plant lipid transfer proteins (ltps) are members of the pathogenesis-related proteins (pr-14) and some of them exhibit activity against phytopathogenic fungi. to investigate whether rice ltp2 plays a role in antifungal activity, the coding region of an iranian rice ltp2 gene was cloned into expression vector pet24-d(+) and then expressed in escherichia coli rosetta strain (de3). the potential a...

This study investigates the ability of human plasma-derived lipid transfer protein to facilitate lipid transfer to and from intact viable cells in culture. Mouse peritoneal macrophages or J774 macrophages were preincubated with acetylated low density lipoprotein and [3H]oleate/albumin to promote the intracellular synthesis and accumulation of cholesteryl [3H]oleate and 3H-labeled triglyceride. ...

abstract plant nonspecific lipid transfer proteins (nsltps) are divided into nsltp1 and nsltp2. the existence of an internal hydrophobic cavity, is a typical characteristic of nsltps that serves as the binding site for lipid substrates. in this communication a simple, rapid and low-cost alternative method was developed for purification of nsltp2 from rice paddy. after extracting, final supernat...

abstract      background and objective: diabetes mellitus is the most common risk factor for coronary artery disease (cad). cholesteryl ester transfer protein (cetp) taqib polymorphism is associated with changes in lipid profile and may be a risk factor for cad in patients with diabetes. this study aimed to evaluate the association of cetp taqib polymorphism with cad in patients with type 2 dia...

oral allergy syndrome (oas) is occasionally observed following consumption  of raw fruits  in  allergic adults. since this  phenomenon  was  commonly  reported  in  khorasan province of iran; we intended to check if common  diagnostic tests could be applied for differential diagnosis of oas to grapes. ige reactivity of 84 patients with oas to grape and 34 patients with oas to other fruits were ...

Sec14, a yeast phosphatidylinositol/phosphatidylcholine transfer protein, functions at the trans-Golgi membranes. It lacks domains involved in protein-protein or protein-lipid interactions and consists solely of Sec14 domain; hence, mechanism underlying function proper sites remains unclear. In this study, we focused on lipid packing membranes evaluated its association with vitro activity. Phos...