RESUMO A adolescência é um período de mudanças, com transformações responsáveis pelo início da vida social e sexual. A sexualidade constitui uma das dimensões do ser humano em diversos aspectos, sobretudo o reprodutivo e emocional. Neste sentido, o presente estudo objetivou analisar conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas sexuais associadas às DSTs / AIDS entre adolescentes de Goiânia, Goiás. De 241 indivíduos, 70,9% eram mulheres. A maioria dos participantes da pesquisa demonstraram possuir conhecimento sobre as vias de transmissão sexual, parenteral e vertical e, em geral, os adolescentes apresentaram ter um bom conhecimento sobre métodos de prevenção frente às DSTs. No entanto, um conhecimento inadequado sobre a biologia do agente etiológico da AIDS foi observado em 8,7% da população de estudo. Os resultados ressaltam a importância de campanhas de educação conscientização sobre as DSTs, principalmente no ambiente escolar, que têm se apresentado como eficazes entre os jovens, que estão cada vez mais informados sobre o controle e prevenção de DSTs.
Humicolagrisea var. thermoidea is an aerobic and thermophilic fungus that secretes the GH11 xylanase HXYN2 in the presence of sugarcane bagasse. In this study, HXYN2 was expressed in Pichiapastoris and characterized biochemically and structurally in the presence of beechwood xylan substrate and ferulic acid (FA). HXYN2 is a thermally stable protein, as indicated by circular dichroism, with greater activity in the range of 40–50 °C and pH 5.0–9.0, with optimal temperature and pH of 50 °C and 6.0, respectively. FA resulted in a 75% increase in enzyme activity and a 2.5-fold increase in catalytic velocity, catalytic efficiency, and catalytic rate constant (kcat), with no alteration in enzyme affinity for the substrate. Fluorescence quenching indicated that FA forms a complex with HXYN2 interacting with solvent-exposed tryptophan residues. The binding constants ranged from moderate (pH 7.0 and 9.0) to strong (pH 4.0) affinity. Isothermal titration calorimetry, structural models and molecular docking suggested that hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions occur in the aglycone region inducing conformational changes in the active site driven by initial and final enthalpy- and entropy processes, respectively. These results indicate a potential for biotechnological application for HXYN2, such as in the bioconversion of plant residues rich in ferulic acid.
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