Effective Separation of High-Ash Fine Coal Using Water Containing Positively Charged Nanobubbles and Polyaluminum Chloride

Natural organic matter (NOM) is easily soluble in surface water and difficult to be removed thoroughly. In this paper, polyaluminum chloride-polyacrylamide (PAC-PAM), as a new water treatment material, was proposed to solve this problem by coagulation treatment. The performance, mechanism and kinetic process of NOM removal were investigated systematically. Results showed that the optimum dosage of PAC and PAM was 10 mg/L and 0.5 mg/L for NOM removal of Yellow River water. In this condition, NOM could be removed effectively due to positively charged PAM addition. The size, growth rate and recovery factor of flocs generated by PAC-PAM reached 419 μm, 34.9 μm/min and 0.48, respectively, while only 355 μm, 27.9 μm/min and 0.31 were obtained by PAC. Moreover, the adsorption and bridging effect of PAM assisted the formation of multi-branched flocs, which brought fast settle velocity and low turbidity of supernatant after coagulation.

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Efficient separation of high-ash fine coal by the collaboration of nanobubbles and polyaluminum chloride

Fuel ◽

10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116325 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 260 ◽

pp. 116325 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Chenwei Li ◽

Ming Xu ◽

Haijun Zhang

Keyword(s):

Polyaluminum Chloride ◽

Efficient Separation ◽

Fine Coal

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Protamine-DNA interaction

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100081863 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 200-201

Author(s):

D.P. Bazett-Jones ◽

F.P. Ottensmeyer

Keyword(s):

Small Volume ◽

Double Helix ◽

Dna Interaction ◽

Dark Field ◽

Sperm Head ◽

Nuclear Proteins ◽

Field Electron Microscopy ◽

Dark Field Electron ◽

Dna Double Helix ◽

Positively Charged

Dark field electron microscopy has been used for the study of the structure of individual macromolecules with a resolution to at least the 5Å level. The use of this technique has been extended to the investigation of structure of interacting molecules, particularly the interaction between DNA and fish protamine, a class of basic nuclear proteins of molecular weight 4,000 daltons.Protamine, which is synthesized during spermatogenesis, binds to chromatin, displaces the somatic histones and wraps up the DNA to fit into the small volume of the sperm head. It has been proposed that protamine, existing as an extended polypeptide, winds around the minor groove of the DNA double helix, with protamine's positively-charged arginines lining up with the negatively-charged phosphates of DNA. However, viewing protamine as an extended protein is inconsistent with the results obtained in our laboratory.

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Structure and Interaction of Protamine by Dark Field Electron Microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100090786 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 160-161

Author(s):

D.P. Bazett-Jones ◽

F.P. Ottensmeyer

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Dark Field ◽

Amino Acid Sequences ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

3 Dimensional ◽

Field Electron ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Field Electron Microscopy ◽

Dark Field Electron ◽

Positively Charged

It has been shown for some time that it is possible to obtain images of small unstained proteins, with a resolution of approximately 5Å using dark field electron microscopy (1,2). Applying this technique, we have observed a uniformity in size and shape of the 2-dimensional images of pure specimens of fish protamines (salmon, herring (clupeine, Y-l) and rainbow trout (Salmo irideus)). On the basis of these images, a model for the 3-dimensional structure of the fish protamines has been proposed (2).The known amino acid sequences of fish protamines show stretches of positively charged arginines, separated by regions of neutral amino acids (3). The proposed model for protamine structure (2) consists of an irregular, right-handed helix with the segments of adjacent arginines forming the loops of the coil.

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Enhanced type I photoreaction of indocyanine green via electrostatic-force-driven aggregation

Nanoscale ◽

10.1039/d0nr01208d ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (17) ◽

pp. 9517-9523 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Huizhen Fan ◽

Yu Fan ◽

Wenna Du ◽

Rui Cai ◽

Xinshuang Gao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mesoporous Silica ◽

Indocyanine Green ◽

Electrostatic Force ◽

Type I ◽

Positively Charged

ICG forms aggregates in positively charged mesoporous silica, which show an enhanced type I photoreaction pathway.

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Influence of nascent polypeptide positive charges on translation dynamics

Biochemical Journal ◽

10.1042/bcj20200303 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 477 (15) ◽

pp. 2921-2934

Author(s):

Rodrigo D. Requião ◽

Géssica C. Barros ◽

Tatiana Domitrovic ◽

Fernando L. Palhano

Keyword(s):

Mrna Decay ◽

Translation Termination ◽

Published Data ◽

Translation Efficiency ◽

Amino Acid Residues ◽

High Concentration ◽

Strong Argument ◽

Translation Arrest ◽

Exit Tunnel ◽

Positively Charged

Protein segments with a high concentration of positively charged amino acid residues are often used in reporter constructs designed to activate ribosomal mRNA/protein decay pathways, such as those involving nonstop mRNA decay (NSD), no-go mRNA decay (NGD) and the ribosome quality control (RQC) complex. It has been proposed that the electrostatic interaction of the positively charged nascent peptide with the negatively charged ribosomal exit tunnel leads to translation arrest. When stalled long enough, the translation process is terminated with the degradation of the transcript and an incomplete protein. Although early experiments made a strong argument for this mechanism, other features associated with positively charged reporters, such as codon bias and mRNA and protein structure, have emerged as potent inducers of ribosome stalling. We carefully reviewed the published data on the protein and mRNA expression of artificial constructs with diverse compositions as assessed in different organisms. We concluded that, although polybasic sequences generally lead to lower translation efficiency, it appears that an aggravating factor, such as a nonoptimal codon composition, is necessary to cause translation termination events.

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Characteristics of the Interaction between Thrombin Exosite1 and the Sequence 269-297 of Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0037-1615193 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 80 (08) ◽

pp. 310-315 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Marie-Christine Bouton ◽

Christophe Thurieau ◽

Marie-Claude Guillin ◽

Martine Jandrot-Perrus

Keyword(s):

Platelet Activation ◽

Electrostatic Interactions ◽

Platelet Glycoprotein ◽

Thrombin Receptor ◽

Central Position ◽

Amidolytic Activity ◽

N Terminus ◽

Hydrolysis Of ◽

Chemical Cross Linking ◽

Positively Charged

SummaryThe interaction between GPIb and thrombin promotes platelet activation elicited via the hydrolysis of the thrombin receptor and involves structures located on the segment 238-290 within the N-terminal domain of GPIbα and the positively charged exosite 1 on thrombin. We have investigated the ability of peptides derived from the 269-287 sequence of GPIbα to interact with thrombin. Three peptides were synthesized, including Ibα 269-287 and two scrambled peptides R1 and R2 which are comparable to Ibα 269-287 with regards to their content and distribution of anionic residues. However, R2 differs from both Ibα 269-287 and R1 by the shifting of one proline from a central position to the N-terminus. By chemical cross-linking, we observed the formation of a complex between 125I-Ibα 269-287 and α-thrombin that was inhibited by hirudin, the C-terminal peptide of hirudin, sodium pyrophosphate but not by heparin. The complex did not form when γ-thrombin was substituted for α-thrombin. Ibα 269-287 produced only slight changes in thrombin amidolytic activity and inhibited thrombin binding to fibrin. R1 and R2 also formed complexes with α-thrombin, modified slightly its catalytic activity and inhibited its binding to fibrin. Peptides Ibα 269-287 and R1 inhibited platelet aggregation and secretion induced by low thrombin concentrations whereas R2 was without effect. Our results indicate that Ibα 269-287 interacts with thrombin exosite 1 via mainly electrostatic interactions, which explains why the scrambled peptides also interact with exosite 1. Nevertheless, the lack of effect of R2 on thrombin-induced platelet activation suggests that proline 280 is important for thrombin interaction with GPIb.

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Computational Investigations of the Transmembrane Italian-Mutant (E22K) 3A\(\beta_{11 - 40}\) in Aqueous Solution

Communications in Physics ◽

10.15625/0868-3166/28/3/12773 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 265 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Son Tung Ngo

Keyword(s):

Structural Changes ◽

Replica Exchange ◽

Aβ Oligomers ◽

Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics ◽

Charged Residue ◽

Intermolecular Contacts ◽

Structural Details ◽

Positively Charged ◽

Dynamic Fluctuation ◽

Good Agreement

The Amyloid beta (Aβ) oligomers are characterized as critical cytotoxic materials in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis. Structural details of transmembrane oligomers are inevitably necessary to design/search potential inhibitor due to treat AD. However, the experimental detections for structural modify of low-order Aβ oligomers are precluded due to the extremely dynamic fluctuation of the oligomers. In this project, the transmembrane Italian-mutant (E22K) 3Aβ11-40 (tmE22K 3Aβ11-40) was extensively investigated upon the temperature replica exchange molecular dynamics (REMD) simulations. The structural changes of the trimer when replacing the negative charged residue E22 by a positively charged residue K were monitored over simulation intervals. The oligomer size was turned to be larger and the increase of β-content was recorded. The momentous gain of intermolecular contacts with DPPC molecules implies that tmE22K 3Aβ11-40 easier self-inserts into the membrane than the WT one. Furthermore, the tighter interaction between constituting monomers was indicated implying that the E22K mutation probably enhances the Aβ fibril formation. The results are in good agreement with experiments that E22K amyloid is self-aggregate faster than the WT form. Details information of tmE22K trimer structure and kinetics probably yield the understanding of AD mechanism.

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Effective Separation of Manganese (II) from Aqueous Solution using Modified Sugarcane Bagasse

Journal of Nepal Chemical Society ◽

10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27784 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

pp. 29-38

Author(s):

Puspa Lal Homagai ◽

Namita Bhandari ◽

Sahira Joshi

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

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