Four-helix bundle proteins have been designed that catalyze the hydrolysis and transesterification reactions of p-nitrophenyl esters by a cooperative nucleophilic and general acid mechanism. The catalysts consist of two 42-residue peptides that fold into helix-loop-helix motifs and dimerise. They have
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124(30), 8766-8767 (2002-07-26)
This communication is concerned with deviations from linearity in Brønsted-type nucleophilicity plots as indicators of changes in transition-state structures, in particular as related to solvational effects. Increasing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) content of DMSO-water mixtures removes the leveling off observed in
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 30(5), 541-547 (2002-04-16)
Carboxylesterases hydrolyze numerous endogenous and foreign compounds with diverse structures. Humans and rodents express multiple forms of carboxylesterases, which share a high degree of sequence identity (approximately 70%). Alignment analyses locate in carboxylesterases several functional subsites such the catalytic triad
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 54, 423-428 (2012-06-13)
A series of bisphenol, bromophenol, and methoxyphenol derivatives (2-24) including the natural bromophenols vidalol B, 3,4,6-tribromo-5-(2,5-dibromo-3,4-dihydroxybenzyl)benzene-1,2-diol (2) and 5,5'-methylenebis(3,4,6-tribromo-benzene-1,2-diol) (3) were prepared. In the current study, inhibition of four human carbonic anhydrase (hCA, EC 4.2.1.1) isozymes, I, II, IV, and
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, 14(6), 572-576 (2010-12-02)
Plasma paraoxonase (PON) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes organic phosphate and aromatic carboxylic acid esters. Reduced activity is associated with early events of atherogenesis. The relevance of PON phenotypes is not well characterized in hemodialysis patients. In a cross-sectional study
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