Role of Conformational Changes of Hexameric Bacterial Uridine Phosphorylases in Substrate Binding

Crystallography Reports - Crystals of mutants of uridine phosphorylase from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 at the active-site threonine residue were obtained, and the three-dimensional structures of...     

Characterizations of $$\sigma$$ -Solvable Finite Groups

Mathematical Notes - All the groups considered in this paper are finite, and $$G$$ always denotes a finite group; $$\sigma$$ is a partition of the set $$\mathbb{P}$$ of all primes, i.e.,...     

Structure of bilirubin and its anion according to quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulation

Quantum chemical calculations of the structural characteristics of the bilirubin molecule and its anion are performed. Intramolecular hydrogen bonds are studied using NBO analysis. It is shown that hydrogen bonds in the bilirubin molecule are nonequivalent, and the bond formed by the keto oxygen of the pyrrole ring and the hydrogen of the carboxyl group belonging to the propionate residue is energetically more favorable. Structural characteristics of the molecular and ion forms of bilirubin in aqueous solution are studied by molecular dynamics simulation. It is found that intermolecular hydrogen bonds with water molecules are formed due to oxygen atoms of the carboxyl group and the keto group of bilirubin, and the probability of their formation by anions is much higher than that for molecules.     

Polymerization of Ethylene by Silica‐Supported Dinuclear CrIII Sites through an Initiation Step Involving C?H Bond Activation

The insertion of an olefin into a preformed metal–carbon bond is a common mechanism for transition‐metal‐catalyzed olefin polymerization. However, in one important industrial catalyst, the Phillips catalyst, a metal–carbon bond is not present in the precatalyst. The Phillips catalyst, CrO₃ dispersed on silica, polymerizes ethylene without an activator. Despite 60 years of intensive research, the active sites and the way the first Cr C bond is formed remain unknown. We synthesized well‐defined dinuclear Cr^II and Cr^III sites on silica. Whereas the Cr^II material was a poor polymerization catalyst, the Cr^III material was active. Poisoning studies showed that about 65 % of the Cr^III sites were active, a far higher proportion than typically observed for the Phillips catalyst. Examination of the spent catalyst and isotope labeling experiments showed the formation of a Si–(μ‐OH)–Cr^III species, consistent with an initiation mechanism involving the heterolytic activation of ethylene at Cr^III O bonds.     

Simulating the proton transfer reaction in the phosphoric acid-N,N-dimethylformamide system by means of the AM1 semiempirical method

Using the AM1 semiempirical method, we calculate the energy profile of the proton transfer reaction during the formation of a hydrogen bond between molecules of phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMFA) in both gas and liquid phases. The energy barriers of the reaction transition are estimated. The changes in the geometric parameters of hydrogen bonds and the intermolecular interaction energy of H₃PO₄-DMFA and (H₃PO₄)₂-DMFA complexes during the transition from the gas phase into the solution are analyzed.     

Method for quantitative determination of allapinine in Aconitum leucostomum

Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 436–438, May–June, 1989.     

Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines. 2. Reactions of 2,4,5-trioxo-7-amino-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines with electrophilic agents

1,3-Dimethyl-2,4,5-trioxo-7-amino-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine has been brominated, chlorosulfonated, treated with potassium nitrite in acidic medium, and with the Vilsmeier reagent. Acylation and alkylation of 1,3-dimethyl-2,4,5-trioxo-6-bromo-7-aminopyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine is also discussed.For Communication 1, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 662–666, May, 1990.     

Palladium electrodeposits: Dependence of structure and sorption properties on the deposition potential

A series of Pd electrodeposits (edPd) on Pt substrates is prepared at deposition potentials of -0.05 to 0.55 V with respect to a reversible hydrogen electrode in 0.5 M H₂SO₄. Their nanostructure is characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy. The size distribution of particles is estimated, and dependences of its maximum and half width on the deposition potential are determined. A comparative coulometric study of adsorption of copper and oxygen on edPd shows that real surface areas determined from these data substantially differ. The average size of particles for edPd, estimated within the model of equal-size spheres, is shown to be incorrect. The assumption that particles in the deposits essentially coalesce is substantiated. It is shown that the equilibrium hydrogen content in thea and β hydrides is anomalously high for the deposits whose growth was accompanied by deep hydrogenation of Pd. At a given effective pressure, for the α-phase, this value is always substantially higher as compared with less defective materials. In the β-phase, the hydrogen concentration can be either lower or higher     

Criteria for $ \sigma $ -Solvability and Meta- $ \sigma $ -Nilpotency of a Finite Group

Siberian Mathematical Journal - We study some conditions for a group to be $ \sigma $ -solvable or meta- $ \sigma $ -nilpotent.