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Hydroxylation

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Modeling non-covalent interactions in condensed phase

The modeling of non-covalent interactions, solvation effects, and chemical reactions in complex molecular environment is a challenging task. Current state-of-the-art approaches often rely on static computations using implicit solvent models and harmonic ap ...

EPFL2022

Novel inhibitors of kallikrein proteases and uses thereof

Christian Heinis, Alessandro Zorzi, Patrick Andreas Gonschorek

The present invention relates to a cyclic inhibitor of a kallikrein protease comprising or consisting of (I) the peptide (X1 (X2)(X3)R(X4)(X5)(X6)(X7)(X8)(X9)(X10)(X11) (Formula (X)), wherein (X1) is present or absent and, is preferably present, and if pre ...

2021

Microfluidics and cell-free synthetic biology in the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic platforms

Grégoire Michielin

In phenylketonuria, absence or malfunction of the phenylalanine hydroxylase enzyme results in toxic accumulation of phenylalanine in the body. An injectable recombinant enzyme therapy was recently approved and has the potential to improve the quality of li ...

EPFL2021

PHD3 Loss Promotes Exercise Capacity and Fat Oxidation in Skeletal Muscle

Johan Auwerx, Hao Li, Daniel Garcia

Rapid alterations in cellular metabolism allow tissues to maintain homeostasis during changes in energy availability. The central metabolic regulator acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 (ACC2) is robustly phosphorylated during cellular energy stress by AMP-activated ...

CELL PRESS2020

Biogeography and biochemistry of bile acid 7-dehydroxylation in the mammalian gut

Solenne Anne Marie Marion

Bile acids (BAs) are small molecules synthesized by the host and chemically modified by the microorganisms inhabiting the intestinal tract. The microbial transformation of BAs in the gut is critical to BA-mediated signaling as it modifies their amount and ...

EPFL2020

Genetically encoded betaxanthin-based small-molecular fluorescent reporter for mammalian cells

Leo Scheller, Karl Gademann, Simon Sieber

We designed and engineered a dye production cassette encoding a heterologous pathway, including human tyrosine hydroxylase and Amanita muscaria 4,5-DOPA dioxygenase, for the biosynthesis of the betaxanthin family of plant and fungal pigments in mammalian c ...

2020

Phenylalanine Monitoring via Aptamer-Field-Effect Transistor Sensors

Nako Nakatsuka

Determination of the amino acid phenylalanine is important for lifelong disease management in patients with phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder in which phenylalanine accumulates and persists at levels that alter brain development and cause permanent neuro ...

2019

Wagging the Tail: Essential Role of Substrate Flexibility in FAAH Catalysis

Ursula Röthlisberger, Andrea Cavalli, Pablo Campomanes Ramos, Giulia Palermo, Marilisa Neri

The serine hydrolase, fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), is responsible for the intracellular degradation of anandamide and other bioactive fatty acid ethanolamides involved in the regulation of pain, inflammation, and other pathophysiological processes. T ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Arginine-specific protein modification using alpha-oxo-aldehyde functional polymers prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization

Harm-Anton Klok, Maxime Ayer, Frederik Roman Wurm, Marc Gauthier, Justyna Kowal

The residue-specific modification of peptides and proteins is a powerful strategy for preparing biomolecular-synthetic polymer conjugates with advanced properties. This manuscript aims at expanding the present toolbox of residue-selective protein modificat ...

2011

Truncated diastereoselective Passerini reaction, a rapid construction of polysubstituted oxazole and peptides having an alpha -hydroxy-beta -amino acid component

Jieping Zhu

The reaction of aldehydes and ketones, including aliph. and arom. ones, with amides of alpha -isocyano-beta -phenylpropionic acid in toluene in the presence of lithium bromide gives 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles in good to excellent yield. Protected chiral ...

2004

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