Project description:In search for peptides with higher or special binding affinity and for further understanding of the mode of action, a full substitutional analysis of peptide PeB using microarrays was performed. Thus, 152 PeB mutant variants were generated. In each of them, the full-length sequence was preserved except for only one amino acid from the eight loop-forming amino acids of the original PeB peptide (ARDFYDYDVFYYAMD) which was substituted with the 19 remaining natural amino acids. To assess binding, influenza material was labeled with a protein reacting fluorophore.
Project description:In search for peptides with higher or special binding affinity and for further understanding of the mode of action, a full substitutional analysis of peptide PeB using microarrays was performed. Thus, 152 PeB mutant variants were generated. In each of them, the full-length sequence was preserved except for only one amino acid from the eight loop-forming amino acids of the original PeB peptide (ARDFYDYDVFYYAMD) which was substituted with the 19 remaining natural amino acids. To assess binding, influenza material was labeled with a protein reacting fluorophore. Microarray-based substitutional analysis of peptide PeB was performed using a PepStar® peptide library spotted on glass slides by JPT Peptide Technologies. The slides were used without additional treatment. For the labeling of proteins with a fluorescent dye, Dyomics DY-634 (λex = 635 nm, λem = 654 nm, Fluoro-spin 634 Kit (emp Biotech) was used, according to the manufacturer´s instructions. The following materials were labeled: NewYork H3N2, Aichi H3N2, Victoria H3N2 and California H1N1. Labeled analytes were incubated several hours or overnight at indicated concentrations using Femtotip buffer (FTP)30 (20 mM Tris, 30% glycerol, 3% polyvinylpyrrolidon 90, 0.1% Tween 20, pH 8.4) for dilution. The slides were washed twice in FTP and twice in ultrapure water and subsequently dried under a stream of nitrogen. Experiments were performed in triplicates using glycans (2,3'-/2,6'-sialyllactose) and proteins (Anti-H1/Anti-H3 antibodies, fetuin) as positive and negative controls.
Project description:Sequences of 11 amino acids belonging to the KPN_00363 protein and KPN_00459 protein from Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 which was previously identified as potentially immunogenic was analyzed via alanine scanning to narrow down the significant amino acid residues within the sequence.
Project description:A short sequence of 11 amino acids belonging to the cj0669 protein from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 which was previously identified as potentially immunogenig was analyzed via alanine scanning to narrow down the significant amino acid residues within the sequence.
Project description:A short sequence of 11 amino acids belonging to the cj0669 protein from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168, which was previously identified as potentially immunogenic, was analyzed via alanine scanning to narrow down the significant amino acid residues within the sequence.
Project description:We conducted experimental evolution of E. coli a mutual cross-feeding coculture, composed of two genetically-engineered Escherichia coli populations, I- and L-, which lack genes for biosynthesis of Ile (ilvE gene) and Leu (leuB gene), respectively. These two populations grew in a coculture by complementing required nutrients each other. After 883 generations of evolution experiments, we measured evolutionary changes in transcriptome, and we found ABC transporters for the branched chain amino acids (Ile, Leu, and Val) were significantly increased in both I- and L-. Also, we got other various results that would be interesting to discuss.
Project description:To dissect how diurnal rhythms affect key functions such as transcription or chromatin remodelling, we quantified the temporal nuclear accumulation of proteins and phosphoproteins from mouse liver using in vivo stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)-based mass spectrometry (MS). Protein extracts from isotope labelled mice liver nuclei were used as a reference and mixed with extracts from animals collected every 3 h for 45 h total. Phosphopeptide levels were analysed after enrichment with titanium dioxide (TiO2). The proteins levels were also analysed (dataset with project accession PXD003818).
Project description:Antibody recognition of Trypanosoma cruzi conserved proteins was assessed by evaluating pools of patient IgG samples on microarrays of 400,000 peptides covering these proteins as 15-mers with an overlap of 13 amino acids.
Project description:We immunoprecipitated EZH2, together with associated chromatin isolated from the HUVECs (2 x 10^6) that were transfected with MEG3 GapmeRs (10 nM, 48 h) or a scrambled control GapmeRs (Ctr). For transfection, we used 10 nM scrambled LNA (locked nucleic acids) GapmeR control (Cat. No. 339515) or phosphorothioate antisense standard GapmeRs MEG3-lncRNA (Cat No. 339511, Qiagen). On beads crosslinked chromatin complexes were reversed, and DNA purified using QIAquick® PCR Purification Kit and quantified by Qubit HS assay (Q33230)
Project description:A short sequence of 11 amino acids belonging to the cj0669 protein from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168, which was previously identified as potentially immunogenic, was analyzed via alanine scanning to narrow down the significant amino acid residues within the sequence. Twelve peptides, one representing the original sequence and eleven peptides with each residue replaced by alanine in turn, were synthesized on microarrays by JPTs Pepstar Technology. For each microarray, nine replicates for each peptide were spotted. The microarray was separated into three incubation chambers by the ProPlate 3-well module (Grace Biolabs) to allow for incubation with different antibodies in parallel. For specific interactions, rabbit polyclonal IgG to C. jejuni was used, while unspecific binding to the epitope sequence was checked using rabbit polyclonal IgG to Salmonella enterica.