Role of conformational flexibility in the emulsifying properties of bovine serum albumin

CH Tang, L Shen - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Although it is well recognized that the conformation state of a protein affects its surface
properties, the importance of conformation flexibility to its functionality is still not well …

Protein albumin manipulation and electrical quantification of molecular dielectrophoresis responses for biomedical applications

NSA Nasir, R Deivasigamani, MFMR Wee, AA Hamzah… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research relating to dielectrophoresis (DEP) has been progressing rapidly through time as
it is a strong and controllable technique for manipulation, separation, preconcentration, and …

Small-angle neutron scattering studies of model protein denaturation in aqueous solutions of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

GA Baker, WT Heller - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
As we advance our understanding, ionic liquids (ILs) are finding ever broader scope within
the chemical sciences including, most recently, pharmaceutical, enzymatic, and …

Light-assisted oxidation of single-wall carbon nanohorns for abundant creation of oxygenated groups that enable chemical modifications with proteins to enhance …

M Zhang, M Yudasaka, K Ajima, J Miyawaki, S Iijima - ACS nano, 2007 - ACS Publications
We show that light-assisted oxidation with hydrogen peroxide effectively and rapidly opens
holes in carbon nanohorn walls and, more importantly, creates abundant oxygenated …

Morphological effect of gold nanoparticles on the adsorption of bovine serum albumin

A Chaudhary, A Gupta, S Khan… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Various properties of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are found to play crucial roles in their
biological activity. Among them, the morphology and surface chemistry are extremely …

Epitope mapping of imidazolium cations in ionic liquid–protein interactions unveils the balance between hydrophobicity and electrostatics towards protein …

M Silva, AM Figueiredo, EJ Cabrita - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated imidazolium-based ionic liquid (IL) interactions with human serum albumin
(HSA) to discern the level of cation interactions towards protein stability. STD-NMR …

Metformin-loaded BSA nanoparticles in cancer therapy: a new perspective for an old antidiabetic drug

P Jose, K Sundar, CH Anjali, A Ravindran - Cell biochemistry and …, 2015 - Springer
Clinical and experimental data suggest that there is a strong association between type II
diabetic mellitus and pancreatic cancer. The present study focuses on exploring the …

Comparison of the thermal denaturing of human serum albumin in the presence of guanidine hydrochloride and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids

WT Heller - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013 - ACS Publications
The interaction of proteins with aqueous solutions of ionic liquids (ILs) has attracted
considerable recent attention owing to the challenges of finding biocompatible water-free …

Think small: nanopores for sensing and synthesis

W Timp, AM Nice, EM Nelson, V Kurz… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is now possible to manipulate individual molecules using a nanopore to read DNA and
proteins, or write DNA by inserting mini-genes into cells. Furthermore, development of these …

Unfolded Lipase at Interfaces Studied via Interfacial Dilational Rheology: The Impact of Urea

S Dowlati, A Javadi, R Miller, K Eckert… - Colloids and Interfaces, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unfolding can interrupt the activity of enzymes. Lipase, the enzyme responsible for
triglyceride catalysis, can be deactivated by unfolding, which can significantly affect the yield …