Reversible crystal transition of guanosine between the dihydrate and anhydrous states coupled with adsorption-desorption process.

abstract：:Human β-defensin-3 (HβD-3) is an endogenous antimicrobial peptide with potent and broad killing activity against various microorganisms, and thus, it is an attractive candidate for the development of novel peptide antibiotics, but its antimicrobial mechanism remains elusive. To characterize the mechanism, we used mult...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Zhao X,Yu H,Yang L,Li Q,Huang X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural information over the entire course of binding interactions based on the analyses of energy landscapes is described, which provides a framework to understand the events involved during biomolecular recognition. Conformational dynamics of malectin's exquisite selectivity for diglucosylated N-glycan (Dig-N-gly...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Mamidi AS,Surolia A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we propose to design drugs that target the enzyme dihydrofolate redutase (DHFR) as a means of a novel drug therapy against plague. Potential inhibitors of DHFR from Yersinia pestis (YpDHFR) were selected by virtual screening and subjected to docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and Poisso...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Bastos Lda C,de Souza FR,Guimarães AP,Sirouspour M,Cuya Guizado TR,Forgione P,Ramalho TC,França TC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At high binding densities acridine orange (AO) forms complexes with ds DNA which are insoluble in aqueous media. These complexes are characterized by high red- and minimal green-luminescence, 1:1 (dye/P) stoichiometry and resemble complexes of AO with ss nucleic acids. Formation of these complexes can be conveniently ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kapuscinski J,Darzynkiewicz Z

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence dependent conformation, flexibility and hydration properties of DNA molecules constitute selectivity determinants in the formation of protein-DNA complexes. TATA boxes in which AT basepairs (bp) have been substituted by IC bp (TITI box) allow for probing these selectivity determinants for the complexation...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Pastor N,MacKerell AD Jr,Weinstein H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoprotein (NP) binds the viral RNA genome as oligomers assembled with the polymerase in a ribonucleoprotein complex required for transcription and replication of influenza A virus. Novel antiviral candidates targeting the nucleoprotein either induced higher order oligomers or reduced NP oligomerization by targ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Tarus B,Bertrand H,Zedda G,Di Primo C,Quideau S,Slama-Schwok A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress tolerance is one of the most prominent and interesting topics in biology since many macro- and micro-adaptations have evolved in resistant organisms that are worth studying. When it comes to confronting various environmental stressors, the extremophile Artemia is unrivaled in the animal kingdom. In the present ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Khodajou-Masouleh H,Shahangian SS,Attar F,H Sajedi R,Rasti B

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that GAA/TTC base triplet expansion is the cause of degenerative disorder in Freidreich's Ataxia. It is also known that these repeat sequences fold back to form the unusual intramolecular triple helix structures in DNA of the type Pyrimidine *Purine *Pyrimidine or Purine *Purine*Pyrimidine. In t...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Jain A,Rajeswari MR,Ahmed F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible and near infrared magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of heme proteins and enzymes as well as those of a protein-free heme bound to 2-methylimidazole were recorded and compared at 4.2 K in unrelaxed metastable and relaxed equilibrium heme stereochemistry. The relaxed and unrelaxed stereochemistries of a ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sharonov YuA,Pismensky VF,Yarmola EG

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The forces that direct protein folding lead naturally to native proteins and protein domains that are typically, to a first approximation, globular-spherical and compact, with a relatively clear distinction between the hydrophobic inside and polar outside. The near-universality of these features of protein ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Carey J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geometry optimizations and energy calculations have been carried out via molecular orbital methods at the density functional B3LYP/LANL2DZ level on the molecules PO3-, OPO3(3-), HOPO3(2-), CH3OPO3(2-), H(CH3OPO3)-, O(PO3)2(4-), HO(PO3)2(3-), CH2(PO3)2(4-), (CH3OPO2)O(PO3)3-, O(PO3)3(5-), HO(PO3)3(4-), (PO3)3(3-), (CH3...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Cini R,Chindamo D,Catenaccio M,Lorenzini S,Marcolongo R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of amyloid peptide (Aβ) has been shown to be directly related to progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ is neurotoxic and its deposition and aggregation ultimately lead to cell death. In our previous work, we reported flavonoid derivative (compound 1) showing promising result in transgenic AD model of...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kumar A,Srivastava S,Tripathi S,Singh SK,Srikrishna S,Sharma A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and thermodynamic characters of alpha-syn12 peptide in aqueous solution at different pH and temperatures have been investigated through temperature replica exchange molecular dynamics (T-REMD) simulations with GROMOS 43A1 force field. The two independent T-REMD simulations were completed at pH = 7.0 and...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Cao Z,Liu L,Wang J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myo-inositol is one of the vital nutritional requirements for the Leishmania parasites' survival and virulence in the mammalian host. . Myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase (MIPS) is responsible for the synthesis of myo-inositol in Leishmania, which plays a vital role in Leishmania's virulence to mammalian hosts. Earlier...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sinha M,Jagadeesan R,Kumar N,Saha S,Kothandan G,Kumar D

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The model of spatial structure for the principal neutralizing determinant (PND) of the HIV-1 envelope protein gp120 is proposed in terms of two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) spectroscopy data. To build the model, the NMR-based theoretical conformational analysis of synthetic PND peptides of length 40, 24...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Andrianov AM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the impact of chromium(III) complexes ([Cr(salen)(H2O)2](+) (1), [Cr(en)3]3+ (2) and [Cr(EDTA)(H2O)]- (3)) on the biophysical properties of mucin like specific viscosity, zeta potential and particle size has been investigated. It is evident from the present investigation that the nature of the co...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Shrivastava HY,Sreeram KJ,Nair BU

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EcoRII DNA methyltransferase (M.EcoRII) recognizes the DNA sequence 5'.CC*T/AGG.3' and catalyzes the transfer of the methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the C5 position of the inner cytosine residue (C*). We obtained several DNA duplexes containing photoactive 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine (i(5)dU) or 5-[4-(3-(trifl...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Koudan EV,Subach OM,Korshunova GA,Romanova EA,Eritja R,Gromova ES

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) plays essential role in the tau-assisted regulation of microtubule dynamics. Over expression of MARK4 causes early phosphorylation of Ser262 of tau protein which is essential for microtubule binding. Hyperphosphorylation of tau protein causes the formation of paired hel...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Naqvi AAT,Jairajpuri DS,Noman OMA,Hussain A,Islam A,Ahmad F,Alajmi MF,Hassan MI

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of any subunit of the troponin complex may lead to serious disorders. Rational approaches to managing these disorders require knowledge of the complex interactions among the three subunits that are required for proper function. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed for both skeletal (sTn) and ca...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Varughese JF,Chalovich JM,Li Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of transient electric birefringence was used to investigate the orientation of agarose solutions in pulsed electric fields. If the agarose was dissolved in deionized water, the sign of the birefringence was positive when the electric field was small, indicating that the agarose molecules were orienting p...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Stellwagen NC,Stellwagen D

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and α-glycosidase (α-gly) inhibition have emerged as a promising and important approach for pharmacological intervention in many diseases such as glaucoma, epilepsy, obesity, cancer, and Alzheimer's. In this manner, the preparation and enzyme inhibition activities of periph...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Koçyiğit ÜM,Taslimi P,Tüzün B,Yakan H,Muğlu H,Güzel E

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Runt domain proteins are eukaryotic transcription factors that regulate major developmental pathways. All members of this family contain a highly-conserved sequence-specific DNA binding domain: the Runt domain (RD). Structural and biochemical studies have shown that the Runt domain undergoes a conformational trans...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Suad O,Eyal E,Blumenzweig I,Kessler N,Levanon D,Groner Y,Shakked Z

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empirical potential including the intra- and intermolecular energy terms was used to study the interaction of L-Lysine-L-Alanine-L-Alanine Tripeptide with four models of B-DNA with different compositions. On the basis of a detailed search of the respective potential energy surface, it was found that the peptide is...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Vondrásek J,Sponar J,Hobza P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal receiver domain of NtrC is the molecular switch in the two-component signal transduction. It is the first protein where structures of both the active (phosphyroylated) and inactive (unphosphyroylated) states are determined experimentally. Phosphorylation of the NtrC at the active site induces large stru...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Hu X,Wang Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propanidid is an intravenous anesthetic with transient action and rapid recovery features, but it is clinically unacceptable due to its side effects. AZD-3043, an analog of propanidid with the methoxy group substituted by the ethoxy group, has become the focus of recent development efforts. Although propanidid and AZD...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Wang S,Liu Q,Li X,Zhao X,Qiu L,Lin J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A first principles calculation of the correlation function for conformational motion (CM) in proteins is carried out within the framework of a microscopic model of a protein as a heterogeneous system. The fragments of the protein are assumed to be identical hard spheres undergoing the CM within their conformational po...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sitnitsky AE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases are enzymes that specifically attach amino acids to cognate tRNAs for use in the ribosomal stage of translation. For many aminoacyl tRNA synthetases, the required level of amino acid specificity is achieved either by specific hydrolysis of misactivated aminoacyl-adenylate intermediate (pre-t...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Boyarshin KS,Priss AE,Rayevskiy AV,Ilchenko MM,Dubey IY,Kriklivyi IA,Yaremchuk AD,Tukalo MA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a matter of great concern. Although the mortality rate caused by this virus is less than that of SARS and MERS, it is showing higher efficacy in terms of human-to-human transmission. Several strategies have been taken by scientists and researchers worldwid...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sarkar I,Sen A

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is an extrahepatic, heme-containing and tryptophan-catalyzing enzyme responsible for causing blockade of T-cell proliferation and differentiation by depleting tryptophan level in cancerous cells. Therefore, inhibition of IDO1 may be a useful strategy for immunotherapy against cance...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Jain S,Bhardwaj B,Amin SA,Adhikari N,Jha T,Gayen S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the known structural model for reverse transcription initiation complex of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) MAL isolate, we attempted to predict a structural behavior of MAL-like templates (CRF01_AE, subtype G and CRF02_AG) within the initiation complex by in silico experiments. Switches from t...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kolomiets IN,Zarudnaya MI,Potyahaylo AL,Hovorun DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00