News tagged with peptide synthesis
New method of peptide synthesis makes it easier to create drugs based on natural compounds
A team of Vanderbilt chemists has developed a novel method for chemically synthesizing peptides that promises to lower the cost and increase the availability of drugs based on natural compounds.
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Enzyme with a Sugar Antenna: Researchers achieve semisynthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of all human proteins, as well as many important pharmaceutical agents, are glycoproteins, which means that they contain sugar components. In general, natural glycoproteins ...
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Shedding light on photosynthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to monitor protein expression levels in a cell as they change over time and in response to external stimuli. That is just what researchers did when they studied the photosynthetic ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Study finds how bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic
A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Study shows cell-penetrating peptides for drug delivery act like a Swiss Army Knife
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell-penetrating peptides, such as the HIV TAT peptide, are able to enter cells using a number of mechanisms, from direct entry to endocytosis, a process by which cells internalize molecules ...
Oct 04, 2011 |
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Small molecule receptor detects lipid's telltale sign of cell death
Researchers from Boston College have developed a new class of small molecule receptors capable of detecting a lipid molecule that reveals the telltale signs of cellular death, particularly cancer cells targeted ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Scientists reengineer antibiotic to overcome dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have successfully reengineered an important antibiotic to kill the deadliest antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The compound could one day be used clinically to treat patients ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Researchers now one step closer to controlled engineering of nanocatalysts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, some 20 percent of the world's industrial production is based on catalysts — molecules that can quicken the pace of chemical reactions by factors of billions. Oil, pharmaceuticals, plastics ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Boosting medicine with nanotechnology to destroy cancers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Melding nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center have produced an effective strategy ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Biodegradable tooth-binding micelles inhibit Streptococcus mutans biofilm growth
Today, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research and the 35th Annual ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 19, 2011 |
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New finding in ribosome signaling may lead to improved antibiotics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a signaling mechanism in the bacterial ribosome that detects proteins that activate genes for antibiotic resistance.
Feb 23, 2011 |
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The lock shapes the key: Mystery about recognition of unfolded proteins solved
Proteins normally recognize each other by their specific 3-D structure. If the key fits in the lock, a reaction can take place. However there are reactions at the onset of which the key does not really have a shape. German ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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