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5 March 2026

For nearly a century, screened Coulomb potentials have been of recognized importance in diverse areas of physics and chemistry. A key feature of interest in these potentials is the phenomenon of critical screening. This paper has three main purposes:...

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4 Citations
2,026 Views
14 Pages

21 November 2023

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus that typically occurs in the later stages of the disease. Vascularization is indeed an important physiological process involving the formation of new blood vessels from existi...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,606 Views
13 Pages

21 November 2022

Neurodegeneration leads to multiple early changes in cognitive, emotional, and social behaviours and ultimately progresses to dementia. The dysregulation of calcium is one of the earliest potentially initiating events in the development of neurodegen...

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12 Citations
5,992 Views
10 Pages

18 November 2015

The concentration of selenium-binding protein1 (SBP1) is often lower in tumors than in the corresponding tissue and lower levels have been associated with poor clinical outcomes. SBP1 binds tightly selenium although what role selenium plays in its bi...

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2 Citations
900 Views
22 Pages

Malaria Parasite Survival Depends on Conserved Binding Peptides' Critical Biological Functions

  • Manuel E. Patarroyo,
  • Gabriela Arévalo-Pinzón,
  • Cesar Reyes,
  • Armando Moreno-Vranich and
  • Manuel A. Patarroyo

Biochemical, structural and single amino acid level analysis of 49 Plasmodium falciparum protein regions (13 sporozoite and 36 merozoite proteins) has highlighted the functional role of each conserved high activity binding peptide (cHABP) in cell hos...

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4 Citations
3,401 Views
12 Pages

24 January 2025

During the course of affinity maturation, antibodies exhibit enhanced antigen-binding affinities by altering the amino acids in their variable regions. Understanding the structural basis of these antibodies can be beneficial for antibody engineering....

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8 Citations
2,777 Views
18 Pages

DNA-Binding Activity of CAMTA3 Is Essential for Its Function: Identification of Critical Amino Acids for Its Transcriptional Activity

  • Kasavajhala V. S. K. Prasad,
  • Amira A. E. Abdel-Hameed,
  • Qiyan Jiang and
  • Anireddy S. N. Reddy

2 August 2023

Calmodulin-binding transcription activators (CAMTAs), a small family of highly conserved transcription factors, function in calcium-mediated signaling pathways. Of the six CAMTAs in Arabidopsis, CAMTA3 regulates diverse biotic and abiotic stress resp...

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2 Citations
2,951 Views
15 Pages

The R369 Myosin Residue within Loop 4 Is Critical for Actin Binding and Muscle Function in Drosophila

  • Adriana S. Trujillo,
  • Karen H. Hsu,
  • Meera C. Viswanathan,
  • Anthony Cammarato and
  • Sanford I. Bernstein

25 February 2022

The myosin molecular motor interacts with actin filaments in an ATP-dependent manner to yield muscle contraction. Myosin heavy chain residue R369 is located within loop 4 at the actin-tropomyosin interface of myosin’s upper 50 kDa subdomain. To...

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2 Citations
3,221 Views
24 Pages

Comprehensive Analysis of Cetuximab Critical Quality Attributes: Impact of Handling on Antigen-Antibody Binding

  • Alicia Torres-García,
  • Anabel Torrente-López,
  • Jesús Hermosilla,
  • Amparo Hernández,
  • Antonio Salmerón-García,
  • José Cabeza and
  • Natalia Navas

Background/Objectives: Cetuximab, formulated in Erbitux® (5 mg/mL), is a therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) widely used in several cancer treatments. Currently, there is insufficient knowledge about the behavior of cetuximab with regard to the...

  • Review
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43 Citations
5,680 Views
19 Pages

Plant abiotic stress responses are tightly regulated by different players at multiple levels. At transcriptional or post-transcriptional levels, several RNA binding proteins (RBPs) regulate stress response genes through RNA metabolism. They are incre...

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1 Citations
814 Views
17 Pages

30 September 2025

The environmental fate of nickel (Ni) is dictated by its interaction with organic matter (OM), yet the specific roles of OM source and molecular size remain unclear. This study investigated the binding characteristics of Ni with size-fractionated dis...

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17 Citations
2,915 Views
15 Pages

Exploring Albumin Functionality Assays: A Pilot Study on Sepsis Evaluation in Intensive Care Medicine

  • Gerd Klinkmann,
  • Katja Waterstradt,
  • Sebastian Klammt,
  • Kerstin Schnurr,
  • Jens-Christian Schewe,
  • Reinhold Wasserkort and
  • Steffen Mitzner

8 August 2023

Human serum albumin (HSA) as the most abundant plasma protein carries multifunctional properties. A major determinant of the efficacy of albumin relies on its potent binding capacity for toxins and pharmaceutical agents. Albumin binding is impaired i...

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4 Citations
4,955 Views
17 Pages

Binding Sites of Anti-Lcr V Monoclonal Antibodies Are More Critical than the Avidities and Affinities for Passive Protection against Yersinia pestis Infection in a Bubonic Plague Model

  • Kei Amemiya,
  • Jennifer L. Dankmeyer,
  • Sarah L. Keasey,
  • Sylvia R. Trevino,
  • Michael M. Wormald,
  • Stephanie A. Halasohoris,
  • Wilson J. Ribot,
  • David P. Fetterer,
  • Christopher K. Cote and
  • Robert G. Ulrich
  • + 2 authors

3 August 2020

Plague is a zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to the V-antigen, a virulence factor that is produced by Y. pestis, can passively protect mice from plague. An analysis of protective mAbs that bin...

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89 Citations
12,703 Views
13 Pages

Photonic Crystal Biosensor Based on Optical Surface Waves

  • Valery N. Konopsky,
  • Tanya Karakouz,
  • Elena V. Alieva,
  • Chiara Vicario,
  • Sergey K. Sekatskii and
  • Giovanni Dietler

19 February 2013

A label-free biosensor device based on registration of photonic crystal surface waves is described. Angular interrogation of the optical surface wave resonance is used to detect changes in the thickness of an adsorbed layer, while an additional simul...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,148 Views
15 Pages

Identification of Two Critical Contact Residues in a Pathogenic Epitope from Tetranectin for Monoclonal Antibody Binding and Preparation of Single-Chain Variable Fragments

  • Juncheng Wang,
  • Meng Liu,
  • Rukhshan Zahid,
  • Wenjie Zhang,
  • Zecheng Cai,
  • Yan Liang,
  • Die Li,
  • Jiasheng Hao and
  • Yuekang Xu

30 July 2025

Sepsis is a fetal disease that requires a clear diagnostic biomarker for timely antibiotic treatment. Recent research has identified a pyroptosis-inducing epitope known as P5-5 in tetranectin (TN), a plasma protein produced by monocytes. Previously,...

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8 Citations
6,105 Views
12 Pages

19 December 2017

Background: Although domain IV of annexin A5 (anxA5) may be less effective in binding phosphatidylserine (PS), the four domains together may guarantee the maximum binding of anxA5 to the PS membrane. Additionally, previous research has shown that ann...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,419 Views
12 Pages

The impact of ceftriaxone pharmacokinetic alterations on protein binding and PK/PD target attainment still remains unclear. We evaluated pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target attainment of unbound ceftriaxone in critically ill patients with...

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  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,155 Views
13 Pages

28 October 2019

α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that accumulates in insoluble inclusions in Parkinson′s disease and other synucleinopathies. Fatty acids partially regulate α-Synuclein accumulation, and mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,227 Views
12 Pages

The current focus of material science researchers is on the magnetic behavior of transition metal clusters due to its great hope for future technological applications. It is common knowledge that the 4d transition elements are not magnetic at their b...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,797 Views
17 Pages

Neisseria meningitidis Factor H Binding Protein Surface Exposure on Salmonella Typhimurium GMMA Is Critical to Induce an Effective Immune Response against Both Diseases

  • Francesca Necchi,
  • Giuseppe Stefanetti,
  • Renzo Alfini,
  • Elena Palmieri,
  • Martina Carducci,
  • Roberta Di Benedetto,
  • Fabiola Schiavo,
  • Maria Grazia Aruta,
  • Fabiola Giusti and
  • Francesca Micoli
  • + 3 authors

GMMA, outer membrane vesicles resulting from hyperblebbing mutated bacterial strains, are a versatile vaccine platform for displaying both homologous and heterologous antigens. Periplasmic expression is a popular technique for protein expression in t...

  • Review
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22 Citations
5,689 Views
16 Pages

Myocardial injury causes death to cardiomyocytes and leads to heart failure. The adult mammalian heart has very limited regenerative capacity. However, the heart from early postnatal mammals and from adult lower vertebrates can fully regenerate after...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,680 Views
21 Pages

Integrated Analysis and Identification of Critical RNA-Binding Proteins in Bladder Cancer

  • Lijiang Gu,
  • Yuhang Chen,
  • Xing Li,
  • Yibo Mei,
  • Jinlai Zhou,
  • Jianbin Ma,
  • Mengzhao Zhang,
  • Tao Hou,
  • Dalin He and
  • Jin Zeng

31 July 2022

RBPs in the development and progression of BC remains unclear. Here, we elucidated the role of RBPs in predicting the survival of patients with BC. Clinical information and RNA sequencing data of the training and validation cohorts were downloaded fr...

  • Review
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673 Views
19 Pages

28 November 2025

The mammalian intestinal epithelium is a rapid self-renewing tissue that functions as a physical barrier against a wide array of noxious substances and the gut microbiome that inhabit the intestinal lumen. Homeostasis of the intestinal epithelium is...

  • Review
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9 Citations
3,431 Views
27 Pages

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) stands as one of the most widely prescribed chemotherapeutics. Despite over 60 years of study, a systematic synopsis of how 5-FU binds to proteins has been lacking. Investigating the specific binding patterns of 5-FU to proteins...

  • Article
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11 Citations
3,992 Views
17 Pages

A Critical Role of the IL-22–IL-22 Binding Protein Axis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Anastasios D. Giannou,
  • Jöran Lücke,
  • Dörte Kleinschmidt,
  • Ahmad Mustafa Shiri,
  • Babett Steglich,
  • Mikolaj Nawrocki,
  • Tao Zhang,
  • Dimitra E. Zazara,
  • Jan Kempski and
  • Samuel Huber
  • + 30 authors

7 December 2022

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks among the five most common cancer entities worldwide and leads to hundred-thousands of deaths every year. Despite some groundbreaking therapeutical revelations during the last years, the overall prognosis remains...

  • Review
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51 Citations
7,137 Views
27 Pages

2 September 2017

ATP-binding cassette G1 (ABCG1) is a member of the large family of ABC transporters which are involved in the active transport of many amphiphilic and lipophilic molecules including lipids, drugs or endogenous metabolites. It is now well established...

  • Article
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32 Citations
8,175 Views
14 Pages

Expression and Critical Role of Interleukin Enhancer Binding Factor 2 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Shaobing Cheng,
  • Xu Jiang,
  • Chaofeng Ding,
  • Chengli Du,
  • Kwabena Gyabaah Owusu-Ansah,
  • Xiaoyu Weng,
  • Wendi Hu,
  • Chuanhui Peng,
  • Zhen Lv and
  • Shusen Zheng
  • + 5 authors

Interleukin enhancer binding factor 2 (ILF2), a transcription factor, regulates cell growth by inhibiting the stabilization of mRNA. Currently, its role has gained recognition as a factor in the tumorigenic process. However, until now, little has bee...

  • Article
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7 Citations
3,881 Views
12 Pages

Binding of Ca2+ Ions to Alkylbenzene Sulfonates: Micelle Formation, Second Critical Concentration and Precipitation

  • Adél Anna Ádám,
  • Szilveszter Ziegenheim,
  • László Janovák,
  • Márton Szabados,
  • Csaba Bús,
  • Ákos Kukovecz,
  • Zoltán Kónya,
  • Imre Dékány,
  • Pál Sipos and
  • Bence Kutus

4 January 2023

Anionic surfactants, such as sodium linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (NaLAS), are utilized in various fields, including industry, household, and agriculture. The efficiency of their use in aqueous environments is significantly affected by the presence...

  • Article
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7 Citations
3,148 Views
22 Pages

Retbindin: A riboflavin Binding Protein, Is Critical for Photoreceptor Homeostasis and Survival in Models of Retinal Degeneration

  • Ayse M. Genc,
  • Mustafa S. Makia,
  • Tirthankar Sinha,
  • Shannon M. Conley,
  • Muayyad R. Al-Ubaidi and
  • Muna I. Naash

29 October 2020

The large number of inherited retinal disease genes (IRD), including the photopigment rhodopsin and the photoreceptor outer segment (OS) structural component peripherin 2 (PRPH2), has prompted interest in identifying common cellular mechanisms involv...

  • Review
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6 Citations
3,412 Views
15 Pages

15 April 2023

An increasing number of plant-based herbal treatments, dietary supplements, medical foods and nutraceuticals and their component phytochemicals are used as alternative treatments to prevent or slow the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disea...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,579 Views
24 Pages

Computational Disorder Analysis in Ethylene Response Factors Uncovers Binding Motifs Critical to Their Diverse Functions

  • Xiaolin Sun,
  • Nawar Malhis,
  • Bi Zhao,
  • Bin Xue,
  • Joerg Gsponer and
  • Erik H. A. Rikkerink

APETALA2/ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR transcription factors (AP2/ERFs) play crucial roles in adaptation to stresses such as those caused by pathogens, wounding and cold. Although their name suggests a specific role in ethylene signalling, some ERF member...

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7 Citations
3,394 Views
18 Pages

Critical Factors in Human Antizymes that Determine the Differential Binding, Inhibition, and Degradation of Human Ornithine Decarboxylase

  • Ju-Yi Hsieh,
  • Yen-Chin Liu,
  • I-Ting Cheng,
  • Chu-Ju Lee,
  • Yu-Hsuan Wang,
  • Yi-Shiuan Fang,
  • Yi-Liang Liu,
  • Guang-Yaw Liu and
  • Hui-Chih Hung

12 December 2019

Antizyme (AZ) is a protein that negatively regulates ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). AZ achieves this inhibition by binding to ODC to produce AZ-ODC heterodimers, abolishing enzyme activity and targeting ODC for degradation by the 26S proteasome. In t...

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5 Citations
7,137 Views
20 Pages

22 August 2022

We report high-level ab initio calculations (CCSD(T)(full)/CBS//SCS-RI-MP2(full)/aug-cc-pwCVTZ) that demonstrate the importance of cooperativity effects when Anion–π and CH/π interactions are simultaneously established with benzene as the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
16,182 Views
17 Pages

16 April 2018

The game The Binding of Isaac is an excellent example of a game that incorporates criticism of religion. Isaac is a roguelike dungeon crawler with randomly generated dungeons. Both from the perspective of narrative and of game design, McMillen built...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,501 Views
11 Pages

Insights into the Mn2+ Binding Site in the Agmatinase-Like Protein (ALP): A Critical Enzyme for the Regulation of Agmatine Levels in Mammals

  • María-Belen Reyes,
  • José Martínez-Oyanedel,
  • Camila Navarrete,
  • Erika Mardones,
  • Ignacio Martínez,
  • Mónica Salas,
  • Vasthi López,
  • María García-Robles,
  • Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia and
  • Elena Uribe
  • + 2 authors

Agmatine is a neurotransmitter with anticonvulsant, anti-neurotoxic and antidepressant-like effects, in addition it has hypoglycemic actions. Agmatine is converted to putrescine and urea by agmatinase (AGM) and by an agmatinase-like protein (ALP), a...

  • Article
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8 Citations
4,834 Views
11 Pages

27 February 2018

Insecticidal proteins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ac7 from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) belong to the three-domain family of Bt toxins. Commercial transgenic soybean hybrids produce Cry1Ac to control the larvae of the soybean looper (Chrysodeixis inc...

  • Article
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5 Citations
3,093 Views
18 Pages

2 June 2021

Nonspecific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) have been categorized as panallergens and display widespread occurrence across plant-kingdom. Present study, investigated B-cell epitopes for LTPs from chickpea, mung-bean, cowpea, pigeon-pea, and soybean...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,241 Views
12 Pages

Significantly Reduced Retinol Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Levels in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

  • Richard Vollenberg,
  • Phil-Robin Tepasse,
  • Manfred Fobker and
  • Anna Hüsing-Kabar

10 May 2022

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The disease causes respiratory failure in some individuals accompanied by marked hyperinflammation. Vitamin A (syn. retinol) can exist in the body in the storage form as retinyl es...

  • Article
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22 Citations
5,467 Views
15 Pages

Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein (I-FABP) as a Prognostic Marker in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

  • Maciej Tyszko,
  • Małgorzata Lipińska-Gediga,
  • Anna Lemańska-Perek,
  • Katarzyna Kobylińska,
  • Waldemar Gozdzik and
  • Barbara Adamik

13 December 2022

Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in critically ill COVID-19 patients. There is currently no generally recognized method of assessing gastrointestinal injury in unconscious or sedated intensive care unit (ICU) patients. I-FABP (intestinal fatty ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
976 Views
19 Pages

Single Amino Acid Residue W33 of tva Receptor Is Critical for Viral Entry and High-Affinity Binding of Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup K

  • Eliška Gáliková,
  • David Přikryl,
  • Salomé Prost,
  • Dana Kučerová,
  • Kateřina Trejbalová and
  • Jiří Hejnar

15 May 2025

Avian leukosis virus (ALV), the prototypical alpharetrovirus, causes tumorigenesis, immunosuppression, and wasting disease in poultry. The ALV genus is classified into ten subgroups, which differ in their host range, cell tropism, and receptor usage....

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  • Open Access
68 Citations
11,025 Views
18 Pages

In Vitro Interactions of Dietary Fibre Enriched Food Ingredients with Primary and Secondary Bile Acids

  • Susanne Naumann,
  • Ute Schweiggert-Weisz,
  • Julia Eglmeier,
  • Dirk Haller and
  • Peter Eisner

25 June 2019

Dietary fibres are reported to interact with bile acids, preventing their reabsorption and promoting their excretion into the colon. We used a method based on in vitro digestion, dialysis, and kinetic analysis to investigate how dietary fibre enriche...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,796 Views
13 Pages

Multiresponsive Behavior of Functional Poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s in Water

  • Kanykei Ryskulova,
  • Anupama Rao Gulur Srinivas,
  • Thomas Kerr-Phillips,
  • Hui Peng,
  • David Barker,
  • Jadranka Travas-Sejdic and
  • Richard Hoogenboom

18 October 2016

The multiresponsive behavior of functionalized water-soluble conjugated polymers (CPs) is presented with potential applications for sensors. In this study, we investigated the aqueous solubility behavior of water-soluble CPs with high photoluminescen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
9,367 Views
13 Pages

Impact of Albumin Binding Function on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Furosemide

  • Gerd Klinkmann,
  • Sebastian Klammt,
  • Malte Jäschke,
  • Jörg Henschel,
  • Martin Gloger,
  • Daniel A. Reuter and
  • Steffen Mitzner

2 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Albumin binding of the loop diuretic furosemide forms the basis for its transport to the kidney and subsequent tubular secretion, which is a prerequisite for its therapeutic effects. Accordingly, high albumin concentrations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,968 Views
18 Pages

30 December 2022

The kaolinite content is principally responsible for the durability performance of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3), which calls into question its global applicability. The clay supply has a significant impact on the LC3 system’s reduced ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,979 Views
12 Pages

Plasma Insulin-like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-2 of Critically Ill Patients Is Related to Disease Severity and Survival

  • Patricia Mester,
  • Ulrich Räth,
  • Luisa Popp,
  • Stephan Schmid,
  • Martina Müller,
  • Christa Buechler and
  • Vlad Pavel

12 December 2023

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2 regulates the bioactivity of the anabolic hormone’s insulin-like growth factors, which are decreased in sepsis and contribute to the catabolic status of severely ill patients. The circulating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,681 Views
15 Pages

Plasma Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein (LBP) Is Induced in Critically Ill Females with Gram-Negative Infections—Preliminary Study

  • Alexander Utrata,
  • Niklas Schmidtner,
  • Patricia Mester,
  • Stephan Schmid,
  • Martina Müller,
  • Vlad Pavel and
  • Christa Buechler

Background/Objectives: Men are more susceptible to sepsis than women, but the underlying pathways have not been fully clarified. Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) is an acute-phase protein that is highly elevated in sepsis. Experimental eviden...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,973 Views
17 Pages

Redβ is a 261 amino acid protein from bacteriophage λ that promotes a single-strand annealing (SSA) reaction for repair of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) breaks. While there is currently no high-resolution structure available for Redβ, models of its DNA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,329 Views
12 Pages

Although TRAF1 and TRAF2 share common receptors and have extremely conserved amino acid residues, recent studies have shown that key differences in receptor binding preferences with different affinities exist, which might be important for their diffe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,864 Views
28 Pages

A Functional Binding Domain in the Rbpr2 Receptor Is Required for Vitamin A Transport, Ocular Retinoid Homeostasis, and Photoreceptor Cell Survival in Zebrafish

  • Ashish K. Solanki,
  • Altaf A. Kondkar,
  • Joseph Fogerty,
  • Yanhui Su,
  • Seok-Hyung Kim,
  • Joshua H. Lipschutz,
  • Deepak Nihalani,
  • Brian D. Perkins and
  • Glenn P. Lobo

29 April 2020

Dietary vitamin A/all-trans retinol/ROL plays a critical role in human vision. ROL circulates bound to the plasma retinol-binding protein (RBP4) as RBP4-ROL. In the eye, the STRA6 membrane receptor binds to circulatory RBP4 and internalizes ROL. STRA...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,984 Views
13 Pages

26 August 2022

Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding proteins (SSBs) are critical in maintaining genome stability by protecting the transient existence of ssDNA from damage during essential biological processes, such as DNA replication and gene transcription. The sin...

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