Helical Polymers Showing Inverse Helicity and Synergistic Effect in Chiral Catalysis: Catalytic Functionality Determining Enantioconfiguration and Helical Frameworks Providing Asymmetric Microenvironment

2016 ◽  
Vol 217 (7) ◽  
pp. 880-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Zhang ◽  
Jianping Deng

Author(s):  
E. Loren Buhle ◽  
Pamela Rew ◽  
Ueli Aebi

While DNA-dependent RNA polymerase represents one of the key enzymes involved in transcription and ultimately in gene expression in procaryotic and eucaryotic cells, little progress has been made towards elucidation of its 3-D structure at the molecular level over the past few years. This is mainly because to date no 3-D crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis have been obtained with this rather large (MW ~500 kd) multi-subunit (α2ββ'ζ). As an alternative, we have been trying to form ordered arrays of RNA polymerase from E. coli suitable for structural analysis in the electron microscope combined with image processing. Here we report about helical polymers induced from holoenzyme (α2ββ'ζ) at low ionic strength with 5-7 mM MnCl2 (see Fig. 1a). The presence of the ζ-subunit (MW 86 kd) is required to form these polymers, since the core enzyme (α2ββ') does fail to assemble into such structures under these conditions.





The authors' methodic for assessing the role of chemical and physic-chemical factors during the structure formation of gypsum stone is presented in the article. The methodic is also makes it possible to reveal the synergistic effect and to determine the ranges of variation of controls factors that ensure maximum values of such effect. The effect of a micro-sized modifier based on zinc hydro-silicates on the structure formation of building gypsum is analyzed and corresponding dependencies are found. It is shown that effects of influence of modifier on the properties of gypsum compositions are determined by chemical properties of modifier. Among the mentioned properties are sorption characteristics (which depend on the amount of silicic acid and its state) and physicochemical properties - the ability to act as a substrate during crystal formation. The proposed method can also be extended to other binding substances and materials. This article contributes to the understanding of the processes that occur during the structure formation of composites, which will make it possible to control the structure formation in the future, obtaining materials with a given set of properties.



2005 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motoi TAKENAKA ◽  
Sang Jae BAE ◽  
Shinichi SATO ◽  
Ichiro KATAYAMA


Author(s):  
Junfang Qin ◽  
Li Liang ◽  
He Meng ◽  
Bangtuo Yuan ◽  
Yue Yang ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Mora-Seró ◽  
Sofia Masi ◽  
David Macias-Pinilla ◽  
Carlos Echeverría-Arrondo ◽  
Juan Ignacio Climente


2020 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
N. I. Kurbanova ◽  
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T. M. Gulieva ◽  
N. Ya. Ischenko ◽  
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The effect of additives of nanofillers (NF) containing nanoparticles (NP) of copper oxide, stabilized by a polymer matrix of maleized polyethylene (MPE), obtained by the mechanochemical method, on the properties of composites based on isotactic polypropylene (PP) and high-pressure polyethylene (PE) was studied by X-ray phase (XRD) and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyzes. The enhancement of strength, deformation, and rheological parameters, as well as the thermo-oxidative stability of the obtained nanocomposites was revealed, which, apparently, is due to the synergistic effect of the interaction of copper-containing nanoparticles with anhydride groups of MPE. It is shown that nanocomposites based on PP/PE/NF can be processed both by pressing and injection molding and extrusion, which expands the scope of its application.



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