apotransferrin (apo tf)  in 0.1 m n-(2hydroxyethyl)piperazine-n2-ethanesulfanic acid at 25 ˚c  and ph 7.4 has been titrated with acidic solution of tb3+. the binding of tb3+ at  the two specific metal-binding sites of transferrin was followed from the changes in the difference uv spectra at 245 nm. the molar absorptivity per binding site for tb3+-tf is 22,500 ± 1000 m-1cm-1. to determine the tb...

The binding behavior of a competitive inhibitor, N-phenylbenzhydroxamic acid (BHA) against horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was studied in order to understand and predict the interaction mechanism of hydrogen donors with the enzyme. The dissociation constants of the complexes of HRP-BHA, HRP-donor and HRP-BHA-azide were estimated at specified conditions by difference spectroscopy. The binding s...

background: tubulin protein being the fundamental unit of microtubules is actively involved in cell division thus making them a potential anti-cancer drug target. in spite of many reported drugs against tubulin, few of them have started developing resistance in human β-tubulin due to amino acid substitutions. methods: in this study we generated three mutants (f270v, a364t and q292e) using model...

the antidiuretic effect of arginine vasopressin (avp) is mediated by the vasopressin v2 receptor. the docking study of avp as a ligand to v2 receptor helps in identifying important amino acid residues that might be involved in avp binding for predicting the lowest free energy state of the protein complex. whereas previous researchers were not able to detect the exact site of the ligand-receptor...

Apotransferrin (apo Tf)  in 0.1 M N-(2hydroxyethyl)piperazine-N2-ethanesulfanic acid at 25 ˚C  and pH 7.4 has been titrated with acidic solution of Tb3+. The binding of Tb3+ at  the two specific metal-binding sites of transferrin was followed from the changes in the difference UV spectra at 245 nm. The molar absorptivity per binding site for Tb3+...

interference with microtubule polymerization results in cell cycle arrest leading to cell death. colchicine is a well-known microtubule polymerization inhibitor which does so by binding to a specific site on tubulin. a set of 3',4'-bis (substituted phenyl)-4'h-spiro[indene-2,5'-isoxazol]-1(3h)-one derivatives with known antiproliferative activities were evaluated for their t...

the binding behavior of a competitive inhibitor, n-phenylbenzhydroxamic acid (bha) against horseradish peroxidase (hrp) was studied in order to understand and predict the interaction mechanism of hydrogen donors with the enzyme. the dissociation constants of the complexes of hrp-bha, hrp-donor and hrp-bha-azide were estimated at specified conditions by difference spectroscopy. the binding site ...

Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), has gained significant interests in biotechnology, especially in biosensor field and diagnostic test kits. Hence, its solvent-exposed lysine residues 174, 232, and 241 have been frequently modified with the aim of improving its stability and catalytic efficiency. In this computational study, we investigated the effects of Lys-to-Glu substitutions on HRP structure t...

Lactoferrin (Lf) is an iron-binding multi-functional glycoprotein which has numerous physiological functions such as iron transportation, anti-microbial activity and immune response. In this study, different in silico approaches were exploited to investigate Lf protein properties in a number of mammalian species. Results showed that the iron-binding site, DNA and RNA-binding sites, signal pepti...

interaction of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from s. aureofaciens with nad+, nadp+and glucose 6-phosphate were investigated using different fluorescent probes. binding of nad+, nadp+and s-nadph to the native enzyme quenched intrinsic protein fluorescence by 100%, 10% and 21%,respectively, from which kd values of nad+ (6.5 mm), nadp+ (92.0 μm) and s-nadph (122.0 μm)were calculated. binding o...