PEGylated PAMAM dendrimers loading oxaliplatin with prolonged release and high payload without burst effect.

abstract：:The present study characterizes the unfolding and folding processes of recombinant manganese peroxidase. This enzyme contains five disulfide bonds, two calcium ions, and one heme prosthetic group. Circular dichroism in the far UV was used to monitor global changes of the protein secondary structure, whereas UV-visible...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Banci L,Bartalesi I,Ciofi-Baffoni S,Tien M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on the conformational preferences of the Dphig (C(alpha,alpha)-diphenylglycine) residue showed that this C(alpha,alpha)-disubstituted glycine has a structural versatility. In fact, depending on the nature of the following or preceding residue, Dphig can assume either folded or extended conformations. We...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Pavone V,Lombardi A,Saviano M,De Simone G,Nastri F,Maglio O,Omote Y,Yamanaka Y,Yamada T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiral interaction of helical peptide with chiral molecule, and concomitant induction in its helix sense have been demonstrated in optically inactive nonapeptide (1) possessing Gly at its N-terminus: H-Gly-(Delta(Z)Phe-Aib)(4)-OCH(3) (1: Delta(Z)Phe = Z-dehydrophenylalanine; Aib = alpha-aminoisobutyric acid). Spectros...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ousaka N,Inai Y,Okabe T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial chemistry has recently burst on the scene as a valuable tool for the discovery of new drug candidates. The ability to synthesize hundreds of compounds for screening is a useful complement to rational drug design. There are many similarities between the design of new therapeutic agents and the development...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Agarkov A,Greenfield S,Xie D,Pawlick R,Starkey G,Gilbertson SR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial properties of the secretion from the female reproductive accessory glands of medfly Ceratitis capitata are mostly ascribed to the presence of two peptides, ceratotoxin A and B, which exhibit a strong activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains, and show sequence and function homolo...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Ragona L,Molinari H,Zetta L,Longhi R,Marchini D,Dallai R,Bernini LF,Lozzi L,Scarselli M,Niccolai N

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidation of mechanisms underlying collagen fibril assembly and matrix-induced guidance of cell fate will contribute to the design and expanded use of this biopolymer for research and clinical applications. Here, we define how Type I collagen oligomers affect in-vitro polymerization kinetics as well as fibril micros...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Bailey JL,Critser PJ,Whittington C,Kuske JL,Yoder MC,Voytik-Harbin SL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the structural analysis of membrane proteins is advancing, an understanding of the basic principles that underlie their folding and assembly remains limited because of the high insolubility intrinsic to these molecules and concomitant challenges in obtaining crystals. Fortunately, from an experimental standpo...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Rath A,Johnson RM,Deber CM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional RNAs such as ribosomal RNA and structured domains of mRNA are targets for small molecule ligands that can act as modulators of the RNA biological activity. Natural ligands for RNA display a bewildering structural and chemical complexity that has yet to be matched by synthetic RNA binders. Comparison of natu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Hermann T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new family of small plant peptides was recently described and found to be widespread throughout the Millereae and Heliantheae tribes of the sunflower family Asteraceae. These peptides originate from the post-translational processing of unusual seed-storage albumin genes, and have been termed PawS-derived peptides (P...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Franke B,Jayasena AS,Fisher MF,Swedberg JE,Taylor NL,Mylne JS,Rosengren KJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational behavior of the synthetic peptide, Boc-Gly-Val-Gly-Gly-Leu-OMe, containing the X-Gly-Gly and Gly-Gly-X (X = Val or Leu) repeating sequences and constituting a fragment of elastin was investigated by molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The results suggest that, irrespective of...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Lelj F,Tamburro AM,Villani V,Grimaldi P,Guantieri V

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroic spectra and oscillator strengths of the π-π transition near 190 nm are calculated for helical (Gly)6 and (Ala)6 at 30° intervals of the backbone torsion angles (ϕ,ψ) over the range -180° ≤ ϕ ≤ -60°, -60° ≤ ψ ≤ 180°, using the partially dispersive normal mode treatment of the dipole interaction model....

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Applequist J

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A natural rubber was identified and characterized for the first time in the latex of the perennial Mediterranean shrub Euphorbia characias. Four different methods, i.e., acetone, acetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and Triton® X-100, followed by successive treatments with cyclohexane/ethanol, were employed to extract t...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Spanò D,Pintus F,Mascia C,Scorciapino MA,Casu M,Floris G,Medda R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of peptide carriers, termed "cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs)" has attracted much attention due to their potential for cellular delivery of hydrophilic molecules with pharmacological interest, overcoming the membrane barrier. These peptides are able to deliver attached cargos in a nontoxic manner, with the upt...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Henriques ST,Castanho MA,Pattenden LK,Aguilar MI

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed dictionaries of two-, three-, and five-residue patterns in proteins and computed the average solvent accessibility of the central residues in their native proteins. These dictionaries serve as a look-up table for making subsequent predictions of solvent accessibility of amino acid residues. We find that p...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wang JY,Ahmad S,Gromiha MM,Sarai A

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The comprehensive understanding of disassembly mechanism of amyloid fibrils requires nano-scale characterization of the mechanical properties of amyloid fibrils during the disassembly process. In this work, gemini surfactant C12 C6 C12 Br2 micelles were used as a probe to disassemble Aβ(1-40) fibrils. The microstructu...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Wang W,Guo Z,Sun J,Li Z

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disintegrins, small molecular weight proteins contained in the venom of vipers and rattlesnakes, are high-affinity and selectivity integrin antagonists. Disintegrins inhibitory epitope mainly consists in a tripeptide sequence localized in a mobile loop protruding from the protein core. RTS and/or KTS tripeptide charac...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Calvanese L,Falcigno L,D'Auria G

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preferred helical screw senses of chiral α-amino acids with a C(α)-tetrasubstituted α-carbon atom, as determined in the crystal state by X-ray diffraction analyses on derivatives and peptides, are reviewed. This survey covers C(α)-methylated and C(α)-ethylated α-amino acids, as well as α-amino acids cyclized on th...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Crisma M,Toniolo C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria contain a diverse set of RNAs to provide tight regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stimuli. Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) work in conjunction with protein cofactors to bind complementary mRNA sequences in the cell, leading to up- or downregulation of protein synthesis. In vivo imaging of...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Kitto RZ,Christiansen KE,Hammond MC

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational preferences of blocked alanine dipeptide (ADP), Ac-Ala-NHMe, in aqueous solution were studied using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. DFT calculations of three most representative conformations of ADP surrounded by six explicit water mol...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Mirtič A,Merzel F,Grdadolnik J

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:The synthetic peptide of sequence H-Ala-Ser-Thr-Thr-Thr-Asn-Tyr-Thr-OH, termed peptide T, a competitor of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the binding to human T cells, and its C-terminal pentapeptide fragment, were studied by 1H-nmr in DMSO solution to determine conformational preferences. The observation of nucle...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Motta A,Picone D,Temussi PA,Marastoni M,Tomatis R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that tri-L-alanine (Ala3) can crystallize in a parallel-chain beta structure in addition to the previously known antiparallel-chain beta structure. Although the chain conformations in each structure are essentially similar, the ir and Raman spectra are distinctively different. We have calculated the norm...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Qian W,Bandekar J,Krimm S

更新日期：1991-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 13C off-resonance rotating frame spin-lattice relaxation technique is applicable to the study of protein rotational diffusion behavior in a variety of experimental situations. The original formalism of James and co-workers (1978) (J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 100, 3590-3594) was constrained by the assumption of random isot...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Morgan CF,Schleich T,Caines GH,Michael D

更新日期：1990-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of a bacterial cell wall may alter during bacterial reproduction. Moreover, these cell wall variations, on a nanoscale resolution, have not yet fully been elucidated. In this work, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique are applied to evaluate the culture time-dependent cell wall ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： McEwen GD,Wu Y,Zhou A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the controlled synthesis of even the simplest dipeptide, the N(alpha)-amino group of one of the amino acids and the C-terminal carboxyl group of the other should both be blocked with suitable protecting groups. Formation of the desired amide bond can now occur upon activation of the free carboxyl group. After coup...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Albericio F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using internal conformational degrees of freedom for biopolymers as natural variables, and introducing a Lagrangian dynamics approach, one can simulate time-dependent processes over a much longer time scale than in classical Newtonian molecular dynamics (MD) techniques. Two factors contribute to this: a substantial re...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Rudnicki WR,Lesyng B,Harvey SC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cathelicidins are a numerous group of mammalian proteins that carry diverse antimicrobial peptides at the C-terminus of a highly conserved preproregion. These peptides, which become active when released from the proregion, display a remarkable variety of sizes, sequences, and structures, and in fact comprise represent...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Gennaro R,Zanetti M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on stem loop 2 of U1 small nuclear RNA and a construct of the U1A protein were carried out to obtain predictions of the structures for the unbound forms in solution and to elucidate dynamical aspects of induced fit upon binding. A crystal structure of the complex between the U1A pro...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Pitici F,Beveridge DL,Baranger AM

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human saliva contains hundreds of small proline-rich peptides originated by the proteolytic cleavage of the salivary basic Proline-Rich Proteins. Nevertheless only for few of them a specific biological activity has been assigned to date. Among them, the 1932 Da peptide (p1932) has been patented as an anti-HIV agent. I...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Righino B,Pirolli D,Radicioni G,Marzano V,Longhi R,Arcovito A,Sanna MT,De Rosa MC,Paoluzi S,Cesareni G,Messana I,Castagnola M,Vitali A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite detailed knowledge of the overall structural changes and stoichiometries of surfactant binding, little is known about which protein regions constitute the preferred sites of attack for initial unfolding. Here we have exposed three proteins to limited proteolysis at anionic (SDS) and cationic (DTAC) surfactant ...

journal_title：Biopolymers

authors： Hansen JH,Petersen SV,Andersen KK,Enghild JJ,Damhus T,Otzen D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00