Charadriiformes represent one of the largest orders of birds; members of this order are diverse in morphology, behavior and reproduction, making them an excellent model for studying evolution. It is accepted that the avian...
Many natural enzymes can be found in nature that contain a metal ion. These enzymes have the potential for becoming new drugs and further biotechnology, but not all of the metalloenzymes' functions are fully understood. Through...
Charadriiformes represent one of the largest orders of birds; members of this order are diverse in morphology, behavior and reproduction, making them an excellent model for studying evolution. It is accepted that the avian...
BACKGROUND: The Scolopacidae family (Suborder Scolopaci, Charadriiformes) is composed of sandpipers and snipes; these birds are long-distance migrants that show great diversity in their behavior and habitat use. Cytogenetic...
The de novo Due Ferri Single Chain protein model has been shown to be a viable protein scaffold to study functional characteristics through its thermodynamically favored and structurally sound four-helix bundle motif. Previous...
Metalloproteins are found in nature and involved in biological processes, especially in the cleavage of various molecular bonds. Of particular relevance are metallohydrolases, a class of enzymes that have the ability to catalyze...
Glyphorynchus spirurus (GSP), also called the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Furnariidae) has an extensive distribution in the Americas, including the Atlantic coast of Brazil. Nevertheless, there is no information about its...
Many proteins that are found in nature and involved in biological processes have metal ions bound at their core. Iron is commonly used by proteins because of its high bioavailability and redox properties, which make it well...
The due ferri single chain (DFsc) protein is a de novo designed four-helix bundle designed to mimic the 2-histidine/4-carboxylate active site of natural non-heme diiron enzymes such as methane monooxygenase and ribonucleotide...
Binuclear, copper enzymes such as tyrosinase and catechol oxidase are involved meleninization and sclerotization processes. Understanding the kinetics of the polyphenol oxidation activity in these enzymes is crucial in...
Metalloproteins use metal cations or metal containing cofactors to confer specific structural and reactive properties to a protein. Their natural prevalence makes them of interest to scientists, and one way to study their roles...
Metalloproteins use small metal cations or metal containing cofactors to provide specific structural and reactive properties. Their high prevalence makes them of interest to scientists, and one way to study their role in...
Coupled binuclear copper proteins (CBCs) such as hemocyanins, catechol oxidases, and tyrosinases utilize dioxygen for storage, oxidase, and monoxygenase behavior, respectively. However, all three protein families have a common...
The de novo Due Ferri Single Chain protein model has been shown to be a viable protein scaffold to study functional characteristics through its thermodynamically favored and structurally sound four-helix bundle motif. Previous...
Binuclear copper enzymes, such as tyrosinase and catechol oxidase, are involved in the melaninization and sclerotization processes. Understanding the mechanism of the diphenol oxidn. activity in these enzymes is crucial to...
Any measurement method of a physical quantity cannot provide an exact unequivocal result owing to the infinite amount of information necessary to characterize fully both the physical quantity to be measured and the measuring...
The criminalization of Chinese counterfeit goods in the global market calls for a fresh approach to understanding well‐established binary distinctions such as legal/illegal, licit/illicit, and formal/informal. Based on a...
Chemical defences are key components in insect⁻plant interactions, as insects continuously learn to overcome plant defence systems by, e.g., detoxification, excretion or sequestration. Cyanogenic glucosides are natural products...
An increasing demand for an extended flexibility to model types and production volumes in the manufacture of large-size assemblies has generated a growing interest in the reduction of jigs and fixtures deployment during assembly...
Calibration is central to most measurement procedures. This is especially true in those cases where a large number of difficult-to-identify and difficult-to-control factors hinder the experimenters in their efforts to obtain...
Abstract: Nowadays, there is an increasing concern in machine learning about the causes underlying unfair decision making, that is, algorithmic decisions discriminating some groups over others, especially with groups that are...
This essay focuses on the voters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro in Morro da Cruz, a low-income community in Porto Alegre. The transition from Lulism (2002–16) to Bolsonarism (2018–) was marked by the rise and fall of the...