An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
bioadhesion; biosensors; polymerization; polymers; protein binding; theoretical models
Abstract:
... Polymer brushes have become a significant focus of polymer research with the need for straightforward and versatile surface modification. With the development of controlled radical polymerization from surfaces, new theoretical models, and sophisticated characterization tools, the resulting ability to control brush density and brush thickness gives unparalleled control over surface properties and f ...
... ARID1A, encoding the BAF250a subunit of SWI/SNF complex, has a high mutation frequency in numerous types of cancer. LncRNAs, a type of non-coding RNAs longer than 200 nucleotides, have been reported to interplay with SWI/SNF complex during cancer progression. However, whether the interaction between ARID1A and lncRNA affects hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) still needs to be investigated. Here, we r ...
algorithms; bioinformatics; confidence interval; energy; gene expression regulation; graphs; microarray technology; models; protein binding; risk; systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment; transcription factors
Abstract:
... Motivation: Characterizing the binding specificities of transcription factors (TFs) is crucial to the study of gene expression regulation. Recently developed high-throughput experimental methods, including protein binding microarrays (PBM) and high-throughput SELEX (HT-SELEX), have enabled rapid measurements of the specificities for hundreds of TFs. However, few studies have developed efficient al ...
... Currently, information regarding concentrations of chlorinated polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonic acids (Cl-PFESAs) in human placenta does not exist. The main objective of this study was to assess the occurrence and distribution of two Cl-PFESAs, 6:2 Cl-PFESA and 8:2 Cl-PFESA, in maternal serum, umbilical cord serum, and placenta to better assess the transport pathways related to human prenatal exposu ...
amino acid sequences; electrostatic interactions; hydrophobicity; mutants; phosphorylation; protein binding; salt concentration; scaffolding proteins; signal transduction; spectroscopy; yields
Abstract:
... Phosphorylation of S339/S340 in the disordered tail of the multi-domain scaffolding protein NHERF1 affects the intracellular localization and trafficking of NHERF1 assembled signaling complexes. Using neutron spin echo spectroscopy (NSE), we show salt concentration dependent excitation of nanoscale motion at the tip of the C-terminal tail in the phosphomimic S339D/S340D mutant. The “tip of the whi ...
Pseudozyma antarctica; X-ray diffraction; adsorbents; biodiesel; carboxylic ester hydrolases; chemical bonding; coatings; cooking fats and oils; fuel production; iron oxides; methanol; nanoparticles; protein binding; scanning electron microscopy; silica; thermal stability; transesterification; transmission electron microscopy; wastes
Abstract:
... In the present work, lipase from Candida antarctica (CALB) was covalently immobilized on functionalized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to catalyze biodiesel synthesis. Core-shell nanoparticles were synthesized by coating Fe3O4 core with silica shell (Fe3O4@SiO2). The nanoparticles functionalized with (3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxylsilane (GPTMS) were used as immobilization matrix. The protein bindin ...
DEAD-box RNA helicases; Human immunodeficiency virus 1; dissociation; messenger RNA; models; molecular chaperones; oligomerization; physiological transport; protein binding; virion
Abstract:
... Nuclear export of partially spliced or unspliced HIV-1 RNA transcripts requires binding of the viral protein regulator of expression of virion (Rev) to the Rev response element (RRE) and subsequent oligomerization in a cooperative manner. Cellular DEAD-box helicase DEAD-box protein 1 (DDX1) plays a role in HIV replication, interacting with and affecting Rev-containing HIV transcripts in vivo, inte ...
algorithms; artificial intelligence; binding sites; bioinformatics; databases; drug design; drugs; geometry; neural networks; prediction; protein binding; proteins
Abstract:
... An important step in structure-based drug design consists in the prediction of druggable binding sites. Several algorithms for detecting binding cavities, those likely to bind to a small drug compound, have been developed over the years by clever exploitation of geometric, chemical and evolutionary features of the protein. Here we present a novel knowledge-based approach that uses state-of-the-art ...
electrostatic interactions; gases; hydrophobic bonding; hydrophobicity; ionization; ions; post-translational modification; protein binding; protein unfolding; spectroscopy
Abstract:
... Understanding protein higher order structure and interfacial interactions is crucial to understanding protein binding motifs and cellular function, that is, an interactome. Polyubiquitylation is a post-translational modification that functions as a tag for a diverse array of cellular processes, wherein differences in chain length, branching, and linkage site encode different cellular functions. In ...
... While studying and trying to optimise dialysis clearances of protein-bound uraemic toxins (PBUTs), the percentage protein binding (% PB) may be an important parameter and can be calculated from measured free and total concentrations. Since different parameters may alter this % PB, we investigated whether the ultrafiltration temperature, sample pH, and sample matrix (i.e. serum or plasma) affects t ...
... Little is known about potential differences in binding characteristics of protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) versus healthy controls. The question arises whether eventual differences are attributed to (i) the elevated levels of competing uremic toxins, and/or (ii) post-translational modifications of albumin.We evaluated the binding characteristics of ...
... The role of nanoparticle interaction with biomolecules to form a biocorona is the key to nanoparticle behavior and its consequences in the physiological environment. Since the adsorbed biocorona decides the fate of a nanomaterials in vivo, and thus a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic interactions of the proteins with the nanoparticle is imperative. Herein we investigate the interaction of ...
alpha-globulins; binding capacity; embryogenesis; filling period; gel electrophoresis; genes; leucine zipper; microarray technology; prolamins; promoter regions; protein binding; protein synthesis; rice; seed maturation; starch; transcription (genetics); transcription factors
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Spatial- and temporal-specific expression patterns are primarily regulated at the transcriptional level by gene promoters. Therefore, it is important to identify the binding motifs of transcription factors to better understand the networks associated with embryogenesis. RESULTS: Here, we used a protein-binding microarray (PBM) to identify the binding motifs of OsSMF1, which is a basic ...
... There is increasing interest in studying protein interactions and their role in cell biology using kinetics. However, there is confusion about the proper terminology in terms of the distinction between rates and rate constants. We recommend a more stringent use of the words speed, fast, slow, rate, and rate constant. ...
antineoplastic activity; apoptosis; brain neoplasms; databases; diabetes mellitus; drugs; extracellular matrix; gene expression; genes; humans; in vitro studies; in vivo studies; longevity; mice; patients; protein binding; tissues
Abstract:
... Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with a median survival time of only 14 months after treatment. It is urgent to find new therapeutic drugs that increase survival time of GBM patients. To achieve this goal, we screened differentially expressed genes between long-term and short-term survived GBM patients from Gene Expression Omnibus database and found gene expression ...
blood; chemical bonding; gene therapy; protein binding
Abstract:
... Driven by the promises of gene therapy, PEGylated cationic liposomes (CLs) have been investigated for decades, but their use in the clinical setting is far from established. Such a dichotomy is due to several factors that have been ignored over the last two decades. The hardest challenge seems to occur when PEGylated CLs come into contact with a physiological environment (e.g. the blood). Recent e ...
... BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in plant cell wall is strongly influenced by the access of enzymes to cellulose, which is at least in part limited by the presence of lignin. Although physicochemical treatments preceding the enzymatic catalysis significantly overcome this recalcitrance, the residual lignin can still play a role in the process. Lignin is sugges ...
... KEY MESSAGE: We found that lipid accumulation in the meristem region and the expression of MdLIP2A, which appears to be regulated by chromatin remodeling, coincided with endodormancy induction in the ‘Fuji’ apple. In deciduous trees, including apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.), lipid accumulation in the meristem region towards endodormancy induction has been thought to be an important process for ...
bioinformatics; models; protein binding; transcriptome; transcriptomics
Abstract:
... Summary: An increasing number of studies are mapping protein binding and nucleotide modifications sites throughout the transcriptome. Often, these sites cluster in certain regions of the transcript, giving clues to their function. Hence, it is informative to summarize where in the transcript these sites occur. A metagene is a simple and effective tool for visualizing the distribution of sites alon ...
blood serum; detection limit; humans; metabolites; patients; protein binding; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; vitamin D; vitamin status
Abstract:
... The development and approbation of new, automated UHPLC-DAD method for the quantification of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3/D2 (25OH-D3/D2) metabolites in plasma/serum for the evaluation of patient’s vitamin D status are presented. The method was developed on the Ultimate 3000 UHPLC dual gradient system supplied with the on-line SPE-concentration column coupled through six port switching valve to analytical ...