The ligand mediated pseudohypersensitivity of the 3H4 → 3P2, 3H4 → 3P1, 3H4 → 3P0, and 3H4 → 1D2 transitions of praseodymium(III) complexes in solution media

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhindra N. Misra ◽  
Shaun O. Sommerer

The absorption difference, comparative absorption spectrophotometry, and quantitative analysis of 4f–4f spectra of praseodymium(III) complexes with ligands possessing varying structural features and binding capabilities have clearly indicated that the 3H4 → 3P2, 3H4 → 3P1, 3H4 → 3P0, and 3H4 → 1D2 transitions exhibit substantial intensification as well as a wide variation of oscillator strength. Since these transitions do not follow the selection rules they cannot be considered hypersensitive. Ligands such as β-diketones, Schiff bases, amino acids, diols, nucleic bases, nucleosides, nucleotides, alkoxides, and haloacetates with widely differing binding features in terms of coordinating ability, denticity, and normalized bite appear to induce, to varying degrees, high sensitivity in these non-hypersensitive transitions. The present article reports the high sensitivity of the 3H4 → 3P2, 3P1, 3P0, and 1D2, transitions of Pr(III) by considering the solution spectra of 173 species. This unique sensitivity is termed Ligand Mediated Pseudohypersensitivity. Keywords: praseodymium(III), 4f–4f transitions, hypersensitive transitions.

1998 ◽  
Vol 248 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Francesco Lorusso ◽  
Gelsomina De Stasio ◽  
Benjamin Gilbert ◽  
Didier Perret ◽  
Paolo Perfetti ◽  
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Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdollah Dehzangi ◽  
Yosvany López ◽  
Ghazaleh Taherzadeh ◽  
Alok Sharma ◽  
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

Post Translational Modification (PTM) is defined as the modification of amino acids along the protein sequences after the translation process. These modifications significantly impact on the functioning of proteins. Therefore, having a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanism of PTMs turns out to be critical in studying the biological roles of proteins. Among a wide range of PTMs, sumoylation is one of the most important modifications due to its known cellular functions which include transcriptional regulation, protein stability, and protein subcellular localization. Despite its importance, determining sumoylation sites via experimental methods is time-consuming and costly. This has led to a great demand for the development of fast computational methods able to accurately determine sumoylation sites in proteins. In this study, we present a new machine learning-based method for predicting sumoylation sites called SumSec. To do this, we employed the predicted secondary structure of amino acids to extract two types of structural features from neighboring amino acids along the protein sequence which has never been used for this task. As a result, our proposed method is able to enhance the sumoylation site prediction task, outperforming previously proposed methods in the literature. SumSec demonstrated high sensitivity (0.91), accuracy (0.94) and MCC (0.88). The prediction accuracy achieved in this study is 21% better than those reported in previous studies. The script and extracted features are publicly available at: https://github.com/YosvanyLopez/SumSec.


Author(s):  
T. M. Weatherby ◽  
P.H. Lenz

Crustaceans, as well as other arthropods, are covered with sensory setae and hairs, including mechanoand chemosensory sensillae with a ciliary origin. Calanoid copepods are small planktonic crustaceans forming a major link in marine food webs. In conjunction with behavioral and physiological studies of the antennae of calanoids, we undertook the ultrastructural characterization of sensory setae on the antennae of Pleuromamma xiphias.Distal mechanoreceptive setae exhibit exceptional behavioral and physiological performance characteristics: high sensitivity (<10 nm displacements), fast reaction times (<1 msec latency) and phase locking to high frequencies (1-2 kHz). Unusual structural features of the mechanoreceptors are likely to be related to their physiological sensitivity. These features include a large number (up to 3000) of microtubules in each sensory cell dendrite, arising from or anchored to electron dense rods associated with the ciliary basal body microtubule doublets. The microtubules are arranged in a regular array, with bridges between and within rows. These bundles of microtubules extend far into each mechanoreceptive seta and terminate in a staggered fashion along the dendritic membrane, contacting a large membrane surface area and providing a large potential site of mechanotransduction.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary VanAernum ◽  
Florian Busch ◽  
Benjamin J. Jones ◽  
Mengxuan Jia ◽  
Zibo Chen ◽  
...  

It is important to assess the identity and purity of proteins and protein complexes during and after protein purification to ensure that samples are of sufficient quality for further biochemical and structural characterization, as well as for use in consumer products, chemical processes, and therapeutics. Native mass spectrometry (nMS) has become an important tool in protein analysis due to its ability to retain non-covalent interactions during measurements, making it possible to obtain protein structural information with high sensitivity and at high speed. Interferences from the presence of non-volatiles are typically alleviated by offline buffer exchange, which is timeconsuming and difficult to automate. We provide a protocol for rapid online buffer exchange (OBE) nMS to directly screen structural features of pre-purified proteins, protein complexes, or clarified cell lysates. Information obtained by OBE nMS can be used for fast (<5 min) quality control and can further guide protein expression and purification optimization.


Author(s):  
Parameswari P ◽  
Devika Rengaswamy

<p>ABSTRACT<br />Objective: The points of this exploration work were to decide the quantitative examination of bioactive mixes. Customarily, cutting edge meds rely<br />on the phytochemicals got from the plant source in bigger extents. Numerous bioactive auxiliary metabolites have a positive metabolic reaction on<br />different human diseases.<br />Methods: In the present examination, Artemisia nilagirica, leaves were gathered, dried, powdered and put away in hermetically sealed compartments<br />for quantitative investigation of phytochemicals according to standard strategies.<br />Results: The methanolic leaf concentrate of enrolled 4.33 mg of alkaloids, 1.22 mg of saponins, 12.4 mg of tannins, 24.3 mg of glycosides, 10.2 mg<br />terpenoids, 1.33 mg of coumarin, 59.4 mg of amino acids, 12.2 mg of fatty acids, 17.2 mg of flavonoids, 10.2 mg of phenols, and steroids in follows<br />separately.<br />Conclusion: The plant has a high helpful quality as far as an assortment of phytochemicals from leaf remove and had let to a sure level toward<br />extraction and refinement of specific bioactive mixes for human nourishment.<br />Keywords: Artemisia nilagirica, Secondary metabolites, Quantitative analysis, Leaf extract, Flavonoids.</p>


Polyhedron ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (17) ◽  
pp. 3477-3483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Nádvorník ◽  
Vratislav Langer ◽  
Robert Jirásko ◽  
Michal Holčapek ◽  
Tomáš Weidlich ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Gaivoronskaya ◽  
Valenitna Kolpakova

The aim of the work was to optimize the process of obtaining multicomponent protein compositions with high biological value and higher functional properties than the original vegetable protein products. Was realized studies to obtain biocomposites on the base of pea protein-oat protein and pea protein-rice protein. Developed composites were enriched with all limited amino acids. For each of the essential amino acids, the amino acid score was 100% and higher. Protein products used in these compositions are not in major allergen list, which allows to use these compositions in allergen-free products and specialized nutrition. To determine biosynthesis parameters for compositions from pea protein and various protein concentrates with the use of transglutaminase enzyme, was studied effect of concentration and exposition time on the amount of amino nitrogen released during the reaction. Decreasing of amino nitrogen in the medium indicated the occurrence of a protein synthesis reaction with the formation of new covalent bonds. Were determined optimal parameters of reaction: the hydromodule, the exposure time, the concentration of EP of the preparation, were obtained mathematical models. Studies on the functional properties of composites, the physicochemical properties of the proteins that make up their composition, and structural features will make it possible to determine the uses in the manufacture of food products based on their ability to bind fat, water, form foam, gels, and etc.


2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-429.e4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Neinast ◽  
Cholsoon Jang ◽  
Sheng Hui ◽  
Danielle S. Murashige ◽  
Qingwei Chu ◽  
...  

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