Reversing cells and oscillating motility proteins.

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：:Remineralization of organic matter in deep-sea sediments is important in oceanic biogeochemical cycles, and bacteria play a major role in this process. Shewanella violacea DSS12 is a psychrophilic and piezophilic gamma-proteobacterium that was isolated from the surface layer of deep sea sediment at a depth of 5110 m. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Aono E,Baba T,Ara T,Nishi T,Nakamichi T,Inamoto E,Toyonaga H,Hasegawa M,Takai Y,Okumura Y,Baba M,Tomita M,Kato C,Oshima T,Nakasone K,Mori H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug promiscuity is one of the key issues in current drug development. Many famous drugs have turned out to behave unexpectedly due to their propensity to bind to multiple targets. One of the primary reasons for this promiscuity is that drugs bind to multiple distinctive target environments, a feature that we call mul...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Park K,Lee S,Ahn HS,Kim D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent molecules that specifically target amyloid structures are highly desirable for amyloid research. Herein, we show a dimeric design of thioflavin T improves its binding affinity to Abeta amyloid by up to 70 fold, while not sacrificing the specificity and the "light-up" feature upon amyloid binding. ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Qin L,Vastl J,Gao J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced hypoxia stress on cervical cancer derived cells (HeLa cells) leads to significant changes in their membrane lipid profiles. The lipidome of HeLa cells was characterized by a joint approach wherein liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis was followed by high resolution NMR measurements. Multiva...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Yu Y,Vidalino L,Anesi A,Macchi P,Guella G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are defined as a community of surface-attached bacteria that are protected by an extracellular matrix of biomolecules. We have recently reported the synthesis of a small molecule, denoted TAGE, based on the natural product bromoageliferin and demonstrated that TAGE has anti-biofilm activity against ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Huigens RW 3rd,Ma L,Gambino C,Moeller PD,Basso A,Cavanagh J,Wozniak DJ,Melander C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a biological process that plays a crucial role in cancer metastasis. Although studies regarding the EMT mechanisms are usual in terms of gene expression and protein functions, little is known about the involvement of lipids in EMT. In this work, an untargeted lipidomic ana...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Dalmau N,Jaumot J,Tauler R,Bedia C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We employed high-temperature classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the unfolding process of the wild-type (WT) and F508del-NBD1 domains of CFTR protein, with and without second-site mutations. To rationalize the in vitro behavior of F508del-NBD1, namely its lower folding yield and higher aggrega...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Estácio SG,Martiniano HF,Faísca PF

更新日期：2016-08-16 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：:Although angiotensin (Ang)II-induced Janus-activated kinase (JAK)2 phosphorylation was reported to be enhanced in failing human cardiomyocytes, the downstream balance between cardio-protective (signal transducer and activator of transcription-STAT3) and the pro-inflammatory (STAT2 and STAT5) response remains unexplore...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Cambi GE,Lucchese G,Djeokeng MM,Modesti A,Fiaschi T,Faggian G,Sani G,Modesti PA

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The underlying reasons for the differences in the virulence of various types of Ebola virus (EBOV) remain unknown. Comparison of the percentage of disorder (PID) in nucleocapsid proteins VP30 and NP reveals high correlation between nucleocapsid PIDs and the case-fatality rates of EBOV. The higher disorder of these pro...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Goh GK,Dunker AK,Uversky VN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular segmentation clock is a complex regulatory network that governs the periodic somite segmentation in vertebrate embryos. Underlying the rhythm of the segmentation clock is a single-cell level pace-making circuit, where inevitable molecular noise and time delay impose normal operating constraints to the pa...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Song H,Yuan Z,Zhou T

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutamate γ-carboxylation plays a pivotal part in a number of important human diseases. However, traditional protein γ-carboxylation site detection by experimental approaches are often laborious and time-consuming. In this study, we initiated an attempt for the computational prediction of protein γ-carboxylation s...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang N,Li BQ,Gao S,Ruan JS,Cai YD

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Genetic information in genomes is ordered, arranged in such a way that it constitutes a code, the so-called cis regulatory code. The regulatory machinery of the cell, termed trans-factors, decodes and expresses this information. In this way, genomes maintain a potential repertoire of genetic programs, parts of which a...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rangel-Chavez C,Galan-Vasquez E,Martinez-Antonio A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key signaling proteins that regulate how cells interact with their environment. Traditional signaling cascades involving GPCRs have been well described and are well established and very important clinical targets. With the development of more recent technologies, hints about the...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang X,Eggert US

更新日期：2013-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cycloserine (CS, 4-amino-3-isoxazolidone) is a cyclic amino acid mimic that is known to inhibit many essential pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes. Two CS enantiomers are known; D-cycloserine (DCS, also known as Seromycin) is a natural product that is used to treat resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis infec...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Lowther J,Yard BA,Johnson KA,Carter LG,Bhat VT,Raman MC,Clarke DJ,Ramakers B,McMahon SA,Naismith JH,Campopiano DJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence specific binding of DNA and RNA is of fundamental importance in the regulation of cellular gene expression. Because of their modular structure repeat domain proteins are particularly well suited for these processes and have been widely adopted throughout evolution. Detailed biochemical and structural data has...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Filipovska A,Rackham O

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the successful application of selective excitation sculptured TOCSY NMR (SXS-TOCSY) to identify individual solution components from a heterogeneous system using selectively acquired (1)H NMR spin system patterns. SXS-TOCSY application is illustrated by detection of the simultaneous presence of poly-beta-(1,6...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Wagstaff JL,Sadovskaya I,Vinogradov E,Jabbouri S,Howard MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:The Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) L1000 big data provide gene expression profiles induced by over 10 000 compounds, shRNAs, and kinase inhibitors using the L1000 platform. We developed csNMF, a systematic compound signature discovery pipeline covering from raw L1000 data processing to...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Liu C,Su J,Yang F,Wei K,Ma J,Zhou X

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo analysis is of paramount importance in monitoring physiological processes that take place in living organisms. Mass spectrometry, an analytical technique with high speed, sensitivity and specificity, is indispensable in biochemical studies nowadays. However, traditional mass spectrometric techniques are of lim...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： So PK,Hu B,Yao ZP

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:There are major issues regarding the proposed pathway for starch degradation in germinating cereal grain. Given the commercial importance but genetic intractability of the problem, we have embarked on a program of chemical genetics studies to identify and dissect the pathway and regulation of starch degradation in ger...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Rejzek M,Stevenson CE,Southard AM,Stanley D,Denyer K,Smith AM,Naldrett MJ,Lawson DM,Field RA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the usage of fluorescence microscopy as a tool to study biological systems continues to grow, so does the need for additional tools that permit the selective detection of proteins of interest. Existing selective and well-characterized kinase inhibitors may be exploited to develop novel small molecule probes useful ...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Zhang Z,Kwiatkowski N,Zeng H,Lim SM,Gray NS,Zhang W,Yang PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:α-Alkylidene-γ-butyrolactones are quite common in nature and exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities. We therefore synthesized a small library of xanthatine inspired α-alkylidene-γ-butyrolactones to screen non-pathogenic and uropathogenic E. coli strains by activity based protein profiling (ABPP). The identi...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Kunzmann MH,Sieber SA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In actively proliferating cells, such as the cells of the developing embryo, DNA repair is crucial for preventing the accumulation of mutations and synchronizing cell division. Sea urchin embryo growth was analyzed and extracts were prepared. The relative activity of DNA polymerase, apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucl...

journal_title：Molecular bioSystems

authors： Torgasheva NA,Menzorova NI,Sibirtsev YT,Rasskazov VA,Zharkov DO,Nevinsky GA

更新日期：2016-06-21 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