Vypal2: a versatile peptide ligase for precision tailoring of proteins by Zhang, Dingpeng, Wang, Zhen, Hu, Side, Lescar, Julien, Tam, James P., Liu, Chuan-Fa

“…The last two decades have seen an increasing demand for new protein-modification methods from the biotech industry and biomedical research communities. Owing to their mild aqueous reaction conditions, enzymatic methods based on the use of peptide ligases are particularly desirable. …”
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Methyl and dimethyl o-xylenyl-substituted fullerene acceptors for polymer solar cells by Kim, Hee Un, Park, Jong Baek, Grimsdale, Andrew Clive, Hwang, Do-Hoon

“…These values correlate with the binding affinities of the fluorophore and quencher. …”
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Use of peptide asparginyl ligases (PALs) in generating alternative non-Ig protein-drug conjugates for cancer therapy by See, Julia Jing Yi

“…Due to challenges regarding limited time constraints and unforeseen power outage, future investigation to assess Affibody & DARPin binding affinity (Kd) and half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) to unravel further insights into non-Ig proteins with enzymatic ligation for therapeutic applications.…”
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Structure of the C-terminal domain of the multifunctional ICP27 protein from herpes simplex virus 1 by Nordlund, Par, Patel, Vidhi, Dahlroth, Sue-Li, Rajakannan, Venkatachalam, Ho, Hai Ting, Cornvik, Tobias

“…The structure reveals the C-terminal half of ICP27 to have a novel fold consisting of -helices and long loops, along with a unique CHCC-type of zinc-binding motif. …”
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A study of human monoclonal antibodies to influenza and ebola viruses by Rijal, P

“…Despite these features, half of the antibodies neutralised an Ebola surrogate virus <em>in vitro</em>, and many were therapeutic in a murine infection model. …”

Using an ER-specific optogenetic mechanostimulator to understand the mechanosensitivity of the endoplasmic reticulum by Song, Yutong, Zhao, Zhihao, Xu, Linyu, Huang, Peiyuan, Gao, Jiayang, Li, Jingxuan, Wang, Xuejie, Zhou, Yiren, Wang, Jinhui, Zhao, Wenting, Wang, Likun, Zheng, Chaogu, Gao, Bo, Jiang, Liwen, Liu, Kai, Guo, Yusong, Yao, Xiaoqiang, Duan, Liting

“…Sustained mechanostimuli increase the levels of binding-immunoglobulin protein (BiP) expression and phosphorylated eIF2α, two markers for ER stress. …”
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π-fused diazocines with controllable photoswitching properties as molecular tweezers by Yuan, Wei, Wu, Mengjiao, Qian, Cheng, Guo, Jingjing, Wu, Yinglong, He, Ting, Wei, Haipeng, Chen, Xiaokai, Wang, Dongdong, Liu, Jiawei, Zhao, Yue, Wang, Shihuai, Yang, Jie, Zhang, Zhongzheng, Chen, Yulan, Zhao, Yanli

“…This work may pave the way for designing novel photoswitches with long half-lives and lightcontrolled properties.…”
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Crack healing in reactive MgO-slag system via bacteria induced carbonate precipitation by Zheng, Yanying

“…In the Concrete industry, the most widely used binding ingredient for concrete, portland cement (PC), is accountable for around 8% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. …”
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Conformational changes involved in signal transduction in avian cryptochromes by Gehrckens, AS

“…</p> <p>Finally, by mapping conformational changes found in molecular dynamics simulations onto changes observed in a previous HDX-MS data set on the <em>Drosophila</em> cryptochrome, a few gaps left by the incomplete coverage of the current experimental data were filled by acquiring information on the phosphate-binding loop and the protrusion motif, two regions which have also been found to undergo light-induced structural changes for the avian cryptochromes investigated. …”

Three-component Friedel-Crafts-type difunctionalization of ynamides with (hetero)arenes and iodine(iii) electrophile by Kikuchi, Jun, Nagata, Toya, Ito, Shingo, Yoshikai, Naohiko

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Investigation of fluorescence lifetime imaging for quantitative cervical cancer screening and diagnosis by Gu, Jun

“…In addition, analyzing only the top-half of the cervical epithelium shortens the calculation time. …”
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Theoretical Modelling and Facile Synthesis of a Highly Active Boron-Doped Palladium Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Wang, Jingbo, Poon, Kee Chun, Tan, Desmond Chun Long, Khezri, Bahareh, Webster, Richard David, Su, Haibin, Sato, Hirotaka

“…Our theoretical modelling reveals that B-doped Pd (Pd-B) weakens the absorption of ORR intermediates with nearly optimal binding energy by lowering the barrier associated with O2 dissociation, suggesting Pd-B should be highly active for ORR. …”
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Optical properties of semi-conductive MXene Sc2COx, CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets and quantum dots by Chen, Qiran

“…For any given NPL with a certain thickness, there is a slight blue shift in the peak position of optical gain as the carrier density increases because of band filling effect. The maximum optical gain of thinner NPLs needs higher carrier density to reach saturation. …”
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