'Neuraminidase, a key enzyme responsible for influenza virus propagation, has been used as a template for selective synthesis of small subsets of its own inhibitors from theoretically highly diverse dynamic combinatorial libraries. We show that the library building blocks, aldehydes and amines, form significant amounts of the library components resulting ... More
Enhanced production of green fluorescent fusion proteins in a baculovirus expression system by addition of secretion signal.
Authors:Katagiri Y, Ingham KC.
Journal:Biotechniques
PubMed ID:12139250
All Six Modules of the Gelatin-binding Domain of Fibronectin Are Required for Full Affinity.
Authors:Katagiri Y, Brew SA, Ingham KC,
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12538576
The gelatin-binding sites of fibronectin are confined to a 42-kDa region having four type I and two type II modules in the following order: I(6)-II(1)-II(2)-I(7)-I(8)-I(9). To determine the relative importance of each module for recognition of gelatin, recombinant green fluorescent fusion proteins were prepared in which individual modules or groups ... More
Cleavage of von Willebrand Factor Requires the Spacer Domain of the Metalloprotease ADAMTS13.
Authors:Zheng X, Nishio K, Majerus EM, Sadler JE,
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12791682
ADAMTS13 consists of a reprolysin-type metalloprotease domain followed by a disintegrin domain, a thrombospondin type 1 motif (TSP1), Cys-rich and spacer domains, seven more TSP1 motifs, and two CUB domains. ADAMTS13 limits platelet accumulation in microvascular thrombi by cleaving the Tyr1605-Met1606 bond in von Willebrand factor, and ADAMTS13 deficiency causes ... More
DNA cloning using in vitro site-specific recombination.
Authors: Hartley J L; Temple G F; Brasch M A;
Journal:Genome Res
PubMed ID:11076863
As a result of numerous genome sequencing projects, large numbers of candidate open reading frames are being identified, many of which have no known function. Analysis of these genes typically involves the transfer of DNA segments into a variety of vector backgrounds for protein expression and functional analysis. We describe ... More