abstract：:Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has developed into one of the most informative and direct experimental approaches to the characterization of the molecular structures of amyloid fibrils, including those associated with Alzheimer's disease. In this article, essential aspects of solid state NMR methods are d...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Tycko R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction between S100P and its target protein is an essential step in several cellular functions. The amphipathic mellitin peptide binds tightly to S100P protein in the presence of calcium cation. Since little is known about the recognition sequence, mellitin interaction form a model for S100P. Interaction between ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Tutar Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:C-terminal peptide alpha-thioesters are valuable intermediates in the synthesis/semisynthesis of proteins by native chemical ligation. They are prepared either by solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) or biosynthetically by protein splicing techniques. The present paper reviews the different methods available for the c...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Camarero JA,Mitchell AR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reviews the use of expressed protein ligation for the biosynthesis of backbone cyclized polypeptides. This general method allows the in vivo and in vitro biosynthesis of cyclic polypeptides using recombinant DNA expression techniques. Biosynthetic access to backbone cyclic peptides opens the possibil...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Kimura R,Camarero JA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasostatin has previously been expressed in fused form or in inclusion body form in Escherichia coli. Here the protein was expressed in soluble non-fusion form in BL21(DE3)pLysS by IPTG induction. The expression level of vasostatin was about 15% of the total cellular protein. The expressed vasostatin was purified and ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Wu X,Li X,Su Z,Zheng Q,Xu H,Wu S,Feng Y,Zhao W

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is universally found in all eukaryotic cells. It is the only protein in nature known to contain the unusual amino acid hypusine, a post-translationally modified lysine. Recombinant human eIF-5A was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapor diffusion method. Crystals we...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Sun Y,Li X,Wu B,Sun P,Rao Z

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus sp. phytase contains five disulfide bonds. In order to elucidate their role, the reactivation and refolding of phytase in the absence and presence of dithiothreitol (DTT) was investigated. The results indicated that the disulfide bonds play an important role in the catalytic activity and conformational sta...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Song GY,Wang XY,Wang M

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Michael Laskowski Jr. (1930-2004) was a pioneer in the field of Standard mechanism serine proteinase inhibitors. He made numerous important contributions in the field. This article highlights some of his most important contributions such as the discovery of the reactive site in serine proteinase inhibitors, the propos...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Qasim MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Adenoregulin is a 33 amino acid antibiotic peptide who belongs to dermaseptin family which is the first vertebrate family to show lethal effects against filamentous fungi, as well as a broad spectrum of pathogenic microorganisms. Synthetic adenoregulin gene was cloned in 2, 4 and 6 tandem repeats and subcloned in pET3...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zhou Y,Cao W,Wang J,Ma Y,Wei D

更新日期：2005-05-01 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

abstract：:The mutation, conferring streptomycin and deoxyglucose resistance on cells, had profound effect on the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters inferring thermostabilization of beta-glucosidase from mutant 51 SM(r) of Cellulomonas biazotea. Free energy of activation for substrate binding, enthalpy and entropy of activatio...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Rajoka MI,Durrani IS,Khalid AM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclotides are a large family of plant proteins that have a cyclic backbone and a knotted arrangement of three conserved disulfide bonds. Despite the apparent complexity of their cystine knot motif it is possible to efficiently fold these proteins, as exemplified by oxidative folding studies on the prototypic cycl...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Craik DJ,Daly NL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oblique orientated alpha-helices are highly specialised protein structural elements that penetrate membranes at a shallow angle and are used to promote membrane destabilisation by a number of protein classes. Here, the use of extended hydrophobic moment methodology shows that the amphibian extrudates, aurein 1.2 and c...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Dennison SR,Harris F,Phoenix DA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After consideration of the tertiary structure of the pY+3 binding pocket in SH2 domains, isoleucine of Ac-pYEEIE was replaced with various unnatural aliphatic amino acids and the binding affinities for Lck, Src, and Fyn SH2 domains were measured. We determined the characteristics of the amino acid at the pY+3 position...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Lee KH,Park SH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though protein folding is a regular phenomenon inside the cellular milieu, slight differences in the folding pattern of proteins may lead to disease-causing forms. Many diseases have been identified that are caused by these misfolded macromolecules and a considerable amount of focus is still directed towards better un...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Nayeem MS,Khan RH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals the M1 aminopeptidase family consists of nine different proteins, five of which are integral membrane proteins. The aminopeptidases are defined by two motifs in the catalytic domain; a zinc binding motif HEXXH-(X18)-E and an exopeptidase motif GXMEN. Aminopeptidases of this family are able to cleave a broad...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Albiston AL,Ye S,Chai SY

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high technical standard of current peptide chemistry, which has evolved over the past three decades, has profoundly facilitated the investigation of proteins and their interactions with other molecules at the level of individual amino acids. Using currently available peptide synthesis methods, sequentially continu...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Eichler J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of complementary B and T cell epitopes in inducing anti-idiotypic and anti-clonotypic antibodies capable of regulating or suppressing the autoimmune responses in experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), allergic neuritis (EAN) and allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) has been the stimulus of many rese...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Sakarellos-Daitsiotis M,Cung MT,Sakarellos C,El Hilali Z,Kosmopoulou A,Voitharou C

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolase from a malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (PfSAHH) has been crystallized by the vapor diffusion method. The crystals belong to an orthorhombic space group P212121 with the cell dimensions of a = 76.66 A, b = 86.31 A, and c = 335.6 A. There are four subunits (one tetramer) per as...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Tanaka N,Kusakabe Y,Shiraiwa K,Sakamoto Y,Nakanishi M,Kitade Y,Nakamura KT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for seed proteome analysis using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is described. The data were used to estimate the genetic diversity degree among twelve genotypes of pepper (Capsicum). The resulting spectra were converted into a binary matrix consisting of 23 protein data sets, and genetic similarity values were c...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： de Pinho Pessoa Filho MA,Bloch Junior C,da Silva Filho DF,Galdino AS,da Cunha RM,Alves MA,Grangeiro TB

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new coding sequence of the procarboxypeptidase B gene was obtained from SD rat fresh pancreas by RT-PCR and highly expressed in Escherichia coli in inclusion bodies. The folded procarboxypeptidase B was subjected to trypsin enzymatic cleavage to produce active carboxypeptidase B, subsequently, carboxypeptidase B was...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Su-Xia L,Yu-Jian Z,Li-Ping T,Qin-Sheng Y,Yi G

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Cinnamomin is a type II ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) and its A-chain (CTA) is a RNA N-glycosidase. It is observed that modification of tyrosine residues by N-acetylimidazole (N-AI) causes almost complete loss of CTA activity. Adenine partially protects tyrosine residues from modification by N-AI. It is proposed...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Xu H,Liu WY

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alternative method for expressing the recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli is proposed. Unlike the ordinary induction protocol where the cells in the early- to mid-log phase are induced for the protein production, this alternative protocol utilizes the cells in the stationary phase. By using a glutathione S-tra...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Chae YK,Cho KS,Chun W,Lee K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that the plant oncoprotein RolA from Agrobacterium rhizogenes acts to stabilize beta-glucoronidase (Gus) when the two proteins are expressed as a fusion protein in transformed tobacco. The observed 50-fold increase of Gus activity was shown to be related to protein accumulation, with no significant changes i...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Barros LM,Curtis RH,Viana AA,Campos L,Carneiro M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have synthesised the CXC chemokine receptor 4 (29-39) peptide, CXCR4[29-39]. This peptide is located in the N-terminal region of the receptor and is likely to be involved in the docking step of the receptor interaction with its natural ligand stromal cell-derived factor-1 chemokine, SDF-1. Preliminary experiments, ...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Palladino P,Pedone C,Ragone R,Rossi F,Saviano M,Benedetti E

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:We here describe a new strategy for the delivery of oligonucleotides to cells that is based on the use of a short peptide containing three functional units: a membrane-penetrating segment, a DNA-binding domain and a cell-localization sequence. The designed vector binds strongly to oligonucleotides and has membrane-per...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Smith J,Guidry J,Wittung-Stafshede P

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study revealed that the content of protein S29 in ribosomes of cancer cell line A549 was distinctly low (equivalent to about 30% of that of 2BS). The conclusion was acquired based on the ratios of spot volume of ribosomal protein S29 to that of several other ribosomal proteins (S29/L37a, S29/L38, S29/S27 and S29/...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Zhou ZD,Bao L,Liu DG,Li MQ,Ge YZ,Huang YL,Liu WY

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the development of cell-hybrid biomaterials, the functional activity of cells depends on the selective binding of cells to artificial ligands on the biomaterials. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the most important ligand for cell activity. ECM is known to contain collagen, one of whose constituents is gelatin. Al...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Miyamoto K,Chinzei H,Komai T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BmK ITa1 cDNA was cloned and highly expressed in E. coli and insect cell. SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis revealed that subunit molecular weight of expression products is about 40 kDa and 10 kDa respectively. The expression product purified by a Ni(2+)-IDA-sepharose 6B column was toxic for insect, which indicated t...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Liu Z,Yang GZ,Chi CW,Wu XF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermadhesins are a family of secretory proteins expressed in the male genital tract of pig, horse and bull. Their function and structure have been widely studied, especially those isolated from boar. However, there are no data concerning spermadhesins isolated from buck. Buck seminal plasma was collected and subjecte...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Teixeira DI,Cavada BS,Sampaio AH,Havt A,Bloch C Jr,Prates MV,Moreno FB,Santos EA,Gadelha CA,Gadelha TS,Crisóstomo FS,Freitas VJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the physical-chemical characterization of the major alcohol-soluble proteins present in seeds of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) by SDS-PAGE, bidimensional gel electrophoresis, MALDI-TOF/MS and RP-HPLC. We demonstrate the presence of three major prolamins, called A-, B- and C-pennisetin with mass values ar...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Marcellino LH,Bloch Junior C,Gander ES

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Alpha-gliadins isolated by carboxymethylcellulose chromatography contain noncovalently bound glucose probably due to contaminating proteoglycans and to material shed from the column. Traces of carbohydrate remain strongly bound to alpha-gliadins even after harsh denaturation, but our results indicate alpha-gliadins ar...

journal_title：Protein and peptide letters

authors： Turner JB,Garner GV,Gordon DB,Brookes SJ,Smith CA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00