Combined experimental and structural-bioinformatics approach is presented for proteome-scale protein-metabolite/drug interactions. Experimental methods combine pulse-proteolysis and mass spec. Bioinformatics part uses Patch-Surfer software.
1) The document summarizes coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of the membrane protein EmrE.
2) It describes how the individual helices and hairpin domains of EmrE were able to spontaneously insert and fold within a lipid bilayer in an anti-parallel orientation.
3) The simulations showed that an anti-parallel dimer formed more stably than a parallel dimer, agreeing with experimental findings about EmrE's structure and function.
Capitalizing multiferroic properties of BiFeO3 for spintronicsIOSR Journals
This document summarizes research on the multiferroic material bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3). Key points:
- BiFeO3 was successfully synthesized using an auto-combustion technique and characterized using various methods.
- X-ray diffraction confirmed the material has a rhombohedral perovskite crystal structure. Magnetic measurements showed antiferromagnetic behavior.
- Dielectric measurements found an anomaly near the Neel temperature, indicating magnetoelectric coupling between the electric and magnetic orders.
- The material showed potential for applications in spintronics due to exhibiting both ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism at room temperature.
This document discusses a theoretical model for the phase behavior and transitions of long filament networks that are cross-linked. The model presents a phase diagram with two transitions: 1) a phase separation between a dense and sparse network driven by entropy, and 2) a gelation transition where an infinite network spans the system based on concentration alone. It also predicts the formation of bundles of parallel, nematically aligned and cross-linked chains at low temperatures. The model assumes a grand canonical ensemble of junctions and ends that are in equilibrium with a reservoir. It develops equations for the free energy and grand canonical potential as functions of junction and end densities and analyzes the behaviors of strong vs. weak cross-linking.
This document discusses using proximity-dependent biotin identification techniques like BirA* and APEX2 fusions to α-synuclein in order to define its normal protein interactome and function. The experiments aim to reconstitute the APEX2-synuclein fusion with isolated membrane and cytosol to biotinylate and identify endocytic proteins that directly interact with α-synuclein. Previous studies in α-synuclein knockout mice and with vGlut-pHluorin imaging implicated α-synuclein in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and synaptic vesicle recycling.
This document discusses protein-protein interaction data and resources. It introduces common interaction detection methods like yeast two-hybrid and affinity purification. Several curated interaction databases are described, including BioGRID, DIP, IntAct, and MINT. The document also discusses the STRING database, which integrates interaction data with genomic context predictions. It notes challenges like errors, biased assays, different formats between databases, and difficulty in comparing data across species. Quality scores and calibration to gold standards are presented as ways to assess confidence in interactions. The related STITCH database is also introduced, which integrates protein-protein and chemical-protein interactions.
This document summarizes a study on developing a novel protein interaction platform to study neurodegeneration. The study cultured neuronal stem cells to form neurospheres, which were used as a model system. Lentiviral transfection was optimized to introduce target genes stably into the neurospheres. The goal was to analyze protein interactions of Alzheimer's disease proteins by co-immunoprecipitation of neurosphere cultures expressing tagged target proteins. This model aims to further the understanding of molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
Yeast two hybrid system for Protein Protein Interaction Studiesajithnandanam
Yeast Two Hybrid system uses a reporter gene to detect the interaction of pair of proteins inside the yeast cell nucleus. In the yeast Two Hybrid System, The interaction of target protein to the protein will bring together transcriptional activator, which then switches on the expression of reporter gene.
The document discusses various strategies for targeting protein-protein interactions (PPIs) for drug development, including small molecule inhibitors, peptides, and allosteric modulation. PPIs are important for many cellular pathways but have been challenging to target with drugs. Examples are given of peptides being developed into peptidomimetics to inhibit PPIs like integrins. Fragment-based approaches and structure-based design have also produced PPI inhibitors for targets like interleukin-2 receptor. Covalent modifiers and stabilizing allosteric sites are additional strategies discussed.
1) The document summarizes coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of the membrane protein EmrE.
2) It describes how the individual helices and hairpin domains of EmrE were able to spontaneously insert and fold within a lipid bilayer in an anti-parallel orientation.
3) The simulations showed that an anti-parallel dimer formed more stably than a parallel dimer, agreeing with experimental findings about EmrE's structure and function.
Capitalizing multiferroic properties of BiFeO3 for spintronicsIOSR Journals
This document summarizes research on the multiferroic material bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3). Key points:
- BiFeO3 was successfully synthesized using an auto-combustion technique and characterized using various methods.
- X-ray diffraction confirmed the material has a rhombohedral perovskite crystal structure. Magnetic measurements showed antiferromagnetic behavior.
- Dielectric measurements found an anomaly near the Neel temperature, indicating magnetoelectric coupling between the electric and magnetic orders.
- The material showed potential for applications in spintronics due to exhibiting both ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism at room temperature.
This document discusses a theoretical model for the phase behavior and transitions of long filament networks that are cross-linked. The model presents a phase diagram with two transitions: 1) a phase separation between a dense and sparse network driven by entropy, and 2) a gelation transition where an infinite network spans the system based on concentration alone. It also predicts the formation of bundles of parallel, nematically aligned and cross-linked chains at low temperatures. The model assumes a grand canonical ensemble of junctions and ends that are in equilibrium with a reservoir. It develops equations for the free energy and grand canonical potential as functions of junction and end densities and analyzes the behaviors of strong vs. weak cross-linking.
This document discusses using proximity-dependent biotin identification techniques like BirA* and APEX2 fusions to α-synuclein in order to define its normal protein interactome and function. The experiments aim to reconstitute the APEX2-synuclein fusion with isolated membrane and cytosol to biotinylate and identify endocytic proteins that directly interact with α-synuclein. Previous studies in α-synuclein knockout mice and with vGlut-pHluorin imaging implicated α-synuclein in clathrin-mediated endocytosis and synaptic vesicle recycling.
This document discusses protein-protein interaction data and resources. It introduces common interaction detection methods like yeast two-hybrid and affinity purification. Several curated interaction databases are described, including BioGRID, DIP, IntAct, and MINT. The document also discusses the STRING database, which integrates interaction data with genomic context predictions. It notes challenges like errors, biased assays, different formats between databases, and difficulty in comparing data across species. Quality scores and calibration to gold standards are presented as ways to assess confidence in interactions. The related STITCH database is also introduced, which integrates protein-protein and chemical-protein interactions.
This document summarizes a study on developing a novel protein interaction platform to study neurodegeneration. The study cultured neuronal stem cells to form neurospheres, which were used as a model system. Lentiviral transfection was optimized to introduce target genes stably into the neurospheres. The goal was to analyze protein interactions of Alzheimer's disease proteins by co-immunoprecipitation of neurosphere cultures expressing tagged target proteins. This model aims to further the understanding of molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
Yeast two hybrid system for Protein Protein Interaction Studiesajithnandanam
Yeast Two Hybrid system uses a reporter gene to detect the interaction of pair of proteins inside the yeast cell nucleus. In the yeast Two Hybrid System, The interaction of target protein to the protein will bring together transcriptional activator, which then switches on the expression of reporter gene.
The document discusses various strategies for targeting protein-protein interactions (PPIs) for drug development, including small molecule inhibitors, peptides, and allosteric modulation. PPIs are important for many cellular pathways but have been challenging to target with drugs. Examples are given of peptides being developed into peptidomimetics to inhibit PPIs like integrins. Fragment-based approaches and structure-based design have also produced PPI inhibitors for targets like interleukin-2 receptor. Covalent modifiers and stabilizing allosteric sites are additional strategies discussed.
Proteins often interact with other proteins to carry out their functions. There are two types of protein interactions: stable and transient. Protein interactions can alter enzyme kinetics, allow substrate channeling, create new binding sites, inactivate proteins, or change protein specificity. Studying protein interactions experimentally is difficult, time-consuming, inaccurate, costly and lacks necessary equipment. Databases like STRING and PINA integrate known and predicted protein interaction data from multiple sources to better understand protein interaction networks.
Yeast two hybrid system / protein-protein interactionMaryam Shakeel
The document discusses the yeast two-hybrid system, which is a technique used to detect protein-protein interactions in vivo. It involves fusing a bait protein to a DNA-binding domain and a prey protein to an activating domain; if the bait and prey proteins interact, they bring the domains together and activate transcription of a reporter gene. This allows researchers to efficiently study protein interactions, characterize the domains involved, and identify conditions required for interaction. However, the yeast two-hybrid system is limited to proteins that can localize and function properly in the yeast cell.
The document discusses protein-protein interactions (PPIs), including an introduction to PPIs, the types of interactions, techniques used to study them like X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy, and factors that affect PPIs. It also covers methods to investigate PPIs such as affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry and yeast two-hybrid screening. Applications of understanding PPIs include developing therapeutic drugs and identifying functions of unknown proteins.
S.Prasanth Kumar provides information on analyzing protein-protein interactions, specifically focusing on homodimers and heterodimers. Key analysis methods discussed include calculating the change in solvent accessible surface area between monomeric and multimeric states, assessing planarity and complementarity of interacting surfaces, and determining residue propensities at interfaces. The summary emphasizes that most homodimers only exist in multimeric states and hydrophobic and polar interactions between subunits are important for protein association.
This document reviews protein-protein interactions (PPIs). It discusses how PPIs occur and their importance in biological processes. Several methods are described for identifying PPIs, including yeast two-hybrid systems, co-immunoprecipitation, and computational databases. PPIs help mediate cellular functions and understanding them can provide insight into diseases and new therapeutic approaches.
Protein-protein interactions occur when two or more proteins bind together to carry out biological functions. Researchers map these interactions to build interactome networks that provide insight into cellular processes. Two main methods to detect interacting proteins are yeast two-hybrid systems and co-immunoprecipitation. Interactome networks along with other data are stored in databases to analyze how genes and proteins work together in pathways and disease states. Mapping the full interactome is challenging but will further biological understanding beyond what is known from genomic data alone.
This document discusses protein-DNA interactions and various methods used to study them. It begins by introducing how proteins interact with DNA and RNA to influence their structure and function, playing crucial roles in processes like replication, transcription, and recombination. It then discusses DNA-binding proteins (DBPs) that constitute around 10% of protein-coding genes and regulate gene expression by binding to DNA. The document outlines different types of protein-DNA interactions and various detection methods used to study these interactions like chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and DNA footprinting. It concludes that identifying DNA-binding proteins and their interaction mechanisms provides insights into gene expression and functions.
This document provides an overview of protein structure analysis tools and techniques:
1) It describes exploring the Protein Data Bank (PDB) to view and analyze X-ray crystallography and NMR protein structures, comparing similar structures, and using tools like FoldX for in silico mutagenesis and homology modeling.
2) Key concepts covered include PDB file formats, atomic coordinates, B-factors, resolution, RMSD, and the principles of X-ray crystallography, NMR structure determination, and homology modeling.
3) Visualization software like YASARA, SwissPDBViewer and PyMOL are introduced for viewing protein structures from the PDB.
Structure Modeling of Disordered Protein InteractionsPurdue University
This document describes a new method called IDR-LZerD for modeling the interactions between intrinsically disordered proteins and structured proteins. IDR-LZerD first predicts multiple conformations for short windows of the disordered sequence, docks these fragments to the structured protein, combines the docked fragments, and refines the models. It was shown to successfully model interactions for disordered proteins up to 69 residues in length on a training and test set, outperforming existing methods. Examples of predicted models are provided along with their accuracy compared to experimental structures. The method represents the first successful approach for docking intrinsically disordered proteins and could provide insights into their interactions.
36 Measurement of Σ beam asymmetry in π0 photoproduction off the neutron in t...Cristian Randieri PhD
Measurement of Σ beam asymmetry in π0 photoproduction off the neutron in the second and third resonances region - The European Physical Journal A, Hadrons and Nuclei, November 2009, Vol. 42, N. 2, pp. 151-157, ISSN: 1434-6001, doi: 10.1140/epja/i2009-10870-x
di R. Di Salvo, A. Fantini, G. Mandaglio, F. Mammoliti, O. Bartalini, V. Bellini, J. P. Bocquet, L. Casano, A. D’angelo, J. P. Didelez, D. Franco, G. Gervino, F. Ghio, G. Giardina, B. Girolami, A. Giusa, M. Guidal, E. Hourany, R. Kunne, A. Lapik, P. Levi Sandri, A. Lleres, M. Manganaro, D. Moricciani, A. N. Mushkarenkov, V. Nedorezov, C. Randieri, D. Rebreyend, N. Rudnev, G. Russo, C. Schaerf, M. L. Sperduto, M. C. Sutera, A. Turinge, V. Vegna, A. Fix, S. S. Kamalov, L. Tiator (2009)
Abstract
The Σ beam asymmetry in the photoproduction of neutral pions from quasi-free nucleons in a deuteron target was measured for the first time between 0.60 and 1.50GeV, with the GRAAL polarized and tagged photon beam. The asymmetry values from the quasi-free proton were found equal to the ones extracted from a pure proton target. The asymmetries from quasi-free proton and quasi-free neutron were found equal up to 0.82GeV and substantially different at higher energies. The results are compared with recent partial-wave analyses.
- The document characterizes the properties of ortho-Positronium (o-Ps) in various liquid scintillators using a coincidence system to measure the time between a prompt gamma ray and delayed annihilation gammas.
- It finds that common scintillators like PC, PXE, LAB, and OIL have o-Ps formation probabilities around 50% and lifetimes of about 3 ns.
- The effects of doping scintillators with Gd and Nd are also studied and additional measurements of Li-loaded and Tl-loaded scintillators are planned.
Aspects of pharmaceutical molecular design (Fidelta version)Peter Kenny
This document discusses various aspects of pharmaceutical molecular design. It touches on three key points:
1) Pharmaceutical molecular design aims to control compound behavior through manipulation of molecular properties in a hypothesis-driven or prediction-driven manner.
2) Hypothesis-driven design frameworks help efficiently assemble structure-activity relationships to better understand molecules and ask insightful questions.
3) Prediction-driven design assumes predictive models can be built with sufficient accuracy, though issues like non-uniform sampling of chemical space and overfitting remain challenges.
Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the conformational diversity of Ras proteins based on X-ray crystal structures. PCA separated the structures into two main clusters corresponding to the GTP-bound and GDP-bound conformations, capturing over 57.4% of the variance in the first two principal components. PCA loading plots identified displacements of switch regions as dominant features describing the conformational differences.
PCA was also used to analyze interactions between ligands and protein structures of CYP3A4 based on molecular interaction fields calculated using grid probes. Consensus PCA separated the structures based on differences in interactions with hydrophobic probes. PCA score plots distinguished the homology model from crystal structures based on interactions with Phe304, Thr309 and
This document is a dissertation submitted by Stefano Mostarda to the University of Freiburg examining network studies of complex systems, from biomolecules to quantum transport. The dissertation contains two main parts, with the first part focusing on characterizing the binding properties of PDZ protein domains through molecular dynamics simulations and network analysis. The second part examines quantum transport through simplified models of disordered systems using a complex network approach to relate the structural properties of a system to its transport efficiency.
43 Beam asymmetry Σ measurements on the π- Photoproduction off neutrons - Phy...Cristian Randieri PhD
The document summarizes measurements of the beam asymmetry Σ in the photoproduction of negative pions off neutrons using the Graal collaboration's polarized photon beam and detector setup. Key points:
- Beam asymmetry measurements were made for the reaction γn → π−p from 700-1500 MeV photon energy and over a wide angular range.
- Event identification and background reduction was achieved through constraints on additional neutral particles, coplanarity of pion and proton, Fermi momentum reconstruction, and a multivariate cut.
- Results are compared to recent partial wave analyses to help constrain isospin transition amplitudes in pion photoproduction on nucleons.
The document discusses preprocessing techniques for pupillometry data, including outlier detection, denoising, and analysis using machine learning. It reviews literature on pupillometry research and key measures obtained from pupillometry. Methods discussed for preprocessing pupillometry signals include removing outliers due to blinks, denoising using techniques like PCA decomposition and wavelet analysis, and exploring denoising autoencoders to learn the statistical structure of pupillometry signals and reconstruct clean signals.
Enhancing the Performance of P3HT/Cdse Solar Cells by Optimal Designing of Ac...IOSRJEEE
The present study examined the influence of different condition like as doping , in active layer, on the performance of P3HT/CdSe Solar cells .In this work, we analyzed the best doping for the configuration of P3HT/ CdSe in order to improve the performance of the solar cell. For this aim, we investigated the current density of electrons, the electric field, the short-circuit current and the open-circuit voltage in different doping . The results indicate that when the doping is increased in P3Ht and is decreased in CdSe, the current density of electrons, the electric field, the short-circuit current, and the open-circuit voltage are increased. Finally, we obtained doping of and for electron and hole donor respectively as the best doping for this configuration
This document analyzes the structural properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) based on spectroscopic, scattering, and visual data from various sources. The analysis finds that P3HT exhibits a crystalline structure when in solution or thin films. Unit cell dimensions of 17 Angstroms and 7.58 Angstroms were measured, with the majority of polymer chains stacked edge-on with some face-on stacking. Absorption spectra indicate an electronic band gap of 2.06 eV, corresponding to an average conjugation length of around 10 thiophene monomers.
This document discusses the use of soft x-ray nanoanalytical tools for studying thin film organic electronics. Specifically, it summarizes research using scanning transmission x-ray microspectroscopy (STXM) and resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSoXS) to characterize the nanoscale morphology, chemical composition, and charge transport properties of organic thin films and devices. STXM provides chemical imaging down to 12 nm resolution while RSoXS can resolve structures below the STXM resolution limit. Together these techniques provide insights into structure-property relationships in organic photovoltaics, field-effect transistors, and other organic electronic materials and devices.
A hybrid method for designing fiber bragg gratings with right angled triangul...Andhika Pratama
This document proposes a hybrid method for designing fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with right-angled triangular spectra using the discrete layer peeling (DLP) approach and quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm. The DLP approach is used to generate an initial guess of the complex coupling coefficients. Then the QPSO technique optimizes the initial coefficients by minimizing the mean squared error between the target and computed reflectivity spectra. Simulation results show the method can design single and multi-channel right-angled triangular spectrum FBGs with linear edges and spectra consistent with the target.
Proteins often interact with other proteins to carry out their functions. There are two types of protein interactions: stable and transient. Protein interactions can alter enzyme kinetics, allow substrate channeling, create new binding sites, inactivate proteins, or change protein specificity. Studying protein interactions experimentally is difficult, time-consuming, inaccurate, costly and lacks necessary equipment. Databases like STRING and PINA integrate known and predicted protein interaction data from multiple sources to better understand protein interaction networks.
Yeast two hybrid system / protein-protein interactionMaryam Shakeel
The document discusses the yeast two-hybrid system, which is a technique used to detect protein-protein interactions in vivo. It involves fusing a bait protein to a DNA-binding domain and a prey protein to an activating domain; if the bait and prey proteins interact, they bring the domains together and activate transcription of a reporter gene. This allows researchers to efficiently study protein interactions, characterize the domains involved, and identify conditions required for interaction. However, the yeast two-hybrid system is limited to proteins that can localize and function properly in the yeast cell.
The document discusses protein-protein interactions (PPIs), including an introduction to PPIs, the types of interactions, techniques used to study them like X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy, and factors that affect PPIs. It also covers methods to investigate PPIs such as affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry and yeast two-hybrid screening. Applications of understanding PPIs include developing therapeutic drugs and identifying functions of unknown proteins.
S.Prasanth Kumar provides information on analyzing protein-protein interactions, specifically focusing on homodimers and heterodimers. Key analysis methods discussed include calculating the change in solvent accessible surface area between monomeric and multimeric states, assessing planarity and complementarity of interacting surfaces, and determining residue propensities at interfaces. The summary emphasizes that most homodimers only exist in multimeric states and hydrophobic and polar interactions between subunits are important for protein association.
This document reviews protein-protein interactions (PPIs). It discusses how PPIs occur and their importance in biological processes. Several methods are described for identifying PPIs, including yeast two-hybrid systems, co-immunoprecipitation, and computational databases. PPIs help mediate cellular functions and understanding them can provide insight into diseases and new therapeutic approaches.
Protein-protein interactions occur when two or more proteins bind together to carry out biological functions. Researchers map these interactions to build interactome networks that provide insight into cellular processes. Two main methods to detect interacting proteins are yeast two-hybrid systems and co-immunoprecipitation. Interactome networks along with other data are stored in databases to analyze how genes and proteins work together in pathways and disease states. Mapping the full interactome is challenging but will further biological understanding beyond what is known from genomic data alone.
This document discusses protein-DNA interactions and various methods used to study them. It begins by introducing how proteins interact with DNA and RNA to influence their structure and function, playing crucial roles in processes like replication, transcription, and recombination. It then discusses DNA-binding proteins (DBPs) that constitute around 10% of protein-coding genes and regulate gene expression by binding to DNA. The document outlines different types of protein-DNA interactions and various detection methods used to study these interactions like chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and DNA footprinting. It concludes that identifying DNA-binding proteins and their interaction mechanisms provides insights into gene expression and functions.
This document provides an overview of protein structure analysis tools and techniques:
1) It describes exploring the Protein Data Bank (PDB) to view and analyze X-ray crystallography and NMR protein structures, comparing similar structures, and using tools like FoldX for in silico mutagenesis and homology modeling.
2) Key concepts covered include PDB file formats, atomic coordinates, B-factors, resolution, RMSD, and the principles of X-ray crystallography, NMR structure determination, and homology modeling.
3) Visualization software like YASARA, SwissPDBViewer and PyMOL are introduced for viewing protein structures from the PDB.
Structure Modeling of Disordered Protein InteractionsPurdue University
This document describes a new method called IDR-LZerD for modeling the interactions between intrinsically disordered proteins and structured proteins. IDR-LZerD first predicts multiple conformations for short windows of the disordered sequence, docks these fragments to the structured protein, combines the docked fragments, and refines the models. It was shown to successfully model interactions for disordered proteins up to 69 residues in length on a training and test set, outperforming existing methods. Examples of predicted models are provided along with their accuracy compared to experimental structures. The method represents the first successful approach for docking intrinsically disordered proteins and could provide insights into their interactions.
36 Measurement of Σ beam asymmetry in π0 photoproduction off the neutron in t...Cristian Randieri PhD
Measurement of Σ beam asymmetry in π0 photoproduction off the neutron in the second and third resonances region - The European Physical Journal A, Hadrons and Nuclei, November 2009, Vol. 42, N. 2, pp. 151-157, ISSN: 1434-6001, doi: 10.1140/epja/i2009-10870-x
di R. Di Salvo, A. Fantini, G. Mandaglio, F. Mammoliti, O. Bartalini, V. Bellini, J. P. Bocquet, L. Casano, A. D’angelo, J. P. Didelez, D. Franco, G. Gervino, F. Ghio, G. Giardina, B. Girolami, A. Giusa, M. Guidal, E. Hourany, R. Kunne, A. Lapik, P. Levi Sandri, A. Lleres, M. Manganaro, D. Moricciani, A. N. Mushkarenkov, V. Nedorezov, C. Randieri, D. Rebreyend, N. Rudnev, G. Russo, C. Schaerf, M. L. Sperduto, M. C. Sutera, A. Turinge, V. Vegna, A. Fix, S. S. Kamalov, L. Tiator (2009)
Abstract
The Σ beam asymmetry in the photoproduction of neutral pions from quasi-free nucleons in a deuteron target was measured for the first time between 0.60 and 1.50GeV, with the GRAAL polarized and tagged photon beam. The asymmetry values from the quasi-free proton were found equal to the ones extracted from a pure proton target. The asymmetries from quasi-free proton and quasi-free neutron were found equal up to 0.82GeV and substantially different at higher energies. The results are compared with recent partial-wave analyses.
- The document characterizes the properties of ortho-Positronium (o-Ps) in various liquid scintillators using a coincidence system to measure the time between a prompt gamma ray and delayed annihilation gammas.
- It finds that common scintillators like PC, PXE, LAB, and OIL have o-Ps formation probabilities around 50% and lifetimes of about 3 ns.
- The effects of doping scintillators with Gd and Nd are also studied and additional measurements of Li-loaded and Tl-loaded scintillators are planned.
Aspects of pharmaceutical molecular design (Fidelta version)Peter Kenny
This document discusses various aspects of pharmaceutical molecular design. It touches on three key points:
1) Pharmaceutical molecular design aims to control compound behavior through manipulation of molecular properties in a hypothesis-driven or prediction-driven manner.
2) Hypothesis-driven design frameworks help efficiently assemble structure-activity relationships to better understand molecules and ask insightful questions.
3) Prediction-driven design assumes predictive models can be built with sufficient accuracy, though issues like non-uniform sampling of chemical space and overfitting remain challenges.
Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the conformational diversity of Ras proteins based on X-ray crystal structures. PCA separated the structures into two main clusters corresponding to the GTP-bound and GDP-bound conformations, capturing over 57.4% of the variance in the first two principal components. PCA loading plots identified displacements of switch regions as dominant features describing the conformational differences.
PCA was also used to analyze interactions between ligands and protein structures of CYP3A4 based on molecular interaction fields calculated using grid probes. Consensus PCA separated the structures based on differences in interactions with hydrophobic probes. PCA score plots distinguished the homology model from crystal structures based on interactions with Phe304, Thr309 and
This document is a dissertation submitted by Stefano Mostarda to the University of Freiburg examining network studies of complex systems, from biomolecules to quantum transport. The dissertation contains two main parts, with the first part focusing on characterizing the binding properties of PDZ protein domains through molecular dynamics simulations and network analysis. The second part examines quantum transport through simplified models of disordered systems using a complex network approach to relate the structural properties of a system to its transport efficiency.
43 Beam asymmetry Σ measurements on the π- Photoproduction off neutrons - Phy...Cristian Randieri PhD
The document summarizes measurements of the beam asymmetry Σ in the photoproduction of negative pions off neutrons using the Graal collaboration's polarized photon beam and detector setup. Key points:
- Beam asymmetry measurements were made for the reaction γn → π−p from 700-1500 MeV photon energy and over a wide angular range.
- Event identification and background reduction was achieved through constraints on additional neutral particles, coplanarity of pion and proton, Fermi momentum reconstruction, and a multivariate cut.
- Results are compared to recent partial wave analyses to help constrain isospin transition amplitudes in pion photoproduction on nucleons.
The document discusses preprocessing techniques for pupillometry data, including outlier detection, denoising, and analysis using machine learning. It reviews literature on pupillometry research and key measures obtained from pupillometry. Methods discussed for preprocessing pupillometry signals include removing outliers due to blinks, denoising using techniques like PCA decomposition and wavelet analysis, and exploring denoising autoencoders to learn the statistical structure of pupillometry signals and reconstruct clean signals.
Enhancing the Performance of P3HT/Cdse Solar Cells by Optimal Designing of Ac...IOSRJEEE
The present study examined the influence of different condition like as doping , in active layer, on the performance of P3HT/CdSe Solar cells .In this work, we analyzed the best doping for the configuration of P3HT/ CdSe in order to improve the performance of the solar cell. For this aim, we investigated the current density of electrons, the electric field, the short-circuit current and the open-circuit voltage in different doping . The results indicate that when the doping is increased in P3Ht and is decreased in CdSe, the current density of electrons, the electric field, the short-circuit current, and the open-circuit voltage are increased. Finally, we obtained doping of and for electron and hole donor respectively as the best doping for this configuration
This document analyzes the structural properties of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) based on spectroscopic, scattering, and visual data from various sources. The analysis finds that P3HT exhibits a crystalline structure when in solution or thin films. Unit cell dimensions of 17 Angstroms and 7.58 Angstroms were measured, with the majority of polymer chains stacked edge-on with some face-on stacking. Absorption spectra indicate an electronic band gap of 2.06 eV, corresponding to an average conjugation length of around 10 thiophene monomers.
This document discusses the use of soft x-ray nanoanalytical tools for studying thin film organic electronics. Specifically, it summarizes research using scanning transmission x-ray microspectroscopy (STXM) and resonant soft x-ray scattering (RSoXS) to characterize the nanoscale morphology, chemical composition, and charge transport properties of organic thin films and devices. STXM provides chemical imaging down to 12 nm resolution while RSoXS can resolve structures below the STXM resolution limit. Together these techniques provide insights into structure-property relationships in organic photovoltaics, field-effect transistors, and other organic electronic materials and devices.
A hybrid method for designing fiber bragg gratings with right angled triangul...Andhika Pratama
This document proposes a hybrid method for designing fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with right-angled triangular spectra using the discrete layer peeling (DLP) approach and quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm. The DLP approach is used to generate an initial guess of the complex coupling coefficients. Then the QPSO technique optimizes the initial coefficients by minimizing the mean squared error between the target and computed reflectivity spectra. Simulation results show the method can design single and multi-channel right-angled triangular spectrum FBGs with linear edges and spectra consistent with the target.
42 Beam Asymmetry Σ of the π- Photoproduction off Neutron - International Jou...Cristian Randieri PhD
Beam Asymmetry Σ of the π- Photoproduction off Neutron - International Journal of Modern Physics E, June 2010, Vol. 19, N. 5-6, pp. 965-976, doi: 10.1142/S0218301310015412
di G. Mandaglio, V. Bellini, J. P. Bocquet, L. Casano, A. D'Angelo, R. Di Salvo, A. Fantini, D. Franco, G. Gervino, F. Ghio, G. Giardina, B. Girolami, A. Giusa, A. S. Ignatov, A. M. Lapik, P. Levi Sandri, A. Lleres, F. Mammoliti, M. Manganaro, D. Moricciani, A. N. Mushkarenkov, V. G. Nedorezov, C. Randieri, D. Rebreyend, N. V. Rudnev, G. Russo, C. Schaerf, M. L. Sperduto, M. C. Sutera, A. Turinge, V. Vegna (2010)
Abstract
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1. Genome-Wide Discovery of Protein-Ligand
Interactions by a Combined Computational &
Energetic-Based Approach
Daisuke Kihara
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Computer Science
Purdue University, IN, USA
1
http://kiharalab.org
2. Comprehensive Detection of Protein-
Ligand Interactions in a Cell
From single molecules to interactions
and networks
Protein-protein interaction networks
can be identified by several
experimental methods, yeast 2
hybrid, tagged-protein + mass spec
Protein-ligand interaction network
(pathways) e.g. KEGG: compilation of
individual interactions in literature
2
5. 3D Zernike invariants
An extension of
spherical harmonics
based descriptors
A 3D object can be
represented by a
series of orthogonal
functions, thus
practically
represented by a
series of coefficients
as a feature vector
Compact
Rotation invariant
5
A surface representation of 1ew0A (A) is reconstructed from its 3D Zernike
invariants of the order 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 (B-F). (Sael & Kihara, 2009)
),()(),,( ϕϑϕϑ m
lnl
m
nl YrRrZ =
),( ϕϑm
lY )(rRnl
),,( ϕϑrZ m
nl
: Spherical harmonics, : radial functions
polynomials in Cartesian coordinates
∫ ≤
=Ω
14
3
.)()(
x
xxx dZf m
nl
m
nl πZernike moments:
Zernike invariants:
2
)( m
nl
lm
lm
nlF Ω= ∑
=
−=
6. Pocket Features to Compare
6
• Shape
• Electrostatic Potential
• Hydrophobicity
• Visibility
3DZD for
Approximate Patch Position:
Histogram of Geodesic Distance
to other Seed Points
7. The Number of Patches for
Several Ligand Binding Pockets
7
8. Non-Redundant Database of
Ligand Binding Pockets
Selected from ligand-bound protein
structures from PDB
2444 different ligand types
6547 pockets
117 ligands have more than 5
pockets
8
9. Predicting Binding Ligand from
Screening Results
9
Query
pocket
Query
pocket
Pocket
database
Pocket
database
Matched
pockets
Ligand of
the pocket
1lj8_A NAD
1ebw_AB BEI
3b4y_A F42_FLC
3oa2_ACD NAD
1bxk_A NAD
3c1o_A NAP
1nuq_A DND
2jhf_A NAD
1nyt_B NAP
…… ……
ligand Pocket
Score
NAP 22.87
NAD 18.75
NDP 16.55
DND 14.81
ATP 12.75
….. …..
Pocket _ score(P,F) = wl(i),F log
n
i
÷
÷.
wl(i),Fi=1
k
∑
wl(i),Fi=1
n
∑i=1
k
∑
10. Binding Ligand Prediction Results
Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 Top 20 Top 25
117 Ligands 0.254 0.438 0.547 0.611 0.659
50 Groups* 0.459 0.628 0.726 0.791 0.835
(without flexible ligands)**
107 Ligands 0.272 0.472 0.587 0.653 0.699
50 Groups 0.487 0.663 0.754 0.810 0.845
10
* Ligands are grouped with SIMCOMP ligand structure similarity. At this level,
ligands with up to a few atom differences are clustered. E. g. glucose and
mannose are grouped but not with sucrose. NAD and NADP are clustered but not
with ATP.
** After removing 10 ligands with largest flexibility (the average number of
rotatable bonds per atom)
11. Ligand Types with High and Low
Accuracies
11
darunavir
NADPH
Iron-sulfur
cluster
Tris-
aminomethane
polyethylene
glycol
N-acetyl-D-
glucosamine
3-Pyridinium-1-
Ylpropane-1-Sulfonate
12. Patch-Surfer Retrieval Results for
Flexible Ligands: FAD and NAD
12
flavin adenine
dinucleotide (FAD) FAD
Nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide(NAD)
1cqx 1jr8 1e8g 1k87 1mi3 1s7g
Patch-based: 3rd
Global pocket: 31st
Patch-based: 1st
Global pocket: 18th
Patch-based: 2nd
Global pocket: 16th
14. Benchmark
25 targets from DUD set (Huang et al., 2006)
Nuclear receptors: 8
Kinase: 7
Serine protease: 2
Other proteins: 8
~40~360 actives for each target. Active: Decoy
ratio is kept to 1:29.
If the library is larger than 3000, 60 actives and
1740 decoy compounds are selected.
15. Program EF1% EF5% EF10% BEDROC
PL-
PatchSurfer
15.47 5.25 3.11 0.310
AutoDock
Vina
7.92 5.05 3.37 0.276
AutoDock4 7.36 3.83 2.74 0.226
DOCK6 11.47 4.02 2.47 0.239
ROCS 11.76 5.54 3.52 0.317
Screening Results on the DUD set
19. Identifying NAD Binding Proteins with
Pulse-Proteolysis in E.coli Proteome
19
• Stabilization from ligand
binding leads to a change
in protein abundance
after pulse proteolysis.
• Digested peptides by
pulse proteolysis is
filtered out by FASP.
• The change in abundance
was measured by tandem
mass tags (TMT) labeling
coupled quantitative mass
spectrometry.
20. Detected NAD Binding Proteins
20
Three urea concentrations,3.5M, 4.0M, and 4.5M were used. Considered as NAD binding if
the stability changed by 1.25 fold or larger with/without NAD in 2 or more replicates.
22. Predicted NAD binding pose of the eight
predicted novel NAD binding proteins
22
NAD is colored in cyan and crystal structure of the cognate ligand
is shown in magenta.
24. Summary
Patch-Surfer2.0 compares a query pocket against a
database of known ligand binding pockets and
predicts binding ligands for the pocket.
PL-PatchSurfer2 compares a pocket directly against
ligand molecules.
Tolerant to small difference of conformations of
molecules
Combined with Pulse-proteolysis to identify novel
NAD binding proteins in the E. coli proteome.
24
25. Acknowledgements
W. Andy Tao (Purdue)
Lingfei Zeng
25
@kiharalab
Woong-Hee
Shin
Chiwook Park (Purdue)
Nathan Gardner
Lyman Monroe
Editor's Notes
eed to explain the data .
move after 22. spell out FAD and NAD.
why how important is FAD and NAD.
Electron transfer
In metabolism, NAD+ is involved in oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions, carrying electrons from one reaction to another.
In biochemistry, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is a redox cofactorinvolved in several important reactions inmetabolism.
Among the improved cases, we take further look at the FAD and NAD groups.
The ligand FAD and NAD have the highest flexibility among the nine ligands studied
and we wanted to know if segmenting the binding site to smaller patches actually improved in retrieving binding sites of flexible ligands.
Figure shows three example of cases where local patch method was better in retrieving the binding pocket with different conformation but same ligand type.
In all three cases the retrieval ranks higher than global pocket metho for the protein in the right for the query protein in the left.
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Figure FLEX Example pocket match of flexible ligands FAD and NAD. A is FAD binding protein pair 1cqx (left) and 1jr8 (right). B is FAD binding protein pair 1e8g (left) and 1k87 (right). C is NAD binding protein pair 1mi3 (left) and 1s7g (right). Three matching pairs of local patches for each of the pairs of proteins are shown. Color codes shows corresponding local match for pairs of proteins.