Selectively-infective phage (SIP) is a novel methodology for the in vivo selection of interacting protein-ligand pairs. It consists of two components, (1) a phage particle made non-infective by replacing its N-terminal domains of geneIII protein (gIIIp) with a ligand-binding protein, and (2) an "adapter" molecule in which the ligand is linked to those N-terminal domains of gIIIp which are missi...

The mosquito D7 salivary proteins are encoded by a multigene family related to the arthropod odorant-binding protein (OBP) superfamily. Forms having either one or two OBP domains are found in mosquito saliva. Four single-domain and one two-domain D7 proteins from Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti (AeD7), respectively, were shown to bind biogenic amines with high affinity and with a stoichiome...

The regulated trafficking of GluR1 contributes significantly to synaptic plasticity, but studies addressing the function of the GluR1 C-terminal PDZ-ligand domain in this process have produced conflicting results. Here, we resolve this conflict by showing that apparently similar C-terminal mutations of the GluR1 PDZ-ligand domain result in opposite physiological phenotypes during activity- and ...

Background: Androgens are critical steroid hormones in progression of spermatogenesis process and determine the male phenotype that their actions are mediated by the androgen receptor (AR), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. In the Androgen receptor, transactivation domain encoded by exon 1, DNA binding domain encoded by exons 2 and 3, hinge region encoded by part of exon 4, and C-te...

In current study, nanoparticles and single crystals of a Zn(II) coordination complex, [Zn(dmph)I2](1), {dmph=2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline(neocuproine)}, have been synthesized by the reaction of zinc(II) acetate, KI and neocuproine as ligand in methanol using sonochemical and heat gradient methods, respectively. The nanostructure of 1 was characte...

The palladium metal is the most frequently used metal because of its excellent catalytic efficiency and most flexible varying oxidation state. So,  we report  that palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) stabilized by a ligand (o-vanilindiphenylethanedionedihydrazone, L)  using reverse micelles method have been synthesized, while all particles are in spherical shape and ranging between 10 and...

Tryptic cleavage of proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) causes the unmasking of a tethered receptor-activating sequence, S37LIGRLDTP. We sought to determine, in the amino-terminal sequence of the PAR2 tethered ligand, the key amino acid residues that are responsible for receptor activation. Using site-directed mutagenesis, nine PAR2 mutants with alanine substitutions in the first six amino a...

A new series of bimetallic complexes Co(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) with Schiff base ligand (N,N',-Bis(Benzylidene)-1,3-Phenylenediamine, {BENDAMB (1,3)} have been synthesized characterized by elemental analysis, molar conductance, magnetic moment measurements, IR, Electronic 1H NMR spectral studies. The softness parameter TEn also calculated to derive the binding side thiocyanate ligand. data shows...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and bovine lutropin (bLH), a hormone chemically more similar to most mammalian lutropins than hCG, interact with the extracellular domains of their gonadal lutropin receptors (LHRs). These portions of the rat and human LHRs are 85% identical and both receptors bind hCG with high, albeit not identical, affinity. However, at least 1000-fold more bLH is required ...