X-ray-based techniques to study the nano–bio interface

C Sanchez-Cano, RA Alvarez-Puebla, JM Abendroth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

HRG-9 homologues regulate haem trafficking from haem-enriched compartments

F Sun, Z Zhao, MM Willoughby, S Shen, Y Zhou… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Haem is an iron-containing tetrapyrrole that is critical for a variety of cellular and
physiological processes,–. Haem binding proteins are present in almost all cellular …

Ferric heme b in aqueous micellar and vesicular systems: state-of-the-art and challenges

N Cvjetan, P Walde - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Ferric heme b (= ferric protoporphyrin IX= hemin) is an important prosthetic group of different
types of enzymes, including the intensively investigated and widely applied horseradish …

Structural basis for heme detoxification by an ATP-binding cassette–type efflux pump in gram-positive pathogenic bacteria

H Nakamura, T Hisano, MM Rahman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial pathogens acquire heme from the host hemoglobin as an iron nutrient for their
virulence and proliferation in blood. Concurrently, they encounter cytotoxic-free heme that …

Partitioning of a hybrid lipid in domains of saturated and unsaturated lipids in a model cellular membrane

P Hitaishi, P Mandal, SK Ghosh - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
The cellular membranes are composed of hundreds of components such as lipids, proteins,
and sterols that are chemically and physically distinct from each other. The lipid–lipid and …

Self-Assembly of Graphene Oxide Nanoflakes in a Lipid Monolayer at the Air–Water Interface

P Mandal, RP Giri, BM Murphy… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The graphene family, especially graphene oxide (GO), has captured increasing prospects in
the biomedical field due to its excellent physicochemical properties. Understanding the …

Ionic liquid-induced phase-separated domains in lipid multilayers probed by x-ray scattering studies

R Gupta, A Singh, V Srihari, SK Ghosh - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
A cellular membrane, primarily a lipid bilayer, surrounds the internal components of a
biological cell from the external components. This self-assembled bilayer is known to be …

Effect of myoglobin, hemin, and ferric iron on quality of chicken breast meat

M Zhang, W Yan, D Wang, W Xu - Animal bioscience, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective The objective was to evaluate the impact of different forms of iron including
myoglobin, hemin, and ferric chloride on the quality of chicken breast meat. Methods …

Effect of heme proteins on the lipid molecule profile and aroma formation during hot air drying of non-smoked bacon

H Wu, Z He, L Yang, H Li - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Heme proteins and their derivatives play important roles in inducing lipid oxidation to
produce volatile compounds during bacon drying. This study investigated the effects of …

Humidity-responsive polymer cushion-supported biomimetic membrane: a model system for X-ray studies

RP Giri, MK Mukhopadhyay - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
An effort aimed at replacing the conventional water column by a relative humidity (RH)
environment for structural investigation of a soft polymer cushion-supported model …