Project information
Proteins in metabolism and interaction of organisms with the environment
- Project Identification
- MSM0021622413
- Project Period
- 1/2005 - 12/2011
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
- Research Intents
- MU Faculty or unit
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Faculty of Science
- prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc.
- Other MU Faculty/Unit
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Central European Institute of Technology
- Keywords
- proteins, structure function relationships, protein complexes, proteome, metabolome
The proposal is the follow up of the previous, in our view successful, long-term research plan "Structure-Function Relationships of Biomolecules and their Role in Metabolism" studied in 1998-2004, and partly the project "Laboratory of Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules" in the framework of program "250" studied in 1996-2000. The results of these projects were published in tens of scientific articles communicated in renowned international journals with high impact factors. The key aim was identification and characterization of low molecular weight substances involved in metabolism of bacteria and fungi with the special attention devoted to biochemical activities and the structure.
This new proposal will deal with other proteins from various organisms, for example animal proteins binding pheromones or proteins interacting with sacharides. The function and regulation of enzymes will be studied by novel methods suitable for monitoring of in vivo activity via monitoring of intracellular metabolites. We will continue to use structural methods. Keywords of the long-term research plan are protein, its function, structure, structure-function relationships and complexes of proteins. More general keywords are proteome and metabolome. The project will focus on such hot topics of current life sciences like protein/DNA interactions, synthesis of proteins on ribosome or applications of photo-labile groups for directed geometrical changes of protein-substrate complexes and regulation of enzymatic reactions.
Publications
Total number of publications: 836
2009
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Engineering of tunnels in proteins with buried active sites
Year: 2009, type: Requested lectures
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Erektilní dysfunkce a paraoxonáza: výsledky analýzy z DNA čipu
Psychiatrie, year: 2009, volume: 2009, edition: Suppl. 2
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Experimental and quantum-chemical studies of 1H, 13C and 15N NMR coordination shifts in Au(III), Pd(II) and Pt(II) chloride complexes with picolines
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, year: 2009, volume: 47, edition: 3
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Extremely sensitive determination of iodothyronine deiodinase enzyme activities
Trace Elements in Human: New Perspectives (Pollet S., ed.), year: 2009, number of pages: 8 s.
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Extremely sensitive determination of iodothyronine deiodinase enzyme activities.
Year: 2009, type: Conference abstract
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FastGrid -- The Accelerated AutoGrid Potential Maps Generation for Molecular Docking
MEMICS 2009: Fifth Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineering Methods in Computer Science, year: 2009
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FastGrid -- The Accelerated Computation of Potential Maps for Molecular Docking
Year: 2009
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Ferric reductase A is essential for effective iron acquisition in Paracoccus denitrificans.
Microbiology-SGM, year: 2009, volume: 155, edition: 4
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Free energy calculations on Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin PA-IIL complexed with various carbohydrates
Current chemistry and biochemistry of carbohydrates, year: 2009
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Functional significance of the Rad51-Srs2 complex in Rad51 presynaptic filament disruption.
Nucleic Acids Research, year: 2009, volume: 20, edition: 37