Characterization of Seed Proteome Profile of Wild and Cultivated Chickpeas of India.

abstract：:Although the tertiary structures of mitochondrial cytochromes c (cyts c) seem to be remarkably similar, there are variations in their amino acid sequences, stability and functional properties. GdnHCl-induced unfolding experiments on engineered yeast and horse cyt c were carried out with the aim to to clarify, at molec...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Agueci F,Polticelli F,Sinibaldi F,Piro MC,Santucci R,Fiorucci L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a 3D map of protein fold space was produced using Dali structure alignment and nonmetric multidimensional scaling. The fold space comprises four radial clusters, which correspond to the four classes of SCOP. The overall structure of the protein fold space is largely determined by three factors: secondar...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Xu Q

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the intestinal microbiota of animals is widely acknowledged because of its vital role in the health of animals. There are complex communities of microbiota, which colonize the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal microbiota are conductive to animal health and the development of the host immune system. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Hu S,Wang L,Jiang Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few decades, novel drug delivery strategies have been a big priority to the formulation scientists. Peptides and proteins have drawn a special attention for their wide scope in the area. Serum albumin, transferrin, recom- binant proteins, virus capsids etc. are used as carrier for drug and biomolecules. Co...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Mukherjee B,Karmakar SD,Hossain CM,Bhattacharya S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants reproductive phase, when grain yield and consequently farmers' investment is most in jeopardy, is considered as the most sensitive stage to drought stress. In this study, we aimed to explore the proteomic response of wheat anther at meiosis stage in a drought tolerant, Darab, and susceptible, Shiraz, wheat geno...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Fotovat R,Alikhani M,Valizadeh M,Mirzaei M,Salekdeh GH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) plays an important role in cellular metabolism and acts as hydrideaccepting and hydride-donating coenzymes in energy production. Identification of NAD protein interacting sites can significantly aid in understanding the NAD dependent metabolism and pathways, and it could further...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wang X,Wang CC,Zhang YQ,Mi G,Zhang J,Li ML

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) triggers coordinated innate and adaptive response in host cell. HCV genome and proteins of the replicating virus are recognized as non-self-antigens by host cell to activate Toll Like Receptors (TLRs). Activated TLRs ultimately express cytokines, which can clear virus either by activating inter...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Farooqi ZU,Tareen SH,Ahmed J,Zaidi NU

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polypeptide leptin exerts a multitude of regulatory functions. It has been implicated in the pathophysiology of inflammatory, metabolic and psychiatric disorders and has been found to be differentially expressed in men and women. Although a clear increase of leptin levels with age has been repeatedly observed in m...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Fulda S,Linseisen J,Wolfram G,Himmerich S,Gedrich K,Pollmächer T,Himmerich H

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hop is a tetratricopeptide repeat domain (TPR)-containing co-chaperone that is able to directly associate with both Hsp70 and Hsp90. Previous data showed that the TPR2A-domain is the primary site for dimerization and that the TPR2B-domain may also play a role in dimerization. We present Hop-D456G, a mutant within the ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Gonçalves DC,Gava LM,Ramos CH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are among the best studied antimicrobial factors expressed in the respiratory tract. AMPs are released by epithelial cells and immune cells into the airway surface liquid covering the epithelial surfaces of the lung where they act as endogenous antibiotics. Plenty of studies show...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Seiler F,Lepper PM,Bals R,Beisswenger C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the production and secretion of fusion constructs containing alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase, the enzyme deficient in Sanfilippo B, and either wildtype TAT or modified TAT in cultured Spodoptera frugiperda cells. All constructs exhibited successful expression of active enzyme, suggesting the future possibili...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Bandsmer JC,Campbell TN,Cheyne I,Choy FY

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a stable L-BDH chimera was attempted by exchanging whole domains between two native structural analogs, L-BDH and meso-BDH, because the S-configuration specificity of L-BDH is valuable from the standpoint of its application but its activity is unstable, whereas meso-BDH is stable. The domain chimera...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Shimegi T,Takusagawa Y,Ohtsuki T,Noda S,Kurisu G,Kusunoki M,Ui S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence that the formation and accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGE) have been known to progress under diabetic conditions, thereby being involved in diabetic vascular complications. Further, we, along with others, have recently found AGE could disturb insulin actions in cul...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Unoki-Kubota H,Yamagishi S,Takeuchi M,Bujo H,Saito Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fragmentation factor 45 (DFF45) regulates DNase DFF40 as its inhibitor and chaperone. It was reported that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of DFF45 alone is disordered and DFF40 is necessary as a mutual chaperone for the folding of NTD. However, here we reported the crystallization of DFF45 NTD. These crystals diffrac...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Li T,Li X,Yang W,Rao Z,Zhai Zh

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin, an endogenous ligand of the G-protein-coupled receptor APJ, is a novel myokine and may play a key role in regulating energy metabolism. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of hypoxic exposure, exercise, and hypoxic exercise training on the expression of apelin and APJ in skeletal mu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Ji W,Gong L,Wang J,He H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zwitterionic dipeptides have recently been shown to exist in water mainly as nine conformational forms with specific combinations of backbone Psi, omega and Phi torsions, which allows conformer-specific molecular recognition of peptide ligands by proteins. Here, we show that pairs of virtual backbone torsions can also...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Gupta S,Grail BM,Payne JW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of local structure, in short peptides has been probed by examining cleavage patterns and rates of proteolysis of designed sequences with a high tendency to form beta-hairpin structures. Three model sequences which bear fluorescence donor and acceptor groups have been investigated: [see text]. Fluorescenc...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Saikumari YK,Ravindra G,Balaram P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphatase magnesium-dependent 1, delta (PPM1D) is a member of the PPM1 (formerly PP2C) protein phosphatase family, and is induced in response to DNA damage. The overexpression of PPM1D is thought to exert oncogenic effects through the inhibition of tumor suppressor proteins. PPM1D shows high selectivity for ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chuman Y,Yagi H,Fukuda T,Nomura T,Matsukizono M,Shimohigashi Y,Sakaguchi K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophilin A (CyPA) is a cytosolic receptor of immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) which possesses peptidyl-prodyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) activity. The recombinant human CyPA (rhCyPA) gene has been expressed in E. coli M15. Purification was performed using salting-out, as well as Sephacryl S-100 and DEAE...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zhang XC,Wang WD,Wang JS,Pan JC,Zou GL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supramolecular self-assembled functional materials comprised of cyclic dipeptide building blocks have excellent prospects for biotechnology applications due to their exceptional structural rigidity, morphological flexibility, ease of preparation and modification. Although the pharmacological uses of many natural cycli...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chen Y,Tao K,Ji W,Makam P,Rencus-Lazar S,Gazit E

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：BACKGROUND:Laminin, a member of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM), is a glycoprotein that is used as a factor that affects cell adhesion, proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Of these, five globular domains (LG domains) of the alpha chain play an important role in influencing the cell by binding to the integrin. ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kim JE,Seo HJ,Lee S,Jang JH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of protein structure from its amino acid sequence is still a challenging problem. The complete physicochemical understanding of protein folding is essential for the accurate structure prediction. Knowledge of residue solvent accessibility gives useful insights into protein structure prediction and function ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Pugalenthi G,Kandaswamy KK,Chou KC,Vivekanandan S,Kolatkar P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ciprofloxacin (Cip) is the most commonly used quinolone in clinical practice; however large-scale use has favored the increase of multiresistant pathogenic microorganisms. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) appear to be a promising alternative in potentiating these conventional drugs. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this s...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Carneiro VA,de Oliveira ST,Silva RL,de Sousa Duarte H,Silva ML,Matos MNC,Cavalcante RMB,Figueira CS,Lorenzón EN,Cilli EM,da Cunha RMS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are a ubiquitous group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of sugar moieties from activated donor molecules to specific acceptor molecules, forming glycosidic bonds. Nucleotide-sugars, lipid phosphate sugars and phosphate sugars can act as activated donor molecules while acceptor substrate...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Gomez-Casati DF,Martín M,Busi MV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:OPT3s are involved in the transport of Fe from xylem to phloem, in loading Fe into phloem, and in the transmission of shoot-to-root iron signaling. Yet, apart from Arabidopsis, little is known about these transporters'functions in other plant species. OBJECTIVE:OPT3 proteins of several plant species were ch...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kurt F

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein palmitoylation is an important and common post-translational lipid modification of proteins and plays a critical role in various cellular processes. Identification of Palmitoylation sites is fundamental to decipher the mechanisms of these biological processes. However, experimental determination of palmitoylat...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Li YX,Shao YH,Deng NY

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cellulase was isolated from the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius ATCC27009 grown in medium containing carboxymethylcellulose. The enzyme is a glycosylated monomer of 56.2 kDa, relatively thermostable, with optimal pH and temperature of 4.0 and 65 degrees C, respectively. Enzymatic as...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Morana A,Esposito A,Maurelli L,Ruggiero G,Ionata E,Rossi M,La Cara F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction between Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) and Lys-Gly-Asp (KGD) derivatives with 3,4',5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene (resveratrol) was investigated. Knowing that resveratrol, RGD as well as KGD analogues inhibit human platelet aggregation in vitro, it was tempting for us to examine whether their coupling products present en...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Koutsas C,Sarigiannis Y,Stavropoulos G,Liakopoulou-Kyriakides M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apomyoglobin (apoMb) folds through at least two partially folded forms that are detected both as transient intermediates during folding/unfolding kinetics or as stable intermediates at equilibrium. Here, I summarize the results of recent kinetic studies, which combined with detailed characterizations of equilibrium fo...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Jamin M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00