Interaction of proteins with ionic liquid, alcohol and DMSO and in situ generation of gold nano-clusters in a cell

S Nandi, S Parui, R Halder, B Jana, K Bhattacharyya - Biophysical reviews, 2018 - Springer
In this review, we give a brief overview on how the interaction of proteins with ionic liquids,
alcohols and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) influences the stability, conformational dynamics …

Antihypertensive activity of a quinoline appended chalcone derivative and its site specific binding interaction with a relevant target carrier protein

H Kumar, V Devaraji, R Joshi, M Jadhao, P Ahirkar… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Inhibition of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) is identified as a main therapeutic target
in controlling hypertension. The principal intent of this work is to investigate the ACE …

Macromolecular crowding: how shape and interaction affect the structure, function, conformational dynamics and relative domain movement of a multi-domain protein

N Das, P Sen - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The cellular environment is crowded by macromolecules of various sizes, shapes, and
charges, which modulate protein structure, function and dynamics. Herein, we contemplated …

Exploring the interactions of a Tb (III)–quercetin complex with serum albumins (HSA and BSA): spectroscopic and molecular docking studies

M Shaghaghi, S Rashtbari, S Vejdani… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Serum albumins (human serum albumin (HSA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA), two main
circulatory proteins), are globular and monomeric macromolecules in plasma that transport …

Structure, activity, and dynamics of human serum albumin in a crowded pluronic F127 hydrogel

A Nandy, S Chakraborty, S Nandi… - The journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Structure, activity, and dynamics of a plasma protein, human serum albumin (HSA), inside a
crowded environment of F127 gel are studied by circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence …

A comparative study of binding properties of different coumarin-based compounds with human serum albumin

Y Yue, Z Wang, Z Wang, Y Zhang, J Liu - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2018 - Elsevier
We have disclosed the impact of different coumarin-based compounds (3-(furan-2-yl)-6-
methyl-2H-chromen-2-one (FM) and 6-chloro-3-(furan-2-yl)-2H-chromen-2-one)(CM)) on the …

Structural, functional, and dynamical responses of a protein in a restricted environment imposed by macromolecular crowding

N Das, P Sen - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The intercellular environment is known to be very different from the environment where most
of the elementary biological processes are studied in the laboratory. As a result, there was a …

Forster resonance energy transfer from quantum dots to rhodamine B as mediated by a cationic surfactant: a thermodynamic perspective

YY Wang, X Xiang, R Yan, Y Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) has attracted much attention for its wide
applications in the fields of bioimaging, bioanalysis, etc. One of the critical problems in FRET …

Conformational fluctuation dynamics of domain I of human serum albumin in the course of chemically and thermally induced unfolding using fluorescence correlation …

R Yadav, B Sengupta, P Sen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The present study elucidates the involvement of conformational fluctuation dynamics during
chemically and thermally induced unfolding of human serum albumin (HSA) by fluorescence …

Experimental investigation and molecular dynamics simulation of the binding of ellagic acid to bovine liver catalase: Activation study and interaction mechanism

S Rashtbari, S Khataee, M Iranshahi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ellagic acid (ELA), as a polyphenolic natural compound and food additive, which has
reported to possess anti-carcinogenic, antioxidant, antidepressant, ameliorative and anti …