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FBAR Syndapin 1 recognizes and stabilizes highly curved tubular membranes in a concentration dependent manner
, Article Scientific Reports ; Volume 3 , 2013 ; 20452322 (ISSN) ; Baroji, Y. F ; S. Reihani, S. Nader ; Stamou, D ; Oddershede, L. B ; Bendix, P. M ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
Abstract
Syndapin 1 FBAR, a member of the Bin-amphiphysin-Rvs (BAR) domain protein family, is known to induce membrane curvature and is an essential component in biological processes like endocytosis and formation and growth of neurites. We quantify the curvature sensing of FBAR on reconstituted porcine brain lipid vesicles and show that it senses membrane curvature at low density whereas it induces and reinforces tube stiffness at higher density. FBAR strongly up-concentrates on the high curvature tubes pulled out of Giant Unilamellar lipid Vesicles (GUVs), this sorting behavior is strongly amplified at low protein densities. Interestingly, FBAR from syndapin 1 has a large affinity for tubular...
Nano reengineering of horseradish peroxidase with dendritic macromolecules for stability enhancement
, Article Enzyme and Microbial Technology ; Volume 50, Issue 1 , 2012 , Pages 10-16 ; 01410229 (ISSN) ; Vossoughi, M ; Shahrokhian, S ; Alemzadeh, I ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
A simple bio-conjugation procedure to surround a single horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme molecule with dendritic polyester macromolecules (polyester-32-hydroxyl-1-carboxyl bis-MPA dendron, generation 5) was proposed. The characterization of resultant nanoparticles entitled HRP dendrozyme, was performed by transmission electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, gel permeation chromatography and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The results showed that HRP nanoparticles were spherical in shape and have an average size of 14 ± 2. nm in diameter. Furthermore, bio-conformational characterization of HRP dendrozyme was performed by means of circular dichroism and fluorescence...