Specificity of Interaction Between Identical Molecules

INTERACTION OF PROTEINS WITH SMALL MOLECULES

Interaction between molecules of hantavirus nucleocapsid protein.

Intermolecular interactions of Tula hantavirus N (nucleocapsid) protein were detected in the yeast two-hybrid system, prompting further attempts to study this phenomenon. Using chemical cross-linking and immunoblotting it was shown that the N protein from purified virus and from infected cell lysates as well as recombinant protein produced in a baculovirus expression system are capable of formi...

Specificity of the interaction between ubiquitin-associated domains and ubiquitin.

Ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains are found in a large number of proteins with diverse functions involved in ubiquitination, DNA repair, and signaling pathways. Recent studies have shown that several UBA domain proteins interact with ubiquitin (Ub), specifically p62, the phosphotyrosine-independent ligand of the SH2 domain of p56(lck); HHR23A, a human nucleotide excision repair protein; and DD...

Supramolecular design of a bicomponent topochemical reaction between two non-identical molecules.

We report the first design of a topochemical reaction between two non-identical reactants using a supramolecular chemistry approach. A coassembly of two sugar-based organogelators with complementary reacting motifs, viz. azides and alkynes, undergoes topochemical Huisgen reaction between them.

On the species specificity of the interaction of LFA-1 with intercellular adhesion molecules.

Species restrictions in immune cell interactions have been demonstrated both in Ag-specific responses of T lymphocytes and the phenomenon of natural attachment. To determine the possible contribution of adhesion receptors to these restrictions, we have studied binding between the murine and human homologues of LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) and ICAM employing purified human LFA-1 and ICAM-1 (CD54) bound to...