The realm of unconventional noncovalent interactions in proteins: their significance in structure and function

VA Adhav, K Saikrishnan - Acs Omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteins and their assemblies are fundamental for living cells to function. Their complex
three-dimensional architecture and its stability are attributed to the combined effect of …

Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors

L Escobar, P Ballester - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular recognition in water using macrocyclic synthetic receptors constitutes a vibrant
and timely research area of supramolecular chemistry. Pioneering examples on the topic …

Facile and green synthesis of recyclable, environmentally friendly, chemically stable, and cost-effective magnetic nanohybrid adsorbent for tetracycline adsorption

A Nasiri, N Golestani, S Rajabi, M Hashemi - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Antibiotic contamination of water sources, particularly tetracycline (TC) contamination, has
emerged as one of the global issues that needs action. In this research, ZnCoFe 2 O 4 …

Chloroplast-selective gene delivery and expression in planta using chitosan-complexed single-walled carbon nanotube carriers

SY Kwak, TTS Lew, CJ Sweeney, VB Koman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Plant genetic engineering is an important tool used in current efforts in crop improvement,
pharmaceutical product biosynthesis and sustainable agriculture. However, conventional …

Exploiting non-covalent π interactions for catalyst design

AJ Neel, MJ Hilton, MS Sigman, FD Toste - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular recognition, binding and catalysis are often mediated by non-covalent interactions
involving aromatic functional groups. Although the relative complexity of these so-called π …

Site-selective, stereocontrolled glycosylation of minimally protected sugars

Q Li, SM Levi, CC Wagen, AE Wendlandt… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of general and efficient methods for the construction of oligosaccharides
stands as one of the great challenges for the field of synthetic chemistry,. Selective …

[HTML][HTML] How sugars protect proteins in the solid state and during drying (review): Mechanisms of stabilization in relation to stress conditions

MA Mensink, HW Frijlink… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide an overview of current knowledge on stabilization of proteins by
sugars in the solid state in relation to stress conditions commonly encountered during drying …

The role of tryptophan in π interactions in proteins: An experimental approach

J Shao, BP Kuiper, AMWH Thunnissen… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In proteins, the amino acids Phe, Tyr, and especially Trp are frequently involved in π
interactions such as π–π, cation− π, and CH− π bonds. These interactions are often crucial …

Experimental binding energies in supramolecular complexes

F Biedermann, HJ Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

The bright future of unconventional σ/π‐hole interactions

A Bauzá, TJ Mooibroek, A Frontera - ChemPhysChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐covalent interactions play a crucial role in (supramolecular) chemistry and much of
biology. Supramolecular forces can indeed determine the structure and function of a host …