Structural and biophysical analysis of important biomedical enzymes and nano-architectures [PDF]
, 2008 Dopa decarboxylase (DDC) is an important enzyme in the catecholamine biosynthesis pathways. Catecholamines, e.g., dopamine, serotonin, etc. often are the major neuromodulators or neurotransmitters.
Chattopadhyay, Arundhati
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Recombination of a dual-CAR-modified T lymphocyte to accurately eliminate pancreatic malignancy
Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2018 Background The therapeutic application of T cells endowing with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) is faced with “on-target, off-tumor” toxicity against solid tumors, particularly in the treatment of the pancreatic cancer.
Erhao Zhang +12 more
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N-Acetylcysteine and Other Sulfur-Donors as a Preventative and Adjunct Therapy for COVID-19
Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022 The airway epithelial glycocalyx plays an important role in preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 entry into the epithelial cells, while the endothelial glycocalyx contributes to vascular permeability and tone, as well as modulating ...
Heidi N du Preez +3 more
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C-peptide: a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in subjects with established atherosclerotic disease [PDF]
, 2017 Aim: Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Levels of C-peptide are increased in these patients and its role in the atherosclerosis progression was studied in vitro and in vivo over the past ...
Ballanti, Marta +13 more
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Regulated Inositol‐Requiring Protein 1‐Dependent Decay as a Mechanism of Corin RNA and Protein Deficiency in Advanced Human Systolic Heart Failure [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: The compensatory actions of the endogenous natriuretic peptide system require adequate processing of natriuretic peptide pro‐hormones into biologically active, carboxyl‐terminal fragments.
Barton, P +5 more
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MSFragger: ultrafast and comprehensive peptide identification in shotgun proteomics
Nature Methods, 2017 There is a need to better understand and handle the 'dark matter' of proteomics—the vast diversity of post-translational and chemical modifications that are unaccounted in a typical mass spectrometry–based analysis and thus remain unidentified.
Andy T. Kong +4 more
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The IkB kinase inhibitor nuclear factor-kB essential modulator–binding domain peptide for inhibition of balloon injury-induced neointimal formation [PDF]
, 2009 Objective—The activation of nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) is a crucial step in the arterial wall’s response to injury. The identification and characterization of the NF-kB essential modulator– binding domain (NBD) peptide, which can block the activation of
Carnuccio, R. +12 more
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The Carboxyl-Terminal Segment of Apolipoprotein A-V Undergoes a Lipid-Induced Conformational Change [PDF]
, 2010 Apolipoprotein (apo) A-V is a 343-residue, multidomain protein that plays an important role in regulation of plasma triglyceride homeostasis. Primary sequence analysis revealed a unique tetraproline sequence (Pro293-Pro296) near the carboxyl terminus of ...
Lee, B. L. +4 more
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Peptide Bioinformatics- Peptide Classification Using Peptide Machines [PDF]
, 2008 Peptides scanned from whole protein sequences are the core information for many peptide bioinformatics research such as functional site prediction, protein structure identification, and protein function recognition. In these applications, we normally need to assign a peptide to one of the given categories using a computer model.
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Preferred Configurations of Peptide–Peptide Interactions
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013 The natural and fundamental proclivities of interaction between a pair of peptide units are examined using high-level ab initio calculations. The NH···O H-bonded structure is found to be the most stable configuration of the N-methylacetamide (NMA) model dimer, but only slightly more so than a stacked arrangement.
Adhikari, U., Scheiner, Steve
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