[HTML][HTML] Insights on the emerging biotechnology of histidine-rich peptides

H López-Laguna, E Voltà-Durán, E Parladé… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the late 70's, the discovery of the restriction enzymes made possible the biological
production of functional proteins by recombinant DNA technologies, a fact that largely …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-chelating peptides separation using immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography: Experimental methodology and simulation

R Irankunda, JA Camaño Echavarría, C Paris, L Stefan… - Separations, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metal-Chelating Peptides (MCPs), obtained from protein hydrolysates, present various
applications in the field of nutrition, pharmacy, cosmetic etc. The separation of MCPs from …

Selective N-terminal acylation of peptides and proteins with a Gly-His tag sequence

MC Martos-Maldonado, CT Hjuler, KK Sørensen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Methods for site-selective chemistry on proteins are in high demand for the synthesis of
chemically modified biopharmaceuticals, as well as for applications in chemical biology …

[HTML][HTML] Heterologous expression of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

Y Gaber, B Rashad, R Hussein, M Abdelgawad… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are relatively new enzymes that have been
discovered 10 years ago. LPMOs comprise a diverse group of enzymes which play a pivotal …

Semenogelins Armed in Zn(II) and Cu(II): May Bioinorganic Chemistry Help Nature to Cope with Enterococcus faecalis?

D Dudek, A Miller, A Hecel, A Kola, D Valensin… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteolytic degradation of semenogelins, the most abundant proteins from human semen,
results in the formation of 26-and 29-amino acid peptides (SgIIA and SgI-29, respectively) …

Controlling protein surface orientation by strategic placement of oligo-histidine tags

D Wasserberg, J Cabanas-Danés, J Prangsma… - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report oriented immobilization of proteins using the standard hexahistidine (His6)-Ni2+:
NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) methodology, which we systematically tuned to give control of …

African viper poly-his tag peptide fragment efficiently binds metal ions and is folded into an α-helical structure

J Watly, E Simonovsky, N Barbosa… - Inorganic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Snake venoms are complex mixtures of toxic and often spectacularly biologically active
components. Some African vipers contain polyhistidine and polyglycine peptides, which play …

Bioinorganic chemistry of shepherin II complexes helps to fight Candida albicans?

K Szarszoń, A Mikołajczyk, M Grelich-Mucha… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fungal cell wall and cell membrane are an important target for antifungal therapies, and
a needle-like cell wall or membrane disruption may be an entirely novel antifungal mode of …

Elucidation of binding site and chiral specificity of oxidovanadium drugs with lysozyme through theoretical calculations

G Sciortino, D Sanna, V Ugone, G Micera… - Inorganic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This study presents an implementation of the protein–ligand docking program GOLD and a
generalizable method to predict the binding site and orientation of potential vanadium drugs …

Zn(II) Induces Fibril Formation and Antifungal Activity in Shepherin I, An Antimicrobial Peptide from Capsella bursa-pastoris

J Wątły, K Szarszon, A Mikołajczyk… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Shepherin I is a glycine-and histidine-rich antimicrobial peptide from the root of a shepherd's
purse, whose antimicrobial activity was suggested to be enhanced by the presence of Zn (II) …