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De novo peptide grafting to a self-assembling nanocapsule yields a hepatocyte growth factor receptor agonist

iScience, 2021
Summary: Lasso-grafting (LG) technology is a method for generating de novo biologics (neobiologics) by genetically implanting macrocyclic peptide pharmacophores, which are selected in vitro against a protein of interest, into loops of arbitrary protein ...
Yamato Komatsu, Naohiro Terasaka, Katsuya Sakai, Emiko Mihara, Risa Wakabayashi, Kunio Matsumoto, Donald Hilvert, Junichi Takagi, Hiroaki Suga   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of circadian and hypoxia signaling via non‐canonical heterodimerization

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
CLOCK, BMAL1, and HIFs are basic helix‐loop‐helix and Per‐Arnt‐Sim domain (bHLH‐PAS) proteins, which function as transcription factors. bHLH‐PAS proteins are designated in two classes. Many class I proteins are regulated by environmental signals via their PAS domains, but such signals have not been identified for all.
Sicong Wang, Katja A. Lamia
wiley   +1 more source

Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer System for Measuring Dynamic Protein-Protein Interactions in Bacteria

mBio, 2014
Protein-protein interactions are important for virtually every biological process, and a number of elegant approaches have been designed to detect and evaluate such interactions.
Boyu Cui, Yao Wang, Yunhong Song, Tietao Wang, Changfu Li, Yahong Wei, Zhao-Qing Luo, Xihui Shen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

GPCRs in CAR‐T Cell Immunotherapy: Expanding the Target Landscape and Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy faces dual challenges of target scarcity and an immunosuppressive microenvironment in solid tumors. This review highlights how G protein‐coupled receptors can serve as both novel targets to expand the therapeutic scope and functional modules to enhance CAR‐T cell efficacy.
Zhuoqun Liu, Yuchen Xiao, Yamin Zhao, Lihe Dai, David J.H. Shih, Shikang Liang, Honglei Tian, Liu Liu, Feng Tian, Bing Liu, Lei Chang, Chao Zhang   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative approaches for the structure‐based functional understanding of the ethylene response in plants [PDF]

Plant J
Significance Statement Ethylene signaling governs key plant processes, yet how its receptors translate hormone binding and copper coordination into cellular responses remains unclear. Integrating structural biology, spectroscopy, and simulations reveals receptor organization and clustering, advancing a unified mechanistic framework for ethylene ...
Kersten L, Eberle R, Groth G, Gohlke H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Construction of a CO2‐Fixing Compartment Using a Shape‐Transforming DNA Scaffold

Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
A shape‐transforming DNA scaffold encapsulates RuBisCO within a controllable, self‐contacting compartment that mimics the carboxysome. The scaffold switches between open and closed states, enabling direct comparison of identical enzyme populations in different microenvironments.
Hui Yang, Peng Lin, Surachada Chuaychob, Huyen Dinh, Mei Nakabayashi, Eiji Nakata, Takashi Morii   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies for Detecting the Tubulin Post‐Translational Modifications Glutamylation and Lysine‐40 Acetylation

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐translational modifications (PTMs) to tubulin subunits in microtubule filaments are thought to comprise a component of the tubulin code that specifies microtubule functions in cell physiology and animal development. Acetylation of Lysine‐40 (K40) on α‐tubulin (αTub‐K40ac) and glutamylation of both α‐ and β‐tubulin are two tubulin PTMs of ...
Lynne Blasius, Ezekiel C. Thomas, Erik H. Collet, Erin Jenson, Chad G. Pearson, Ryoma Ohi, Kristen J. Verhey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The oncogenic fusion protein EML4-NTRK3 requires three salt bridges for stability and biological activity

Heliyon
Aim of study: Chromosomal translocations involving neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinases (NTRKs) have been identified in 20 % of soft tissue sarcomas. This work focuses on the EML4-NTRK3 translocation identified in cases of Infantile Fibrosarcoma, which
Zian Jiang, April N. Meyer, Wei Yang, Daniel J. Donoghue   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimeric Disintegrin Protein Polymer Fusions That Target Tumor Vasculature [PDF]

Biomacromolecules, 2014
Recombinant protein therapeutics have increased in number and frequency since the introduction of human insulin, 25 years ago. Presently, proteins and peptides are commonly used in the clinic. However, the incorporation of peptides into clinically approved nanomedicines has been limited.
Janib, Siti M., Gustafson, Joshua A., Minea, Radu O., Swenson, Stephen D., Liu, Shuanglong, Pastuszka, Martha K., Lock, Lye Lin, Cui, Honggang, Markland, Francis S., Conti, Peter S., Li, Zibo, MacKay, J. Andrew   +11 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The C‐Terminal Regions of TRAK Proteins Contain MIRO‐Independent Mitochondrial Localization Domains

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current models suggest that MIRO GTPases anchor cytoskeletal motors to the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM). However, our previous findings indicate that the unconventional myosin, MYO19, interacts with MIRO weakly and that a MIRO‐independent MOM‐localizing domain interacts more tightly with the MOM.
Lili Mitchell, Kathryn E. Reda, Hijab Fatima, Claudia E. Vasquez, Omar A. Quintero‐Carmona   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source