The role of growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (GRB2) in gain of function of mutant p53. by Lau, Sok Ting.

“…In this study, GRB2, a binding partner of mutant p53 was explored to uncover its role in mutant p53 “gain-of-function”. …”
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Computational investigations of HIV-1 protease and protease inhibitors interactions by Sham, Hoi Fung

“…Both wild type HIV-1 proteases and mutated HIV-1 proteases were used in the docking simulations. …”
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents by Ratcliffe, H

“…</p> <br> <p>The findings of ‘STORY’ confirm that SARS-CoV-2 infections in children are generally asymptomatic or mild and rarely progress to severe disease and hospitalisation. …”

Recognition of A-U and U-A base pairs in RNA duplexes by modified peptide nucleic acids by Yuan, Zhen

“…Fluorescence binding studies were carried out to measure the binding affinity at physiological pH conditions. …”
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Structural basis of haptoglobin-haemoglobin scavenging by CD163 by Zhou, X

“…Indeed, biophysical assays show that calcium ions are critical for ligand binding. Mutational studies demonstrate that while monomeric CD163 can scavenge the multimeric Hp(2-2)Hb, uptake of the dimeric Hp(1-1)Hb and Hb is impaired compared to the wild-type receptor, suggesting that receptor multimerisation evolved to facilitate uptake of lower affinity ligands. …”

Anisotropic protein diffusion on nanosurface by Liu, Yang, Song, Xiaohan, Yang, Yanmei, Li, Yong-Qiang, Zhao, Mingwen, Mu, Yuguang, Li, Weifeng

“…On the MBP surface, HP35 migrates mainly along the zigzag direction but can also easily stride over the ridges and grooves along the armchair direction. Moreover, the mild binding strength between α-PC and HP35 does not cause distortion in the protein structure. …”
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Thermal induced coupling of cell adhesion/deadhesion and migration under HBV replication and EGCG treatment by Li, Xi

“…In the first part of my thesis, TRP was applied as a model system for elucidating the effect of HBV replication on the biophysical responses of HepG2 cells transfected by wild type HBV genome. Moreover, mutant HBV genome is designed to assess the specific activity of the SH3-binding domain of HBx during HBV replication. …”
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Elucidating the mechanism of mRNA transport using novel imaging technologies by Stoychev, D

“…The MS2-MCP system is used to insert into mRNAs of interest special structures to which RNA-binding proteins, fused to a fluorescent protein such as GFP, can then bind. …”

Enzymatic preparation of diacylglycerols: lipase screening, immobilization, characterization and glycerolysis performance by Xie, Rui, Peng, Xianwu, Lee, Yee-Ying, Xie, Pengkai, Tan, Chin-Ping, Wang, Yong, Zhang, Zhen

“…Backgrounds: Glycerolysis, with its advantages of readily available raw materials, simple operation, and mild reaction conditions, is a primary method for producing diacylglycerol (DAG). …”

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Is an HCV NS5A Ligand and Mediates Replication of the Viral Genome by Cho, Nam-Joon, Lee, Choongho, Pang, Phillip S., Pham, Edward A., Fram, Benjamin, Nguyen, Khanh, Xiong, Anming, Sklan, Ella H., Elazar, Menashe, Koytak, Elif S., Kersten, Caroline, Kanazawa, Kay K., Frank, Curtis W., Glenn, Jeffrey S.

“…Methods: We used a combination of quartz crystal microbalance, circular dichroism, molecular genetics, and immunofluorescence to study specific binding of PI(4,5)P2 by the HCV NS5A protein. We evaluated the effects of PI(4,5)P2 on the function of NS5A by expressing wild-type or mutant forms of Bart79I or FL-J6/JFH-5’C19Rluc2AUbi21 RNA in Huh7 cells. …”
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Different modes of regulation govern miRNA expression levels in Drosophila melanogaster by Lim, Mandy Yu Theng

“…Loquacious (Loqs) is a dsRNA-binding protein that binds Dicer-1 to cleave pre-miRNAs into short duplexes. …”
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The molecular pathogenesis of FUS mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using in vivo and in vitro models by Kent, L

“…Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is an RNA binding protein, and mutations in the FUS gene are responsible for approximately 4% of familial and &amp;LT;1% of sporadic ALS cases. …”

Site-specific protein modifications by an engineered asparaginyl endopeptidase from Viola canadensis by Chen, Yu, Zhang, Dingpeng, Zhang, Xiaohong, Wang, Zhen, Liu, Chuan-Fa, Tam, James P.

“…Wild type VcAEP yields <5% cyclic product from a linear substrate at pH 6.5, whereas the single mutants VcAEP-V238A (Vc1a) and VcAEP-Y168A (Vc1b) targeting the S2 and S1' substrate-binding pockets yielded 34 and 61% cyclic products, respectively. …”
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Selectivity of stop codon recognition in translation termination is modulated by multiple conformations of GTS loop in eRF1 by Li, Yan, Pillay, Shubhadra, Frolova, Ludmila, Pervushin, Konstantin, Wong, Leo E.

“…By solving the solution structures of the wild-type N-domain of human eRF1 exhibited omnipotent specificity, i.e. recognition of all three stop codons, and its unipotent mutant with UGA-only specificity, we found the conserved GTS loop adopting alternate conformations. …”
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Protective Capacity of the Human Anamnestic Antibody Response during Acute Dengue Virus Infection by Xu, Meihui, Züst, Roland, Toh, Ying Xiu, Pfaff, Jennifer M., Kahle, Kristen M., Davidson, Edgar, Doranz, Benjamin J., Velumani, Sumathy, Tukijan, Farhana, Wang, Cheng-I, Fink, Katja

“…Half of the world's population is exposed to the risk of dengue virus infection. …”
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Membrane reconstitution of monoamine oxidase enzymes on supported lipid bilayers by Wang, Liulin, Kabir H. Biswas, Yoon, Bo Kyeong, Kawakami, Lisa M., Park, Soohyun, Groves, Jay T., Li, Lin, Huang, Wei, Cho, Nam-Joon

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Effects of clozapine-N-oxide and compound 21 on sleep in laboratory mice by Traut, J, Mengual, JP, Meijer, E, McKillop, L, Alfonsa, H, Hoerder-Suabedissen, A, Song, SH, Fehér, KD, Riemann, D, Molnar, Z, Akerman, CJ, Vyazovskiy, VV, Krone, LB

“…Effects of CNO on sleep could arise from back-metabolism to clozapine or binding to endogenous neurotransmitter receptors. …”

Bifunctional diazirine reagent for covalent dyeing of Kevlar and inert polymer materials by Liu, Richard Y., Luo, Shao-Xiong Lennon, Hirst, Elizabeth S., Doona, Christopher J., Swager, Timothy M.

“…The reagent's structure features a trifluoromethyl diazirine group as a precursor to a carbene that binds the textile surface. On the reagent's other terminus, a benzyl bromide group acts as a site accessible for substitution reactions. …”
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Biomolecular hydration in protein-protein interaction, protein stability and aggregation and lead optimization : computational studies by Mohan Rajan Pradhan

“…Driven by the observation that restoring the wild type function of mutant p53 is known to prevent tumors, I am in the process of screening libraries of compounds against this new pocket to identify binders that may guide the development of molecules to restabilize mutant p53. …”
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Unconventional split aptamers cleaved at functionally essential sites preserve biorecognition capability by Wang, Ruoyu, Zhang, Qiansen, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Hanchang, Nguyen, Kim Truc, Zhou, Xiaohong

“…An allosteric binding mechanism of BPSPAs, in which a new binding pocket is formed upon the target binding, is revealed by all-atom microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations. …”
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