Search Results - "Strange, W"
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Resolving polymorphs and radiation‐driven effects in microcrystals using fixed‐target serial synchrotron crystallography
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. (01-02-2019)“…The ability to determine high‐quality, artefact‐free structures is a challenge in micro‐crystallography, and the rapid onset of radiation damage and…”
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Antimalarial 4(1H)-pyridones bind to the Qi site of cytochrome bc1
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-01-2015)“…Cytochrome bc1 is a proven drug target in the prevention and treatment of malaria. The rise in drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the organism…”
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Tannerella forsythia Tfo belongs to Porphyromonas gingivalis HmuY-like family of proteins but differs in heme-binding properties
Published in Bioscience reports (31-10-2018)“…is considered the principal etiologic agent and keystone pathogen of chronic periodontitis. As an auxotrophic bacterium, it must acquire heme to survive and…”
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Antiproliferative Effects of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition in Human Pulmonary Artery Cells
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-07-2005)“…Phosphodiesterase Type 5 (PDE5) inhibition represents a novel strategy for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Our aim was to establish the distribution…”
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Phosphodiesterase type 5 as a target for the treatment of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-07-2003)“…Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) is a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. This study examined the distribution of PDE5 in…”
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Distinguishing Nitro vs Nitrito Coordination in Cytochrome c′ Using Vibrational Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory
Published in Inorganic chemistry (06-11-2017)“…Nitrite coordination to heme cofactors is a key step in the anaerobic production of the signaling molecule nitric oxide (NO). An ambidentate ligand, nitrite…”
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Dose-resolved serial synchrotron and XFEL structures of radiation-sensitive metalloproteins
Published in IUCrJ (01-07-2019)“…An approach is demonstrated to obtain, in a sample- and time-efficient manner, multiple dose-resolved crystal structures from room-temperature protein…”
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Nature of the copper-nitrosyl intermediates of copper nitrite reductases during catalysis
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (01-01-2020)“…The design and synthesis of copper complexes that can reduce nitrite to NO has attracted considerable interest. They have been guided by the structural…”
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Atomic Resolution Structures of Resting-State, Substrate- and Product-Complexed Cu-Nitrite Reductase Provide Insight into Catalytic Mechanism
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-08-2005)“…Copper-containing nitrite reductases catalyze the reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide (NO), a key step in denitrification that results in the loss of…”
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Dimerisation induced formation of the active site and the identification of three metal sites in EAL-phosphodiesterases
Published in Scientific reports (10-02-2017)“…The bacterial second messenger cyclic di-3′,5′-guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a key regulator of bacterial motility and virulence. As high levels of…”
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Variable Metallation of Human Superoxide Dismutase: Atomic Resolution Crystal Structures of Cu–Zn, Zn–Zn and As-isolated Wild-type Enzymes
Published in Journal of molecular biology (10-03-2006)“…Human Cu–Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) protects cells from the effects of oxidative stress. Mutations in SOD1 are linked to the familial form of amyotrophic…”
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Serial crystallography captures enzyme catalysis in copper nitrite reductase at atomic resolution from one crystal
Published in IUCrJ (01-07-2016)“…Relating individual protein crystal structures to an enzyme mechanism remains a major and challenging goal for structural biology. Serial crystallography using…”
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A QM/MM Study of Nitrite Binding Modes in a Three-Domain Heme-Cu Nitrite Reductase
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (16-11-2018)“…Copper-containing nitrite reductases (CuNiRs) play a key role in the global nitrogen cycle by reducing nitrite (NO₂ ) to nitric oxide, a reaction that involves…”
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High-throughput structures of protein-ligand complexes at room temperature using serial femtosecond crystallography
Published in IUCrJ (01-11-2019)“…High-throughput X-ray crystal structures of protein-ligand complexes are critical to pharmaceutical drug development. However, cryocooling of crystals and…”
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Coronary Stenosis and Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Aortitis Following Aortic Root Support Procedure
Published in JACC. Case reports (01-05-2024)“…A woman with recent personalized external aortic root support implant presented in cardiogenic shock with bilateral coronary ostial occlusion and aortic…”
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The Structure of Holo and Metal-deficient Wild-type Human Cu, Zn Superoxide Dismutase and its Relevance to Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Published in Journal of molecular biology (09-05-2003)“…Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) forms a crucial component of the cellular defence against oxidative stress. Zn-deficient wild-type and mutant human SOD1…”
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Dimer Destabilization in Superoxide Dismutase May Result in Disease-Causing Properties: Structures of Motor Neuron Disease Mutants
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-04-2004)“…More than 90 point mutations in human CuZn superoxide dismutase lead to the development of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as motor neuron…”
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Crystal structure of human prion protein bound to a therapeutic antibody
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-02-2009)“…Prion infection is characterized by the conversion of host cellular prion protein (PrPC) into disease-related conformers (PrPSc) and can be arrested in vivo by…”
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Complementarity of neutron, XFEL and synchrotron crystallography for defining the structures of metalloenzymes at room temperature
Published in IUCrJ (01-09-2022)“…Room-temperature macromolecular crystallography allows protein structures to be determined under close-to-physiological conditions, permits dynamic freedom in…”
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A Study of Platelet Inhibition, Using a 'Point of Care' Platelet Function Test, following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction [PINPOINT-PPCI]
Published in PloS one (16-12-2015)“…Rapid coronary recanalization following ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) requires effective anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic therapies. This study…”
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