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Bioconjugation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine containing protein with a polysaccharide 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Ayyadurai N Prabhu NS Deepankumar K Jang YJ Chitrapriya N Song E Lee N Kim SK Kim BG Soundrarajan N Lee S Cha HJ Budisa N Yun H 《Bioconjugate chemistry》2011,22(4):551-555
We describe the simple bioconjugation strategy in combination of periodate chemistry and unnatural amino acid incorporation. The residue specific incorporation of 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine can alter the properties of protein to conjugate into the polymers. The homogeneously modified protein will yield quinone residues that are covalently conjugated to nucleophilic groups of the amino polysaccharide. This novel approach holds great promise for widespread use to prepare protein conjugates and synthetic biology applications. 相似文献
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Vivek Kumar Parameswaran Saravanan Akanksha Arvind C. Gopi Mohan 《Journal of molecular modeling》2011,17(5):939-953
Despite the availability of effective chemotherapy and a moderately protective vaccine, new anti-tuberculosis agents are urgently
needed to decrease the global incidence of tuberculosis (TB) disease. The MurB gene belongs to the bacterial cell wall biosynthesis pathway and is an essential drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that has no mammalian counterparts. Here, we present an integrated approach involving homology modeling, molecular
dynamics and molecular docking studies on Mtb-MurB oxidoreductase enzyme. A homology model of Mtb-MurB enzyme was built for
the first time in order to carry out structure-based inhibitor design. The accuracy of the model was validated using different
techniques. The molecular docking study on this enzyme was undertaken using different classes of well known MurB inhibitors.
Estimation of binding free energy by docking analysis indicated the importance of Tyr155, Arg156, Ser237, Asn241 and His304
residues within the Mtb-MurB binding pocket. Our computational analysis is in good agreement with experimental results of
site-directed mutagenesis. The present study should therefore play a guiding role in the experimental design of Mtb-MurB inhibitors
for in vitro/in vivo analysis. 相似文献
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Chakravorty D Parameswaran S Dubey VK Patra S 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》2011,15(1):89-103
Thermostable lipases are of high priority for industrial applications as they are endowed with the capability of carrying
out diversified reactions at elevated temperatures. Extremophiles are their potential source. Sequence and structure annotation
of thermostable lipases can elucidate evolution of lipases from their mesophilic counterparts with enhanced thermostability
hence better industrial potential. Sequence analysis highlighted the conserved residues in bacterial and fungal thermostable
lipases. Higher frequency of AXXXA motif and poly Ala residues in lid domain of thermostable Bacillus lipases were distinguishing characteristics. Comparison of amino acid composition among thermostable and mesostable lipases
brought into light the role of neutral, charged and aromatic amino acid residues in enhancement of thermostability. Structural
annotation of thermostable lipases with that of mesostable lipases revealed some striking features which are increment of
gamma turns in thermostable lipases; being first time reported in our paper, longer beta strands, lesser beta-branched residues
in helices, increase in charged-neutral hydrogen bonding pair, hydrophobic-hydrophobic contact and differences in the N-cap
and C-cap residues of the α helices. Conclusively, it can be stated that subtle changes in the arrangement of amino acid residues
in the tertiary structure of lipases contributes to enhanced thermostability. 相似文献
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Serine proteases play a crucial role in host-pathogen interactions. In the innate immune system of invertebrates, multi-domain protease inhibitors are important for the regulation of host-pathogen interactions and antimicrobial activities. Serine protease inhibitors, 9.3-kDa CrSPI isoforms 1 and 2, have been identified from the hepatopancreas of the horseshoe crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda. The CrSPIs were biochemically active, especially CrSPI-1, which potently inhibited subtilisin (Ki = 1.43 nM). CrSPI has been grouped with the non-classical Kazal-type inhibitors due to its unusual cysteine distribution. Here we report the crystal structure of CrSPI-1 in complex with subtilisin at 2.6 Å resolution and the results of biophysical interaction studies. The CrSPI-1 molecule has two domains arranged in an extended conformation. These two domains act as heads that independently interact with two separate subtilisin molecules, resulting in the inhibition of subtilisin activity at a ratio of 1:2 (inhibitor to protease). Each subtilisin molecule interacts with the reactive site loop from each domain of CrSPI-1 through a standard canonical binding mode and forms a single ternary complex. In addition, we propose the substrate preferences of each domain of CrSPI-1. Domain 2 is specific towards the bacterial protease subtilisin, while domain 1 is likely to interact with the host protease, Furin. Elucidation of the structure of the CrSPI-1: subtilisin (1∶2) ternary complex increases our understanding of host-pathogen interactions in the innate immune system at the molecular level and provides new strategies for immunomodulation. 相似文献
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Tea leaf catechins and the ratio of dihydroxylated to trihydroxylated catechin fractions were analysed to identify the genetic diversity of 26 UPASI released tea clones. Principal component analysis (PCA) based on regression factor separated tea clones into five groups according to their jats (Jats are region based rays for e.g., Assam, China and Cambod origin) as well as their quality constituents (such as total polyphenols, total catechins, amino acids in the green leaves and liquor characteristics of black tea), particularly the catechins. Group 1 represented medium quality (quality of the final produce) clones, such as UPASI-10, UPASI-12 and UPASI-15 and drought tolerant clones like UPASI-1, UPASI-2, UPASI-9 and UPASI-10. Group 2 contained purely "China" cultivars while group 3 possessed high quality tea cultivars. "Assam" (group 5) teas had the lowest ratio of dihydroxylated to trihydroxylated catechin fractions (1:4) than the "Chinery" (group 2) teas (1:5). This biochemical differentiation indicated that there is a vast genetic diversity in UPASI released tea clones in terms of catechin fractions, even though the majority of them were selected from one tea estate located in the Nilgiris. 相似文献
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Substituting dietary linoleic acid with alpha-linolenic acid improves insulin sensitivity in sucrose fed rats 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
This study describes the effect of substituting dietary linoleic acid (18:2 n-6) with alpha-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3) on sucrose-induced insulin resistance (IR). Wistar NIN male weanling rats were fed casein based diet containing 22 energy percent (en%) fat with approximately 6, 9 and 7 en% saturated fatty acids (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) respectively for 3 months. IR was induced by replacing starch (ST) with sucrose (SU). Blends of groundnut, palmolein, and linseed oil in different proportions furnished the following levels of 18:3 n-3 (g/100 g diet) and 18:2 n-6/18:3 n-3 ratios respectively: ST-220 (0.014, 220), SU-220 (0.014, 220), SU-50 (0.06, 50), SU-10 (0.27, 10) and SU-2 (1.1, 2). The results showed IR in the sucrose fed group (SU-220) as evidenced by increase in fasting plasma insulin and area under the curve (AUC) of insulin in response to oral glucose load. In SU-220, the increase in adipocyte plasma membrane cholesterol/phospholipid ratio was associated with a decrease in fluidity, insulin stimulated glucose transport, antilipolytic effect of insulin and increase in basal and norepinephrine stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes. In SU-50, sucrose induced alterations in adipocyte lipolysis and antilipolysis were normalized. However, in SU-2, partial corrections in plasma insulin, AUC of insulin and adipocyte insulin stimulated glucose transport were observed. Further, plasma triglycerides and cholesterol decreased in SU-2. In diaphragm phospholipids, the observed dose dependent increase in long chain (LC) n-3 PUFA was associated with a decrease in LC-n-6 PUFA but insulin stimulated glucose transport increased only in SU-2. Thus, this study shows that the substitution of one-third of dietary 18:2 n-6 with 18:3 n-3 (SU-2) results in lowered blood lipid levels and increases peripheral insulin sensitivity, possibly due to the resulting high LCn-3 PUFA levels in target tissues of insulin action. These findings suggest a role for 18:3 n-3 in the prevention of insulin resistant states. The current recommendation to increase 18:3 n-3 intake for reducing cardiovascular risk may also be beneficial for preventing IR in humans. 相似文献
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Secondary toxcity of difethialone to Barn owl (Tyto alba) has been investigated. Difethialone was fed to owls for successive periods of 1 (phase 1), 3 (phase 2) and 6 (phase 3) days via-rodenticide dosed rats. The owls survived after the treament of rodenticide on phase 1 and phase 2 experiments but they died during phase 3 experiment. The results suggest that the difethialone could cause more secondary toxicity to owls. 相似文献
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Bhatia N Thiyagarajan S Elcheva I Saleem M Dlugosz A Mukhtar H Spiegelman VS 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2006,281(28):19320-19326