Impact of nucleic acid encapsulated MOF crystal phase on protein corona formation

Nucleic acid - protein fingerprints. Novel protein classification based on nucleic acid - protein recognition

Protein chemistry uses protein description and classification based on molecular mass and isoelectric point as general features. Enzymes are also compared by enzymatic reaction constants, namely Km and kcat values. Proteins are also studied by binding to different oligonucleotides. Here we suggest a simple experimental method for such a comparison of DNA binding proteins, which we call “nucleic...

Protein–nucleic acid interactions

NMR studies on protein-nucleic acid interaction.

A special section of this issue is devoted to the study of protein-nucleic acid interaction by NMR. This topic constitutes a fruitful area of research already for several decades. Interactions between proteins and nucleic acids are involved in many essential cellular processes such as replication, transcription, translation, DNA repair, and the regulation thereof. Structural and dynamics studie...

Protein-targeted corona phase molecular recognition

Corona phase molecular recognition (CoPhMoRe) uses a heteropolymer adsorbed onto and templated by a nanoparticle surface to recognize a specific target analyte. This method has not yet been extended to macromolecular analytes, including proteins. Herein we develop a variant of a CoPhMoRe screening procedure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and use it against a panel of human blood prot...

Evaluation of protein corona formation and anticancer efficiency of curcumin-loaded zwitterionic silica nanoparticles

Objective(s): Study and development of antifouling nanosystem for conjugation of drugs were attracting great attention in recent years. The present study aimed to develop novel curcumin-loaded silica nanoparticles containing zwitterionic coating as an antifouling system to provide protein corona free nanoformulations for curcumin. Materials and Methods: Silica nanoparticles were prepared ...