Biochemistry

See also Leptin Receptor under Signal Transduction Introduction: The activities of the gastroinentestinal tract are coordinated by the nervous system and the endocrine system. The nervous system, for example, stimulates…

Introduction: Photosynthesis occurs in a wide variety of organisms and it comes in different forms. These include a form of photosynthesis that does not produce oxygen (anoxygenic) and a form…

Lipolytic enzymes are a group of enzymes that break down water-insoluble esters and produce fatty acids. They are used in many industrial processes including detergents, fuels, clothing, beverage and pulp.  Phospholipase Enzymes…

See also bacterial metabolism Metabolomics is the study of the entire complement of all the small molecular weight metabolites inside an organism of interest. Some metabolites which are routinely assayed in the…

Information used to predict genes includes signals in the sequence, content statistics and similarity to known genes. As noted by Attwood (Science, 290, 2000), there are many obstacles to accurate…

See also Glycan Binding Proteins Introduction: Sialic acid (Sia)-binding Ig-like lectins (Siglecs) are a family of glycan-binding proteins (GBPs). They are an immunoglobulin super family lectins with a defining feature of recognizing sialic acid containing…

Raju "Glycosylation Variations with Expression Systems and their impact on biological activity of therapeutic immunoglobulins" BioProcess International, April 2003 Fig. 4 above shows the largest N-linked oligosaccharide structure found in…

See also determining ABO Blood type   See also galactosidases   See removing A/B antigens from blood cells Blood group antigens are either sugars or proteins, and they are attached to various components in the…

Lectins are glycoproteins that can bind carbohydrates. These carbohydrate binding proteins serve a number of vital roles which are disucussed below. Classification There are a number of structurally distinct plant and animal…