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Automatic Animation Of Molecular Motion Using Python And Cinema 4d, Diana Zajac, Nathaniel Smith, Dan Gurnon Nov 2014

Automatic Animation Of Molecular Motion Using Python And Cinema 4d, Diana Zajac, Nathaniel Smith, Dan Gurnon

Annual Student Research Poster Session

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Stoichiometries And Affinities Of Interacting Proteins From Concentration Series Of Solution Scattering Data: Decomposition By Least Squares And Quadratic Optimization, Himanshu Chandola, Tim E. Williamson, Bruce A. Craig, Alan M. Friedman, Chris Bailey-Kellogg Mar 2014

Stoichiometries And Affinities Of Interacting Proteins From Concentration Series Of Solution Scattering Data: Decomposition By Least Squares And Quadratic Optimization, Himanshu Chandola, Tim E. Williamson, Bruce A. Craig, Alan M. Friedman, Chris Bailey-Kellogg

Dartmouth Scholarship

In studying interacting proteins, complementary insights are provided by analyzing both the association model (the stoichiometry and affinity constants of the intermediate and final complexes) and the quaternary structure of the resulting complexes. Many current methods for analyzing protein interactions either give a binary answer to the question of association and no information about quaternary structure or at best provide only part of the complete picture. Presented here is a method to extract both types of information from X-ray or neutron scattering data for a series of equilibrium mixtures containing the initial components at different concentrations. The method determines the …


Primary Microrna Processing Assay Reconstituted Using Recombinant Drosha And Dgcr8., Ian Barr, Feng Guo Jan 2014

Primary Microrna Processing Assay Reconstituted Using Recombinant Drosha And Dgcr8., Ian Barr, Feng Guo

Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Faculty Scholarship

In animals, the Microprocessor complex cleaves primary transcripts of microRNAs (pri-miRNAs) to produce precursor microRNAs in the nucleus. The core components of Microprocessor include the Drosha ribonuclease and its RNA-binding partner protein DiGeorge critical region 8 (DGCR8). DGCR8 has been shown to tightly bind an Fe(III) heme cofactor, which activates its pri-miRNA processing activity. Here we describe how to reconstitute pri-miRNA processing using recombinant human Drosha and DGCR8 proteins. In particular, we present the procedures for expressing and purifying DGCR8 as an Fe(III) heme-bound dimer, the most active form of this protein, and for estimating its heme content.