Polyelectrolyte effects on 9-aminoacridine-DNA binding.

abstract：:Matriptase is a serine protease associated with a wide variety of human tumors and carcinoma progression. Up to now, many promising anti-cancer drugs have been developed. However, the detailed structure-function relationship between inhibitors and matriptase remains elusive. In this work, molecular dynamics simulation...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Sun DR,Zheng QC,Zhang HX

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the biological activity of gallated proanthocyanidins (PAs) is highly structure-dependent. Polymerization degree (DP) and linkage types affect their biological activity greatly. Positions and orientations of gallated PAs in lipid bilayer reveal their structure-function activity at the molecular l...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Zhu W,Khalifa I,Peng J,Li C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract In order to target the major groove of DNA, we have designed novel peptide derivatives of 7-H pyridocarbazole, which is the chromophoric ring of ditercalinium, a potent antitumor bisin- tercalator. We will present here the results obtained with a compound that has a D-Asn tethered to the pyridinium nitrogen...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Gresh N,René B,Hui XW,Barsi MC,Roques BP,Garbay C

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes involved in the pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway have become an important target for the pharmacological intervention. One among those enzymes, Aspartate Trans Carbamoylase (ATCase), catalyses the condensation of aspartate and carbamoyl phosphate to form N-carbamoyl-l-aspartate and inorganic phosphate. The pres...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kanagarajan S,Mutharasappan N,Dhamodharan P,Jeyaraman M,Ramadas K,Jeyaraman J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The forces that direct protein folding lead naturally to native proteins and protein domains that are typically, to a first approximation, globular-spherical and compact, with a relatively clear distinction between the hydrophobic inside and polar outside. The near-universality of these features of protein ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Carey J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have shown that protein-drug interaction helps to improve the pharmacokinetics of the drugs. Human serum albumin (HSA) is one of the basic components of blood plasma and it serves as a storage and carrier protein. In the present study, the interaction of a new synthesized Pt [iso]2 complex (cis - [Pt(...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Mohammadgholi A,Leilabadi-Asl A,Divsalar A,Eslami-Moghadam M

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has recorded a high number of infected people across the globe. The virulent nature of the virus makes it necessary for us to identify promising therapeutic agents in a time-sensitive manner. The current study utilises an in silico based drug repurposing approach to id...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Khan RJ,Jha RK,Singh E,Jain M,Amera GM,Singh RP,Muthukumaran J,Singh AK

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to its negative regulatory role in insulin signaling, protein tyrosine phosphatase of leukocyte antigen-related protein (PTP-LAR) was widely thought as a potential drug target for diabetes. Now, it was urgent to search for potential LAR inhibitors targeting diabetes. Initially, the pharmacophore models of LAR in...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Du S,Yang B,Wang X,Li WY,Lu XH,Zheng ZH,Ma Y,Wang RL

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent 2-aminopurine probe (2-AP) incorporated into the loop of 23-mer RNA hairpin of HIV-1 genome dimerization initiation site (DIS) was used for discrimination of specific and unspecific binding of paromomycin and spermine to the kissing loop dimer (KD) formed in solution. While both ligands stabilized the ...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kaluzhny DN,Beniaminov AD,Minyat EE

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19 pandemic that is causing a global health emergency. The lack of targeted therapeutics and limited treatment options have triggered the scientific community to develop new vaccines or small molecule therapeutics against various targets of SARS-CoV-2. The main protease (...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Bhardwaj VK,Singh R,Sharma J,Rajendran V,Purohit R,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dimensional models of NB-ARC domains in five different proteins were constructed based on the recently published crystal structure of the apoptotic protease activating factor 1, of which two are for tomato species, one each for flax, Arabidopsis, and nematode. Standard multiple sequence alignment was performed f...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Chattopadhyaya R,Pal A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19 is an infectious pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The critical components of SARS-CoV-2 are the spike protein (S-protein) and the main protease (Mpro). Mpro is required for the maturation of the various polyproteins involved in replication and transcription. S-protein helps the SARS-CoV-2 to enter the...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Mondal P,Natesh J,Abdul Salam AA,Thiyagarajan S,Meeran SM

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes, for the first time, the effect of three different sizes of silver nanoparticles on the binding of curcumin to lysozyme as examined by spectroscopic and zeta potential techniques at physiological conditions. The binding constants of curcumin to lysozyme in the presence of silver nanoparticles we...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kamshad M,Jahanshah Talab M,Beigoli S,Sharifirad A,Chamani J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine rich DNA sequences of regulatory genomic regions form secondary structures known as G-quadruplexes usually stabilized by tetrads of Hoogsteen hydrogen bonded guanines. The in vivo existence of G-quadruplexes ascertains their biological roles. Human telomeric repeats are the most studied G-rich sequences. The f...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Bansal A,Kukreti S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vast research has been conducted to find suitable and safe carriers for vital and pH-sensitive drugs including antibiotics. This article reports the use of easily accessible and abundant purified beta-lactoglobulin (β-LG) protein as the potential carrier of widely used Kanamycin (Kana) and Ciprofloxacin (Cip) antibi...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Mehraban MH,Odooli S,Yousefi R,Roghanian R,Motovali-Bashi M,Moosavi-Movahedi AA,Ghasemi Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common cause of dementia. So far only five drugs have been approved by US FDA that temporarily slow worsening of symptoms for about six to twelve months. The limited number of therapeutic options for AD drives the exploration of new drugs. Enhancement...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Grover A,Shandilya A,Agrawal V,Bisaria VS,Sundar D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partition ratios of 8 free l-amino acids (Gln, Glu, His, Lys, Met, Ser, Thr, and Tyr) were measured in 10 different polymer/polymer aqueous two-phase systems containing 0.15 M NaCl in 0.01 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. The solute-specific coefficients representing the solute dipole/dipole, hydrogen-bonding and electrost...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Madeira PP,Bessa A,Álvares-Ribeiro L,Raquel Aires-Barros M,Rodrigues AE,Uversky VN,Zaslavsky BY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an essential enzyme which is involved in nitrogen metabolism and cell wall synthesis. It is involved in the inhibition of phagosome-lysosome fusion by preventing acidification. Targeting GS can be helpful to control the infection of Mtb. In order to iden...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kumari M,Subbarao N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational space available to GnRH and lGnRH-III was compared using 5.2 ns constant temperature and pressure molecular dynamics simulations with explicit TIP3P solvation and the AMBER v. 5.0 force field. Cluster analysis of both trajectories resulted in two groups of conformations. Results of free energy calcu...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Watts CR,Mezei M,Murphy RF,Lovas S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haloxyfop was reported to exhibit inhibition effect targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and pathogenic parasites. To pave its way for drug development, more research is required to determine the affinities interacting with biological receptors in vivo. In this work, the interactions of Haloxyfop with two model transp...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Wang L,Zhang L,Feng RR,Dong X,Lu HZ,Zhang JJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling response of TLR2 to ligands has always been as a homodimer or in heterodimerization with TLR1/TLR6. The Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor (TIR) domain of the TLR cytoplasmic region regulates the dimerization and interactions with adaptor molecules to build an active signaling complex. To understand the conserv...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Ghosh SK,Saha B,Banerjee R

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that edaravone inhibits fibrillogenesis of amyloid-β protein (Aβ). However, the detailed mechanism by which edaravone inhibits the conformational transition of the Aβ42 monomer is not known at the molecular level. Here, explicit-solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were coupled with mole...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Liu F,Ma Z,Sang J,Lu F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the low toxicity of NNRTIs in comparison to NRTIs, a new series of diarylpyrimidine derivatives has been designed as NNRTIs against HIV-1. In silico studies using DS 3.0 software have shown that these compounds behaved as NNRTIs while interacting at the allosteric site of HIV-RT. The designed compounds have...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Singh VK,Srivastava R,Gupta PSS,Naaz F,Chaurasia H,Mishra R,Rana MK,Singh RK

更新日期：2020-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cromolyn sodium (CS), an anti-inflammatory drug is used in the treatment of allergic disorders. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) a blood plasma protein is used as a model protein for studying protein folding and ligand binding mechanism as it is the main transporter protein which decides the disposition and pharmacodynamics...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Yasmeen S,Riyazuddeen,Khatun S,Abul Qais F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a group of enzymes that have prominent and crucial effect on various biological systems, mainly by their suppressive effect on transcription. Searching for inhibitors targeting their respective isoforms without affecting other targets is greatly needed. Some histone deacetylases have n...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Elmezayen AD,Yelekçi K

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural information over the entire course of binding interactions based on the analyses of energy landscapes is described, which provides a framework to understand the events involved during biomolecular recognition. Conformational dynamics of malectin's exquisite selectivity for diglucosylated N-glycan (Dig-N-gly...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Mamidi AS,Surolia A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium spp. with approximately 219 million cases in 2017. P. falciparum is main responsible for the most severe form of the disease, cerebral malaria. Despite of public health impacts, chemotherapy against malaria is still limited due to the emergenc...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Costa Júnior DB,Araújo JSC,de Mattos Oliveira L,Neri FSM,Moreira POL,Taranto AG,Fonseca AL,de Pilla Varotti F,Leite FHA

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous work on structural polymorphism shown at a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (A → G) site located on HS4 region of locus control region (LCR) of β-globin gene has established a hairpin → duplex equilibrium corresponding to A → B like DNA transition (Kaushik M, Kukreti, R., Grover, D., Brahmachari, S.K....

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Kaushik M,Kukreti S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of the long-range interactions has been examined within the semiempirical approach for model doubly stranded DNA systems involving the screw symmetry operation. The interaction energy terms seem to be sensitive to the sequence of base pairs. The essential influence of long-range corrections to the pr...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Chojnacki H,Laskowski Z

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas-phase gradient optimization was carried out on the canonical Watson-Crick DNA base pairs using the second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation method at the 6-31G(d) and 6-31G(d,p) basis sets. It is detected that full geometry optimization at the MP2 level leads to an intrinsically nonplanar propeller-twisted and buc...

journal_title：Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics

authors： Danilov VI,Anisimov VM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00