Search Results - "Van Rooyen, Jason"
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miR-146a and miR-155 Delineate a MicroRNA Fingerprint Associated with Toxoplasma Persistence in the Host Brain
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (13-03-2014)“…microRNAs were recently found to be regulators of the host response to infection by apicomplexan parasites. In this study, we identified two immunomodulatory…”
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Crystal Structure of Type III Glutamine Synthetase: Surprising Reversal of the Inter-Ring Interface
Published in Structure (London) (13-04-2011)“…Glutamine synthetases are ubiquitous, homo-oligomeric enzymes essential for nitrogen metabolism. Unlike types I and II, which are well described both…”
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Assembly of the novel five-component apicomplexan multi-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex is driven by the hybrid scaffold protein Tg-p43
Published in PloS one (20-02-2014)“…In Toxoplasma gondii, as in other eukaryotes, a subset of the amino-acyl-tRNA synthetases are arranged into an abundant cytoplasmic multi-aminoacyl-tRNA…”
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1,3-Bis(2-methoxyphenyl)thiourea
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online (01-11-2011)“…In the title compound, C15H16N2O2S, the N–C(=S) bond lengths are indicative of the presence of amide-type resonance. The dihedral angles between the…”
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Structural analysis of malaria-parasite lysyl-tRNA synthetase provides a platform for drug development
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. (01-05-2013)“…Aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases are essential enzymes that transmit information from the genetic code to proteins in cells and are targets for antipathogen drug…”
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Recombinant expression, purification, and crystallization of the glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase from Toxoplasma gondii
Published in Protein expression and purification (01-06-2015)“…•Recombinant T. gondii QRS is highly expressed as an active enzyme in E. coli.•Full-length QRS is prone to degradation into component domains.•Component…”
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A Workflow for Protein Structure Determination From Thin Crystal Lamella by Micro-Electron Diffraction
Published in Frontiers in molecular biosciences (04-08-2020)“…MicroED has recently emerged as a powerful method for the analysis of biological structures at atomic resolution. This technique has been largely limited to…”
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Three-dimensional Structure of a Type III Glutamine Synthetase by Single-particle Reconstruction
Published in Journal of molecular biology (25-08-2006)“…GlnN, the type III glutamine synthetase (GSIII) from the medically important, anaerobic, opportunistic pathogen Bacteroides fragilis, has 82.8 kDa subunits…”
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Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium
Published in International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology (01-09-2004)“…Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag 1, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence Paul R. Meyers…”
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Proteolysis of the type III glutamine synthetase from Bacteroides fragilis causes expedient crystal-packing rearrangements
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications (01-03-2011)“…This work details the intentional modifications that led to the first structure of a type III glutamine synthetase enzyme (GSIII). This approach followed the…”
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Streptomyces africanus sp. nov., a novel streptomycete with blue aerial mycelium
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Synthesis of ferrocenylphenyl derivatives including biphenylferrocenes, arylferrocenylphenyl ethers and arylferrocenylphenyl amines
Published in Journal of organometallic chemistry (2002)“…The preparation of a series of substituted biphenylferrocenes via a modified Suzuki reaction between 4-bromophenylferrocene and substituted phenylboronic acids…”
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Proteolysis of the type III glutamine synthetase from Bacteroides fragilis causes expedient crystalapacking rearrangements
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications (01-03-2011)“…This work details the intentional modifications that led to the first structure of a type III glutamine synthetase enzyme (GSIII). This approach followed the…”
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1,3-Bis(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)thio-urea
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online (01-11-2011)“…In the title compound, C(15)H(16)N(2)O(2)S, the N-C(=S) bond lengths are indicative of the presence of amide-type resonance. The dihedral angles between the…”
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