Catalytic antibodies: Design, expression, and their applications in medicine

D Zhao, J Chen, X Hu, S Zhang - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Catalytic antibodies made it feasible to develop new catalysts, which had previously been
the subject of research. Scientists have discovered natural antibodies that can hydrolyze …

Rapid Generation and Molecular Docking Analysis of Single-Chain Fragment Variable (scFv) Antibody Selected by Ribosome Display Targeting Cholecystokinin B …

A Kunamneni, MA Montera, R Durvasula… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A robust cell-free platform technology, ribosome display in combination with cloning,
expression, and purification was utilized to develop single chain Fragment variable (scFv) …

Computational simulation of HIV protease inhibitors to the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2: Implications for COVID-19 drugs design

W Yu, X Wu, Y Zhao, C Chen, Z Yang, X Zhang, J Ren… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 is highly homologous to SARS-CoV. To date, the main protease (Mpro) of
SARS-CoV-2 is regarded as an important drug target for the treatment of Coronavirus …

Molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of human anti-complement factor H (CFH) antibody Ab42 and CFH polypeptide

B Yang, SJ Lin, JY Ren, T Liu, YM Wang, CM Li… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
An understanding of the interaction between the antibody and its targeted antigen and
knowing of the epitopes are critical for the development of monoclonal antibody drugs …

Binding modes of three inhibitors 8CA, F8A and I4A to A-FABP studied based on molecular dynamics simulation

J Chen, J Wang, W Zhu - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Adipocyte fatty-acid binding protein (A-FABP) is an important target of drug designs treating
some diseases related to lipid-mediated biology. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations …

Revealing the pH-dependent conformational changes in sol g 2.1 protein and potential ligands binding

S Nonkhwao, D Leaokittikul, R Patramanon… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Sol g 2, a major protein found in the venom of the tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata), is
well-known for its ability to bind various hydrophobic molecules. In this study, we investigate …

Model study using designed selenopeptides on the importance of the catalytic triad for the antioxidative functions of glutathione peroxidase

T Takei, Y Urabe, Y Asahina, H Hojo… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Although the catalytic triad of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) has been well recognized, there
was little evidence for the relevance of the interactions among the triad amino acid residues …

Construction of ATP-switched allosteric antioxidant selenoenzyme

T Pan, Y Liu, C Si, Y Bai, S Qiao, L Zhao, J Xu… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rational redesign of allosteric protein offers an efficient strategy to develop switchable
biocatalysts. By combining the computational design and protein engineering, a glutathione …

Reactive selenium species: Redox modulation, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer activities

M Jawad Nasim, W Ali, E Domínguez-Álvarez… - 2017 - books.rsc.org
Since its discovery 200 years ago, in 1817, by Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), the
element selenium has had a rather chequered relationship with biology and medicine, an …

A computational investigation of potential plant-based bioactive compounds against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of multiple target proteins

S Prabha, P Chauhan, S Warkare… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (DRSA) poses a significant global health threat, like
bacteremia, endocarditis, skin, soft tissue, bone, and joint infections. Nowadays, the …