The serine palmitoyltransferase from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1: An interesting link to an unusual acyl carrier protein.

abstract：:Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) (1-10), an adrenocorticotropin hormone fragment, has been studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in an NPT ensemble in an explicit dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) micelle. Two starting configurations of the peptide/micelle system, corresponding to the insertion and surface-binding modes, ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Gao X,Wong TC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear magnetic resonance and optical experiments are combined to determine the rms amplitude of local angular motion of purines in DNA in solution. A 12 base-pair duplex DNA with the sequence d(CGCGAATTCGCG)2 is deuterated at the H8 positions of adenine and guanine by exchange with solvent at 55 degrees C. The deute...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Nuutero S,Fujimoto BS,Flynn PF,Reid BR,Ribeiro NS,Schurr JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the neighbor exclusion model and some of its applications to analyze the binding data of DNA-ligand complexes. We revisit the closed form of the model developed by McGhee and von Hippel in 1974, showing that this classic model can be used to help studying the behavior of DNA contour and persistence lengths w...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Rocha MS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP), or amylin, is a 37 amino acid hormone secreted by pancreatic beta-cells. hIAPP constitutes approximately 90% of the amyloid deposits found in type II diabetic patients. It has been shown that the central region of the peptide (hIAPP(20-29)) constitutes the nucleation site for t...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mascioni A,Porcelli F,Ilangovan U,Ramamoorthy A,Veglia G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To optimize antigen-antibody reactions, we have synthesized chemically well-defined hydrophilic microspheres. Proteins or haptens were covalently linked to these carriers. When the microsphere conjugates were agglutinated by the corresponding antiserum, the size of the complex artificially increased during the immunol...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Marchand J,Varcin P,Riochet D,Montagne P,Cuilliere ML,Duheille J,Pau B

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrared spectra of poly(D,L-alanine), poly(L-glutamic acid), poly(L-lysine), silk fibroin, and tropomyosin have been registered for various conformations of the polypeptide chain. Assuming additivity of the main- and side-chain absorption, spectral parameters of amide I and II absorption bands corresponding to alpha-...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Venyaminov SYu,Kalnin NN

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic tri-β-peptide having tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) at the side chain was synthesized to prepare a peptide nanotube aligning TTF side chains along the nanotube. The polarized light microscopic observations revealed crystallization of the cyclic peptide by the vapor diffusion method. Fourier-transform infrared and ele...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Uji H,Kim H,Imai T,Mitani S,Sugiyama J,Kimura S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A water-insoluble polysaccharide (TM8) was isolated from sclerotium of Pleurotus tuber-regium by extraction with 0.5M NaOH aqueous solutions at 120 degrees C. Its chemical structure was confirmed by infrared, high performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and (13)C NMR in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) to be co...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhang L,Zhang M,Dong J,Guo J,Song Y,Cheung PC

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA recognition motif (RRM) is one of the most common RNA binding domains. We have investigated the contribution of three highly conserved aromatic amino acids to RNA binding by the N-terminal RRM of the U1A protein. Recently, we synthesized a modified base (A-4CPh) in which a phenyl group is tethered to adenine u...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhao Y,Kormos BL,Beveridge DL,Baranger AM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To validate the existing hypothesis put forward by Navarro et al., we performed single crystal X-ray diffraction structural analysis of a designed model peptide incorporating an unsubstituted achiral γ-aminobutyric acid: Boc-Pro-γ-Abu-OH (1) lacking C-terminal amide group. The analysis established existence of an over...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kumar N,Venugopalan P,Kishore R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold nanoparticles are known to aggregate in the presence of proper multifunctional compounds. For those larger than 3 nm, the process can be followed with the naked eye because the surface plasmon absorption band of the particles shifts to longer wavelengths and the solution color changes from red to blue. To exploit...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Martínez Á,Scrimin P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences in the absorbance in the mid infrared region (Mid IR) between normal and abnormal tissues have been shown to be a possible criterion for the detection of different forms of cancer. The present work aimed to study the effects of cell growth and DNA synthesis on the RNA/DNA ratio, which is a promising pa...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Sahu RK,Mordechai S,Manor E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our continuing series of measurements of the complex index of refraction for representative samples of biological materials, we measured ovalbumin (egg albumin) over the spectral region from 0.130 (76,923 cm(-1)) to 2.50 microm (4000 cm(-1)). Films of ovalbumin suitable for optical analyses were prepared and measur...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Arakawa ET,Tuminello PS,Khare BN,Milham ME

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of amino acid sequences of yeast Rer2p and Srt1p Z-prenyltransferases shows that the spatial organization of their substrate tunnels agrees with that determined by X-ray for the E. coli undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase (UPPs). The observed trend in the maxima of product length distribution shifted from C...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Poznański J,Szkopinska A

更新日期：2007-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive structural analysis reported herein of eight N-glycopeptides, in three different solvents, is based on quantitative CD experiments, homonuclear nuclear Overhauser effect measurements, and molecular dynamics (MD) calculations. Although several orientations of the two amide planes attached to the carbo...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Perczel A,Kollát E,Hollósi M,Fasman GD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrational spectroscopy coupled with thermogravimetry (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to characterize racemic propanoic acid, 2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-6-(methylamino)-1,2-naphthalenediyl ester hydrochloride (CHF-1035), which is a new DA2 dopaminergic receptor/alpha2 agonist and beta block...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Taddei P,Torreggiani A,Fini G

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:We suggest, using dynamical simulations of a simple heteropolymer modelling the alpha-carbon sequence in a protein, that generically the folded states of globular proteins correspond to statistically well-defined metastable states. This hypothesis, called the metastability hypothesis, states that there are several fre...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Honeycutt JD,Thirumalai D

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic absorbance and fluorescence titrations are used to probe the interaction of chlorobenzylidine with DNA. The binding of chlorobenzylidine to DNA results in hypochromism, a small shift to a longer wavelength in the absorption spectra, and emission quenching in the fluorescence spectra. These spectral characte...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Zhong W,Yu JS,Huang W,Ni K,Liang Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive understanding of disassembly mechanism of amyloid fibrils requires nano-scale characterization of the mechanical properties of amyloid fibrils during the disassembly process. In this work, gemini surfactant C12 C6 C12 Br2 micelles were used as a probe to disassemble Aβ(1-40) fibrils. The microstructu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wang W,Guo Z,Sun J,Li Z

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of long-range allosteric transitions of DNA secondary structure and their possible involvement in transcriptional activation is discussed in the light of new results. A variety of recent evidence strongly supports a fluctuating long-range description of DNA secondary structure. Balanced equilibria between...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Schurr JM,Delrow JJ,Fujimoto BS,Benight AS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:13C and (31)P NMR spectra of a transmembrane peptide, [1-(13)C]Ala(14)-labeled A(6-34), of bacteriorhodopsin incorporated into dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayer were recorded to clarify its dynamics and orientation in the lipid bilayer. This peptide is shown to take an alpha-helical form both in liquid cry...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kimura S,Naito A,Tuzi S,Saitô H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteases play crucial roles in various biological processes, and their activities are essential for all living organisms-from viruses to humans. Since their functions are closely associated with many pathogenic mechanisms, their inhibitors or activators are important molecular targets for developing treatments for va...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Hamada Y,Kiso Y

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:H-Pro-Pro-Asp-NH2 is a highly active and selective catalyst for asymmetric aldol reactions. Here, the versatility of H-Pro-Pro-Asp-NH2 has been further improved by immobilization on a solid support and functionalization with a short polyethylene glycol linker at the C-terminus. The development, synthesis, and the cata...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Revell JD,Gantenbein D,Krattiger P,Wennemers H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The constraints on combinations of nearest neighbors in nucleic acid sequences and the numbers of independent sequences needed to describe nearest-neighbor properties of oligomers and polymers are derived and summarized. It has been pointed out in previous work [D. M. Gray and I. Tinoco, Jr. (1970) Biopolymers, Vol. 9...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Gray DM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Software to automate the process of extracting molecular interactions from three-dimensional (3D) structures has been developed that records these as Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) pairwise interaction records. Full annotation of BIND records is provided through a database processing tool called MMDB...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Salama JJ,Donaldson I,Hogue CW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid aggregates have been implicated in the pathogenesis of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and prion disease. Recently determined microcrystal structures of several short peptide segments derived from fibril-forming proteins revealed coexistence of alternative aggregation modes (amyloid...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Berhanu WM,Masunov AE

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Previous studies have demonstrated that His 12 plays a major role in the pH-dependent stability of the helix formed by the isolated C-peptide (residues 1-13 of ribonuclease A). Here, amino acid replacement experiments show that His 12+ stabilizes the C-peptide helix chiefly by interacting with Phe 8. The Phe 8 ... His...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Shoemaker KR,Fairman R,Schultz DA,Robertson AD,York EJ,Stewart JM,Baldwin RL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown by using the vibronic approach that the iron displacement out of the porphyrin plane in deoxyheme proteins intermixes the porphyrin pi and axial iron-histidine sigma electronic subsystems. This intermixing explains the substantial coupling of the iron-histidine vibration to the heme Soret excitation, the a...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Stavrov SS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00