Peptide and protein nanoparticle conjugates: versatile platforms for biomedical applications

CD Spicer, C Jumeaux, B Gupta… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide–and protein–nanoparticle conjugates have emerged as powerful tools for
biomedical applications, enabling the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease. In …

Role of prokaryotic Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase in pathogenesis

A Battistoni - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2003 - portlandpress.com
Several bacterial pathogens possess sodC genes that encode periplasmic or membrane-
associated Cu, Zn superoxide dismutases. Since professional phagocytes generate large …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal transport by AtHMA4 involves the N-terminal degenerated metal binding domain and the C-terminal His11 stretch

F Verret, A Gravot, P Auroy, S Preveral, C Forestier… - FEBS letters, 2005 - Elsevier
The Arabidopsis thaliana AtHMA4 is a P1B-type ATPase that clusters with the Zn/Cd/Pb/Co
subgroup. It has been previously shown, by heterologous expression and the study of …

Inducing differential self-assembling behavior in ultrashort peptide hydrogelators using simple metal salts

P Sharma, H Kaur, S Roy - Biomacromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Controlling the self-assembly pathways can be an effective means to create complex
multifunctional structures based on a single gelator design. To this direction, an ion …

Unique features of the sodC-encoded superoxide dismutase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a fully functional copper-containing enzyme lacking zinc in the active …

L Spagnolo, I Törö, M D'orazio, P O'Neill… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The sodC-encoded Mycobacterium tuberculosis superoxide dismutase (SOD) shows high
sequence homology to other members of the copper/zinc-containing SOD family. Its three …

A histidine-rich and cysteine-rich metal-binding domain at the C terminus of heat shock protein A from Helicobacter pylori: implication for nickel homeostasis and …

S Cun, H Li, R Ge, MCM Lin, H Sun - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
HspA, a member of the GroES chaperonin family, is a small protein found in Helicobacter
pylori with a unique histidine-and cysteine-rich domain at the C terminus. In this work, we …

Syntheses, spectroscopic characterization, SOD-like properties and antibacterial activities of dimer copper (II) and nickel (II) complexes based on imine ligands …

S Bharti, M Choudhary, B Mohan, SP Rawat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of new dimer complexes of copper (II) and nickel (II) were designed and
synthesized using the Schiff base ligands which was formed by the condensation of 2 …

The general transition metal (Tro) and Zn2+ (Znu) transporters in Treponema pallidum: analysis of metal specificities and expression profiles

DC Desrosiers, YC Sun, AA Zaidi… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Acquisition of transition metals is central to the struggle between a bacterial pathogen and
its mammalian host. Previous studies demonstrated that Treponema pallidum encodes a …

His-rich sequences–is plagiarism from nature a good idea?

M Rowinska-Zyrek, D Witkowska, S Potocki… - New Journal of …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In chemistry, nature-inspired solutions are often the most trivial and effective ones. Histidine
rich sequences are used commercially in immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) …

Binding of Ni2+ to a histidine- and glutamine-rich protein, Hpn-like

YB Zeng, DM Zhang, H Li, H Sun - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Hpn-like (Hpnl) protein, encoded by the hpnl gene in Helicobacter pylori and
featuring a histidine-rich and two glutamine-rich motifs, can render nickel tolerance to H …