Comparison of monovalent and divalent ion distributions around a DNA duplex with molecular dynamics simulation and a Poisson-Boltzmann approach.

abstract：:The common blue marine mussel adheres to underwater surfaces using an adhesive protein (Mefp-1) extruded from its foot. This highly hydroxylated protein contains a number of unusual amino acids, including 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), which is thought to contribute to the crosslinking of the extruded threads and ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Akemi Ooka A,Garrell RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TACC3 is a centrosomal adaptor protein that plays important roles during mitotic spindle assembly. It interacts with chTOG/XMAP215, which catalyzes the addition of tubulin dimers during microtubule growth. A 3D coiled-coil model for this interaction is available but the structural details are not well described. To ch...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Partida-Hanon A,Treviño MA,Mompeán M,Jiménez MÁ,Bruix M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods used to study the relative reaction rates of 45 different aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids when coupled to resin-bound amino acid amides is described. Competition experiments involving the coupling of incoming carboxylic acids to resin-bound amino acid amides were performed. The relative composition...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Acharya AN,Ostresh JM,Houghten RA

更新日期：2002-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymeric macromolecules, when viewed abstractly as strings of symbols, can be treated in terms of formal language theory, providing a mathematical foundation for characterizing such strings both as collections and in terms of their individual structures. In addition this approach offers a framework for analysis of ma...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Searls DB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial variation in the composition of nonexpanded biopolymer blends prepared by extrusion of mixtures of gelatin with either native or pregelatinized waxy maize starch was studied using a 30-microm aperture FTIR microspectroscopy technique. The ratio of the areas of the "saccharide" bands (953-1180 cm(-1)) and t...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mousia Z,Farhat IA,Pearson M,Chesters MA,Mitchell JR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the synthesis of several polyamides that retain the secondary structure of proteins and contain derivatizable side chains. The derivatizable side chain allows for further reaction of the polymer chain (e.g., chain cross-linking or addition of pendant groups). Polymers of alpha-amino acids containing a term...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Guinn RM,Margot AO,Taylor JR,Schumacher M,Clark DS,Blanch HW

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：: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：:The synthetic peptide Gly-L-Ala-L-Phe (C14H19N3O4.2H2O; GAF) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2I1), with a = 5.879(1), b = 7.966(1), c = 17.754(2) A, beta = 95.14(2) degrees, Dx = 1.321 g cm-3, and Z = 2. The crystal structure was solved by direct methods using the program SHELXS-86 and refined to an R valu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ramasubbu N,Parthasarathy R

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of elastic properties of biopolymers is crucial to understand many molecular reactions determined by conformational bending fluctuations of the polymer. Direct measurement of such elastic properties using single-molecule methods is usually hindered by the intrinsic tendency of such biopolymers to ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Alemany A,Ritort F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusion of two stable bilayers likely proceeds through intermediates in which the membrane acquires curvature. The insertion of peptides into the membrane will affect its curvature tendency. Studies with a number of small viral fusion peptides indicate that these peptides promote negative curvature at low concentra...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Epand RM,Epand RF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have examined consensus sequences required for protein-glycosaminoglycan interactions. Through the synthesis of helical heparin binding peptides, this study probes the relationship between spatial arrangement of positive charge and heparin binding affinity. Peptides with a linear distribution of positive ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Rullo A,Nitz M

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Molecular structures for parallel DNA and RNA double helices with Hoogsteen pairing are proposed for the first time. The DNA helices have sugars in the C2'-endo region and the phosphodiester conformations are (trans, gauche-), and the RNA helices have sugars in the C3'-endo region and the phosphodiester conformations ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Raghunathan G,Miles HT,Sasisekharan V

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological therapy for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, continues to present challenges in targeting efficacy. The need for maximal local drug exposure at the inflamed regions of the GI tract has led research to focus on a disease-targeted drug delivery approach. Smart nano...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bertoni S,Machness A,Tiboni M,Bártolo R,Santos HA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic stacking and hydrogen bonding between nucleobases are two of the key interactions responsible for stabilization of DNA double-helical structures. The present work aims at defining the specific contributions of these interactions to the stability of individual base pairs in DNA. The two DNA double helices inve...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Every AE,Russu IM

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribozyme and aptamer selections are typically conducted in aqueous buffer solutions. Using nonaqueous cosolvents in selection experiments will help expand the activity of deoxyribozymes with non-oligonucleotide substrates and will allow identification of new aptamers for nonprotein targets. We undertook in vitro ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Behera AK,Schlund KJ,Mason AJ,Alila KO,Han M,Grout RL,Baum DA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coupling of nuC-O and deltaO-D vibrations in the 1200-900 cm(-1) IR range leads to band shifting in opposite directions, which provides information on intramolecular hydrogen bonding of carbohydrates in aqueous solution. The aqueous solution IR spectra of 2-acetamide-1,6-anhydro-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose and cis-1,2...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Carmona P,Molina M,Aboitiz N,Vicent C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously proposed a model for the delta-opioid receptor binding conformation of the high affinity tetrapeptide Tyr-c[D-Cys-Phe-D-Pen]OH (JOM-13) based on experimental and theoretical conformational analysis of this peptide and a correlation of conformational preferences of further conformationally restricted...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mosberg HI,Dua RK,Pogozheva ID,Lomize AL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied fluorescence enhancements of fluorescein tethered to silver colloids of different size. Thiolated 23-mer oligonucleotide (ss DNA-SH) was bound selectively to silver colloids deposited on 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS)-treated quartz slides. Fluorescein-labeled complementary oligonucleotide (ss Fl-DNA) w...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Lukomska J,Malicka J,Gryczynski I,Leonenko Z,Lakowicz JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work concerns the aggregation properties of (Gly-Val-Gly-Val-Pro)(251) rec, a polypentapeptide reflecting a highly conserved repetitive unit of the bioelastomer, elastin. On raising the temperature of aqueous solutions above 25 degrees C, this polypeptide was already known to undergo concurrent conformational cha...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Manno M,Emanuele A,Martorana V,San Biagio PL,Bulone D,Palma-Vittorelli MB,McPherson DT,Xu J,Parker TM,Urry DW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional nmr spectra [correlated spectroscopy (COSY), homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn (HOHAHA), nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY)] have been observed for cross-linked lysozyme, a chemically modified lysozyme derivative with an extra ester cross-link between residues E35 and W108. Eight shifted cross-peak...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Noda Y,Fukuda Y,Segawa S

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Human hair as alpha-keratin fiber exhibits a complex morphology, which for the context of this investigation is considered as a filament/matrix-composite, comprising the intermediate filaments (IF) and a variety of amorphous protein components as matrix. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) under aqueous conditions...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wortmann FJ,Popescu C,Sendelbach G

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of protein-chaperone interaction as a two-phase (unfolding/refolding) iterative annealing mechanism able to promote structural segregation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers and thereby facilitate access to nativelike states has recently been applied successfully to two 22-mers of the Honeycutt and Thirum...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Gorse D

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen is a natural protein, which is used as a vital biomaterial in tissue engineering. The major concern about native collagen is lack of its thermal stability and weak resistance to proteolytic degradation. In this scenario, the crosslinking compounds used for stabilization of collagen are mostly of chemical natu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Usharani N,Jayakumar GC,Kanth SV,Rao JR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal mode calculations have been done on a range of disulfide bridge conformations in order to determine how the SS stretch and CS stretch frequencies depend on structure. In addition to varying the C alpha C beta SS and NC alpha C beta S dihedral angles, we have varied the phi, psi of the adjoining peptide groups s...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Qian W,Krimm S

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the application of solid state nmr spectroscopy to uniformly aligned biopolymers have opened a window through which to view the detailed structure of biological macromolecules that are unable to be seen with standard techniques for structure determination such as x-ray diffraction. Atomic resolution...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Nicholson LK,Asakura T,Demura M,Cross TA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constrained azapeptides were designed based on the Ala-Val-Pro-Ile sequence from the second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (Smac) protein and tested for ability to induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Diels-Alder cyclizations and Alder-ene reactions on azopeptides enabled construction of a set of constrained ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Chingle R,Ratni S,Claing A,Lubell WD

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IR data for the R1 CO-O-CHR2 -CO-NHR3 derivatives are interpreted in terms of a H…π interaction involving the NH bond and the π orbitals of the ester function and giving rise to a high ν(CO) frequency and a low ν frequency. The resulting molecular conformation corresponds to the angular values ϕ # -90°, ψ # 0°. ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Boussard G,Marraud M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00