Polysaccharide-based tumor microenvironment-responsive drug delivery systems for cancer therapy

Q Wu, Y Hu, B Yu, H Hu, FJ Xu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
The biochemical indicators of tumor microenvironment (TME) that are different from normal
tissues provide the possibility for constructing intelligent drug delivery systems (DDSs) …

Multiscale QM/MM modelling of catalytic systems with ChemShell

Y Lu, K Sen, C Yong, DSD Gunn, JA Purton… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods are a powerful
computational tool for the investigation of all forms of catalysis, as they allow for an accurate …

Stimuli‐responsive linkers and their application in molecular imaging

J Wang, M Liu, X Zhang, X Wang, M Xiong, D Luo - Exploration, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular imaging is a non‐invasive imaging method that is widely used for visualization
and detection of biological events at cellular or molecular levels. Stimuli‐responsive linkers …

Catalytic Mechanism of Collagen Hydrolysis by Zinc (II)-Dependent Matrix Metalloproteinase-1

A Varghese, SO Waheed, K Gorantla… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) is a zinc (II)-dependent enzyme that catalyzes
collagenolysis. Despite the availability of extensive experimental data, the mechanism of …

Penetrating peptides: Applications in drug delivery

J Xu, F Wang, L Ye, R Wang, L Zhao, X Yang… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have gained prominence in intracellular drug delivery due
to their extremely low toxicity and rapid cell internalization property. They present a powerful …

Mechanism of the Early Catalytic Events in the Collagenolysis by Matrix Metalloproteinase‐1

SO Waheed, A Varghese, I DiCastri, B Kaski… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Metalloproteinase‐1 (MMP‐1) catalyzed collagen degradation is essential for a
wide variety of normal physiological processes, while at the same time contributing to …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 and the Analysis of the Specificity Loop and the S1′− Site

JY Choi, E Chung - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The specificity loop of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) is known to regulate recognition of
their substrates, and the S1′− site surrounded by the loop is a unique place to address the …

Novel Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of Collagenolysis by Zn (II)-Dependent Matrix Metalloproteinase-1

KR Gorantla, A Krishnan, SO Waheed, A Varghese… - Biochemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Collagen hydrolysis, catalyzed by Zn (II)-dependent matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), is a
critical physiological process. Despite previous computational investigations into the …

Promiscuous Catalytic Activity of a Binuclear Metallohydrolase: Peptide and Phosphoester Hydrolyses

LF Serafim, VM Jayasinghe-Arachchige… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this study, chemical promiscuity of a binuclear metallohydrolase Streptomyces griseus
aminopeptidase (Sg AP) has been investigated using DFT calculations. Sg AP catalyzes two …

Optimized Recombinant Expression and Characterization of Collagenase in Bacillus subtilis WB600

Y Zhu, L Wang, K Zheng, P Liu, W Li, J Lin, W Liu… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The collagenase encoding gene col was cloned into a pP43NMK vector and
amplified in Escherichia coli JM109 cells. The shuttle vector pP43NMK was used to sub …