Covalently linked vancomycin dimers have attracted a great deal of attention among researchers because of their enhanced antibacterial activity against vancomycin‐resistant strains. However, the lack of a clear insight into the mechanisms of action of these dimers hampers rational optimization of their antibacterial potency. Here, we describe the synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel vancomycin dimers with a constrained molecular conformation achieved by two tethers between vancomycin units. Conformational restriction is a useful strategy for studying the relationship between the molecular topology and biological activity of compounds. In this study, two vancomycin units were linked at three distinct positions of the glycopeptide (vancosamine residue (V), C terminus (C), and N terminus (N)) to form two types of novel vancomycin cyclic dimers. Active NC‐VV‐linked dimers with a stable conformation as indicated by molecular mechanics calculations selectively suppressed the peptidoglycan polymerization reaction of vancomycin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in vitro. In addition, double‐disk diffusion tests indicated that the antibacterial activity of these dimers against vancomycin‐resistant enterococci might arise from the inhibition of enzymes responsible for peptidoglycan polymerization. These findings provide a new insight into the biological targets of vancomycin dimers and the conformational requirements for efficient antibacterial activity against vancomycin‐resistant strains. 相似文献
To study the electronic structures of quantum dots in the framework of self-interaction-free including three dimensional effects,
we adopt the theory of nonlocal effective potential introduced by Kohn and Sham [#!ks65!#]. For utilizing the advantageous
point of the real space (3D) mesh method to solve the original nonlinear and nonlocal Hartree-Fock-Kohn-Sham (HFKS)-equation,
we introduce a linearization of the equation in the local form by introducing the local Coulomb potentials which depend on
explicitly the two single particle states. In practice, for solving the local form HFKS-equation, we use the Car-Parrinello-like
relaxation method and the Coulomb potentials are obtained by solving the Poisson equation under proper boundary conditions.
Firstly the observed energy gap between triplet- and singlet-states of N = 4 in DBS [#!tarucha96!#] is discussed to reproduce the addition energies and chemical potentials depending the magnetic
field. Next the coupling between two-quantum dots in TBS [#!aht97!#] is studied by adding the square barrier between two dots.
The spin-degeneracy [#!aht97!#] measured in gate-voltage depending on magnetic field is well reproduced in the limit of small
mismatch. Finally, the electronic states in the ring structure are calculated and discussed how the ring size and magnetic
field affect to the structures.
Received 30 November 2000 相似文献
A collinear irradiation system of F2 and KrF excimer lasers for high-quality and high-efficiency ablation of hard materials by the F2 and KrF excimer lasers’ multi-wavelength excitation process has been developed. This system achieves well-defined micropatterning
of fused silica with little thermal influence and little debris deposition. In addition, the dependence of ablation rate on
various conditions such as laser fluence, irradiation timing of each laser beam, and pulse number is examined to investigate
the role of the F2 laser in this process. The multi-wavelength excitation effect is strongly affected by the irradiation timing, and an extremely
high ablation rate of over 30 nm/pulse is obtained between -10 ns and 10 ns of the delay time of F2 laser irradiation. The KrF excimer laser ablation threshold decreases and its effective absorption coefficient increases
with increasing F2 laser fluence. Moreover, the ablation rate shows a linear increase with the logarithm of KrF excimer laser fluence when the
F2 laser is simultaneously irradiated, while single KrF excimer laser ablation shows a nonlinear increase. The ablation mechanism
is discussed based on these results.
Received: 16 July 2001 / Accepted: 27 July 2001 / Published online: 2 October 2001 相似文献
Stereocontrolled syntheses of biotin-labeled oligosaccharide portions containing the carbohydrate moiety of glycoprotein from Echinococcus granulosus have been accomplished. Trisaccharide Galβ1-3Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-R (A), tetrasaccharide Galα1-4Galβ1-3Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-R (B), and pentasaccharide Galα1-4Galβ1-3Galβ1-3Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-R (C), (R = biotinylated probe) were synthesized by stepwise condensation and/or block synthesis by the use of 5-(methoxycarbonyl)pentyl 2-azido-4,6-O-benzylidene-2-deoxy-α-d-galactopyranoside as a common glycosyl acceptor. The synthesis of the tetrasaccharide and the pentasaccharide was improved from the viewpoint of reducing the number of synthetic steps and increasing the total yield by changing from stepwise condensation to block synthesis. Moreover, hexasaccharide E, which contains the oligosaccharide sequence which occurs in E. granulosus, was synthesized from trisaccharide D. We examined the antigenicity of these five oligosaccharides by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Although compounds of C–E did not exhibit antigenicity against cystic echinococcosis (CE) patient sera, compounds B, D, and E showed good serodiagnostic potential for alveolar echinococcosis (AE). 相似文献
The title mononuclear copper(II) complex, [CuCl(C18H26N4)]ClO4, shows a square‐pyramidal coordination with the diethylamino N atom at the apical position. Large anisotropies in the displacement parameters of the non‐H atoms of the ligand seem to be due to rotational disorder of the ClO4? anion. 相似文献
Summary: The origins of the thermal and mechanical properties of chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with inter- and intra-hydrogen bonds were investigated systematically by using X-ray, DSC, positron annihilation and viscoelastic measurements. Based on their individual properties, the characteristics of the blend films were estimated in relation to their morphology and mechanical properties as a function of chitosan content. The characteristics of the blend films were also analyzed in terms of the deviation from a simple additive rule of chitosan and PVA content. These results suggested that the miscibility of chitosan and PVA could be ensured by entanglement of the amorphous chain segments of chitosan and PVA. Further detailed analysis revealed that the chitosan content on the film surface is higher than that of the admixture content of chitosan after elongation, although the chitosan and PVA chains were crystallized independently. The elongation could be achieved for the blend films whose PVA content was higher than 50% and the drawn blend films were transparent. Thus, it may be expected that sufficiently entangled meshes formed between chitosan and PVA amorphous chains within the film, the PVA content being higher than 50%, were maintained under the elongation process. 相似文献
An alternative and simple fiber-optic backreflectance sensor method for accurate measurement of either effective focal lengths
of optical elements and short distances using a single-mode optical fiber and cw laser is presented. The method is based on
the intensity sensing of focused backreflectance laser emission and the spatial location of three specific points: the focal
point of the focusing optical element and two object points. The single-mode fiber is a key optical element and serves simultaneously
as a point laser source for testing, an object for projecting and a highly sensitive point receiver of the focused backreflectance
emission. The experimental and analytical results demonstrate the potential of the method for locating the spatial points
and determining the effective focal length with accuracies exceeding 1 μm and 0.5%, respectively, as well as for short distance
measurement with submicron accuracy. 相似文献
Hornfels, and intrusion rocks were studied with electron spin resonance (ESR) as a function of the distance from an intrusion zone in Mino Natural Park, Osaka, Japan. The temperature distribution in metamorphic rocks around an intrusion zone was calculated based on a simplified model of one-dimensional thermal conduction. The age as well as the thermal effect due to an intrusion rock were assessed using ESR signal intensities of paramagnetic defect centers (E’, oxygen-hole, and Al) in quartz grains. Geothermal heating effects are observable more than ten million years later for stable detects such as the E’ center. 相似文献
Two different types of data acquisition methods, “averaging mode” and “ion-counting mode”, have been used in a time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry. The most common method is an averaging mode that sums waveform signals obtained from each flight cycle. While it is possible to process many ions arriving at the same TOF in one flight cycle, low-abundance ions are difficult to measure because ion signals are overwhelmed by noises from the detection system. An ion-counting mode is suitable for the detection of such low-concentration ions, but counting loss occurs when two or more ions arrive at the detector within the dead time of the acquisition system. In this study, we introduce a technique that combines two methods to measure target ions with a high concentration difference, i.e., averaging mode and ion-counting mode are used simultaneously for high abundant and trace ions, respectively. By processing waveforms concurrently during data acquisition, one can choose to analyze either or both types of data to achieve a highly quantitative mass spectrum over a wide range of sample concentrations. The result of the argon isotope analysis shows that this method provides a more accurate determination of the isotope ratio compared to averaging mode alone at one-twentieth of the analysis time required by ion-counting alone.