Browsing Science (Faculty of) by Subject "protein"
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Adnectin Solubility and Dynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-28)Rapid growth of the global market for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has generated considerable interest in the development of alternative molecules that facilitate rapid discovery and manufacturing, while replicating the ... -
An Assessment of Pyridoxine as a Biological Response Modifier During Colon Carcinogenesis
(University of Waterloo, 2007-10-05)The main objective of this proposal was to investigate the effect of vitamin B6 on colon carcinogenesis in vivo. Two in vivo studies were conducted to determine the role of vitamin B6 as a biological modifier of colon ... -
Characterization of Novel Protease Flagellinolysin in Pseudoalteromonas tunicata
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-03)Flagellinolysins are a family of novel enzymes that act both as structural flagellins and proteases. Although previously identified and shown to be both structurally integrated into filaments and proteolytically active, ... -
Functional Study of a Protein (UnkG) in Pseudomonas putida UW4
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-20)The role played by the protein UnkG from the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 in the ability of the bacterium to facilitate plant growth was studied. Previous work showed that over-expressing UnkG ... -
Investigation of β-xylosidase, α-L-arabinofuranosidase and acetylesterase from Thermotoga hypogea
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-03)Hemicellulases are key components in the degradation of plant biomass and carbon flow in nature. Thermotoga hypogea is a bacterium that can grow anaerobically at 90°C. It utilizes carbohydrates and peptides as energy and ... -
Minimal model for the secondary structures and conformational conversions in proteins
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Better understanding of protein folding process can provide physical insights on the function of proteins and makes it possible to benefit from genetic information accumulated so far. Protein folding process normally ... -
OEP15-1 and OEP7.3 Localize to the Outer Envelope of Chloroplasts Using a Novel and Uncharacterized Targeting Pathway
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Chloroplasts originated from an endosymbiotic event where a Gram-negative cyanobacterium was engulfed by an ancestral eukaryotic cell. The genome of the endosymbiont has since gone through extensive gene transfer to the ... -
Optical Biosensing Using Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-25)This thesis describes some experiments developed to probe the fundamental aspects of the interfacial behaviour of proteins. The contents of this thesis can be broadly divided into two parts. In the first part, we ... -
Protein Deposition and Bacterial Adhesion to Conventional and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-27)Introduction Contact lenses suffer from the same problems of deposition that other biomaterials exhibit, being rapidly coated with a variety of proteins, lipids and mucins. The first event observed at the interface between ... -
Selected Experiments with Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-12)This thesis describes a number of novel experiments contributing to the understanding of protein adsorption from both a fundamental and applied perspective. The first three papers involve the use of the localized surface ...