545 results about "Protein secondary structure" patented technology

A computer system includes at least one virtual machine that has a plurality of virtual processors all running on an underlying hardware platform. A software interface layer such as a virtual machine monitor establishes traces on primary structures located in a common memory space as needed for the different virtual processors. Whenever any one of the virtual processors generates a trace event, such as accessing a traced structure, then a notification is sent to at least the other virtual processors that have a trace on the accessed primary structure. In some applications, the VMM derives and maintains secondary structures corresponding to the primary structures, such as where the VMM converts, through binary translation, original code intended to run on a virtual processor into code that can be run on an underlying physical processor of the hardware platform. In these applications, the VMM may rederive or invalidate the secondary structures as needed upon receipt of the notification of the trace event. Different semantics are provided for the notification, providing different choices of performance versus guaranteed consistency between primary and secondary structures. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a dedicated sub-system is included within the VMM for each virtual processor; each sub-system establishes traces, senses trace events, issues the notification, and performs other operations relating specifically to its respective virtual processor.

Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for characterization of modified nucleic acids. In certain preferred embodiments, single molecule sequencing methods are provided for identification of modified nucleotides within nucleic acid sequences. Modifications detectable by the methods provided herein include chemically modified bases, enzymatically modified bases, abasic sites, non-natural bases, secondary structures, and agents bound to a template nucleic acid.

Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for characterization of modified nucleic acids. In certain preferred embodiments, single molecule sequencing methods are provided for identification of modified nucleotides within nucleic acid sequences. Modifications detectable by the methods provided herein include chemically modified bases, enzymatically modified bases, abasic sites, non-natural bases, secondary structures, and agents bound to a template nucleic acid.

The use of collagen as a biomedical implant raises safety issues towards viruses and prions. The physicochemical changes and the in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of collagen treated with heat, and by formic acid (FA), trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), tetrafluoroethanol (TFE) and hexafluoroiso-propanol (HFIP) were investigated. FA and TFA resulted in extensive depurination of nucleic acids while HFIP and TFE did so to a lesser degree. The molecules of FA, and most importantly of TFA, remained within collagen. Although these two acids induced modification in the secondary structure of collagen, resistance to collagenase was not affected and, in vitro, cell growth was not impaired. Severe dehydrothermal treatment, for example 110° C. for 1-3 days under high vacuum, also succeeded in removing completely nucleic acids. Since this treatment also leads to slight cross-linking, it could be advantageously used to eliminate prion and to stabilize gelatin products. Finally, prolonged treatment with TFA provides a transparent collagen, which transparency is further enhanced by adding glycosaminoglycans or proteoglycans, particularly hyaluronic acid. All the above treatments could offer a safe and biocompatible collagen-derived material for diverse biomedical uses, by providing a virus or prion-free product.

A contact device with resilient contact elements is disclosed. The resilient contact elements have primary structures and secondary structures. The primary structures and secondary structures have contact surfaces for engaging a working surface. The primary structures are preferably molded structures with hardness value between 10 to 90 Shores A. The secondary structures are nodules, squeegees, arrays of nodules or squeegees and matrices but are preferably bristle structures formed from plastic resins, wherein the device is configured clean dentition.

A multistack 3-D semiconductor structure comprising a first level structure comprising a first semiconductor substrate and first active devices; and a second level structure comprising a SOI semiconductor structure bonded to the first level structure and further comprising second active devices; and wherein the first active devices are more heat tolerant than the second active devices is provided along with a method for its fabrication.

A metallo-construct, which may be a peptide, is provided for use as a biological, therapeutic, diagnostic imaging, or radiotherapeutic agent, and for use in library or combinatorial chemistry methods. The construct has a conformationally constrained global secondary structure obtained upon complexing with a metal ion. The peptide constructs are of the general formula:where X is a plurality of amino acids and includes a complexing backbone for complexing metal ions, so that substantially all of the valences of the metal ion are satisfied upon complexation of the metal ion with X, resulting in a specific regional secondary structure forming a part of the global secondary structure; and where R1 and R2 each include from 0 to about 20 amino acids, the amino acids being selected so that upon complexing the metal ion with X at least a portion of either R1 or R2 or both have a structure forming the balance of the conformationally constrained global secondary structure. All or a portion of the global secondary structure, which may be sychnologic or rhegnylogic, may form a ligand or mimic a known biological-function domain. The construct has substantially higher affinity for its target upon labeling with a metal ion.

The invention relates to methods for the stabilisation of cytokines and to cytokines generated by such methods. The methods of the invention involve mutating the amino acid sequence of a cytokine so as to remove solvent-exposed hydrophobic residues, and/or mutating the amino acid sequence of the cytokine so as to stabilise one or more secondary structure elements in the molecule. These steps have the effect of destabilsing intermediates that are formed during the folding process, relative to the stability of the cytokine in its naturally folded state, so increasing the yield of the cytokine as produced in vitro.

The present invention provides a system and methods for assaying nucleic acid molecules with reduced levels of background signal and enhanced specificity and sensitivity. In particular, the present invention provides a system and methods for detecting, sorting, tracking and characterizing nucleic acid molecules using hybridization assays with reduced levels of undesirable cross hybridization and reduced levels of intramolecular secondary structure.

A contact device with resilient contact elements is disclosed. The resilient contact elements have primary structures and secondary structures. The primary structures and secondary structures have contact surfaces for engaging a working surface. The primary structures are preferably molded structures with hardness value between 10 to 90 Shores A. The secondary structures are nodules, squeegees, arrays of nodules or squeegees and matrices but are preferably bristle structures formed from plastic resins, wherein the device is configured clean dentition.

Disclosed are beta -peptides containing cylcoalkyl, cycloalkenyl, and heterocylic substituents which encompass the alpha and beta carbons of the peptide backbone. The beta -peptides adopt stable helical and sheet structures in both the solid state and in solution. Method of generating combinatorial libraries of peptides containing beta -peptide residues and the libraries formed thereby are disclosed.

SPR-compatible substrates for high density microarray fabrication and analyses are provided. Novel carbon-on-metal thin film substrate architecture permits the integration of surface plasmon resonance detection with photolithographically fabricated biomolecule arrays for the analysis of biomolecular interactions. The utility of the technology is shown in the analysis of specific DNA-DNA, DNA-RNA and DNA-protein binding interactions. These new substrates may be used to determine the secondary structure of RNA molecules, to probe the sequence-specific binding kinetics and affinity of proteins and small molecules, and as substrates for small-molecule combinatorial chemistry platforms for drug discovery applications.

The invention relates to a three-freedom rectangular coordinate manipulator, which essentially consists of a machinery part and a control part. The machinery part comprises the three mechanisms of X, Y and Z directions essentially finishing moving in a solid space range. Objects can be grabbed by adding a paw controlled by an electromagnet on the Z direction. The three motions are directly driven by a stepping motor and then a screw rob nut pair is utilized to switch the rotating motion of the motor into the linear motion of the nut. The paw is added on the Z direction to finish the motion of grabbing objects. The control part essentially comprises an upper position computer, a SCM, a driver, a stepping motor and an arm. A control system adopts a distribution structure. A distribution control system is provided with an upper position secondary structure and a lower position secondary structure. The invention has the advantages of wide application environment and multiple functions; besides, the manufacturing and processing precisions are a little lower than an industrial robot with a high cost performance; and a teaching robot has the advantages of small size and light weight. The teaching arm plays a very important role in teaching for the advantages of intuitionism, easy operation and integration.

Non-naturally occurring lytic peptides which contain a phenylalanine residue and one or more alanine, valine and lysine residues, and optionally contain chemically masked cysteine or serine residues possess an amphipathic structure which allows them to promote cell lysis in certain pathologic organisms, and particularly in prokaryotes. Peptides having a beta-pleated sheet secondary structure and lacking cysteine residues form one embodiment of these lytic peptides.

The invention relates to a fast preparation method of a biological affinity copper nanometer cluster, is applied to the detection of Hg<2+> content in a water sample, and belongs to the technical field of nanometer material preparation. A copper source solution and a protein solution are uniformly mixed; the pH of the solution is regulated to the alkalinity by alkali; oxidizing agents are dropped; heating incubation is carried out for a period of time; the copper nanometer cluster is prepared; the copper nanometer cluster is used for detecting the fluorescence intensity of an Hg<2+> standard solution or an Hg<2+> sample solution; the fluorescence intensity is substituted into a linear regression equation, and the Hg<2+> content in the sample is calculated. Due to strong oxidizing property and coordinating capability of oxidizing agents, the secondary structure in protein can be changed, copper-protein-oxidant complexes can be formed, the reducing capacity of the protein is enhanced, and the formation of the copper nanometer cluster is obviously accelerated. The copper nanometer cluster is used for the Hg<2+> detection in the water sample, and the method is obviously superior to the prior art in the aspects of analysis time, sensitivity, selectivity and cost.

Conformationally constrained compounds that mimic the secondary structure of reverse-turn regions of biologically active peptides and proteins as well as their prodrugs are disclosed. Such reverse-turn mimetic structures and prodrugs have utility over a wide range of fields, including use as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Libraries containing the reverse-turn mimetic structures of this invention are also disclosed as well as methods for screening the same to identify biologically active members. The invention also relates to the use of such compounds and prodrugs for inhibiting or treating disorders modulated by Wnt-signaling pathway, such as cancer, especially colorectal cancer, restenosis associated with angioplasty, polycystic kidney disease, aberrant angiogenesis disease, rheumatoid arthritis disease, tuberous sclerosis complex, Alzheimer's disease, excess hair growth or loss, or ulcerative colitis.

Provided herein are peptidomimetics and their salts having a stable, internally constrained protein secondary structure containing a thioether-, ether-, or alkylamine-linked hydrogen bond surrogate; compositions containing at least one of these, and methods of making and using these.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for analyzing nucleic acids, and in particular, methods and compositions for detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and sequence changes. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for identifying oligonucleotides with desired hybridization properties to nucleic acid targets containing secondary structure.

Methods for reducing stress on composite structures involving providing a primary composite structure having a circumference, providing at least one mounting flange operably connected to the primary composite structure about the circumference to form a joint, and providing a secondary structure operably connected to the primary composite structure at the mounting flange such that when stresses on the primary composite structure exceed a maximum capacity level delamination or separation of the mounting flange from the primary structure occurs at the joint, and the secondary structure remains operably connected to the mounting flange.

The invention relates to a porous material and a method for preparing the same and discloses a method for preparing a silk fibroin three-dimensional porous material. The method comprises the following steps of: slowly concentrating a water solution of silk fibroin, uniformly mixing the water solution of silk fibroin with alcohol, and freezing and drying the misture to directly obtain a water-insoluble silk fibroin porous support material; regulating and controlling the secondary structure and the mechanical properties of the porous support by selectively using after-treatment means, and controlling the porosity, the pore diameter and the like of the porous material by changing the parameters of silk fibroin concentration, freezing temperature and the like; and finally, soaking the silk fibroin porous support material in water to remove alcohol. The invention has mild preparation process conditions, no addition of any cross-linking agent, any hole making agent and other toxic organic solvents, simple, convenient and controllable process and easy realization of industrialization; the biocompatibility of silk fibroin can be effectively maintained, and the silk fibroin can be applied to the tissue repair of bone, cartilage, anadesma, nerves, skin and the like, the drug controlled-release carriers and the like.

The invention provides a carbon dioxide capturing and seawater desalting co-production device and method based on a hydrate method, belonging to the technical field of hydrate application. The carbon dioxide capturing and seawater desalting co-production device comprises a gas-water conveying part, a hydrate generation and decomposition control part and a product storing and discharging part. The hydrate generation and decomposition control part comprises a front-grade structure and a rear-grade structure; a hydrate generation condition is gas supersaturation. A first-grade hydrate generates residual gas and decomposed water to be used as second-grade raw materials; after two grades of treatment, fresh water is obtained and stored; N2 is discharged to atmosphere by a gas exhausting safety valve; carbon dioxide is introduced into a gas tank to be stored. The carbon dioxide capturing and seawater desalting co-production device is applicable to the co-production of carbon dioxide capturing and seawater desalting of a fossil fuel power station in a coastal region, so as to meet the requirements of the carbon dioxide capturing of a smoke CO2/N2 power station; a heat exchanger is used for pre-cooling so that the cold loss is reduced and the energy utilization rate is improved; the reaction speed is increased by high-speed agitation in a hydrate generation process; emissions comprise the N2 and concentrated seawater and have no pollution to the environment.

Apparatus and method for acquiring an infrared spectrum of a sample having or suspected to have an amide I band, an amide II band, an amide III band, an amide A band, an OH stretching region or a combination thereof. A representative method includes providing a sample; providing an internal reflecting element (IRE) with a functionalized tip; contacting the sample with the IRE to form a sample-IRE interface; directing a beam of infrared (IR) radiation through the IRE under conditions such that the IR radiation interacts with the sample-IRE interface once; recording a reflectance profile over a range of preselected frequencies, whereby an infrared spectrum of the of a sample having or suspected of having an amide I band, an amide II band, an amide III band, an amide A band, an OH stretching region or a combination thereof, disposed in an aqueous solution is acquired. Representative apparatus includes an internal reflecting element (IRE) comprising a reflection face located on the IRE at a region of intended contact between the IRE and a solublized sample; an infrared radiation source for supplying an evanescent wave of infrared radiation and directing the same from the outside of the IRE to the inside thereof so as to cause the infrared radiation to be incident on the reflection face, wherein the infrared radiation is reflected from the reflection face once; a sample cell; a functionalized tip comprising a surface-immobilized probe that partially or completely fills the volume exposed to the evanescent wave; and a detector for detecting the once-reflected infrared radiation.