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Mechanistic Studies Of Peptide-Mediated Protein Transport Across Droplet-Interface Bilayers, Jing Huang
Mechanistic Studies Of Peptide-Mediated Protein Transport Across Droplet-Interface Bilayers, Jing Huang
Doctoral Dissertations
Pep-1 is a promising peptide tool that delivers proteins and peptides into cells with conserved bioactivity. Pep-1 has great potential because of the high efficiency and lack of toxicity. The mechanism of Pep-1-mediated transport is not fully understood. In my thesis, droplet-interface bilayer (DIB) has been used for the mechanistic studies of Pep-1. Here, DIB is developed for different functions such as quantitation of protein translocation, solution exchange to a formed bilayer and simultaneous observation of multiple membranes. Research work on Pep-1 with DIB reveals that the negative charge of the inner membrane leaflet plays a significant role in promoting …
Relationship Between Structure And Function In Nickel Proteins And Enzymes, Carolyn Carr
Relationship Between Structure And Function In Nickel Proteins And Enzymes, Carolyn Carr
Doctoral Dissertations
Nickel is a rarely used but biologically important metal that is utilized in all three domains of life. In nickel utilizing organisms there is a corresponding trafficking system specifically designed to capture nickel, deliver, and export excess nickel to prevent toxic effects. It is critical to understand the mechanisms by which organisms achieve metal selectivity to duplicate or disrupt this process for the benefit of human health and to further understanding of regulation mechanisms in biology. RcnR is a Ni(II) and Co(II) responsive transcriptional regulator in E. coli. The research reported in this dissertation focuses on the relationship between …
Vitreous Gel Physics, Svetlana Morozova
Vitreous Gel Physics, Svetlana Morozova
Doctoral Dissertations
The transparent vitreous, which fills the posterior cavity of the eye, is incredibly engineered. The charged polyelectrolyte hyaluronic acid (HA) network swells to maintain the pressure in the eye, while stiff collagen type II bundles help absorb any external mechanical shock. Our investigations have contributed to a few key developments related to the physical properties of the vitreous: (1) The stiff collagen network that supports the soft gel network is self-assembled from single triple-helix collagen proteins. Electrostatic interactions drive this assembly, such that the size and concentration are optimized at physiological salt concentrations. The width of the assemblies remarkably changes …
Mechanistic Studies Of Proton Gradient-Driven Protein Translocation By Droplet-Interface Bilayer Techniques, En-Hsin Lee
Mechanistic Studies Of Proton Gradient-Driven Protein Translocation By Droplet-Interface Bilayer Techniques, En-Hsin Lee
Doctoral Dissertations
Transmembrane proton gradient plays a fundamental role in protein translocation across cellular membranes, including the transport of secreted enzymes from bacterial pathogens into host cells. Much attention has been devoted to understanding the machinery of such delivery and how it functions. Over the past decade, translocation of anthrax toxin has been widely studied not only because of its central role in the deadly pathogenesis of Bacillus anthracis, but also because that it is one of the most tractable toxins and thus serves as an attractive model for studying the translocation machinery that is dependent on proton gradient across membrane. …