Serum albumin in health and disease: esterase, antioxidant, transporting and signaling properties

DA Belinskaia, PA Voronina, VI Shmurak… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Being one of the main proteins in the human body and many animal species, albumin plays
a decisive role in the transport of various ions—electrically neutral and charged molecules …

Soy protein: Molecular structure revisited and recent advances in processing technologies

X Sui, T Zhang, L Jiang - Annual Review of Food Science and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Rising health concerns and increasing obesity levels in human society have led some
consumers to cut back on animal protein consumption and switch to plant-based proteins as …

Structure, enzymatic activities, glycation and therapeutic potential of human serum albumin: A natural cargo

G Rabbani, SN Ahn - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
Human serum albumin (HSA) is an opulent, non-glycosylated, most versatile carrier protein
in plasma possessing multiple functions. HSA has the ability to interact with a variety of …

Serum albumin: a multifaced enzyme

G De Simone, A di Masi, P Ascenzi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in plasma, contributing actively to
oncotic pressure maintenance and fluid distribution between body compartments. HSA acts …

Hyaluronic acid and albumin based nanoparticles for drug delivery

C Lei, XR Liu, QB Chen, Y Li, JL Zhou, LY Zhou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Albumin, a multifunctional protein, is widely used to prepare nanocarriers. Hyaluronic acid
(HA) is a natural glycosaminoglycan that can specifically bind receptors, such as cluster of …

Human serum albumin: from bench to bedside

G Fanali, A Di Masi, V Trezza, M Marino… - Molecular aspects of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Human serum albumin (HSA), the most abundant protein in plasma, is a monomeric multi-
domain macromolecule, representing the main determinant of plasma oncotic pressure and …

The thiol pool in human plasma: the central contribution of albumin to redox processes

L Turell, R Radi, B Alvarez - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
The plasma compartment has particular features regarding the nature and concentration of
low and high molecular weight thiols and oxidized derivatives. Plasma is relatively poor in …

An overview of albumin and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein main characteristics: highlighting the roles of amino acids in binding kinetics and molecular interactions

M Bteich - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Although Albumin (ALB) and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) have distinctive structural and
functional characteristics, they both play a key role in binding a large variety of endogenous …

[BOK][B] Introduction to proteins: structure, function, and motion

A Kessel, N Ben-Tal - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction to Proteins provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art introduction to the
structure, function, and motion of proteins for students, faculty, and researchers at all levels …

Metalloproteases affecting blood coagulation, fibrinolysis and platelet aggregation from snake venoms: Definition and nomenclature of interaction sites

RM Kini, CY Koh - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Snake venom metalloproteases, in addition to their contribution to the digestion of the prey,
affect various physiological functions by cleaving specific proteins. They exhibit their …