Search for dissertations about: "Biophysical chemistry"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the words Biophysical chemistry.

  2. 21. Towards novel antibacterials : Synthesis and identification of natural product inspired inhibitors of Chlamydia trachomatis and development of chemical probes targeting virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Author : Michael Saleeb; Mikael Elofsson; Anna Linusson Jonsson; Andreas Kirschning; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Antibacterials; antibiotics; small molecules; natural products; benzofuran; dihydrobenzofuran; the type III secretion system; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Chlamydia trachomatis; phenotypic screening; high-throughput screening; surface plasmon resonance; drug discovery; bacterial toxins; enzyme inhibitors; organisk kemi; Organic Chemistry;

    Abstract : Antibiotic resistance has evolved significantly to become one of the serious threats to public health today. Yet, the pipeline of new antibiotics is drying up and is lagging behind the challenging needs. READ MORE

  4. 22. NMR STUDIES ON STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF TWO-DOMAIN PROTEINS

    Author : Houman Ghasriani; Biofysikalisk kemi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fysikalisk kemi; Biochemistry; Metabolism; Biokemi; metabolism; Physical chemistry; Molekylär biofysik; CRISP-3; NMR; 3D-structure; NMR relaxation; Molecular biophysics; Prostate cancer; EGF module; PSP94; Beta-microseminoprotein; Protein S;

    Abstract : The general objective of the present thesis work was to examine 3-dimensional structure as well as the motional properties of two different types of two-domain proteins by solution-state NMR. One of the major tasks of this thesis work was to investigate the domain orientation of these molecules by employing residual dipolar couplings (RDC) which can be used as orientational restraints for increasing the accuracy of protein structures determined by NMR. READ MORE

  5. 23. Shaking the EF-Hand. Dynamics and Ion-Binding to Calmodulin and Calbindin D9k

    Author : Anders Malmendal; Biofysikalisk kemi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; magnesium; line shape; ion binding; EF-hand; cooperativity; conformational exchange; chemical shift; calmodulin; calcium; calbindin D9k; allostery; backbone dynamics; NMR; relaxation; Physical chemistry; Fysikalisk kemi;

    Abstract : The work described in this thesis represents a biophysical approach, mainly using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, to investigate the impact of magnesium ions on the EF-hand calcium-binding proteins calmodulin and calbindin D9k, as well as the dynamics of these proteins at low calcium levels. The x-ray structure of magnesium-saturated calbindin D9k shows a magnesium ion in only one of the two ion binding sites. READ MORE

  6. 24. Biophysical studies of membrane associated peptides

    Author : Jesper Lind; Astrid Gräslund; Lena Mäler; Christian Griesinger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NMR; spectroscopy; membrane interaction; bicelles; Chemistry; Kemi; Biophysics; biofysik;

    Abstract : A large part of the processes in living organisms involves proteins acting in a biological membrane. Biophysical studies on isolated model systems can give important understandings of the complicated biological mechanisms in the membrane. In this thesis peptide membrane interaction mechanisms are studied in several different systems. READ MORE

  7. 25. Disarming bacteria : a structure-based approach to design an anti-virulence drug against Listeria monocytogenes

    Author : Melanie Oelker; A. Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson; Fredrik Almqvist; Karina Persson; Tiziano Tuccinardi; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; antibiotic resistances; anti-virulence drug; Listeria monocytogenes; virulence regulation; PrfA; structure-based drug design; ring-fused 2-pyridones; allosteric regulation; Biochemistry; biokemi; medicinal chemistry; läkemedelskemi; molekylär cellbiologi; molecular cell biology; medicinsk biokemi; Medical Biochemistry; molekylärbiologi; Molecular Biology;

    Abstract : Antibiotic resistances are one of the biggest threats to global health and if we don’t change our behavior and way of using antibiotics we will end up in a ‘post-antibiotic era’, in which common infections and minor injuries can once kill again and up to 10 million deaths per year may occur by 2050. Therefore, there is a high need for new anti-bacterial drugs, especially of alternatives to existing antibiotics with already described resistances. READ MORE