local protein sequence descriptors. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Yang L,Xia JF,Gui J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermadhesins are a family of secretory proteins expressed in the male genital tract of pig, horse and bull. Their function and structure have been widely studied, especially those isolated from boar. However, there are no data concerning spermadhesins isolated from buck. Buck seminal plasma was collected and subjecte...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Teixeira DI,Cavada BS,Sampaio AH,Havt A,Bloch C Jr,Prates MV,Moreno FB,Santos EA,Gadelha CA,Gadelha TS,Crisóstomo FS,Freitas VJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin is naturally occurring polysaccharides which interacts with seminal plasma proteins and regulate multiple steps in fertilization process. Qualitative and quantitative information regarding the affinity for heparin-seminal plasma proteins interactions is not generally well documented and there are no reports of...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kumar V,Yadav VK,Hassan MI,Singh AK,Dey S,Singh S,Singh TP,Yadav S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) triggers coordinated innate and adaptive response in host cell. HCV genome and proteins of the replicating virus are recognized as non-self-antigens by host cell to activate Toll Like Receptors (TLRs). Activated TLRs ultimately express cytokines, which can clear virus either by activating inter...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Farooqi ZU,Tareen SH,Ahmed J,Zaidi NU

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals the M1 aminopeptidase family consists of nine different proteins, five of which are integral membrane proteins. The aminopeptidases are defined by two motifs in the catalytic domain; a zinc binding motif HEXXH-(X18)-E and an exopeptidase motif GXMEN. Aminopeptidases of this family are able to cleave a broad...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Albiston AL,Ye S,Chai SY

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural, synthetic and analogues of peptides have shown prospects for application in cancer chemotherapy. Notably, some food protein-derived peptides are known to possess anticancer activities in cultured cancer cells, and also in animal cancer models via different mechanisms including induction of apoptosis, cell cyc...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Rajendran SR,Ejike CE,Gong M,Hannah W,Udenigwe CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer is one of the most common malignances. In vitro and in vivo study show that retinoic acids inhibit a wide variety of cancer cells but the molecular mechanism of their anti-tumor effects are not yet fully understood. Alltrans retinoic acid (ATRA), an isomer of retinoic acid, can inhibit the proliferation o...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zhao J,Wen G,Ding M,Pan JY,Yu ML,Zhao F,Weng XL,Du JL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porins are integral membrane proteins found in the outer membrane of bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts. Herein, we have reviewed sequence and structural understanding about bacterial porins. The first porin structure from Rhodobacter capsulatus at 1.8 Å resolution in 1991 till the recent structural advancement, ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kumar A,Bhandari A,Krishnaswamy S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have synthesised the CXC chemokine receptor 4 (29-39) peptide, CXCR4[29-39]. This peptide is located in the N-terminal region of the receptor and is likely to be involved in the docking step of the receptor interaction with its natural ligand stromal cell-derived factor-1 chemokine, SDF-1. Preliminary experiments, ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Palladino P,Pedone C,Ragone R,Rossi F,Saviano M,Benedetti E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) have significantly advanced since the first successful In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). However, most in vitro-produced embryos fail to implant. Key steps in ART are the correct infertility diagnosis, in order to manage the individualised treatments, and the assessment of ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： De Rose MB,Piccolomini MM,Soares Belo AS,Borges E Jr,Filho FF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of protein function is a difficult and important problem in computational biology. In this study, an efficient method is presented to predict protein function with sequence composition information. Four kinds of basic building blocks of protein sequences are investigated, including N-grams, binary profi...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Dong Q,Zhou S,Deng L,Guan J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A halophilic nucleoside diphosphate kinase from a moderate halophile, Halomonas sp. 593 (593NDK), was found to be resistant to heat treatment, as indicated by the high level of activity recovery after heating at high temperatures. This is due to reversibility of thermal unfolding, not the high melting temperature, of ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Tokunaga H,Oda Y,Yonezawa Y,Arakawa T,Tokunaga M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are a ubiquitous group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of sugar moieties from activated donor molecules to specific acceptor molecules, forming glycosidic bonds. Nucleotide-sugars, lipid phosphate sugars and phosphate sugars can act as activated donor molecules while acceptor substrate...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Gomez-Casati DF,Martín M,Busi MV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cysteine S-sulfenylation is a major type of dynamic post-translational modification of the protein that plays an important role in regulating many biological processes in both of prokaryotic and eukaryotic species. To understand the function of S-sulfenylated proteins, identification of S-sulfenylation sites...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Hasan MM,Khatun MS,Kurata H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00