Structure and function of bacterial cold shock proteins

CSDBase: an interactive database for cold shock domain-containing proteins and the bacterial cold shock response

CSDBase (http://www.chemie.uni-marburg.de/~csdbase/) is an interactive Internet-embedded research platform providing detailed information on proteins containing the cold shock domain (CSD). It consists of two separated database cores, one dedicated to CSD protein information, and one to provide a powerful resource to relevant literature with emphasis on the bacterial cold shock response. In add...

Structure and Function: Heat Shock Proteins

Structure, Function and Evolution of Small Heat Shock Proteins

te Boxmeer. Chapter Title 1) General introduction 2) Evolution and diversity of prokaryotic small heat shock proteins 3) Characterization of two novel human small heat shock proteins: protein kinase-related HspB8 and testis-specific HspB9 4) The human genome encodes ten α-crystallin-related small heat shock proteins: HspB1-10 5) Tsp36, a tapeworm small heat shock protein with a duplicated α-cry...

The Effect of Hydrophobicity and Hydrophilicity of Gold Nanoparticle on Proteins Structure and Function

The surface parameter of nanoparticles such as hydrophobicity and a hydrophilicity on protein structure and function is very important. In this study, conformational changes of glucose oxidase (GOx) in the mercaptopurine: GNPs and 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid: GNPs as a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic GNPs surface was investigated by various spectroscopic techniques, including: UV-Vis absorption, f...

Structure and function of bacterial dynamin-like proteins

Membrane dynamics are essential for numerous cellular processes in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. In eukaryotic cells, membrane fusion and fission are often catalyzed by large GTPases of the dynamin protein family. These proteins couple GTP hydrolysis to membrane deformation, which eventually leads to fusion or fission of the lipid bilayer. Mutations in eukaryotic dynamin-like proteins (DLPs...