Dietary heme-containing proteins: Structures, applications, and challenges

Y Xing, S Gao, X Zhang, J Zang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heme-containing proteins, commonly abundant in red meat and blood, are considered
promising dietary sources for iron supplementation and fortification with higher …

Effects of ionic liquids on metalloproteins

AY Patel, KS Jonnalagadda, N Paradis, TD Vaden… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, innovative protein therapies and bio-similar industries have grown
rapidly. Additionally, ionic liquids (ILs) have been an area of great interest and rapid …

Synergistic interactions of ionic liquids and antimicrobials improve drug efficacy

DD Yang, NJ Paterna, AS Senetra, KR Casey, PD Trieu… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Combinations of ionic liquids (ILs) with antimicrobial compounds have been shown to
produce synergistic activities in model liposomes. In this study, imidazolium chloride-based …

Correlating lipid membrane permeabilities of imidazolium ionic liquids with their cytotoxicities on yeast, bacterial, and mammalian cells

K Cook, K Tarnawsky, AJ Swinton, DD Yang… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Alkyl-imidazolium chloride ionic liquids (ILs) have been broadly studied for biochemical and
biomedical technologies. They can permeabilize lipid bilayer membranes and have …

Molecular interactions between gelatin-derived carbon quantum dots and Apo-myoglobin: Implications for carbon nanomaterial frameworks

SM Asil, M Narayan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), including carbon quantum dots (CQDs), have found
widespread use in biomedical research due to their low toxicity, chemical tunability, and …

[HTML][HTML] “Rigid” structure is a key determinant for the low digestibility of myoglobin

Q Li, D Zhao, H Liu, M Zhang, S Jiang, X Xu, G Zhou… - Food chemistry: X, 2020 - Elsevier
Myoglobin, a critical protein responsible for meat color, has been shown insusceptible to
digestion. The underlying mechanism is not clear. The present study aimed to evaluate …

Improved Antibacterial Activity of Peptide Nisin with Pyrrole-Based Ionic Liquids Having Bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide as a Counterion: A Synergistic Approach to …

J Saraswat, A Firoz, MR Kamli, R Patel - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacterial resistance against antimicrobial drugs is a forthcoming threat to the prevention and
treatment of developing bacterial infections. Hence, the development of new antimicrobial …

Impact of denaturing agents on surface properties of myoglobin solutions

MM Krycki, SY Lin, G Loglio, AV Michailov… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The addition of denaturants strongly influences the surface properties of aqueous myoglobin
solutions. The effect differs from the results for mixed solutions of the denaturants and other …

Structural destabilization of azurin by imidazolium chloride ionic liquids in aqueous solution

A Acharyya, D DiGiuseppi, BL Stinger… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Alkyl imidazolium chloride ionic liquids (ILs) have been used for numerous biochemical
applications. Their hydrophobicity can be tuned by changing the alkyl chain length, and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of non-natural hydrophobic amino acids on the efficacy and properties of the antimicrobial peptide C18G

MA Hitchner, MR Necelis, D Shirley… - … and antimicrobial proteins, 2021 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been an area of great interest, due to the high selectivity
of these molecules toward bacterial targets over host cells and the limited development of …