Prediction of rat protein subcellular localization with pseudo amino acid composition based on multiple sequential features.

abstract：:Application of complementary B and T cell epitopes in inducing anti-idiotypic and anti-clonotypic antibodies capable of regulating or suppressing the autoimmune responses in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), allergic neuritis (EAN) and allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) has been the stimulus of many rese...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Sakarellos-Daitsiotis M,Cung MT,Sakarellos C,El Hilali Z,Kosmopoulou A,Voitharou C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described a potent anthrax toxin inhibitor, based on a phage-library-selected peptide sequence, synthesized as a tetra-branched molecule on a lysine core and further modified for improvement of activity [Pini et al., Biochem. J., 2006, 395, 157]. This branched peptide had very low solubility because of s...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Pini A,Brunetti J,Falciani C,Fabbrini M,Bracci L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-assembly of short peptide building blocks into well-ordered nanostructures is a key direction in bionanotechnology. The formation of β -sheet organizations by short peptides is well explored, leading to the development of a wide range of functional assemblies. Likewise, many natural proteinaceous materials, s...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Bera S,Gazit E

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:The human gut microbial ecosystem (HGME) exerts an important influence on the human health. In recent researches, meta-genomics provided deep insights into the HGME in terms of gene contents, metabolic processes and genome constitutions of meta-genome. Here we present a novel methodology to investigate the HGME on the...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ji Y,Shi Y,Wang C,Dai J,Li Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nε-acetyl L-α lysine is an unusual acetylated di-amino acid synthesized and accumulated by certain halophiles under osmotic stress. Osmolytes are generally known to protect proteins and other cellular components under various stress conditions. OBJECTIVE:The structural and functional stability imparted by N...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Joghee NN,Jayaraman G,Selladurai M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is currently believed that protein folding rates are influenced by protein structure, environment and temperature, amino acid sequence and so on. We have been working for long to determine whether and in what ways mRNA affects the protein folding rate. A large number of palindromes aroused our attention i...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Li R,Li H,Yang S,Feng X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loxosceles intermedia spider venom was subjected to proteomic analysis through a MudPIT shot-gun approach to identify the protein composition. Were identified 39 proteins which seem to responsible by the lesion of different types of tissues, to some physiopathological actions and by the prevention of structural damage...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： dos Santos LD,Dias NB,Roberto J,Pinto AS,Palma MS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new galactose-specific lectin, named BBL, was purified from seeds of Bauhinia bauhinioides by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, followed by two steps of ion exchange chromatography. BBL haemagglutinated rabbit erythrocytes (native and treated with proteolytic enzymes) showing stability even after exposure to 60 °...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Silva HC,Bari AU,Pereira-Jénior FN,Simões RC,Barroso-Neto IL,Nobre CB,Pereira MG,Nascimento KS,Rocha BA,Delatorre P,Nagano CS,Assreuy AM,Cavada BS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of guanidinium chloride (Gdn.Cl) and different osmolytes such as betaine, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and urea on the rate of chymotrypsin catalyzed reaction. The rates were measured using three synthetic chromogenic substrates, succinyl-ala-ala-pro-arg-pNA (AAPR), succinyl-ala-ala-pro-leu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Garringer M,Qasim MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I fusion glycoproteins of viruses are involved in the fusion between viral envelope and cell membrane. A region located in the N-terminal domain of these glycoproteins, called the fusion peptide, is essential for fusion. Fusion peptides are able to induce by themselves in vitro membrane fusion. In this paper, we...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Charloteaux B,Lorin A,Brasseur R,Lins L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) constitute an important alternative in the search for new treatments against pathogens. We analyzed the sequence variability in cytokine and chemokine proteins to investigate whether these molecules contain a sequence useful in the development of new AMPs. Cluster analysis allowed the ide...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Robles-Gomez EE,Flores-Villegas MC,Gonzalez-Manjarrez A,Soriano-Garcia M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity of hPrP[173-195] prion peptide against a neuroblastoma cell model was found independent of its tendency to aggregate over time. Cytosolic and nuclear inclusions of peptide were highlighted by confocal microscopy, suggesting a role as a transcription factor in activating signal transduction pathways in...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Urso E,Acierno R,Lionetto MG,Rizzello A,Papa A,Schettino T,Maffia M

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:A novel cellulase was isolated from the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius ATCC27009 grown in medium containing carboxymethylcellulose. The enzyme is a glycosylated monomer of 56.2 kDa, relatively thermostable, with optimal pH and temperature of 4.0 and 65 degrees C, respectively. Enzymatic as...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Morana A,Esposito A,Maurelli L,Ruggiero G,Ionata E,Rossi M,La Cara F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage Virion Proteins (PVP) are essential materials of bacteriophage, which participate in a series of biological processes. Accurate identification of phage virion proteins is helpful to understand the mechanism of interaction between the phage and its host bacteria. Since experimental method is labor intensive and t...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chen W,Nie F,Ding H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cathepsin D is a lysosomal enzyme that is found in all organisms acting in protein turnover, in humans it is present in some types of carcinomas, and it has a high activity in Parkinson's disease and a low activity in Alzheimer disease. In marine organisms, most of the research has been limited to corroborat...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Francisco CC,Luis CJ,Marina EJ,Javier CF,Alexis LA,Del Carmen SH,Alfredo RI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reversibly glycosylated polypeptide (RGP), a kind of hydrosoluble and plasmodesmal-associated protein found in plants, plays a crucial role in the development of pollen. OBJECTIVE:A novel RGP 2 was isolated and identified from rape (Brassica napus L.) bee pollen. METHOD:RGP2 was isolated and purified by io...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zhang Q,Sun T,Tuo X,Li Y,Yang H,Deng J

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Classification of newly determined protein structures is important in understanding their function and mechanism of action. Currently available methods employ a global structure alignment strategy and are computationally expensive. We propose a two-step methodology with a quick screen to significantly reduce the numbe...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Dalal A,Deshmukh S,Wangika PP

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:A new coding sequence of the procarboxypeptidase B gene was obtained from SD rat fresh pancreas by RT-PCR and highly expressed in Escherichia coli in inclusion bodies. The folded procarboxypeptidase B was subjected to trypsin enzymatic cleavage to produce active carboxypeptidase B, subsequently, carboxypeptidase B was...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Su-Xia L,Yu-Jian Z,Li-Ping T,Qin-Sheng Y,Yi G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing antibiotic resistance has led to an urgent need for new therapeutic approaches. Host defense peptides are known to be antimicrobial and have revealed broad immunomodulatory functions for both innate and adaptive immunity. This review will focus on the role of host defense peptides in infection and immune re...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Hirsch T,Jacobsen F,Steinau HU,Steinstraesser L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin, an endogenous ligand of the G-protein-coupled receptor APJ, is a novel myokine and may play a key role in regulating energy metabolism. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of hypoxic exposure, exercise, and hypoxic exercise training on the expression of apelin and APJ in skeletal mu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ji W,Gong L,Wang J,He H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) plays an important role in cellular metabolism and acts as hydrideaccepting and hydride-donating coenzymes in energy production. Identification of NAD protein interacting sites can significantly aid in understanding the NAD dependent metabolism and pathways, and it could further...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wang X,Wang CC,Zhang YQ,Mi G,Zhang J,Li ML

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PD-L1 is a highly glycosylated type 1 ribosome inactivating protein, from Phytolacca dioica leaves, with the peculiarity to act also as a DNase. PD-L1 has been successfully crystallized using vapour diffusion and seeding techniques. Crystals belong to the monoclinic C2 space group, with unit cell dimensions a=161.01, ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ruggiero A,Chambery A,Di Maro A,Mastroianni A,Parente A,Berisio R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-aided docking study was carried out to quickly clarify the binding structure of the ligand-receptor complex between bisphenol A (BPA), a well-known endocrine disruptor, and estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma). The resulting complex indicated that BPA binds to the ligand-binding pocket of ERRgamma wit...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Nose T,Shimohigashi Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin is a neuropeptide that is widely distributed in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Some small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) cell lines such as SBC-3A release only the high-molecular-mass form, with lower molecular mass forms being undetectable. To investigate the mechanism of processing of progalanin to ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Yamamoto H,Iguchi K,Ohno S,Yokogawa T,Nishikawa K,Hoshino M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here describe a new strategy for the delivery of oligonucleotides to cells that is based on the use of a short peptide containing three functional units: a membrane-penetrating segment, a DNA-binding domain and a cell-localization sequence. The designed vector binds strongly to oligonucleotides and has membrane-per...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Smith J,Guidry J,Wittung-Stafshede P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Michael Laskowski Jr. (1930-2004) was a pioneer in the field of Standard mechanism serine proteinase inhibitors. He made numerous important contributions in the field. This article highlights some of his most important contributions such as the discovery of the reactive site in serine proteinase inhibitors, the propos...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Qasim MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 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