New amino acid sequences of proteins are being learned at a rapid rate, thanks to modern genomics. The native structures and functions of those proteins can often be inferred using bioinformatics methods. We show here that it is also possible to infer the stabilities and thermal folding properties of proteins, given only simple genomics information: the chain length and the numbers of charged s...

A new preparative method for isolation of human urinary erythropoietin (Ep) has been developed using hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl-Sepharose CL4B. Crude urine and urine concentrates from anemic patients were used directly without prior manipulation. In addition to facilitating hydrophobic interactions, Phenyl-Sepharose provided pi-pi interactions between its phenyl group on t...

Hydrogenases interconvert H2 and protons at high rates and with high energy efficiencies, providing inspiration for the development of molecular catalysts. Studies designed to determine how the protein scaffold can influence a catalytically active site have led to the synthesis of amino acid derivatives of [Ni(P2(R)N2(R'))2](2+) complexes, [Ni(P2(Cy)N2(Amino acid))2](2+) (CyAA). It is shown tha...

Voltage-gated Na(+) channels (NaV channels) are specifically blocked by guanidinium toxins such as tetrodotoxin (TTX) and saxitoxin (STX) with nanomolar to micromolar affinity depending on key amino acid substitutions in the outer vestibule of the channel that vary with NaV gene isoforms. All NaV channels that have been studied exhibit a use-dependent enhancement of TTX/STX affinity when the ch...

Dihydropyrimidines 4a-r have been synthesized by base catalysed condensation of beta-aroylpropanoic acid, guanidine nitrate and aromatic aldehyde. Structures of the new compounds were established on the basis of 1H NMR and IR spectral data. Anti-inflammatory activity in vivo was evaluated and compared with standard drug diclofenac sodium.

Cylindradines A and B, members of the polycyclic pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids (PIAs), are the only congeners bearing a 3-carbamoylpyrrole unit among the PIAs. In this communication, we described a total synthesis of (+)-cylindradine A based on intramolecular Friedel-Crafts type cyclization of pyrrole-aldehyde and oxidative cyclization of tricyclic pyrrolopyrrolidine-guanidine with hypervalent io...

Cilia were isolated from Tetrahymena pyriformis by an ethanol-calcium procedure. Solutions of outer-fiber protein were obtained either by aqueous extraction of an acetone powder of whole cilia, or by dissolving the isolated outer-fibers in 0.6 M KCl. In aqueous solution, the outer-fiber protein has a sedimentation coefficient of 6.0S and a molecular weight of 104,000 +/- 14,000. In 5 M guanidin...

Chalcones (6a-f) have been prepared by the condensation of ketone (5) and different aromatic aldehydes. These chalcones (6a-f) on treatment with guanidine hydrochloride and phenyl hydrazine hydrochloride in presence of alkali give aminopyrimidines (7a-f) and phenylpyrazolines (8a-f) respectively. All the newly synthesised compounds have been characterised on the basis of IR, H NMR spectral data...