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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Characterization of Alzheimer DNA Promoter Sequences from the Amyloid Precursor Gene in the Presence of Thioflavin T and Analogs

Crystals, 2022
Understanding DNA–ligand binding interactions requires ligand screening, crystallization, and structure determination. In order to obtain insights into the amyloid peptide precursor (APP) gene–Thioflavin T (ThT) interaction, single crystals of two DNA ...
Hristina Sbirkova-Dimitrova, Rusi Rusew, Nikola Kuvandjiev, Annie Heroux, Tzanko Doukov, Boris L. Shivachev   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear Hormone Receptors and Their Ligands: Metabolites in Control of Transcription

Cells, 2020
Nuclear hormone receptors are a family of transcription factors regulated by small molecules derived from the endogenous metabolism or diet. There are forty-eight nuclear hormone receptors in the human genome, twenty of which are still orphans.
Lian Jing Tao, Dong Eun Seo, Benjamin Jackson, Natalia B. Ivanova, Fabio Rinaldo Santori   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Class I major histocompatibility complexes loaded by a periodate trigger [PDF]

, 2009
Class I major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) present peptide ligands on the cell surface for recognition by appropriate cytotoxic T cells. The unstable nature of unliganded MHC necessitates the production of recombinant class I complexes through in ...
Adams P. D., Back J. W., Bakker A. H., Bosques C. J., Bouvier M., Buist G. J., CCP4 (Collaborative Computational Project, No. 4), Chen D., Cobbold M., Emsley P., Evans P. R., Falkenburg J. H., Fremont D. H., Frickel E. M., Garboczi D. N., Gredmark-Russ S., Grotenbreg G. M., Grotenbreg G. M., Kamiya T., Leslie A. G. W., Ljunggren H. G., Madden D. R., Moroder L., Moss P., Murshudov G. N., Peggs K. S., Rammensee H., Rodenko B., Rooney C. M., Rosenberg S. A., Schumacher T. N., Schumacher T. N., Silver M. L., Soen Y., Stone J., Toebes M., Vriend G., Walter E. A., Yee C.   +38 more
core   +1 more source

Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting the biological activity of selected phytochemicals in Alsophila spinulosa leaves against 4-aminobutyrate-aminotransferase: A potential antiepilepsy agents

Eclética Química
The use of medicinal plants as an alternative mean of treating various diseases has drawn the attention of several researchers. The desire to find lasting solutions to epilepsy among humans increases every day.
Oyebamiji Abel Kolawole, Olujinmi Faith Eniola, Akintelu Sunday Adewale, Adetuyi Babatunde, Ogunlana Olubanke, Semire Banjo, Akintayo Emmanuel Temitope, Akintayo Cecilia Olufunke, Babalola Jonathan Oyebamiji, Olawoye Bolanle Mary, Aworinde Juliana Oluwasayo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

CD155 on HIV-infected cells is not modulated by HIV-1 Vpu and Nef but synergizes with NKG2D ligands to trigger NK cell lysis of autologous primary HIV-infected cells [PDF]

, 2017
Activation of primary CD4(+) T cells induces the CD155, but not the CD112 ligands for the natural killer (NK) cell activation receptor (aNKR) CD226 [DNAX accessory molecule-1 (DNAM-1)].
Barker, Edward, Cogswell, Andrew, Davis, Zacharay B, Plannelles, Vincente, Sowriajan, Bharatwaj, Ward, Jeffrey P   +5 more
core   +2 more sources