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SUPRAMOLECULAR PROTEIN ASSEMBLIES WITH ADVANCED FUNCTIONS AND SYNTHESIS THEREOF
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Paragraph 0367-0368, (2019/05/18)
The present invention discloses stimuli-sensitive protein conjugate which can make supramolecular protein assemblies and methods for using the same. The present invention provides simple and rational process for construction of said stimuli-sensitive spherical protein assemblies through supramolecular chemical strategy.
Stable and Rapid Thiol Bioconjugation by Light-Triggered Thiomaleimide Ring Hydrolysis
Kalia, Dimpy,Pawar, Sharad P.,Thopate, Jyoti S.
supporting information, p. 1885 - 1889 (2017/02/05)
Maleimide-mediated thiol-specific derivatization of biomolecules is one of the most efficacious bioconjugation approaches currently available. Alarmingly, however, recent work demonstrates that the resulting thiomaleimide conjugates are susceptible to breakdown via thiol exchange reactions. Herein, we report a new class of maleimides, namely o-CH2NHiPr phenyl maleimides, that undergo unprecedentedly rapid ring hydrolysis after thiol conjugation to form stable thiol exchange-resistant conjugates. Furthermore, we overcome the problem of low shelf lives of maleimide reagents owing to their propensity to undergo ring hydrolysis prior to bioconjugation by developing a photocaged version of this scaffold that resists ring hydrolysis. UV irradiation of thiol bioconjugates formed with this photocaged maleimide unleashes rapid thiomaleimide ring hydrolysis to yield the desired stable conjugates within 1 h under gentle, ice-cold conditions.
Crystal structure of the Homo sapiens kynureninase-3-hydroxyhippuric acid inhibitor complex: Insights into the molecular basis of kynureninase substrate specificity
Lima, Santiago,Kumar, Sunil,Gawandi, Vijay,Momany, Cory,Phillips, Robert S.
experimental part, p. 389 - 396 (2009/10/01)
Homo sapiens kynureninase is a pyridoxal-5'-phosphate dependent enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of 3-hydroxykynurenine to yield 3-hydroxyanthranilate and L-alanine as part of the tryptophan catabolic pathway leading to the de novo biosynthesis of NAD+. This pathway results in quinolinate, an excitotoxin that is an NMDA receptor agonist. High levels of quinolinate have been correlated with the etiology of neurodegenerative disorders such as AIDS-related dementia and Alzheimer's disease. We have synthesized a novel kynureninase inhibitor, 3-hydroxyhippurate, cocrystallized it with human kynureninase, and solved the atomic structure. On the basis of an analysis of the complex, we designed a series of His- 102, Ser-332, and Asn-333 mutants. The H102W/N333T and H102W/S332G/N333T mutants showed complete reversal of substrate specificity between 3-hydroxykynurenine and L-kynurenine, thus defining the primary residues contributing to substrate specificity in kynureninases.
