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Improvement of the affinity of an anti-rat P2X4 receptor antibody by introducing electrostatic interactions

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
We have recently developed a mouse monoclonal antibody (12–10H) binding to the head domain region in rat P2X4 receptor (rP2X4R, which is crucial for the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain) expressed on the cell with the highest binding affinity (K D = 20 ...
Chinatsu Shinozaki   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of the Protein Glycation Sites in Human Myoglobin as Rapidly Induced by d-Ribose

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Protein glycation is an important protein post-translational modification and is one of the main pathogenesis of diabetic angiopathy. Other than glycated hemoglobin, the protein glycation of other globins such as myoglobin (Mb) is less studied.
Jing-Jing Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The spike glycoprotein of highly pathogenic human coronaviruses: structural insights for understanding infection, evolution and inhibition

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, 2022
Highly pathogenic human coronaviruses (CoV) including SARS‐CoV, MERS‐CoV and SARS‐CoV‐2 have emerged over the past two decades, resulting in infectious disease outbreaks that have greatly affected public health.
Shuyuan Qiao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

In silico evidence that protein unfolding is as a precursor of the protein aggregation [PDF]

open access: yesChemPhysChem 2020, 21, 377, 2019
We present a computational study on the folding and aggregation of proteins in aqueous environment, as function of its concentration. We show how the increase of the concentration of individual protein species can induce a partial unfolding of the native conformation without the occurrence of aggregates. A further increment of the protein concentration
arxiv   +1 more source

Adaptive HIV-1 evolutionary trajectories are constrained by protein stability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Despite the use of combination antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of HIV-1 infection, the emergence of drug resistance remains a problem. Resistance may be conferred either by a single mutation or a concerted set of mutations.
Kandathil, Shaun M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

RuvC uses dynamic probing of the Holliday junction to achieve sequence specificity and efficient resolution

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Holliday junctions (HJs) are four-way DNA structures that occur in DNA repair by homologous recombination which are removed by nucleases such as RuvC. Here the authors provide structural and biochemical details on the steps required for the completion of
Karolina Maria Górecka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure of the human marker of self 5-transmembrane receptor CD47

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
CD47 is a transmembrane receptor involved in the regulation of various signalling pathways and a promising target for immuno-oncology therapeutics. Here, the authors present the crystal structure of full-length human CD47 and provide insights into the ...
Gustavo Fenalti   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biotransformation of Lignin by an Artificial Heme Enzyme Designed in Myoglobin With a Covalently Linked Heme Group

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
The conversion of Kraft lignin in plant biomass into renewable chemicals, aiming at harvesting aromatic compounds, is a challenge process in biorefinery.
Wen-Jie Guo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

ProNet DB: A proteome-wise database for protein surface property representations and RNA-binding profiles [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
The rapid growth in the number of experimental and predicted protein structures and more complicated protein structures challenge users in computational biology for utilizing the structural information and protein surface property representation. Recently, AlphaFold2 released the comprehensive proteome of various species, and protein surface property ...
arxiv  

Protein Structure Prediction: The Next Generation

open access: yes, 2006
Over the last 10-15 years a general understanding of the chemical reaction of protein folding has emerged from statistical mechanics. The lessons learned from protein folding kinetics based on energy landscape ideas have benefited protein structure ...
Eastwood, Michael P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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