Mahmoud Zarei was born in Hamedan, Iran in 1986. He received his B.Sc. in pure chemistry (2010) from Islamic Azad University Arak and M.Sc. in organic chemistry (2013) at Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran. Also, he received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry (2017) under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working towards his postdoctoral under the supervision of Prof. Mohamm...

Meysam Yarie was born in 1987 in Malayer, Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry (2010) from Malek-Ashtar University of Technology and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2012) from Kurdistan University under the supervision of Dr. Kamal Amani. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. His research interest is catalysis, inclu...

Meysam Yarie was born in 1987 in Malayer/ Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry (2010) from Malek-Ashtar University of Technology and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2012) from Kurdistan University under the supervision of Dr. Kamal Amani. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. His research interest is the synthesis, c...

Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV), a member of the potexvirus group, infects primarily members of the Bambusoideae. The open reading frame 1 (ORF1) of BaMV encodes a 155-kDa polypeptide that was postulated to be involved in the replication and the formation of cap structure at the 5' end of the viral genome. To characterize the activities associated with the 155-kDa viral protein, it was expressed in ...

In vitro selection targeting an anti-polyhistidine monoclonal antibody was performed using mRNA display with a random, unconstrained 27-mer peptide library. After six rounds of selection, epitope-like peptides were identified that contain two to five consecutive, internal histidines and are biased for arginine residues, without any other identifiable consensus. The epitope was further refined b...

A hexahistidine-tagged C-terminal nucleotide-binding domain (H6-NBD2) from mouse P-glycoprotein was designed, overexpressed, and purified as a highly soluble recombinant protein. Intrinsic fluorescence of its single tryptophan residue allowed monitoring of high-affinity binding of 2'(3')-N-methylanthraniloyl-ATP (MANT-ATP), a fluorescent ATP derivative that induces a marked quenching correlated...

Recombinant subunit vaccines consisting of the F1 and V antigens of Yersinia pestis have shown remarkable promise for protection of animals and humans against bubonic and pneumonic plague. Previously we demonstrated that intranasal administration of a recombinant protein consisting of the ricin B chain (RTB) fused with an antigen purified from transgenic Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) hairy root c...

Streptococcus sobrinus, one agent of dental caries, secretes a protein that induces lymphocyte polyclonal activation of the host as a mechanism of immune evasion. We have isolated from culture supernatants of this bacterium a protein with murine B-cell-stimulatory properties and subsequently cloned the relevant gene. It contains an open reading frame of 825 bp encoding a polypeptide with 275 am...

Applying enzymatic biocatalysts based on hexahistidine-containing organophosphorus hydrolase (His₆-OPH) is suggested for the decomposition of chlorpyrifos, which is actively used in agriculture in many countries. The application conditions were optimized and the following techniques was suggested to ensure the highest efficiency of the enzyme: first, the soil is alkalinized with hydrated calcit...