Identification of a high-affinity network of secretagogin-binding proteins involved in vesicle secretion.

abstract：:Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), TATp, in particular, has been used widely for intracellular delivery of various agents ranging from small molecules to proteins, peptides, range of pharmaceutical nanocarriers and imaging agents. This review highlights the mechanisms of CPP-mediated delivery and summarizes numerous ex...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sawant R,Torchilin V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the fundamental goals in cellular biochemistry is to identify the functions of proteins in the context of compartments that organize them in the cellular environment. To realize this, it is indispensable to develop an automated method for fast and accurate identification of the subcellular locations of uncharac...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Cheng X,Xiao X,Chou KC

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Many methods have been published by which combinatorial libraries may be screened for compounds capable of manipulating the function(s) of a target protein. One of the simplest approaches is to identify compounds in a library that bind the protein of interest, since these binding events usually occur on functionally i...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kodadek T,Bachhawat-Sikder K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing functional relationships between multi-domain protein sequences is a non-trivial task. Traditionally, delineating functional assignment and relationships of proteins requires domain assignments as a prerequisite. This process is sensitive to alignment quality and domain definitions. In multi-domain protei...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Bhaskara RM,Mehrotra P,Rakshambikai R,Gnanavel M,Martin J,Srinivasan N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-chemical deamination of cytosine using 3-cyanovinylcarbazole nucleoside (CNVK) mediated photo-cross-linking is a technique for site-directed mutagenesis. Using this technique in vivo requires the elimination of a high-temperature incubation step; instead, incubation should be carried out under physiological cond...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sethi S,Ooe M,Sakamoto T,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Calcium (Ca(2+)) is used as a signaling molecule to regulate many cellular processes. Calcium signaling generally involves transient elevations of the concentration of free Ca(2+) in the cytosol. More pronounced and sustained elevations of intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations are observed during apoptosis (programmed c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Brnjic S,Olofsson MH,Havelka AM,Linder S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli has evolved an intracellular pathway to regulate its motion termed as chemotaxis so as to move towards a favorable environment such as regions with higher concentration of nutrients. Chemotaxis is a response to temporal and spatial variation of extracellular ligand concentration and randomness in moti...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Vuppula RR,Tirumkudulu MS,Venkatesh KV

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for molecules with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is employing many approaches in parallel including high throughput screening and computational methods. We have developed a database (CDD TB) to capture public and private Mtb data while enabling data mining and collaborations with other r...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ekins S,Bradford J,Dole K,Spektor A,Gregory K,Blondeau D,Hohman M,Bunin BA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major effort in systems biology is the development of mathematical models that describe complex biological systems at multiple scales and levels of abstraction. Determining the topology-the set of interactions-of a biological system from observations of the system's behavior is an important and difficult problem. He...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Hagen DR,Tidor B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of complex formation between amyloid-β fragments using surface plasmon resonance biosensing and electrospray mass spectrometry reveals that region 11-14 mediates zinc-induced dimerization of amyloid-β and may serve as a potential drug target for preventing development and progression of Alzheimer's disease. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kozin SA,Mezentsev YV,Kulikova AA,Indeykina MI,Golovin AV,Ivanov AS,Tsvetkov PO,Makarov AA

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:In order to elucidate the effect of flexible linker length on the catalytic efficiency of fusion proteins, two short flexible peptide linkers of various lengths were fused between Arabidopsis thaliana 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) and Polygonum cuspidatum stilbene synthase (STS) to generate fusion proteins 4CL-(GSG)n-S...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Guo H,Yang Y,Xue F,Zhang H,Huang T,Liu W,Liu H,Zhang F,Yang M,Liu C,Lu H,Zhang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens use type III secretion systems (TTSSs) for subverting the normal cellular functions of their target eukaryotic cells. The type III secretion apparatus (TTSA) functions like a syringe to inject proteins through an external needle and into a target cell's membrane and cytosol. The ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang Y,Zhang L,Picking WL,Picking WD,De Guzman RN

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sponge metagenomes are accessible genetic sources containing genes and gene clusters responsible for the biosynthesis of sponge-derived bioactive natural products. In this study, we obtained the clone pDC112, producing turbomycin A and 2,2-di(3-indolyl)-3-indolone, based on the functional screening of the metagenome l...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Takeshige Y,Egami Y,Wakimoto T,Abe I

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular program associated with the organ morphogenesis but also with the disease progression. EMT in the cancer field fuels neoplastic progression promoting the resistance to cell death, the resistance to chemotherapy and the acquisition of stem cell properties. Co...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Vergara D,Simeone P,del Boccio P,Toto C,Pieragostino D,Tinelli A,Acierno R,Alberti S,Salzet M,Giannelli G,Sacchetta P,Maffia M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-modified lectin-binding peptides were obtained from an α-helical-designed peptide phage library. Concanavalin A (ConA) was used as a representative target protein for the lectin family. The identified glycopeptides could selectively bind to ConA with micromolar affinity. With these results, the methodologies d...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ven Chang I,Tsutsumi H,Mihara H

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify an agent with specific activity against human lens epithelial cells (HLECs), we confirmed the presence of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) and GR-α genes and evaluated whether GRs have a relationship with the apoptotic process in cultured HLECs. We also determined whether the inhibitor RU486 could rescue the...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wang L,Zhao W,Leng F,Ge J,Bu Z,Zhang Y,Liu P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is the key feature of some bacteria, such as Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis. Via EET processes, these bacteria can grow on electrode surfaces and make current output of microbial fuel cells. c-Type cytochromes can be used as carriers to transfer electrons, whic...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Ding DW,Xu J,Li L,Xie JM,Sun X

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:We explain that part of the reduction in the parameter uncertainties in the computations of Apgar et al. (Mol. Biosyst. 2010, 6, 1890-900) is due to a greatly increased number of effective data points. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Chachra R,Transtrum MK,Sethna JP

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increased worldwide in parallel with the obesity epidemic. Potentilla discolor is one of the most important crude materials in Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for therapy of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. In this work, a plasma metabonomic approach based on the combination of U...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Li Y,Li JJ,Wen XD,Pan R,He YS,Yang J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogeneous oligodeoxyguanylates incorporating small-molecule intercalator pyrene moieties in a 1,5 relationship form various structures of dimer, trimer, tetramer and internal hairpin form that are yellowish in color because of the intermolecular interactions between the pyrene units. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Jeong HS,Park M,Yi JW,Joo T,Kim BH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of biofuels has been one of the promising efforts in biotechnology in the past few decades. The perspective of these efforts can be reduction of increasing demands for fossil fuels and consequently reducing environmental pollution. Nonetheless, most previous approaches did not succeed in obviating many big ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Mohammadi R,Fallah-Mehrabadi J,Bidkhori G,Zahiri J,Javad Niroomand M,Masoudi-Nejad A

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Major progress in the study of RNase P has resulted from crystallography of bacterial catalytic subunits and the discovery of catalytic activity in eukaryotes. Several new substrates have also been identified, primarily in bacteria but also in yeast. Our current world should be called the "RNA-protein world" rather th...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Altman S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abundant information about the nucleotide sequence of the human genome has become readily available and it is now necessary to develop methods for the identification of genes that are involved in important cellular, developmental and disease-related processes. Identification methods based on the activities of hammerhe...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Sano M,Kato Y,Taira K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical composition of the cervical mucus (CM), its physical characteristics and the volume of secretion change cyclically throughout the menstrual cycle. The aim of this study was to identify the constitutive protein composition of CM of fertile women and the changes in the CM proteome throughout the menstrual c...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Grande G,Milardi D,Vincenzoni F,Pompa G,Biscione A,Astorri AL,Fruscella E,De Luca A,Messana I,Castagnola M,Marana R

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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