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Full-Text Articles in Molecular Biology
A Nosy Neighbor: Purification And Functional Characterization Of Lpg2149, Ashley M. Holahan
A Nosy Neighbor: Purification And Functional Characterization Of Lpg2149, Ashley M. Holahan
The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
Ubiquitination is a process that marks proteins for various cell-signaling pathways, namely protein degradation and other processes. Th ese pathways are essential in a wide array of cellular processes, including defense mechanisms against invading pathogens. Th e ubiquitination process is universally found in all eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals, and thus plays a vital role in cellular homeostasis. Recently, more discoveries have been made on prokaryotic effector proteins that hijack the ubiquitination system even when they do not possess a ubiquitin system of their own. MavC, also known as lpg2147 (Gan, Nakayasu, Hollenbeck, & Luo, 2019; Puvar et al., …
Structural And Functional Characterization Of Hyper-Phosphorylated Grk5 Protein Expressed From E. Coli, Joseph M. Krampen, John Tesmer, Qiuyan Chen
Structural And Functional Characterization Of Hyper-Phosphorylated Grk5 Protein Expressed From E. Coli, Joseph M. Krampen, John Tesmer, Qiuyan Chen
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) kinases (GRKs) are proteins in the cell responsible for regulating GPCRs located on the cell membrane. GRKs regulate active GPCRs by phosphorylating them at certain sites which causes them to stop normal signaling on the membrane. This ultimately affects how the cell responds to its environment. GRK5 is a kinase of particular interest due to its involvement in the pathology of diseases such as cardiac failure, cancers, and diabetes. Understanding the structure and function of GRK5 is essential for discovering ways to manipulate its behavior with these diseases, but not much is known about how GRK5 …
Structural, Biophysical, And Functional Studies Of Trem2 In Neurodegenerative Disease, Daniel L. Kober
Structural, Biophysical, And Functional Studies Of Trem2 In Neurodegenerative Disease, Daniel L. Kober
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases present a large and growing challenge to global health. The immune system, particularly the innate immune system, is increasingly recognized as having a major role in these pathologies. The innate immune system is responsible to contain disease and promote healing. However, immune misregulation exacerbates disease. The innate immunomodulatory receptor Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2 (TREM2) is expressed on myeloid cells such as dendritic cells, macrophages, and in the brain, on microglia. TREM2 is a single-pass transmembrane receptor with an extracellular Ig domain that mediates ligand binding. This protein regulates inflammation in vitro …
Investigating Propargyl-Linked Antifolates In Inhibiting Bacterial And Fungal Dihydrofolate Reductase, Joshua Andrade
Investigating Propargyl-Linked Antifolates In Inhibiting Bacterial And Fungal Dihydrofolate Reductase, Joshua Andrade
Honors Scholar Theses
Antimicrobial agents have been invaluable in reducing illness and death associated with bacterial infection. However, over time, bacteria have evolved resistance to all major drug classes as a result of selective pressure. The advancement of new drug compounds is therefore vital. The Anderson-Wright Lab has focused on developing potent and selective inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), an enzyme key in cell proliferation and survival, in several pathogenic species. The lab has found that a set of compounds, known as propargyl-linked antifolates, are DHFR inhibitors that are both biologically effective and have strong pharmacokinetic properties.
The efficacy of novel propargyl-linked antifolates …
Structural Studies On The Rubella Virus Capsid Protein And Its Organization In The Virion, Vidya Mangala Prasad
Structural Studies On The Rubella Virus Capsid Protein And Its Organization In The Virion, Vidya Mangala Prasad
Open Access Dissertations
Rubella virus is a leading cause of birth defects due to infectious agents. When contracted during pregnancy, rubella infection leads to severe damage in fetuses. Despite its medical importance, very little is known about the structure of the pleomorphic rubella virus as compared to its alphavirus relatives. The rubella capsid protein is a critical structural component of virions as well as a key factor in virus-host interactions. Three crystal structures of the structural domain of the rubella capsid protein have been described here. The polypeptide fold of the capsid protomer has not been observed previously. The capsid protein structure, along …
Biochemical, Structural, And Drug Design Studies Of Multi-Drug Resistant Hiv-1 Therapeutic Targets, Tamaria Grace Dewdney
Biochemical, Structural, And Drug Design Studies Of Multi-Drug Resistant Hiv-1 Therapeutic Targets, Tamaria Grace Dewdney
Wayne State University Dissertations
Protein point mutations acquired as a mechanism of survival against therapeutics cause structural changes that effect protein function and inhibitor binding. This work investigates the structural mechanisms that lead to multi-drug resistance to HIV-1 protease and integrase inhibitors.
Proper proteolytic processing of the HIV-1 Gag/Pol polyprotein is required for HIV infection and viral replication. This feature has made HIV-1 protease an attractive target for antiretroviral drug design for the treatment of HIV-1 infected patients, thus the development of drug resistance has arisen as a major therapeutic and drug design challenge. To understand the molecular mechanisms leading to drug resistance we …
Novel Adaptor-Dependent Domains Promote Processive Degradation By Clpxp, Keith L. Rood
Novel Adaptor-Dependent Domains Promote Processive Degradation By Clpxp, Keith L. Rood
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Protein degradation by ATP dependent proteases is a universally conserved process. Recognition of substrates by such proteases commonly occurs via direct interaction or with the aid of a regulatory adaptor protein. An example of this regulation is found in Caulobacter crescentus, where key regulatory proteins are proteolysed in a cell-cycle dependent fashion. Substrates include essential transcription factors, structural proteins, and second messenger metabolism components. In this study, we explore sequence and structural requirements for regulated adaptor mediated degradation of PdeA, an important regulator of cyclic-di-GMP levels.
Robust degradation of PdeA is dependent on the response regulator CpdR in vivo …
Surface Entropy Reduction To Increase The Crystallizability Of The Fab-Rna Complex, Priyadarshini Palaniandy Ravindran
Surface Entropy Reduction To Increase The Crystallizability Of The Fab-Rna Complex, Priyadarshini Palaniandy Ravindran
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Crystallizing RNA has been an imperative facet and a challenging task in the world of RNA research. Assistive methods such as Chaperone Assisted RNA Crystallography (CARC), employing monoclonal antibody fragments (Fabs) as crystallization chaperones have enabled us to obtain RNA crystal structures by increasing the crystal contacts and providing initial phasing information. Using this technology the crystal structure of [delta]C209 P4-P6 RNA (an independent folding domain of the self-splicing Tetrahymena group I intron) complexed to Fab2 (high affinity binding Fab) has been resolved to 1.95 Å (1). Although the complexed class I ligase ribozyme has also been crystallized using CARC …