Single-component multilayered self-assembling nanoparticles presenting rationally designed glycoprotein trimers as Ebola virus vaccines.

Ebola virus (EBOV) glycoprotein (GP) can be recognized by neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) and is the main target for vaccine design. Here, we first investigate the contribution of the stalk and heptad repeat 1-C (HR1) regions to GP metastability. Specific stalk and HR1 modifications in a mucin-deleted form (GPΔmuc) increase trimer yield, whereas alterations of HR1 exert a more complex effect on thermostability.

A glycoprotein from mammary gland secreted during involution promotes apoptosis: Structural and biological studies.

Secretory signalling glycoprotein (SPX-40) from mammary gland is highly expressed during involution. This protein is involved in a programmed cell death during tissue remodelling which occurs at the end of lactation. SPX-40 was isolated and purified from buffalo (SPB-40) from the samples obtained during involution.

Structural and functional insights into peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase.

Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase is an essential enzyme which acts as one of the rescue factors of the stalled ribosomes. It is an esterase that hydrolyzes the ester bond in the peptidyl-tRNA molecules, which are products of ribosome stalling. This enzyme is required for rapid clearing of the peptidyl-tRNAs, the accumulation of which in the cell leads to cell death.

Structural basis for dual inhibitory role of tamarind Kunitz inhibitor (TKI) against factor Xa and trypsin.

Unlabelled: A Kunitz type dual inhibitor (TKI) of factor Xa (FXa) and trypsin was found in tamarind. It also shows prolongation of blood coagulation time. The deduced 185 amino acid sequence of TKI by cDNA cloning and sequence analysis revealed that it belongs to the Kunitz type soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) family; however, it has a distorted Kunitz signature sequence due to insertion of Asn15 in the motif.

Purification and biophysical characterization of an 11S globulin from Wrightia tinctoria exhibiting hemagglutinating activity.

Wrightia tinctoria globulin (WTG), one of the major seed storage proteins, was isolated for the first time from seeds of the medicinal plant. WTG was extracted and purified to homogeneity in two steps using anion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatographies. On an SDS-PAGE gel under non-reducing conditions, a major band of ~56 kDa was observed; under reducing conditions, however, two major polypeptides, one with molecular weight ~32-34 kDa and the other with molecular weight ~22-26 kDa were observed.

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the complex of Kunitz-type tamarind trypsin inhibitor and porcine pancreatic trypsin.

The complex of Tamarindus indica Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitor and porcine trypsin has been crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method using ammonium acetate as precipitant and sodium acetate as buffer. The homogeneity of complex formation was checked by size-exclusion chromatography and further confirmed by reducing SDS-PAGE. The crystals diffracted to 2.

Isolation, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of chitinase from tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seeds.

A protein with chitinase activity has been isolated and purified from tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seeds. N-terminal amino-acid sequence analysis of this protein confirmed it to be an approximately 34 kDa endochitinase which belongs to the acidic class III chitinase family. The protein was crystallized by the vapour-diffusion method using PEG 4000.