Recent Advances of Computational Methods for Identifying Bacteriophage Virion Proteins.

abstract：:Sry-related box (Sox) transcription factors share a conserved high-mobility-group box domain (HMG-domain) that binds DNA in the minor groove and bends DNA for further assembly of transcriptional machineries. During organogenesis, each member of the Sox family triggers a specific cell lineage differentiation, indicatin...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Gao N,Jiang W,Gao H,Cheng Z,Qian H,Si S,Xie Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a de novo designed, beta-hairpin forming T1 peptide as a model to investigate the kinetics of peptide fibrogenesis by a combination of light scattering (LS), circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results demonstrate that the T1 fibrogenesis undergoes a consecutive stepwi...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wang C,Sha Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, halophilic proteins are stable only in the presence of salts at high concentrations. Not only is high salt concentration important for structural stability of halophilic proteins, but also refolding of a denatured halophilic protein requires high salt concentration. This review summarizes the importance of...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Arakawa T,Tokunaga M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6.5 kDa serine protease inhibitor was purified by anion-exchange chromatography from the crude extract of the Inga umbratica seeds, containing inhibitor isoforms ranging from 6.3 to 6.7 kDa and protease inhibitors of approximately 19 kDa. The purified protein was characterized as a potent inhibitor against trypsin a...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Calderon LA,Teles RC,Leite JR,Franco OL,Grossi-de-Sá MF,Medrano FJ,Bloch C Jr,Freitas SM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) has emerged as being related to vascular disease. Recently the RAS has been associated with obesity, diabetes, and even cancer. OBJECTIVE:This review and Bioinformatics analyses focuses on the investigation of Angiotensinconverting enzymes (ACE and ACE2) as therapeutical...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： de Carvalho Fraga CA,Farias LC,Jones KM,Batista de Paula AM,Guimaraes ALS

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) is widely used as a cool-season forage grass for its luxuriant growth, palatable and high digestible. To investigate the salt tolerance mechanism in annual ryegrass under salt stress, salt-tolerant genotype 'R102-3' and salt-sensitive genotype 'Tetragold' were subject to 300mmol/L ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wang X,Ma X,Xinquan-Zhang,Linkai-Huang,Li Z,Nie WX

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coiled coils are important structural modules and domains of protein-protein interactions. Further, they provide the required framework to proteins, like kinesins, myosins and SNAREs, which are either structural or involved in transport of biomolecules. We provide an interactive webserver to measure the strength of in...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Alva V,Syamala Devi DP,Sowdhamini R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human endophilin 1 (hEndo1) is a multifunctional protein that was found to bind a wide spectrum of prolinerich endocytic proteins through its Src homology 3 (SH3) domain. In order to elucidate the unknown biological functions of hEndo1, it is essential to find out the cytoplasmic components that hEndo1 recognizes and ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wu G,Zhang ZL,Fu CJ,Lv FL,Tian FF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we review the current status of our understanding of membrane mediated interactions from theory and experiment. Phenomenological mean field and molecular models will be discussed and compared to recent experimental results from dynamical neutron scattering and atomic force microscopy. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Armstrong CL,Sandqvist E,Rheinstädter MC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase is an enzyme that occurs in almost all aerobic organisms. Its main metabolic function is to prevent oxidative damage to tissues induced by hydrogen peroxide which is a strong oxidizing agent. Catalase is very effective in performing this task, since it has the highest turnover rate among all the enzymes. The ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Seixas FA,da Silva MR,Murakami MT,Tosqui P,Colombo MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the small molecule that inhibits the human copper-trafficking proteins Atox1 and CCS was reported, which suggested that small molecule has an effect on the copper regulation system in the cell. The copper chaperones CopC is regarded as a redox switch and possess barrel structure, thus the interacti...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Song Z,Liu J,Yuan W,Bai Z,Gao N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like those in mammals, heterotrimeric G protein complexes have been implicated in signal transduction pathways in plants; however, the subunits themselves have not been isolated. In this study, the rice heterotrimeric G protein subunits α (Gα) and β (Gβ) were purified by affinity chromatography using anti-Gα and -Gβ a...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Abe Y,Matsusita K,Komatsu S,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous small molecules including cytokines primarily associated with immune response have been shown to play a role in normal mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and tumour cells' communication. One characteristic that distinguishes MSC from fibroblast and other cells of mesenchymal origin is their pro-tumour migratory beh...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Motaln H,Turnsek TL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The O. tesota lectin PF2 is a tetrameric protein with subunits of 33 kDa that recognizes only complex carbohydrates, resistant to proteolytic enzymes and has insecticidal activity against Phaseolus beans pest. OBJECTIVE:To explore PF2 lectin features at different protein structural levels and to evaluate th...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Acedo-Espinoza E,Lagarda-Diaz I,Cabrera R,Guzman-Partida AM,Maldonado-Arce A,Ortega-Nieblas MM,Chan-Chan L,VázquezMoreno L

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein structure information is very useful for the confirmation of protein function. The protein structural class can provide information for protein 3D structure analysis, causing the conformation of the protein overall folding type plays a significant part in molecular biology. In this paper, we focus on the predi...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Liao B,Xiang Q,Li D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008 cancer was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of four threats to human health and development. Since the early published reports of the first chemotherapeutic, mustine, in 1946, the anti-cancer drug and development industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar business enterprise. Worldw...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Li Q,Yi L,Marek P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper(1) we present a novel framework for protein secondary structure prediction. In this prediction framework, firstly we propose a novel parameterized semi-probability profile, which combines single sequence with evolutionary information effectively. Secondly, different semi-probability profiles are respecti...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Huang DS,Huang X

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) are trypsin-like and chymotrypsin-like serine proteases which are expressed in several tissues. Their activity is tightly controlled by inhibitors including members of the serine protease Kazal-type (SPINK) family. These enzymes are promising targets for the treatment of skin desqu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Assis DM,Zalazar L,Juliano MA,De Castro R,Cesari A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retro-ACP (74-65) fragment was synthesized on a novel 4% tri-(propylene glycol) glycerolate diacrylate cross-linked polystyrene (PS-TRPGGDA) support. The peptide is grown from the functional site present in the cross-linker, which makes it unique and cost-effective among other styrene based polymer supports. A compara...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Sasikumar PG,Kumar KS,Pillai VN

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturation Transfer Difference NMR (STD NMR) is used for the detection of the binding constant of the decapeptide RRRDDDSDDD with CK2α, the catalytic subunit of the proteinkinase CK2. For this work a valid irradiation frequency of the CK2α had to be found ensuring that no peptide resonance is affected by the irradiati...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Raüber C,Berger S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual maturation and olfactory bulb defects found in prokineticin 2 (Pk2) and prokineticin receptor 2 (Pkr2) mutant mice resembling the phenotypic characteristics of Kallmann syndrome (KS), gave rise to the question of whether these genes would have a role in KS pathogenesis. Later, mutations in both genes were ident...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Murcia-Belmonte V,Astillero-López V,Esteban PF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) was once considered as an ideal anti-diabetic candidate for its important role in maintaining glucose homeostasis through the regulation of islet hormone secretion, as well as hepatic and gastric function. However, the major therapeutic obstacle for using native GLP-1 as a therapeutic a...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chen W,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Qian H,Huang W,Yang B,Han J,Zhou J,Chi Y,Ni S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoenixin (PNX), a newly identified peptide cleaved from the C-terminus of protein C4orf52, mainly exists in two active isoforms, phoenixin-14 (PNX-14) amide and phoenixin-20 (PNX-20) amide that were first isolated from the rat hypothalamus and bovine heart, respectively. Initial studies demonstrated that PNX is a rep...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Yuan T,Sun Z,Zhao W,Wang T,Zhang J,Niu D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural-energetic analysis of peptide and protein antigens in the context of binding to antibody reveals fundamental differences between the cross-reactions of antipeptide antibody with protein and antiprotein antibody with peptide, providing a physicochemical basis for B-cell epitope prediction as applied to the d...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Caoili SE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenicity of "novel" MART-1 and Tyrosinase class-II peptides was assessed in transgenic mice. Tyrosinase(141-161) peptide was found to be immunogenic and endogenously processed in the HLA-DRbeta1*0101 and HLA-DRbeta1*0401 transgenic mice with peptide specific production of IFNgamma or IL-5 respectively. The M...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Horton RB,Laversin SA,Reeder SP,Rees RC,McArdle SE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nudix hydrolases catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleoside diphosphates linked to other moieties X, and contain the sequence motif or Nudix box, GX5EX7REUXEEXGU. The mechanisms of Nudix hydrolases are highly diverse in the position on the substrate. In this paper, we examined the sequences and structures of the MutT/Nudix...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Lin J,Tian B,Hua Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant tumor is still one of the important diseases worldwide, cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocytes (CTLs) play an important role in killing tumor cells. OBJECTIVE:To enhance the immune response of our previously identified HLA-A2-restricted CTL epitopes, we designed a multiepitope YL66. METHOD:The fusion prote...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wu Y,Zhai W,Sun M,Zou Z,Zhou X,Li G,Yan Z,Qi Y,Gao Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant human parathyroid hormone (rhPTH) fragment (Gly1-Gln26-rhPTH(1-34)) which contains two amino acids substitutions (Gly1 and Gln26) was acquired through Escherichia coli expression system using a soluble fusion protein strategy. The soluble fusion protein MBP-Gly1-Gln26-rhPTH(1-34) was harvested after puri...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Xu XC,Zhong SD,Kai F,Li LR,Liu C,Liu B,Bao JK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine β defensin 2(pBD2)is a cationic 37-amino acid antimicrobial peptide with disulfide bonds. Synthetic pBD2 had broad antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria, and thus pBD2 could be a good candidate as a bactericidal agent for pigs. This study reported the successful recombinant expression of pBD2 in E...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Li CL,Zhao YC,Song XY,Huang XX,Zhao WD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA ligase is an important enzyme and it plays vital role in the replication and repair; also catalyzes nick joining between adjacent bases of DNA. The NAD(+) dependent DNA ligase is selectively present in eubacteria and few viruses; but missing in humans. Homology modeling was used to generate 3-D structure of NAD(+)...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Singh V,Somvanshi P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00