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Evolution towards simplicity in bacterial small heat shock protein system
PublicationEvolution can tinker with multi-protein machines and replace them with simpler single-protein systems performing equivalent functions in an equally efficient manner. It is unclear how, on a molecular level, such simplification can arise. With ancestral reconstruction and biochemical analysis, we have traced the evolution of bacterial small heat shock proteins (sHsp), which help to refold proteins from aggregates using either two...
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Modified Peptide Molecules As Potential Modulators of Shelterin Protein Functions; TRF1
PublicationIn this work, we present studies on relatively new and still not well-explored potential anticancer targets which are shelterin proteins, in particular the TRF1 protein can be blocked by in silico designed "peptidomimetic" molecules. TRF1 interacts directly with the TIN2 protein, and this protein-protein interaction is crucial for the proper functioning of telomere, which could be blocked by our novel modified peptide molecules....
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Comparative molecular dynamics study of dimeric and monomeric forms of HIV-1 protease in ligand bound and unbound state
PublicationHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease (HIV-1 PR) is a viral-encoded enzyme that forms a homodimer. HIV-1 PR is essential for replication and assembly of the virus and inactivation of HIV-1 PR enzyme causes production of immature, noninfectious viral particles and thus HIV-1 PR is an attractive target in anti-AIDS drug design. In our current work, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) calculations (500 ns) for two different...
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Construction, production and evaluation of the diagnostic utility of a recombinant Toxoplasma gondii chimeric antigen MIC1-MAG1-MIC3
Open Research DataThe intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii has the ability to infect a wide range of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Currently, diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based mainly on the use of the native antigens in enzyme immunoassay which allow for detection of IgG, IgM and IgA antibody classes. However, in some cases the performed studies give...
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Construction, production and evaluation of the diagnostic utility of a recombinant Toxoplasma gondii chimeric antigen MIC1-MAG1-ROP1
Open Research DataThe intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii has the ability to infect a wide range of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Currently, diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based mainly on the use of the native antigens in enzyme immunoassay which allow for detection of IgG, IgM and IgA antibody classes. However, in some cases the performed studies give...
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Construction, production and evaluation of the diagnostic utility of a recombinant Toxoplasma gondii chimeric antigen MIC1-MAG1-AMA1
Open Research DataThe intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii has the ability to infect a wide range of warm-blooded animals, including humans. Currently, diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based mainly on the use of the native antigens in enzyme immunoassay which allow for detection of IgG, IgM and IgA antibody classes. However, in some cases the performed studies give...
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Combining the MARTINI and Structure-Based Coarse-Grained Approaches for the Molecular Dynamics Studies of Conformational Transitions in Proteins
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Fibronectin-, vitronectin- and laminin-binding proteins at the cell walls of Candida parapsilosis and Candida tropicalis pathogenic yeasts
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Influence of milk, milk fractions and milk proteins on the growth and viability of mastitis-causing Staphylococcus aureus strain
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Molecular Characterisation of Uterine Endometrial Proteins during Early Stages of Pregnancy in Pigs by MALDI TOF/TOF
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Novel single-stranded DNA-binding proteins from extreme psychrophilic bacterium Psychromonas ingrahamii 37
PublicationWe report the identification and characterization of the single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) from extreme psychrophilic bacterium Psychromonas ingrahamii 37 (PinSSB) that grows expotentially at -12°C and may well grow at even lower temperatures. PinSSB is one of the largest known bacterial SSB protein consisting 222 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 25.1 kDa. The analysis by gel filtration chromatography...
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Characterization of exceptionally thermostable single-stranded DNA-binding proteins from Thermotoga maritima and Thermotoga neapolitana
PublicationBACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in SSBs because they find numerous applications in diverse molecular biology and analytical methods.RESULTS: We report the characterization of single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) from the thermophilic bacteria Thermotoga maritima (TmaSSB) and Thermotoga neapolitana (TneSSB). They are the smallest known bacterial SSB proteins, consisting of 141 and 142 amino...
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Evolution of functionally important compartments of proteins – what can we learn from studying epoxide hydrolases?
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Photoactive Protochlorophyllide-Enzyme Complexes Reconstituted with PORA, PORB and PORC Proteins of A. thaliana: Fluorescence and Catalytic Properties
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The Major Heat Shock Proteins, Hsp70 and Hsp90, in 2-Methoxyestradiol-Mediated Osteosarcoma Cell Death Model
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Impact of the depletion of high-abundance proteins in blood plasma/serum on the proteome of these media in growing farm animals
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Defining a novel domain that provides an essential contribution to site-specific interaction of Rep protein with DNA
PublicationAn essential feature of replication initiation proteins is their ability to bind to DNA. In this work, we describe a new domain that contributes to a replication initiator sequence-specific interaction with DNA. Applying biochemical assays and structure prediction methods coupled with DNA–protein crosslinking, mass spectrometry, and construction and analysis of mutant proteins, we identified that the replication initiator of the...
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Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9, Angiopoietin-Like Protein 8, Sortilin, and Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein—Friends of Foes for Psoriatic Patients at the Risk of Developing Cardiometabolic Syndrome?
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Patterned protein microarrays for bacterial detection. Langmuir**2003 vol.19 s. 436-439, 5 rys. bibliogr. 25 poz. Specyficzne mikroukłady protein do wykrywania bakterii.
PublicationSkonstruowano i przetestowano specyficzne mikroukłady przeciwciał selektyw-nie wiążących bakterie. Otrzymane układy umożliwiają wykrywanie bakterii E.coli0157:H7 oraz Renibacterium salmoninarum (RS). Matryce wytworzono techni-ką nadruku mikrokontaktów (ćCP). Charakterystykę układów uzyskano stosującmikroskopię skaningową (SPM). Ustalono, że selektywność otrzymanych układówobniża się podczas ekspozycji na bakterie niespecyficzne.
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Emulsification alters simulated gastrointestinal proteolysis of β-casein and β-lactoglobulin
PublicationWe have studied the effect of the adsorption of milk proteins at the oil-water interface on their digestibility in simulated gastrointestinal environment. The investigations aimed to characterize how both the breakdown of the adsorbed proteins and the interactions with physiological surfactants, phosphatidylcholine (PC) and bile salts (BS), influence structural transformations of model, protein-stabilized food emulsions in the...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Mycobacterial Heat Shock Proteins in Lymph Node Tissue from Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
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Interactive effects of vanadium and phosphorus on their uptake, growth and heat shock proteins in chickpea genotypes under hydroponic conditions
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Effect of Inoculation with Probiotics and Ageing Time on Selected Functional Properties and Oxidation of Proteins in Dry-Cured Pork Loins
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Whey Proteins as a Potential Co-Surfactant with Aesculus hippocastanum L. as a Stabilizer in Nanoemulsions Derived from Hempseed Oil
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N-Substituted piperazine derivatives as potential multitarget agents acting on histamine H3 receptor and cancer resistance proteins
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Enhanced extraction of proteins using cholinium-based ionic liquids as phase-forming components of aqueous biphasic systems
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Transcriptomic Profile of Genes Encoding Proteins Involved in Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Syndrome Related Xerostomia—Molecular and Clinical Trial
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Extension of the Force Matching Method to Anisotropic Coarse-Grained Transferable Force Fields: Application to the Unres Model of Proteins
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Application of Multiplexed Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics to the UNRES Force Field: Tests with α and α+β Proteins
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Optimization of the UNRES Force Field by Hierarchical Design of the Potential-Energy Landscape. 3. Use of Many Proteins in Optimization
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Expression profiles of vault components MVP, TEP1 and vPARP and their correlation to other multidrug resistance proteins in ovarian cancer
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Determination of the role of map kinase and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways in the regulation of multidrug resistance proteins in thyroid cancer
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Density functional theory calculations on entire proteins for free energies of binding: Application to a model polar binding site
PublicationIn drug optimization calculations, the molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) method can be used to compute free energies of binding of ligands to proteins. The method involves the evaluation of the energy of configurations in an implicit solvent model. One source of errors is the force field used, which can potentially lead to large errors due to the restrictions in accuracy imposed by its empirical nature....
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A comparative study of water distribution and dehydrin protein localization in maturing pea seeds
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Mapping Mechanostable Pulling Geometries of a Therapeutic Anticalin/CTLA-4 Protein Complex
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Molecular dynamics insights into protein‐glycosaminoglycan systems from microsecond‐scale simulations
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Local and long range potentials for heparin‐protein systems for coarse‐grained simulations
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Chromatin-associated microprocessor assembly is regulated by the U1 snRNP auxiliary protein PRP40
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Hot spot identification by ligand-protein surface interactions mapping – in silico study
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Prediction of Protein Structure by Template-Based Modeling Combined with the UNRES Force Field
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Investigation of Protein Folding by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics with the UNRES Force Field
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Performance of protein-structure predictions with the physics-based UNRES force field in CASP11
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Recent improvements in prediction of protein structure by global optimization of a potential energy function
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Depression as is Seen by Molecular Spectroscopy. Phospholipid- Protein Balance in Affective Disorders and Dementia
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How water mediates the long-range interactions between remote protein molecules
PublicationThe high crowding of macromolecules in the cytoplasm affects the processes that occur inside a living cell. It can, for example, promote the forming of various loosely connected structures of proteins. It also means that bulk water is, essentially, not present there. The relatively thin layer of solvent that separates macromolecules may be able to participate in the long-range interactions between them and make them respond to...
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Modeling protein structures with the coarse-grained UNRES force field in the CASP14 experiment
PublicationThe UNited RESidue (UNRES) force field was tested in the 14th Community Wide Experiment on the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP14), in which larger oligomeric and multimeric targets were present compared to previous editions. Three prediction modes were tested (i) ab initio (the UNRES group), (ii) contact-assisted (the UNRES- contact group), and (iii) template-assisted (the UNRES-template...
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Unusual structural properties of water within the hydration shell of hyperactive antifreeze protein
PublicationMany hypotheses can be encountered explaining the mechanism of action of antifreeze proteins. One widespread theory postulates that the similarity of structural properties of solvation water of antifreeze proteins to ice is crucial to the antifreeze activity of these agents. In order to investigate this problem, the structural properties of solvation water of the hyperactive antifreeze protein from Choristoneura fumiferana were...
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Assembly of Lipopolysaccharide in Escherichia coli Requires the Essential LapB Heat Shock Protein
PublicationHere, we describe two new heat shock proteins involved in the assembly of LPS in Escherichia coli, LapA and LapB (lipopolysaccharide assembly protein A and B). lapB mutants were identified based on an increased envelope stress response. Envelope stress responsive pathways control key steps in LPS biogenesis and respond to defects in the LPS assembly. Accordingly, the LPS content in ΔlapB or Δ(lapA lapB) mutants was elevated, with...
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Are stabilizing osmolytes preferentially excluded from the protein surface? FTIR and MD studies
PublicationInteractions between osmolytes and hen egg white lysozyme in aqueous solutions were studied by means of FTIR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics. A combination of difference spectra method and chemometric analysis of spectroscopic data was used to determine the number of osmolyte molecules interacting with the protein, and the preferential interaction coefficient in presented systems. Both osmolytes – L-proline and trimethylamine-N-oxide...
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Chitosan-protein scaffolds loaded with lysostaphin as potential antistaphylococcal wound dressing materials.
PublicationAIMS: The development of technology for preparing chitosan-protein scaffolds loaded with lysostaphin, which potentially could be used as dressing for wound treatment and soft tissue infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus. METHODS AND RESULTS: The unique technology of chitosan solubilization using gaseous CO(2) instead of organic or inorganic acids was used for the incorporation of lysostaphin, the enzyme that exhibits bactericidal...