Selected strategies to fight pathogenic bacteria
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 Natural products and analogues are a source of antibacterial drug discovery. Considering drug resistance levels emerging for antibiotics, identification of bacterial metalloenzymes and the synthesis of selective inhibitors are interesting for ...
Aiva Plotniece +13 more
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Time-Resolved Fluorescence Investigation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Nucleocapsid Protein: Influence of the Binding of Nucleic Acids [PDF]
, 1999 Depending on the HIV-1 isolate, MN or BH10, the nucleocapsid protein, NCp7, corresponds to a 55- or 71-amino acid length product, respectively. The MN NCp7 contains a single Trp residue at position 37 in the distal zinc finger motif, and the BH10 NCp7 ...
Piemont, Etienne +13 more
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Features of “All LNA” Duplexes Showing a New Type of Nucleic Acid Geometry
Journal of Nucleic Acids, 2012 “Locked nucleic acids” (LNAs) belong to the backbone-modified nucleic acid family. The 2′-O,4′-C-methylene-β-D-ribofuranose nucleotides are used for single or multiple substitutions in RNA molecules and thereby introduce enhanced bio- and thermostability.
Charlotte Förster +6 more
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Cyanobacteria produce N-(2-aminoethyl)glycine, a backbone for peptide nucleic acids which may have been the first genetic molecules for life on Earth. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Prior to the evolution of DNA-based organisms on earth over 3.5 billion years ago it is hypothesized that RNA was the primary genetic molecule. Before RNA-based organisms arose, peptide nucleic acids may have been used to transmit genetic information by ...
Sandra Anne Banack +5 more
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Formulation of PLGA nanoparticles containing short cationic peptide nucleic acids
MethodsX, 2020 Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) have emerged as one of the most versatile tools with a wide range of biomedical applications including antisense, antimiR, antigene, as well as site-specific gene editing.
Shipra Malik, Frank J Slack, Raman Bahal
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Peripheral lysosomes recruit PLEKHG3 to focal adhesions and restrain protrusion dynamics
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Proximity‐dependent labeling at the LAMTOR complex revealed the Rho GEF PLEKHG3 as a lysosome‐proximal protein directing the study toward the influence of lysosome positioning on actin dynamics and cell motility. We show that PLEKHG3 colocalizes with lysosomes at focal adhesion sites and observe that forced peripheral dispersion of lysosomes hinders ...
Rainer Ettelt +8 more
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Algorithms for Nucleic Acid Sequence Design [PDF]
, 2010 Motivated by a growing field of research focused on programming function into biomolecules, we seek to decrease the cost of high-quality rational nucleic acid sequence design while increasing its versatility and availability.
Zadeh, Joseph N.
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The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge +6 more
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Recent Advances in Chemical Modification of Peptide Nucleic Acids
Journal of Nucleic Acids, 2012 Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) has become an extremely powerful tool in chemistry and biology. Although PNA recognizes single-stranded nucleic acids with exceptionally high affinity and sequence selectivity, there is considerable ongoing effort to further ...
Eriks Rozners
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Membrane composition and thermodynamic identity as boundaries of life for synthetic cell research
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.What makes a cell a cell? The boundary of a living cell is not just a wall. Read as a Markov blanket, the membrane separates internal from external states, generating identity and non‐equilibrium order. Can this identity be rebuilt from scratch in a synthetic cell?
Caterina Presutti, Bert Poolman
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