The design of enzyme-like catalysts tests our understanding of sequence-to-structure/function relationships in proteins. Here we install hydrolytic activity predictably into a completely de novo and thermostable α-helical barrel, which comprises seven helices arranged around an accessible channel. We show that the lumen of the barrel accepts 21 mutations to functional polar residues. The result...

A cytoplasmic peptide:N-glycanase has been implicated in the proteasomal degradation of newly synthesized misfolded glycoproteins exported from the endoplasmic reticulum. The gene encoding this enzyme (Png1p) has been identified in yeast. Based on sequence analysis, Png1p was classified as a member of the 'transglutaminase-like superfamily' that contains a putative catalytic triad of amino acid...

Biophysical and biochemical instability of therapeutic proteins in the solution state may necessitate development products solid form, due to their enhanced stability. Lyophilization is a widely used method ensure dry stabilization biological products. A commonly encountered issue pH shifts that can occur undesired crystallization buffer component, resulting loss protein activities. However, it...

The High-mobility group AT-hook 2 protein (HMGA2) is involved in different processes during tumorigenesis. High expression levels of HMGA2 are found in various types of cancer, with recent studies highlighting the important role of miRNAs in the regulation of HMGA2 expression. We report a study of 155 ovarian tumors (30 sex-cord stromal tumors, 22 borderline tumors, and 103 carcinomas) analyzed...

a fragment of histidine rich protein ii (hrp ii 215-236) was investigated by 14n and 17o electric field gradient, efg, tensor calculations using dft. this study is intended to explore the differences between 310-helix and α-helix of hrpii both in the gas phase and in solution. to achieve the aims, the 17o and 14n nqr parameters of a fragment of hrpii (215-236) for both structures are calculated...

BACKGROUND There have been suggestions that fragile histidine triad protein (FHIT) expression and FHIT gene hypermethylation were crucial to the pathogenesis of liver cancer. However, the conclusions remained unclear because of small sample size, disease subtype, and different detection techniques. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to estimate the associations of FHIT expression and FHIT ...