Configurational preference of pyrrolidine-based oxy-peptide nucleic acids as hybridization counterparts with DNA and RNA.

abstract：:Molecular dynamics simulation, with backbone constraints for 20 ps of equilibration and simulation, of a repeating polypeptide segment, Gln-Pro-His-Gln-Pro-Leu-Gln-Pro-His-Gln-Pro-Leu-Gln-Pro-Met-(Gln-Pro-Leu )4, constituting residues 112-138 of bovine amelolgenin, a 19.35 kD hydrophobic protein, are discussed. It is ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Renugopalakrishnan V,Pattabiraman N,Prabhakaran M,Strawich E,Glimcher MJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-mediated contacts are known as an important recognition tool in trp-repressor operator systems. One of these contacts involves two conserved base pairs (G(6).C(-6) and A(5). T(-5)) and three amino acids (Lys 72, Ile 79, and Ala 80). To investigate the nature of these contacts, we analyzed the X-ray structure (PD...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wibowo FR,Rauch C,Trieb M,Wellenzohn B,Liedl KR

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RADA-16-I is a self-assembling peptide which forms biocompatible fibrils and hydrogels. We used molecular dynamics simulations, atomic-force microscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and thioflavin T binding assay to examine size, structure, and morphology of RADA-16-I aggregates. We used the native form of RADA-16-I (H-(ArgAlaAs...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bagrov D,Gazizova Y,Podgorsky V,Udovichenko I,Danilkovich A,Prusakov K,Klinov D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The folding of membrane proteins was addressed using outer membrane protein porin from the soil bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans (P. den.). IR spectroscopy and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis were used to probe the effect of mutagenesis on the thermal stability of the pr...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Sukumaran S,Zscherp C,Mäntele W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis and CD and (13)C(alpha)-NMR studies in a near-neutral saline buffer are reported for a 65-residue peptide ((190)Tm(254)) comprising residues 190-254 of the alpha-tropomyosin chain. CD on a version disulfide cross-linked via the N-terminal cysteine side chains indicates that this dimer is highly helical and m...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Emerson Holtzer M,Mints L,Hogue Angeletti R,d'Avignon DA,Holtzer A

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A conformational study of poly-L-serine has shown that it can exist in the left-handed α-helical form. A study of a pair of peptide units with the serine sidegroup attached to the α carbon atom linking the two units showed that OH ⃛O hydrogen bonds between the OH group of the side chain and a carbonyl oxygen of the f...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Sarathy KP,Ramachandran GN

更新日期：1968-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of phosphorylation in stabilizing the N-termini of alpha-helices is examined using computer simulations of model peptides. The models comprise either a phosphorylated or unphosphorylated serine at the helix N-terminus, followed by nine alanines. Monte Carlo/stochastic Dynamics simulations were performed on th...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Smart JL,McCammon JA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal conformational transitions of two sonicated samples of schizophyllan were studied in water-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) mixtures by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Two transitions were observed over most of the range of solvent compositions. These were assigned to an internal change o...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kitamura S,Kuge T

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MD simulations have been carried out to understand the dynamical behavior of the DNA substrate of the Thermus aquaticus DNA methyltransferase (M.TaqI) in the methylation process at N6 of adenine. As starting structures, an x-ray structure of M.TaqI in complex with DNA and cofactor analogue (PDB code: 1G 38) and free d...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wibowo FR,Rauch C,Trieb M,Liedl KR

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study was performed for potato and wheat starch containing Cu2+ ions as a paramagnetic probe. Distribution of water in the starch granules as well as the interactions between the copper and starch matrix of different crystalline structures were determined. EPR spectra of the na...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Łabanowska M,Bidzińska E,Dyrek K,Szymońska J

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of bridge-mediated electron transfer (ET) reactions vary from coherent deep tunneling to thermally activated hopping. This short review focuses on some developments in the study of protein ET mechanisms at the molecular and at the cellular levels. It explains experimental and theoretical work on the inf...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Skourtis SS

更新日期：2013-01-01 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

abstract：:CD experiments are reported for several coiled-coil species in the tyrosine/disulfide (approximately 250-350-nm) region. Intact noncross-linked tropomyosin (approximately 3 degrees C) shows a negative nonsymmetric band maximal at 280 nm. This spectrum is the sum over six tyrosines/chain, and has conformational signifi...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Holtzer ME,Kumar S,Holtzer A,Crimmins DL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gel electrophoresis of spherical particles with a radius above 0.2 micron has not been reported yet. In the present study, video phase-contrast light microscopy is used to observe the motion of individual latex spheres, 0.52 micron in radius, during electrophoresis in 0.1% agarose gels. At 2 V/cm, the spheres init...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Griess GA,Serwer P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the most exciting functional features of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are coming into focus lately are those relating to the role and structural characteristics of their oligomerization (mostly homo- and heterodimers). The structural underpinnings of these novel functional insights are still not clea...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Filizola M,Weinstein H

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) plays a central role in the cellular transduction network. In particular, during chronic heart failure GRK2 is upregulated and believed to contribute to disease progression. Thereby, its inhibition offers a potential therapeutic solution to several pathological conditions. In...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Gomez-Monterrey I,Carotenuto A,Cipolletta E,Sala M,Vernieri E,Limatola A,Bertamino A,Musella S,Grieco P,Trimarco B,Novellino E,Iaccarino G,Campiglia P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial properties of the secretion from the female reproductive accessory glands of medfly Ceratitis capitata are mostly ascribed to the presence of two peptides, ceratotoxin A and B, which exhibit a strong activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains, and show sequence and function homolo...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ragona L,Molinari H,Zetta L,Longhi R,Marchini D,Dallai R,Bernini LF,Lozzi L,Scarselli M,Niccolai N

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in a silver sol assisted by density functional theory (DFT) calculations is shown to be a promising tool in the characterization of platinum complexes and their interaction with nucleic acid bases. This is demonstrated using cisplatin and guanine as a model. The energies and ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Giese B,McNaughton D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternating sequences of D and L residues in peptides are directly related to the formation of several kinds of regular helical conformations usually called beta-helices. The major feature of these structures is that they can be associated with the transmembrane ion-conducting channel activity in some natural antibact...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Navarro E,Fenude E,Celda B

更新日期：2004-02-05 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：:Shorter analogues of a continuous epitope of hepatitis A virus, VP3(110-121) peptide, failed to react with convalescent sera, indicating the importance of the entire peptide in the epitope structure. To better understand the influence of the structural properties of this 12-mer peptide epitope on its biological activi...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Sospedra P,Muñoz M,García M,Alsina MA,Mestres C,Haro I

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the use of a new Monte Carlo (MC) chain generation algorithm, introduced by T. Garel and H. Orland [(1990) Journal of Physics A, Vol. 23, pp. L621-L626], for examining the thermodynamics of protein folding transitions and for generating candidate C(alpha) backbone structures as starting points for a de...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Solomon JE,Liney D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic model membrane-interactive peptides--both of natural and designed sequence--have become convenient and systematic tools for determination of how the membrane-spanning segments within integral membrane proteins confer protein structure and biology. Conformational studies on these peptides demonstrate that the...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Deber CM,Li SC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A desire to replicate the structural and functional complexity of proteins with structured, sequence-specific oligomers motivates study of the structural features of water-soluble peptoids (N-substituted glycine oligomers). Understanding the molecular-level details of peptoid self-assembly in water is essential to adv...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Fuller AA,Huber J,Jimenez CJ,Dowell KM,Hough S,Ortega A,McComas KN,Kunkel J,Asuri P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroic spectra and oscillator strengths of the π-π transition near 190 nm are calculated for helical (Gly)6 and (Ala)6 at 30° intervals of the backbone torsion angles (ϕ,ψ) over the range -180° ≤ ϕ ≤ -60°, -60° ≤ ψ ≤ 180°, using the partially dispersive normal mode treatment of the dipole interaction model....

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Applequist J

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A topochemical model to explain the biological activity of dendrotoxin-I (DTX-I), a potent blocker for potassium channels, was developed by searching common spatial arrangements of functionally important residues between DTX-I, alpha-dendrotoxin, dendrotoxin-K, BgK, ShK, and charybdotoxin. The first three are structur...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Katoh E,Nishio H,Inui T,Nishiuchi Y,Kimura T,Sakakibara S,Yamazaki T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we explore the possibility of using experimental observations in the Monte Carlo chain growth method that we have previously developed. In this method, the macromolecule (peptide, protein, nuclei acid, etc.) is grown atom-by-atom (or residue-by-residue, etc.) and partial chains are replicated according ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bascle J,Garel T,Orland H,Velikson B

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-generation dendrimers have been prepared on solid phase by successive additions of branched polyproline building blocks starting from two different branching units anchored to the solid support. The preparation of Pro-rich building blocks was carried out by stepwise solid-phase synthesis and their iterative add...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Sanclimens G,Crespo L,Giralt E,Royo M,Albericio F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual class of nanoscopic, ring-shaped, single-walled biopolymers arises when alphabeta-tubulin is mixed with certain small peptides obtained from various marine organisms and cyanobacteria. The single-ring structures, whose mean molecular weight depends on the specific peptide added to the reaction mixture, usua...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Boukari H,Sackett DL,Schuck P,Nossal RJ

更新日期：2007-08-05 00:00:00