@article {1103,
	title = {Dissecting the domain structure of Cdc4p, a myosin essential light chain involved in Schizosaccharomyces pombe cytokinesis},
	journal = {Biochemistry},
	volume = {44},
	number = {36},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 962ZGTimes Cited: 3Cited Reference Count: 75},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {12136-12148},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Cytokinesis is the process by which one cell divides into two. Key in the cytokinetic mechanism of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is the contractile ring myosin, which consists of two heavy chains (Myo2p), two essential light chains (Cdc4p), and two regulatory light chains (R1c1p). Cdc4p is a dumbbell-shaped EF-hand protein composed of N- and C-terminal domains separated by a flexible linker. The properties of these two domains are of particular interest because each is hypothesized to have independent functions in binding different components of the cytokinesis machinery. To help define these properties, we used NMR spectroscopy to compare the structure, stability, and dynamics of the isolated N- and C-terminal domains with one another and with native Cdc4p. On the basis of invariant chemical shifts, the N-domain retains the same structure in isolation as in the context of the full-length Cdc4p, whereas the C-domain appears markedly perturbed. This perturbation results from intramolecular binding of the residual linker sequence at the N-terminus of the C-domain in a mode similar to that used by native Cdc4p to associate with target polypeptide sequences. NMR relaxation, thermal denaturation, and amide hydrogen exchange experiments also indicate that the C-domain is less stable and more dynamic than the N-domain, both in isolation and in the full-length protein. We hypothesize that these properties reflect a conformational plasticity of the C-domain, which may allow Cdc4p to interact with several regulatory or contractile ring proteins necessary for cytokinesis.},
	keywords = {CALCIUM-MODULATED PROTEINS, CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE, CONTRACTILE RING, FISSION, GROUP, HYDROGEN-EXCHANGE, MUSCLE TROPONIN-C, N-15 NMR RELAXATION, NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE, SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE, SKELETAL-MUSCLE, YEAST},
	isbn = {0006-2960},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000231771500022},
	author = {Escobar-Cabrera, E. and Venkatesan, M. and Desautels, M. and Hemmingsen, S. M. and McIntosh, L. P.}
}
@article {1204,
	title = {Synthesis and characterization of dual function vanadyl, gallium and indium curcumin complexes for medicinal applications},
	journal = {Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry},
	volume = {99},
	number = {11},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 984RUTimes Cited: 22Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {2217-2225},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Novel bis[4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione (curcumin) complexes with the formula, ML3, where M is Ga(III) or In(III), or of the formula, ML2 where M is [Vo](2+), have been synthesized and characterized by mass spectrometry, infrared and absorption spectroscopies, and elemental analysis. A new ligand, bis[4-acetyl-3-hydroxyphenyl]-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione (diacetylbisdemethoxycurcumin, DABC) was similarly characterized; an X-ray structure analysis was performed. Vanadyl complexes tested in an acute i.p. testing protocol in STZ-diabetic rats showed a lack of insulin enhancing potential. Vanadyl complexes were, however, more cytotoxic than were the ligands alone in standard MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl]ate, -2.5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide) cytotoxicity testing, using mouse lymphoma cells. With the exception of DABC, that was not different from VO(DABC)(2), the complexes were not significantly different from one another, with IC50 values in the 5-10 mu M range. Gallium and indium curcumin complexes had IC50 values in the same 5-10 mu M range; whereas Ga(DAC)(3) and In(DAC)(3) (where DAC = diacetylcurcumin) were much less cytotoxiC (IC50 = 20-30 mu M). Antioxidant capacity was decreased in VO(DAC)(2), Ga(DAC)(3), and In(DAC)(3),, compared to vanadyl, gallium and indium curcumin, corroborating the importance of curcumin{\textquoteright}s free phenolic OH groups for scavenging oxidants, and correlated with reduced cytotoxic potential. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {ANALOGS, antioxidant capacity, ANTIOXIDANT MECHANISM, ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY, BINDING, COORDINATION CHEMISTRY, curcumin, cytotoxicity, DERIVATIVES, diacetylcurcumin, gallium, GROUP, indium, INSULIN MIMICS, MANGANESE COMPLEXES, RADICAL SCAVENGING ABILITY, TOXICITY, VANADIUM},
	isbn = {0162-0134},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000233322800012},
	author = {Mohammadi, K. and Thompson, K. H. and Patrick, B. O. and Storr, T. and Martins, C. and Polishchuk, E. and Yuen, V. G. and McNeill, J. H. and Orvig, Chris}
}
