In this review, we briefly describe a theoretical discussion of protein folding, presenting the relative contribution of the hydrophobic effect versus the stabilization of proteins via direct surface forces that sometimes ...

This work presents a systematic study on the relationship between the adsorption mechanism and the surface bio-activity of d-amino acid oxidase (pkDAAO). This rational approach is based on measuring the characteristic ...

Staphylococcus aureus has become the most common opportunistic microorganism related to nosocomial infections due to the bacteria capacity to form biofilms on biomedical devices and implants. Since bacterial adhesion is ...

A theoretical study, validated with experimental data, on the mechanism of insertion/expulsion of an amphiphile from its aggregate is presented. Using molecular dynamics (MD), the equilibrium of tetradecyltrimethylammonium ...

Defatted rumen protein and soy protein concentrate were extruded in a 15.5:1 L/D single-screw extruder at the optimum conditions for their expansion (150A degrees C and 35% moisture, and 130A degrees C and 35% moisture, ...

Background: The merozoite surface protein 7 (MSP7) is a Plasmodium protein which is involved in parasite invasion; the gene encoding it belongs to a multigene family. It has been proposed that MSP7 paralogues seem to be ...

Enzymatic activities were historically assayed in dilute solutions where molecular crowding, molecular confinement and their consequences were not taken into account. Here we report how macromolecular crowding tunes catalytic ...

Nanoparticles can be made to respond resonantly to a time-varying electromagnetic field with advantageous results related to the transfer of energy from the exciting field to the nanoparticles. The surface of each particle ...