A combined chemometric and quantitative NMR analysis of HIV/AIDS serum discloses metabolic alterations associated with disease status.

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation is associated with most cell signaling and developmental processes in eukaryotes. Despite the vast extent of the phosphoproteome within the cell, connecting specific kinases with relevant targets remains a significant experimental frontier. The challenge of linking kinases and their substrates ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sopko R,Andrews BJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tankyrases (TNKS), key transmitters in the Wnt signaling pathway which is very conservative in evolution, are vital targets as they are overexpressed widely in many cancers. In this work, 5 inhibitors with novel structures have been discovered and validated using the ligand-based (pharmacophore) virtual screening, doc...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Pu Y,Zhang S,Chang Z,Zhang Y,Wang D,Zhang L,Li Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic regulation by histone methylation is crucial for proper programming of the genome during development. Homeostasis of histone methylation is balanced by the activities of histone methyltransferases and demethylases. Although these methyltransferases and demethylases represent logical targets for potential dr...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu Y,Platchek M,Kement B,Bee WT,Truong M,Zeng X,Hung S,Lin H,Morrow D,Kallal LA,Xie Q,Agarwal P,Pope AJ,Wu Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the preclinical drug discovery process it remains a challenge to enable early elimination of candidate molecules that may have non-specific, off-target activities. Here, we use whole zebrafish embryo assays coupled with genetic analysis to address this issue. PLK1 (Polo-like kinase 1) is one of the key regulato...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhong H,Xin S,Zhao Y,Lu J,Li S,Gong J,Yang Z,Lin S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we focused on the expression and biological functions of TMEM45B in pancreatic cancer tissues and cell lines. Real-time PCR and Western blotting were used to examine the expression levels of TMEM45B in pancreatic cancer tissues and cell lines. The functions of TMEM45B were evaluated using CCK-8, ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhao LC,Shen BY,Deng XX,Chen H,Zhu ZG,Peng CH

更新日期：2016-05-24 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：:Protein tyrosine phosphatases are crucial regulators of signal transduction and function as antagonists towards protein tyrosine kinases to control reversible tyrosine phosphorylation, thereby regulating fundamental physiological processes. Growing evidence has supported the notion that reversible oxidative inactivati...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Garcia FJ,Carroll KS

更新日期：2016-05-24 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：:Mimicking receptor flexibility during receptor-ligand binding is a challenging task in computational drug design since it is associated with a large increase in the conformational search space. In the present study, we have devised an in silico design strategy incorporating receptor flexibility in virtual screening to...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chakraborty S,Ramachandran B,Basu S

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:MiRNAs are a fascinating kind of biomolecule due to their vital functions in gene regulation and potential value as biomarkers for serious diseases including cancers. Exploiting convenient and sensitive methods for miRNA expression assays is imperative. In this study, we employ an exonuclease (RecJf) and a nicking end...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Xu J,Han K,Liu D,Lin L,Miao P

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal of gynecologic malignancies due to the high rate of recurrence and poor prognosis. Predicting the prognosis in patients with EOC is clinically challenging, partly because appropriate biomarkers of recurrence have yet to be explored. In this prospective study, pre-trea...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang H,Ge T,Cui X,Hou Y,Ke C,Yang M,Yang K,Wang J,Guo B,Zhang F,Lou G,Li K

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Lovastatin and other statins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, which carries out an early step in the sterol biosynthesis pathway. Statins lower cholesterol and are widely prescribed to prevent heart disease, but like many drugs, they can interact with nutritionally acquired metabolites. To probe these interactions, we explo...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Fowler DM,Cooper SJ,Stephany JJ,Hendon N,Nelson S,Fields S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insights into the structure and dynamics of modular polyketide synthases (PKS) are essential for understanding the mechanistic details of the biosynthesis of a large number of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites. The crystal structures of the KS-AT di-domain from erythromycin synthase have revealed the re...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Anand S,Mohanty D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamellipodin (Lpd) protein plays an important role in the formation of lamellipodial protrusion which is crucial in actin dynamics, cell polarity and motility. Lpd promotes actin polymerization with the help of members of the Ena/VASP family of actin regulators and tethering them to actin filaments. It is well documen...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Gorai S,Paul D,Haloi N,Borah R,Santra MK,Manna D

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Bacterial resistance to β-lactam antibiotics poses a serious threat to human health. Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) and β-lactamases are involved in both antibacterial activity and mediation of β-lactam antibiotic resistance. The two major reasons for resistance to β-lactams include: (i) pathogenic bacteria expres...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kumar KM,Anbarasu A,Ramaiah S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of diverse proteins are being identified that moonlight. Moonlighting proteins comprise an interesting subset of multifunctional proteins in which the two functions are found in a single polypeptide chain. They do not include proteins that are multifunctional due to gene fusions, families of homologou...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jeffery CJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium homeostasis is a key factor in the regulation of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. Calcium dynamics in cardiomyocytes is governed by ATP which depends on insulin dependent glucose concentration, via the glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) transporter. It would therefore be interesting to see how calcium ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Das PN,Kumar A,Bairagi N,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and functional changes in albumin are of particular interest as numerous studies in vivo have reported a strong involvement of glycated-HSA in the development and progression of chronic diabetic complications. Non-enzymatic addition of glucose molecules to a protein induces structural changes in it. These c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Neelofar K,Arif Z,Alam K,Ahmad J

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic change is an increasing challenge for agriculture that is driving the development of suitable crops in order to ensure supply for both human nutrition and animal feed. In this context, it is increasingly important to understand the biochemical responses of cells to environmental cues at the whole system level...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： García-Flores M,Juárez-Colunga S,Montero-Vargas JM,López-Arciniega JA,Chagolla A,Tiessen A,Winkler R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance (MDR) system actively pumps antibiotics out of cells causing serious health problems. During the pumping, AcrB (one of the key components of MDR) undergoes a series of large-scale and proton-motive conformational changes. Capturing the conformational changes through all-atom simulations is cha...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jewel Y,Liu J,Dutta P

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently circular RNA (circularRNA) has been discovered as an increasingly important type of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), playing an important role in gene regulation, such as functioning as miRNA sponges. So it is very promising to identify circularRNA transcripts from de novo assembled transcripts obtained by high-...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Pan X,Xiong K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-β1, 2 and 3 cytokines are involved in many cellular processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, migration and survival. Whereas TGF-β2 and 3 play important roles in embryonic development, TGF-β1 is mostly implicated in controlling immune responses after birth. The production of TGF-β1 is a tightly reg...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Stockis J,Dedobbeleer O,Lucas S

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligand-induced conditional protein splicing (CPS) using a split intein allows the covalent reconstitution of a protein from two polypeptide fragments. The small molecule rapamycin binds to the fused FKBP and FRB dimerizer domains and thereby induces folding of the split intein, which then removes itself in the trans-s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sonntag T,Mootz HD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer has been reported as one of the most frequently diagnosed malignant diseases and the leading cause of cancer death in women all around the world. Furthermore, this complicated cancer is divided into multiple subtypes which present different clinical symptoms and need correspondingly directed therapy. We ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chen Y,Wang X,Wang G,Li Z,Wang J,Huang L,Qin Z,Yuan X,Cheng Z,Zhang S,Yin Y,He J

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that oligomeric/aggregated amyloid β peptides are a key player in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and that different nanoparticles influence oligomerization/aggregation processes in experiments in vitro. Our previous results demonstrated antiaggregation effects of magnetite nanoparticles in th...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Gažová Z,Antošová A,Krištofiková Z,Bartoš A,Ríčný J,Cechová L,Klaschka J,Rípová D

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that leads to 250 000 deaths annually. There is a need to better understand asthma by identifying new pathogenic molecules. We conducted a liquid-chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-Q-TOF-MS)-based metabolomics study to test for asthma and investigate the i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Su L,Shi L,Liu J,Huang L,Huang Y,Nie X

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers frequently develop resistance to paclitaxel but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be determined. We have investigated the proteins that are associated with the paclitaxel resistance in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells using proteomic analysis. Paclitaxel resistant human breast cancer MCF-7 cells (MC...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chen S,Dong Q,Hu S,Cai J,Zhang W,Sun J,Wang T,Xie J,He H,Xing J,Lu J,Dong Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00