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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to compare the free and bound structures of wild type U1A protein with several Phe56 mutant U1A proteins that bind the target stem loop 2 (SL2) RNA with a range of affinities. The simulations indicate the free U1A protein is more flexible than the...
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PMID: 21384338
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We describe two biomimetic Co(III)-NHase analogues that hydrate MeCN, and four crystallographically characterized NHase intermediate analogues, [Co(III)(S(Me2)N(4)(tren))(MeCN)](2+) (1), [Co(III)(S(Me2)N(4)(tren))(OH)](+) (3), [Co(III)(S(Me2)N(4)(tren))(NHC(O)CH(3))](+) (2), and [Co(III)(O(Me2)N(4)(...
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PMID: 21351789
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We have therefore performed atomic-resolution simulations of vesicle fusion to understand the role of chemical detail, particularly the molecular structure of water, in membrane fusion and at membrane interfaces more generally. These membrane interfaces present a form of hydrophilic confinement, yie...
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PMID: 21351772
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We observed the unprecedented selection of these linear receptors in preference to competing macrocyclic hosts. Furthermore, linear receptors containing up to nine building blocks and three different building blocks were amplified in the dynamic combinatorial library. The receptors were formed using...
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PMID: 21361379
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The thermal pericyclic cascade rearrangement of Zincke aldehydes (5-(dialkylamino)-2,4-pentadienals) to afford Z-α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated amides discovered by the Vanderwal group has been studied in depth using quantum mechanical methods. Two mechanistic possibilities that had previously been put fort...
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PMID: 21351736
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We illustrate that the observed expansion and change in slope of 〈u^{2}〉 with temperature at T_{D} can be reproduced within a simple model of the vibration, an atom in an anharmonic potential, V(u). Given V(u), only the temperature is varied in the model. A simple Gaussian potential or a potent...
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PMID: 21517538
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Many biomolecules have specific binding properties in the nanostructure formation; they are attractive materials for nanotechnology. One such promising construction material for growing a well-defined nanostructure is deoxyribonucleic acid, due to its π-electron hydrophobic core and predictable reco...
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PMID: 21382609
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The biosyntheses of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates are conducted by glycosyltransferases. These extraordinarily diverse and widespread enzymes catalyze the formation of glycosidic bonds through the transfer of a monosaccharide from a donor molecule to an acceptor molecule, with the stereochemi...
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PMID: 21301100
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Glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger is an industrially important biocatalyst that is utilized in the mass production of glucose from raw starch or soluble oligosaccharides. The G1 isoform consists of a catalytic domain and a starch-binding domain connected by a heavily glycosylated linker region. Th...
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PMID: 21301084
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Anwar A Ullah,
Priscila Oliveira PO de Giuseppe,
Mario Tyago MT Murakami,
Dilza D Trevisan-Silva,
Ana Carolina Martins AC Wille,
Daniele D Chaves-Moreira,
Luiza Helena LH Gremski,
Rafael Bertoni RB da Silveira,
Andrea A Sennf-Ribeiro,
Olga Meiri OM Chaim,
Silvio Sanches SS Veiga and
Raghuvir Krishnaswamy RK Arni
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Phospholipases D are the major dermonecrotic component of Loxosceles venom and catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids, resulting in the formation of lipid mediators such as ceramide-1-phosphate and lysophosphatidic acid which can induce pathological and biological responses. Phospholipases D can b...
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PMID: 21301094
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The native serine protease proteinase K binds two calcium cations. It has been reported that Ca(2+) removal decreased the enzyme's thermal stability and to some extent the substrate affinity, but has discrepant effects on catalytic activity of the enzyme. Molecular dynamics simulations were performe...
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PMID: 20446009
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We offer an alternative view that removes the need for sequence-context parameterization by focusing on individual microsopic interactions within a free energy decomposition and explicitly account for nonadditivity in conformational entropy through network rigidity using a Distance Constraint Model...
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PMID: 21280020
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Ottavia O Spiga,
Domenico D Summa,
Simone S Cirri,
Andrea A Bernini,
Vincenzo V Venditti,
Matteo M De Chiara,
Raffaella R Priora,
Simona S Frosali,
Antonios A Margaritis,
Danila D Di Giuseppe,
Paolo P Di Simplicio and
Neri N Niccolai
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Understanding the structural basis of protein redox activity is still an open question. Hence, by using a structural genomics approach, different albumins have been chosen to correlate protein structural features with the corresponding reaction rates of thiol exchange between albumin and disulfide DT...
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PMID: 21280023
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We have previously shown that mutation of group-conserved residues present on transmembrane helices H2-H4 in the β(2)-adrenergic receptor (β(2)-AR) can influence both receptor expression and function. We now target the group-conserved sites, Gly315(7.42) and Ser319(7.46), on H7 for structure-funct...
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PMID: 21262196
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Anders A Björkbom,
Tomasz T Róg,
Pasi P Kankaanpää,
Daniel D Lindroos,
Karol K Kaszuba,
Mayuko M Kurita,
Shou S Yamaguchi,
Tetsuya T Yamamoto,
Shishir S Jaikishan,
Lassi L Paavolainen,
Joacim J Päivärinne,
Thomas K M TK Nyholm,
Shigeo S Katsumura,
Ilpo I Vattulainen and
J Peter JP Slotte
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We observed that methylation decreased gel-phase stability and increased fluid phase disorder, when compared to PSM. Methylation of the 2-NH had the largest effect on gel-phase instability (T(m) was lowered by ~7°C). Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations showed that fluid phase bilayers with met...
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PMID: 21262197
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The (13)C chemical shifts measured for designed β-hairpins indicate that the structuring shifts (upfield for Cα and C', downfield for Cβ) previously reported as diagnostic for β-structuring in proteins appear only at the H-bonded strand residues. The resulting periodicity of stru...
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PMID: 21214243
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We have carried out computer simulations of drug and DNA alone and also in complex mode in water as a medium. All the simulations are being carried out using molecular operating environment (MOE) and X3DNA software tools on SUN SOLARIS platform. Interaction energy of all the drug molecules with DNA...
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PMID: 21431579
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We examined the mechanical properties and structural stabilities of HP(2-20) and its four analogues of same chain length by steered molecular dynamics simulation. The results indicated the following: the resistance of H-bonds to the tensile extension mediated the early extensive stage; with the loss...
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PMID: 21283643
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We report here the first crystal structure of alkaline phosphatase purified from the bacterium Sphingomonas. sp. Strain BSAR-1 (SPAP). The crystal structure reveals many differences from other APs: 1) the catalytic residue is a threonine instead of serine, 2) there is no third metal ion binding pock...
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PMID: 21829507
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Organophosphate (OP) nerve agents such as sarin, soman, tabun, and O-ethyl S-[2-(diisopropylamino) ethyl] methylphosphonothioate (VX) do not react solely with acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Evidence suggests that cholinergic-independent pathways over a wide range are also targeted, inc...
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PMID: 21120745
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Molecular dynamics simulations (90 ns) of different DNA complexes attached to a functionalized substrate in solution were performed in order to clarify the behavior of mismatched DNA sequences captured by a tethered DNA probe (biochip). Examination of the trajectories revealed that the substrate infl...
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PMID: 21660324
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Proteins folding and unfolding are conformational changes in the life of the proteins, which reveal the modifications in the organization of the molecules inside the chain. It is known that a very organized structure has great amount of entropy and tends to exchange the energy with the environment. T...
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PMID: 21424091
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The conformational preferences of the L-selenocysteine (Sec) dipeptides with selenol and selenolate groups (Ac-Sec-NHMe and Ac-Sec(-) -NHMe, respectively) and the apparent (i.e., macroscopic) pK(a) value of the Sec residue have been studied using the dispersion-corrected density functionals M06-2X an...
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PMID: 21213257
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We previously showed by NMR and molecular modeling that the unexpectedly high binding affinity of 2'F-ANA is largely due to a C-H···F-C pseudohydrogen bond at pyrimidine-purine steps. Comparisons of the melting of duplexes with identical sequence composition but a rearranged sequence confirm that...
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PMID: 21171597
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