Sharp-featured Au@Ag core/shell nanocuboid synthesis and the label-free ultrasensitive SERS detection of protein single-point mutations

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 1720-1724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guopeng Tu ◽  
Ntirikwendera Deogratias ◽  
Meng Xu ◽  
Xiaowei Li ◽  
Jiajia Liu ◽  
...  

Sharp-featured Au@Ag core/shell nanocuboids were synthesized.

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (109) ◽  
pp. 107916-107923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gobind Das ◽  
Salma Alrasheed ◽  
Maria Laura Coluccio ◽  
Francesco Gentile ◽  
Annalisa Nicastri ◽  
...  

Self-similar chain based nanolens plasmonic devices were fabricated for detecting single point mutations.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobutaka Fujieda ◽  
Miho Yuasa ◽  
Yosuke Nishikawa ◽  
Genji Kurisu ◽  
Shinobu Itoh ◽  
...  

Cupin superfamily proteins (TM1459) work as a macromolecular ligand framework with a double-stranded beta-barrel structure ligating to a Cu ion through histidine side chains. Variegating the first coordination sphere of TM1459 revealed that H52A and H54A/H58A mutants effectively catalyzed the diastereo- and enantio-selective Michael addition reaction of nitroalkanes to an α,β-unsaturated ketone. Moreover, in silico substrate docking signified C106N and F104W single-point mutations, which inverted the diastereoselectivity of H52A and further improved the stereoselectivity of H54A/H58A, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa L. Martino ◽  
Stephen N. Crooke ◽  
Marianne Manchester ◽  
M.G. Finn

2017 ◽  
Vol 474 (18) ◽  
pp. 3189-3205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashoka Chary Taviti ◽  
Tushar Kant Beuria

Cell division in bacteria is a highly controlled and regulated process. FtsZ, a bacterial cytoskeletal protein, forms a ring-like structure known as the Z-ring and recruits more than a dozen other cell division proteins. The Min system oscillates between the poles and inhibits the Z-ring formation at the poles by perturbing FtsZ assembly. This leads to an increase in the FtsZ concentration at the mid-cell and helps in Z-ring positioning. MinC, the effector protein, interferes with Z-ring formation through two different mechanisms mediated by its two domains with the help of MinD. However, the mechanism by which MinD triggers MinC activity is not yet known. We showed that MinD directly interacts with FtsZ with an affinity stronger than the reported MinC–FtsZ interaction. We determined the MinD-binding site of FtsZ using computational, mutational and biochemical analyses. Our study showed that MinD binds to the H10 helix of FtsZ. Single-point mutations at the charged residues in the H10 helix resulted in a decrease in the FtsZ affinity towards MinD. Based on our findings, we propose a novel model for MinCD–FtsZ interaction, where MinD through its direct interaction with FtsZ would trigger MinC activity to inhibit FtsZ functions.


2006 ◽  
Vol 340 (3) ◽  
pp. 792-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motofumi Tanaka ◽  
Motoko Nagano-Fujii ◽  
Lin Deng ◽  
Satoshi Ishido ◽  
Kiyonao Sada ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 67 (4 suppl) ◽  
pp. 813-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
CS. Trinca ◽  
HF. Waldemarin ◽  
E. Eizirik

The Neotropical otter is one of the least known otter species, and it is considered to be threatened to various degrees throughout its geographic range. Little information exists on the ecological characteristics of this species, and no genetic study has been published about it until now, hampering the design of adequate conservation strategies for its populations. To contribute with genetic information to comprehensive conservation efforts on behalf of L. longicaudis, we characterized the molecular diversity of the 5’ portion of the mtDNA control region in samples from this species collected in Southern and Southeastern Brazil. The sequence analysis revealed a high level of haplotype diversity (h = 0.819; SE = 0.0052) and nucleotide variability ranging from 0.0039 to 0.0067. One of the sampled haplotypes was the most common in both regions and, from this sequence, several other (locally occurring) haplotypes could be derived by single point mutations. No significant genetic differentiation was observed between the Southern and Southeastern regions.


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