Previously, we found that elastin-like polypeptide (ELP), when dried above the lower critical
solution temperature on top of a hydrophilic fused silica disk, exhibited a dynamic …

Plant catalases (CAT) are involved in the cellular scavenging of the reactive oxygen species
during developmental processes and in response to abiotic and biotic stresses. However …

Abstract Manganese ion (Mn 2+) can substitute magnesium ion (Mg 2+) in active sites of
numerous enzymes. Binding sites for these two ions have been studied in two sets of protein …

Wenxiang diagrams illustrate protein helices as spirals on a plane and thus have the
advantage over helical wheels of being planar graphs. Wenxiang 3.0 extends the original …

Serine β-lactamases are bacterial enzymes that hydrolyze β-lactam antibiotics. They utilize
an active-site serine residue as a nucleophile, forming an acyl–enzyme intermediate during …

This study is on the analysis of ethanol binding sites on 3D structures of nonredundant
proteins from the Protein Data Bank. The only one amino acid residue that is significantly …

Electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) spectroscopy was used to distinguish
between the local secondary structures of an α-helix and a 310-helix. Previously, we have …

Protein structures are often represented as seen in crystals as (i) rigid macromolecules (ii)
with helices, sheets and coils. However, both definitions are partial because (i) proteins are …

Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the most common causes of
death in the world. Mycobacterium tuberculosis-sliding clamp is a protein essential for many …

Subunit reassociation in mucin 1, a breast cancer tumor marker, is reported as one of the
critical factors for its cytoplasmic activation. Inhibition of its heterodimeric association would …