Biophysical aspect of huntingtin protein during polyQ: An in silico insight

C Gopalakrishnan, S Jethi, N Kalsi… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2016 - Springer
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by an abnormal
elongation of the polyglutamine (polyQ) chain in the Huntington (Htt) protein. At present, the …

Computationally Designed Anti-LuxP DNA Aptamer Suppressed Flagellar Assembly- and Quorum Sensing-Related Gene Expression in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

NAM Yusof, SA Razali, A Mohd Padzil, BYC Lau… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Infectious diseases are among the problems facing the global aquaculture
industry, particularly Vibriosis, a bacterial infection caused by the Vibrio species. In shrimp …

On the interaction of Helicobacter pylori NikR, a Ni(II)-responsive transcription factor, with the urease operator: in solution and in silico studies

L Mazzei, O Dobrovolska, F Musiani, B Zambelli… - JBIC Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is a carcinogen that relies on Ni (II) to survive in the extreme pH
conditions of the human guts. The regulation of genes coding for Ni (II) enzymes and …

Molecular view of ligands specificity for CAG repeats in anti-Huntington therapy

A Bochicchio, G Rossetti, O Tabarrini… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Huntington's disease is a fatal and devastating neurodegenerative genetic disorder for
which there is currently no cure. It is characterized by Huntingtin protein's mRNA transcripts …

Crystal structure of the archaeal heat shock regulator from Pyrococcus furiosus: a molecular chimera representing eukaryal and bacterial features

W Liu, G Vierke, AK Wenke, M Thomm… - Journal of molecular …, 2007 - Elsevier
We report here the crystal structure of a protein from Pyrococcus furiosus (Phr) that
represents the first characterized heat shock transcription factor in archaea. Phr specifically …

Investigation of binding phenomenon of NSP3 and p130Cas mutants and their effect on cell signalling

K Balu, V Rajendran, R Sethumadhavan… - Cell biochemistry and …, 2013 - Springer
Members of the novel SH2-containing protein (NSP3) and Crk-associated substrate
(p130Cas) protein families form a multi-domain signalling platforms that mediate cell …

Conformational heterogeneity of unbound proteins enhances recognition in protein–protein encounters

C Pallara, M Rueda, R Abagyan… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
To understand cellular processes at the molecular level we need to improve our knowledge
of protein–protein interactions, from a structural, mechanistic, and energetic point of view …

Inverted repeats in the promoter as an autoregulatory sequence for TcrX in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M Bhattacharya, AK Das - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
TcrY, a histidine kinase, and TcrX, a response regulator, constitute a two-component system
in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. tcrX, which is expressed during iron scarcity, is instrumental …

Solvated protein–DNA docking using HADDOCK

M van Dijk, KM Visscher, PL Kastritis… - Journal of biomolecular …, 2013 - Springer
Interfacial water molecules play an important role in many aspects of protein–DNA specificity
and recognition. Yet they have been mostly neglected in the computational modeling of …

Structure, dynamics, and function of SrnR, a transcription factor for nickel-dependent gene expression

L Mazzei, F Musiani, S Żerko, W Koźminski… - Metallomics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Streptomyces griseus, a bacterium producing antibacterial drugs and featuring possible
application in phytoremediation, expresses two metal-dependent superoxide dismutase …