An insight into antagonist binding and induced conformational dynamics of class B GPCR corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1.

abstract：:Single molecule observation of fluorescence resonance energy transfer can be used to provide insight into the structure and dynamics of proteins. Using a straightforward triple-colour labelling strategy, we present a measurement and analysis scheme that can simultaneously study multiple regions within single intrinsic...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Milles S,Koehler C,Gambin Y,Deniz AA,Lemke EA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of disulfide bonds provides critical information regarding the structure and function of a protein and is a key aspect in understanding signaling cascades in biological systems. Recent proteomic approaches using digestion enzymes have facilitated the characterization of disulfide-bonds and/or oxidiz...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Na S,Paek E,Choi JS,Kim D,Lee SJ,Kwon J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disordered regions within proteins have increasingly been associated with various cellular functions. Identifying the specific roles played by disorder in these functions has proved difficult. However, the development of reliable prediction algorithms has expanded the study of disorder from a few anecdotal examples to...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bellay J,Michaut M,Kim T,Han S,Colak R,Myers CL,Kim PM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequencing technology has generated a vast amount of genomic and epigenomic data, and has provided us a great opportunity to study gene functions on a global scale from an epigenomic view. In the last decade, network-based studies, such as those based on PPI networks and co-expression networks, have shown good ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li W,Wang M,Sun J,Wang Y,Jiang R

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:As the usage of fluorescence microscopy as a tool to study biological systems continues to grow, so does the need for additional tools that permit the selective detection of proteins of interest. Existing selective and well-characterized kinase inhibitors may be exploited to develop novel small molecule probes useful ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang Z,Kwiatkowski N,Zeng H,Lim SM,Gray NS,Zhang W,Yang PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When photoirradiated, an unnatural sialic acid analog can covalently capture the complex formed by ganglioside GM1 and cholera toxin subunit B. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bond MR,Whitman CM,Kohler JJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence specific binding of DNA and RNA is of fundamental importance in the regulation of cellular gene expression. Because of their modular structure repeat domain proteins are particularly well suited for these processes and have been widely adopted throughout evolution. Detailed biochemical and structural data has...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Filipovska A,Rackham O

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stochastic fluctuations (noise) in gene expression can cause members of otherwise genetically identical populations to display drastically different phenotypes. An understanding of the sources of noise and the strategies cells employ to function reliably despite noise is proving to be increasingly important in describ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Tabor JJ,Bayer TS,Simpson ZB,Levy M,Ellington AD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens pose a major concern to public health and, thus, greater attention must be given to providing insightful knowledge on host-pathogen interactions. There are several theories addressing the dynamics of complex mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions. The availability of...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kamaladevi A,Marudhupandiyan S,Balamurugan K

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon entering biological systems, such as the blood stream, nanoparticles form molecular complexes with the proteins encountered called protein coronas, which shield the surface of the exogenous nanoparticle. The most abundant blood proteins, such as albumin, initially occupy the surface of the nanoparticle. Owing to ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ramezani F,Rafii-Tabar H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida glabrata has been recognized as an efficient industrial microorganism for the production of pyruvate, the most widely used α-oxocarboxylic acid in the areas of agrochemicals, drugs, and chemicals. To gain a comprehensive understanding of its physiology and cellular metabolism, the genome-scale metabolic model ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Xu N,Liu L,Zou W,Liu J,Hua Q,Chen J

更新日期：2013-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient and low-affinity interactions among macromolecules underlie many physiological events. Often, these interactions are difficult to study because they are not maintained when the participating molecules are removed from their cellular context. To circumvent this challenge, crosslinking reagents can be used to ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Tanaka Y,Bond MR,Kohler JJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene regulatory networks constitute the first layer of the cellular computation for cell adaptation and surveillance. In these webs, a set of causal relations is built up from thousands of interactions between transcription factors and their target genes. The large size of these webs and their entangled nature make it...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rodríguez-Caso C,Corominas-Murtra B,Solé RV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not surprising that a large number of diseases related to amyloid fibril depositions are formed in various organs. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the transformation of native proteins into amyloid fibrils in order to clarify which key elements of this process determine the pathway of protein misfolding...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Galzitskaya OV

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of the versatile CYP109B1 enzyme from Bacillus subtilis has been solved at 1.8 Å resolution. This is the first structure of an enzyme from this CYP family, whose members are prevalent across diverse species of bacteria. In the crystal structure the enzyme has an open conformation with an access c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang A,Zhang T,Hall EA,Hutchinson S,Cryle MJ,Wong LL,Zhou W,Bell SG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition and association between the Ca2+/calmodulin-activated protein kinase II-α (CaMKIIα) and the multi-PDZ domain protein 1 (MUPP1) plays an important role in the sperm acrosome reaction and human fertilization. Previously, we have demonstrated that the MUPP1 PDZ11 domain is the primary binding partner of t...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang YL,Han ZF

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane translocation is challenging due to the barrier of the cell membrane. Contrary to the synthetic cell-penetrating materials, tailed bacteriophages use cell-puncturing protein needles to puncture the cell membranes as an initial step of the DNA injection process. Cell-puncturing protein needles are thoug...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sanghamitra NJ,Inaba H,Arisaka F,Ohtan Wang D,Kanamaru S,Kitagawa S,Ueno T

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mirror image phage display is a straightforward approach to identify new potentially therapeutically active D-enantiomeric peptides. Such D-peptides are more resistant to proteolytic degradation compared to L-peptides. In this review, several examples of mirror image phage display derived D-peptides with therapeutical...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Funke SA,Willbold D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the development of Src/Abl (c-Src/Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinases) dual inhibitors has attracted considerable attention from the research community for treatment of malignancies. In order to explore the different structural features impacting the Src and Abl inhibitory activities of N(9)-arenethenyl purines and to ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ma S,Zeng G,Fang D,Wang J,Wu W,Xie W,Tan S,Zheng K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential gene expression governs the development, function and pathology of multicellular organisms. Transcription regulatory networks study differential gene expression at a systems level by mapping the interactions between regulatory proteins and target genes. While microarray transcription profiles are the most...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Vermeirssen V,Joshi A,Michoel T,Bonnet E,Casneuf T,Van de Peer Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrative pharmacology has been used to identify the key active constituents (KACs) of Buchang Naoxintong capsules (BNCs), a traditional Chinese medical preparation; this approach involves the evaluation of the content profiles and drug-like properties of the BNC constituents and development of an ingredient-target ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Haiyu X,Yang S,Yanqiong Z,Qiang J,Defeng L,Yi Z,Feng L,Hongjun Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insight into the molecular mechanism of complex diseases is an important topic in the current bio-medical research. However, different from the single-gene disorders, high heterogeneity of many of the complex diseases prevents scientists from the exact understanding of the etiology. In this study, we used Myelodysplas...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ren X,Zhou X,Chang CC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) often suffer from concomitant metabolic complications. Treatment with antiretroviral therapy has also been shown to alter the metabolism of patients. Although chemometric analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of human sera can distinguish ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： McKnight TR,Yoshihara HA,Sitole LJ,Martin JN,Steffens F,Meyer D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia and inflammation have been identified as the hallmarks of colitis, intertwined with metabolism. Here, we report that halofuginone (HF), an antiparasitic drug, attenuates dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice, as represented by attenuating the disease activity index, inhibiting colonic shortening...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu J,Xiao HT,Wang HS,Mu HX,Zhao L,Du J,Yang D,Wang D,Bian ZX,Lin SH

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic adenosine monophosphate and cyclic guanosine monophosphate are universal intracellular messengers whose concentrations are regulated by molecular networks comprised of different isoforms of the synthases adenylate cyclase or guanylate cyclase and the phosphodiesterases which degrade these compounds. In this pap...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Valeyev NV,Heslop-Harrison P,Postlethwaite I,Gizatullina AN,Kotov NV,Bates DG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays myriad roles in development and disease. TGF-β isoforms initiate signaling by organizing their cell surface receptors TβRI and TβRII. Exploration and exploitation of the versatility of TGF-β signaling requires an enhanced understanding of structure-fu...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li L,Orner BP,Huang T,Hinck AP,Kiessling LL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objectives of this work were to characterise a range of purified recombinant sterol 3β-glucosyltransferases and show that rational sampling of the diversity that exists within sterol 3β-glucosyltransferase sequence space can result in a range of enzyme selectivities. In our study the catalytically active doma...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Malik V,Zhang M,Dover LG,Northen JS,Flinn A,Perry JJ,Black GW

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ectonucleotide phosphodiesterase/pyrophosphatase-1 (NPP1) is a type II transmembrane glycoprotein that regulates extracellular inorganic purine nucleotide and inorganic diphosphate levels through the hydrolysis of ATP into AMP and diphosphate. NPP1 is a promising drug target as it plays a role in several disorders...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Barbeau X,Mathieu P,Paquin JF,Lagüe P

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent model proposing that a barrier is raised against tumor evolution in pre-cancer tissues is investigated. For that we quantify expression alterations in genome maintenance pathways: DNA damage response, death pathways and cell cycle and also differentially expressed genes in transcriptomes of pre-cancerous and ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Simão ÉM,Sinigaglia M,Bugs CA,Castro MA,Librelotto GR,Alves R,Mombach JC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first fluorescent labeling technology, which can induce not only an increase in the fluorescence intensity but also a shift in the fluorescence spectrum, has been developed for "ratiometric" measurements for a protein by utilizing a newly designed "field-sensitive" fluorescent probe and its corresponding unique am...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Soh N,Seto D,Nakano K,Imato T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00