Estrogen receptor microarrays: subtype-selective ligand binding

We present the first example of a nuclear hormone receptor microarray, using for illustration the ligand-binding domains of the two estrogen receptors, ERalpha-LBD and ERbeta-LBD. The proteins are printed and allowed to attach to aldehyde slides; the efficiency of attachment depends on whether the LBD is liganded with agonists (low attachment) versus liganded with antagonists or unliganded (high attachment). This suggests that attachment is orientation specific and involves principally a single lysine residue. The attached ERs retain good ligand-binding activity that can be assessed using an estradiol-fluorophore conjugate, and specific and ER subtype-selective binding of ligands can be determined conveniently in competitive binding assays. This powerful new, high-throughput technique to study ligand binding to ER-LBDs can be extended to other nuclear hormone receptors and adapted to assay the recruitment of coregulator proteins.     

[Cu(C8H4F3O2S)2(C12H8N2)]·C3H6O的合成及其晶体结构

标题配合物 [Cu(C8H4 F3O2 S) 2 (C12 H8N2 ) ]·C3H6 O属于三斜晶系 ,空间群为P1,并测得如下晶胞参数a =10 .5 77(3) ,b =15 .72 2 (4) ,c =10 .133(2 ) ,α =94 .5 3(2 ) ,β =10 0 .81(2 ) ,γ =96 .18(2 )° ,V =16 37.0 3 3,Z =2 ,Mr =74 4.18,Dx =1.5 1× 10 6 g·m- 3,F(0 0 0 ) =5 2 6 ,μ =8 2 4cm- 1,最终偏差因子为R =0 .0 83,Rw=0 .0 74。Cu(II)与 2个 4 ,4 ,4 三氟 1 (2 噻吩基 )丁二酮 1,3中的四个氧原子和菲咯啉中的两个氮原子 ,组成了一个畸变的八面体构型。     

Evolution of physics-based methodology for exploring the conformational energy landscape of proteins

The evolution of our physics-based computational methods for determining protein conformation without the introduction of secondary-structure predictions, homology modeling, threading, or fragment coupling is described. Initial use of a hard-sphere potential captured much of the structural properties of polypeptide chains, and subsequent more refined force fields, together with efficient methods of global optimization provide indications that progress is being made toward an understanding of the interresidue interactions that underlie protein folding.     

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of in situ generated allylindium reagents with aryl halides

[reaction: see text] In situ generated allylindium reagents from the reaction of 1 equiv of indium with 1.5 equiv of allyl halides could be effective cross-coupling partners in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions to aryl halides. The best results were obtained with 2% Pd(2)dba(3)CHCl(3) and 16% Ph(3)P in the presence of 3 equiv of LiCl in DMF at 100 degrees C.     

Synthesis and Surface-Active Properties of New Photosensitive Surfactants Containing the Azobenzene Group

Several water-soluble cationic surfactants, 4-alkylazobenzene-4'-(oxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium methylsulfate (AZMS) (AZMS-0, AZMS-1, AZMS-2, AZMS-4, and AZMS-8), containing alkylglycidylether and azoarene have been synthesized with high yields of 63-78% and their surface-active properties have been investigated upon irradiation with UV/vis light. All of the trans-AZMS surfactants are isomerized to cis-trans mixtures containing 92.5% cis isomer by UV light irradiation at 350 nm. The cis isomers in the mixtures are reverted to trans isomers by visible light irradiation (lambda>445 nm). Such photoisomerization induces changes in the surface activity of each surfactant. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the trans form of AZMS-8 surfactant is about 1.28x10(-4) mol/l. At the photostationary state, 92.5% of the trans form is changed to the cis form which exhibits a slightly higher cmc (3.41x10(-4) mol/l). The new cmc of AZMS surfactants upon photoisomerization is similar to that of the ideal mixed micellar system. In particular, the ratio of cmc(cis) to cmc(trans) of AZMS derivatives is about 1.87-2.85 which increases proportionally with the chain length of alkyl group. The minimum average area per molecule (A(min)(a/w)) for the trans and cis isomers of AZMS-8 is 0.60 and 0.74 nm(2), respectively. The difference in the A(min)(a/w) may originate from the structural differences in the two isomers. These values are quite different as compared to those of the conventional azobenzene surfactants. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Tin Mediated Allylation of Aldimines with Allyl Bromide

SyntheticinterestsinhighlyfunctionalizedacyclicandcyclicamineshavecontributedtothewealthofexPerimentalmethodologydeveloPedfortheadditionofcarbanionstothecarbon-nitrogendoublebondofimines.Generally,organometallicreagentsorilltermedi-atesareusedascarbanionsandadditionofallylicorganometallicspeciestothenieconshtutesavaluablemethodforthesynthesisofhomoallylamines.'Amongthese,allyLlithium,'-magnesium,'-zinc,'-boraneandboronate,'-silaneand-stannane'havebeenusedforallylationofdriines.Ontheotherhand,…     

Molecular simulation of electrolytes in nanopores

Behaviour of electrolytes confined in cylindrical and slit pores are studied by computer simulations at the molecular level. Previous equilibrium and structural properties obtained by Monte Carlo techniques using the restrictive primitive model are discussed. Transport properties are calculated by the canonical molecular dynamics technique for ions with Lennard–Jones cores. Assuming an external electric potential, the chemical potential of individual ions can be balanced without the need for a grand canonical procedure. The mobility of the counterion is affected by the surface charge density. At a high surface charge, the mean square axial displacement of the counterion calculated is lower than the bulk value due to its high concentration near the charged wall.     

Understanding the dynamics of signal transduction for adsorption of gases and vapors on carbon nanotube sensors

Adsorption dynamics and their influence on signal transduction for carbon nanotube-based chemical sensors are explored using continuum site balance equations and a mass action model. These sensors are shown to possess both reversible and irreversible binding sites that can be modeled independently. For the case of irreversible adsorption, it is shown that the characteristic response time scales inversely with analyte concentration. It is inappropriate to report a detection limit for this type of sensor since any nonzero analyte concentration can be detected in theory but at a cost of increasing transduction time with decreasing concentration. The response curve should examine the initial rate of signal change as a function of analyte concentration. Conversely, a reversible sensor has a predefined detection limit, independent of the detector geometry with a characteristic time scaling that becomes constant in the zero analyte concentration limit. A simple analytical test is presented to distinguish between these two mechanisms from the transient response of a nanotube sensor array. Two systems appearing in the literature are shown to have an irreversible component, and regressed surface rate constants for this component are similar across different sensor geometries and analytes.     

Effects of chromatography conditions on intact protein separations for top-down proteomics

A chiral stationary phase (CSP) has been prepared by chemically bonding a chiral pseudo-18-crown-6 type host having a 1-phenyl-1,2-cyclohexanediol unit to 3-aminopropyl silica gel. The chiral column was prepared by the slurry-packing method in a stainless steel HPLC column. Normal mobile phases can be used with this CSP in contrast to conventional dynamic coating type CSPs. Enantiomers of 20 out of 30 amino compounds, including 20 amino acids, 2 amino acid methyl esters, 6 amino alcohols, and 2 lipophilic amines, were efficiently separated on columns with this CSP. It is noteworthy that 15 amino compounds out of 30 were separated with better separation factors and shorter retention times compared to the corresponding CSP having pseudo-18-crown-6 with 1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol as a chiral unit. In view of the correlation between the enantiomer selectivities observed in chromatography and those obtained in gas phase FABMS-EL methods and solution phase titrations, chiral recognition in the host-guest interaction likely contributes to enantiomer separation.     

Recyclable self-assembly-supported catalytic system for orthoalkylation

[reaction: see text] A new recyclable supported catalyst system for orthoalkylation was devised using a self-assembly consisting of the barbiturate and 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine H-bonding motifs. At high temperature, the system is completely homogeneous so as to give an efficient catalytic activity, while it is heterogenized at room temperature to form an insoluble solid phase for the easy recovery of the catalyst after the reaction.