草酰胺配体的微波合成

在微波辐照下, 分别由苯胺、取代苯胺和草酸通过无溶剂法反应, 合成出N,N′-二(苯基)草酸二酰胺和N,N′-二(取代苯基)草酸二酰胺, 利用¹H NMR, MS和元素分析对其结构进行了表征. 研究表明, 增加辐照功率选择合适的辐照时间有利于产物收率的提高, 甲基或氯单取代的苯胺得率高于苯胺, 增加固液两相的接触面积可大大提高产物的收率.     

A computational study of the chemokine receptor CXCR1 bound with interleukin-8

CXCR1 is a G-protein coupled receptor, transducing signals from chemokines, in particular the interleukin-8(IL8)molecules. This study combines homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulation methods to study the structure of CXCR1-IL8 complex. By using CXCR4-v MIP-II crystallography structure as the homologous template, CXCR1-IL8 complex structure was constructed, and then refined using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. Through extensive simulations, CXCR1-IL8 binding poses were investigated in detail. Furthermore, the role of the N-terminal of CXCR1 receptor was studied by comparing four complex models differing in the N-terminal sequences. The results indicate that the receptor N-terminal affects the binding of IL8 significantly. With a shorter N-terminal domain, the binding of IL8 to CXCR1 becomes unstable. The homology modeling and simulations also reveal the key receptor-ligand residues involved in the electrostatic interactions known to be vital for complex formation.