scholarly journals Polarization Effects in Water-Mediated Selective Cation Transport across a Narrow Transmembrane Channel

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1726-1741
Author(s):  
Van Ngo ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Alexander D. MacKerell ◽  
Toby W. Allen ◽  
Benoît Roux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cation Transport ◽  
Polarization Effects ◽  
Transmembrane Channel

scholarly journals The structural basis of bacterial manganese import

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (32) ◽  
pp. eabg3980
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Neville ◽  
Jennie Sjöhamn ◽  
Jacinta A. Watts ◽  
Hugo MacDermott-Opeskin ◽  
Stephen J. Fairweather ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Cation Transport ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Water Permeation ◽  
Coordination Site ◽  
Transmembrane Channel ◽  
Manganese Uptake ◽  
Site Mutagenesis

Metal ions are essential for all forms of life. In prokaryotes, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) permeases serve as the primary import pathway for many micronutrients including the first-row transition metal manganese. However, the structural features of ionic metal transporting ABC permeases have remained undefined. Here, we present the crystal structure of the manganese transporter PsaBC from Streptococcus pneumoniae in an open-inward conformation. The type II transporter has a tightly closed transmembrane channel due to “extracellular gating” residues that prevent water permeation or ion reflux. Below these residues, the channel contains a hitherto unreported metal coordination site, which is essential for manganese translocation. Mutagenesis of the extracellular gate perturbs manganese uptake, while coordination site mutagenesis abolishes import. These structural features are highly conserved in metal-specific ABC transporters and are represented throughout the kingdoms of life. Collectively, our results define the structure of PsaBC and reveal the features required for divalent cation transport.

Enhanced polarization effects in chiral composites

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 2601-2607 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Sihvola
Keyword(s):  
Polarization Effects

Characterization of New Ionically Conducting Peo-Based Networks by Diffusion, Elasticity Modulus and Ionic Conductivity Measurements

1992 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herve Cheradame ◽  
F. Desbat ◽  
P. Mercier-Niddam ◽  
S. Boileau
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Coefficient ◽  
Ionic Conductivity ◽  
Elasticity Modulus ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Cation Transport ◽  
Lithium Cation ◽  
Conductivity Measurements ◽  
Conducting Materials ◽  
Diffusion Studies

AbstractIonically conducting materials containing PEO were prepared from telechelic di(methyl-diethoxy-silane) PEO, synthesized by the hydrosilylation of telechelic diallyl-PEO with methyldiethoxysilane. The network is obtained by the usual sol-gel chemistry. Then, it is filled with LiClO4 by diffusion of the salt and further drying. A comparison is made with the same kind of materials crosslinked using urethane chemistry. Diffusion studies show that the diffusion coefficient of solvent is similar for both types of materials, whilst the ionic conductivity is higher for the networks crosslinked with siloxane bonds. An experiment of diffusion of LiClO4 without solvent showed that this salt has a diffusion coefficient of the order of 2.10-8 cm2.sec-1 at 34°C. The conductivity calculated from this determination is compatible with the mechanism of lithium cation transport by the diffusion of salt molecules. Elasticity modulus measurements show that the salt aggregates are essentially located within the crosslinks at low concentration, but also in the PEO chains for salt concentrations higher than 1 mol/l.

Full-Field Calcium K-Edge X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure Spectroscopy on Cortical Bone at the Micron-Scale: Polarization Effects Reveal Mineral Orientation

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 3826-3835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Hesse ◽  
Murielle Salome ◽  
Hiram Castillo-Michel ◽  
Marine Cotte ◽  
Barbara Fayard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Bone ◽  
Edge Structure ◽  
Full Field ◽  
Polarization Effects ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Absorption

scholarly journals New Transition and Energy Levels of Three-Times Ionized Krypton (Kr IV)

Atoms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
M. Raineri ◽  
M. Gallardo ◽  
J. Reyna Almandos ◽  
A. G. Trigueiros ◽  
C. J. B. Pagan
Keyword(s):  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Pulsed Discharge ◽  
Core Polarization ◽  
Polarization Effects ◽  
Hartree Fock ◽  
Theta Pinch ◽  
New Energy ◽  
First Time

A capillary pulsed-discharge and a theta-pinch were used to record Kr spectra in the region of 330–4800 Å. A set of 168 transitions of these spectra were classified for the first time. We extended the analysis to twenty-five new energy levels belonging to 3s23p24d, 3s23p25d even configurations. We calculated weighted transition probabilities (gA) for all of the experimentally observed lines and lifetimes for new energy levels using a relativistic Hartree–Fock method, including core-polarization effects.

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