Project information
Biomolecular centre
- Project Identification
- LC06030
- Project Period
- 3/2006 - 12/2011
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
- Basic Research Center
- MU Faculty or unit
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Central European Institute of Technology
- prof. RNDr. Vladimír Sklenář, DrSc.
- Keywords
- Cancer drugs, biosensors, lectins, molecular modeling of biomolecules, biomolecular NMR
- Cooperating Organization
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Institute of Biophysics
- Responsible person prof. RNDr. Jiří Šponer, DrSc.
- Responsible person doc. RNDr. Ivan Rychlík, Ph.D.
The main goal of the project is to elevate the structural biology in the Czech Republic from studies of individual biomacromolecules to investigations of their complexes. This goal will be achieved by implementation of up-to-date methodology in selected scientific fields (NMR spectroscopy, computational modeling) and by focusing on problems, which are currently in the centre of interest of contemporary life sciences. Among others, key cell processes such as preservation of genome stability and DNA repair, ribosomal protein synthesis, or information transfer by recognition (lectins) will be studied. Selected research projects will lead eventually to bioanalytical (biosensors) and biomedical (vaccines, chemotherapeutics) outcomes with potential applications in research and development. To reach the outlined goals, active collaboration of participating institutions is inevitable. A number of projects will require also a broad international collaboration.
Results
The main goal of the project is to help to drive structural biology in the Czech Republic from studies on single biomacromolecules to studies on biomacromolecular complexes. To achieve the goal, we will implement recent advances in selected key methods in the field (NMR spectrometry, computer modeling) and also contribute to their development. The research will be oriented not only to the structure of biomacromolecules but will also include studies of structure/function relationship. It will touch suchimportant phenomena of the cell life as keeping genome stability, DNA repair, protein synthesis in the ribosome or information transfer via recognition (lectins). Selected parts of the research will be devoted to bioanalytical (biosensors) or biomedicinal(vaccines, chemotherapeutics) projects capable of providing results with potential applications at the practical level. By solving the above scientific tasks, the team will increase its international competitiveness. At the same time, the project will
Publications
Total number of publications: 284
2009
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Srs2 Disassembles Rad51 Filaments by a Protein-Protein Interaction Triggering ATP Turnover and Dissociation of Rad51 from DNA
Molecular Cell, year: 2009, volume: 35, edition: 1
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State of the Art in the Field of Electronic and Bioelectronic Tongues - Towards the Analysis of Wines
Electroanalysis, year: 2009, volume: 21, edition: 23
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Structural basis of the affinity for oligomannosides and analogs displayed by BC2L-A, a Burkholderia cenocepacia soluble lectin
Glycobiology, year: 2009, volume: 20, edition: 1
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Structural study of an RNA polymerase subunit unique for gram-positive bacteria
Year: 2009, type: Conference abstract
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The Rad54 protein seed DNA repair synthesis
Year: 2009, type: R&D Presentation
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Trans Hoogsteen/Sugar Edge Base Pairing in RNA. Structures, Energies, and Stabilities from Quantum Chemical Calculations
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, year: 2009, volume: 113, edition: 6
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TRITON 4 : software for ligand-binding protein engineering
Year: 2009
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Understanding the NMR Chemical Shifts for 6-halopurines: Role of Structure, Solvent, and Relativistic Effects
Modeling Interactions in Biomolecules IV, year: 2009
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Yeast Mph1 helicase dissociates Rad51-made D-loops: implications for crossover control in mitotic recombination.
Genes Dev., year: 2009, volume: 23, edition: 1
2008
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<SUP>13</SUP>C CHEMICAL SHIFT TENSORS IN REGIOISOMERS OF <I>N</I>-SUBSTITUTED ADENINES
Year: 2008, type: Conference abstract