Natural and synthetic halogenated amino acids—Structural and bioactive features in antimicrobial peptides and peptidomimetics

M Mardirossian, M Rubini, MFA Adamo, M Scocchi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 3D structure and surface characteristics of proteins and peptides are crucial for
interactions with receptors or ligands and can be modified to some extent to modulate their …

Adsorption mechanisms of five bisphenol analogues on PVC microplastics

P Wu, Z Cai, H Jin, Y Tang - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics are easily embrittled and decomposed to microplastics in
an aquatic environment. The plasticizers such as bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol S (BPS) and …

[HTML][HTML] Design methods for antimicrobial peptides with improved performance

J Mwangi, PM Kamau, RC Thuku, R Lai - Zoological Research, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The recalcitrance of pathogens to traditional antibiotics has made treating and eradicating
bacterial infections more difficult. In this regard, developing new antimicrobial agents to …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of rhodamine B on polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and polyethylene terephthalate microplastics in aqueous environments

H Du, Y Zhang, H Jiang, H Wang - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Rhodamine B (RhB), widely used as a tracer and colorant, is highly toxic, carcinogenic, and
mutagenic to humans and organisms. Microplastics (MPs) could accumulate RhB in the …

Noncovalent Interactions Involving Iodofluorobenzenes: The Interplay of Halogen Bonding and Weak lp(O)···π-Holearene Interactions

AS Novikov, DM Ivanov, ZM Bikbaeva… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Fluorinated iodoarenes such as 1, 4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene (1, 4-FIB) and 1, 3, 5-
triiodotrifluorobenzene (1, 3, 5-FIB) were cocrystallized with the nitrosoguanidinate-nickel (II) …

Biodegradation of bisphenol compounds in the surface water of Taihu Lake and the effect of humic acids

N Zhou, Y Liu, S Cao, R Guo, Y Ma, J Chen - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bisphenol analogues (BPs) pollution in the aquatic environment is increasingly a worldwide
concern. There is an urgent need to understand the fate of BPs in the aquatic environment …

Dissecting the low catalytic capability of flavin-dependent halogenases

A Phintha, K Prakinee, A Jaruwat, N Lawan… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Although flavin-dependent halogenases (FDHs) are attractive biocatalysts, their practical
applications are limited because of their low catalytic efficiency. Here, we investigated the …

RING 4.0: faster residue interaction networks with novel interaction types across over 35,000 different chemical structures

A Del Conte, GF Camagni, D Clementel… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Residue interaction networks (RINs) are a valuable approach for representing contacts in
protein structures. RINs have been widely used in various research areas, including the …

Novel Feleucin-K3-derived peptides modified with sulfono-γ-AA building blocks targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

X Guo, T Yan, J Rao, Y An, X Yue, X Miao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections has led to dramatically increased
morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have great potential as new …

Soil microbiome response to contamination with bisphenol A, bisphenol F and bisphenol S

M Zaborowska, J Wyszkowska, A Borowik - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The choice of the study objective was affected by numerous controversies and concerns
around bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS)—analogues of bisphenol A (BPA). The …