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Engineering tandem VHHs to target different epitopes to enhance antibody‐dependent cell‐mediated cytotoxicity

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Tandem VHH targeting distinct EGFR epitopes were engineered into a monovalent bispecific antibody (7D12‐EGA1‐Fc) with more potent ADCC without increasing affinity to EGFR. Structural modeling of 7D12‐EGA1‐Fc showed cross‐linking of separate EGFR domains to enhance CD16a engagement on NK cells.
Yuqiang Xu, Hao Jiang, Limin Chen, Fulai Zhou, Ying Jin, Mark L. Chiu   +5 more
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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating Randomized Amino Acid Libraries with the QuikChange® Multi Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit

BioTechniques, 2002
The QuikChange® Multi Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit is a simple and efficient method for introducing point mutations at up to five sites simultaneously in plasmid DNA templates. Here we used the QuikChange Multi kit with degenerate (one codon) primers to
Holly H. Hogrefe, Janice Cline, Geri L. Youngblood, Ronda M. Allen   +3 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
wiley   +1 more source

BMI‐1 modulation and trafficking during M phase in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The schematic illustrates BMI‐1 phosphorylation during M phase, which triggers its translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In cycling cells, BMI‐1 functions within the PRC1 complex to mediate H2A K119 monoubiquitination. Following PTC596‐induced M phase arrest, phosphorylated BMI‐1 dissociates from PRC1 and is exported to the cytoplasm via its
Banlanjo Umaru, Deepak Kumar Mishra, Shiva Senthil Kumar, Hao‐Han Pang, Brendan Devine, Komal Khan, Rachid Drissi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extensive site-directed mutagenesis reveals interconnected functional units in the alkaline phosphatase active site

eLife, 2015
Enzymes enable life by accelerating reaction rates to biological timescales. Conventional studies have focused on identifying the residues that have a direct involvement in an enzymatic reaction, but these so-called ‘catalytic residues’ are embedded in ...
Fanny Sunden, Ariana Peck, Julia Salzman, Susanne Ressl, Daniel Herschlag   +4 more
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Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains

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The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth, Moritz Koch, Le‐Han Rössner, Johanna Eichhorn, Denys Pogoryelov, Matthias P. Mayer, Jude M. Przyborski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

NR4A1 Exerts Pro‐Tumor Role in Glioblastoma via Inducing xCT/GPX4‐Regulated Ferroptosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigates NR4A1's paradoxical roles in glioblastoma (GBM) progression, focusing on its mechanistic link to ferroptosis regulation. We aimed to resolve conflicting reports of NR4A1 as both an oncogene and a tumor suppressor by defining its transcriptional control over xCT/GPX4‐mediated iron homeostasis and its clinical ...
Peng Tao, Shikuan Din, Zhengkang Fu, Qian Sun, Xiwei Zhu, Yuxin Wei, Huan Qu, Xinyi Zhang, Jiaxuan Liu, Chuhua Fu, Qianxue Chen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple-site fragment deletion, insertion and substitution mutagenesis by modified overlap extension PCR

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2017
Introducing various mutations at multiple specific sites within a gene requires multiple steps of DNA manipulation, which is the initial, but limiting step of protein structure–function studies.
Fanli Zeng, Yujie Zhang, Ze Zhang, Asrar Ahmad Malik, Yibin Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

One-Step, Highly Efficient Site-Directed Mutagenesis by Toxic Protein Selection

BioTechniques, 2002
A fast and efficient site-directed mutagenesis method has been developed, using the newly constructed plasmid pTPS19, which expresses the toxic CcdB protein originally encoded by the E. coli F plasmid.
W. Xu, Y. Zhang, L.-Y. Yeh, C.R. Ruprecht, F. Wong-Staal, B.A. McFadden, T.R. Reddy, R.M. Ruprecht   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source