Study on the Interaction Between Bovine Serum Albumin and Potassium Perfluoro Octane Sulfonate

The interactions between potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. The association constants between PFOS and BSA were obtained by fluorescence enhancing and fluorescence quenching respectively. Furthermore, fluorescence quenching was studied at different temperatures, and the binding constant was also determined by the method of fluorescence quenching. According to the thermodynamic parameters, the main binding force could be judged. The experimental results revealed that BSA and PFOS had strong interactions. The mechanism of quenching belonged to dynamic quenching and the main sort of binding force was hydrophobic force. IR-spectra proved the interaction changed the conformation of BSA.     

Adaptive lambda square dynamics simulation: An efficient conformational sampling method for biomolecules

A novel, efficient sampling method for biomolecules is proposed. The partial multicanonical molecular dynamics (McMD) was recently developed as a method that improved generalized ensemble (GE) methods to focus sampling only on a part of a system (GEPS); however, it was not tested well. We found that partial McMD did not work well for polylysine decapeptide and gave significantly worse sampling efficiency than a conventional GE. Herein, we elucidate the fundamental reason for this and propose a novel GEPS, adaptive lambda square dynamics (ALSD), which can resolve the problem faced when using partial McMD. We demonstrate that ALSD greatly increases the sampling efficiency over a conventional GE. We believe that ALSD is an effective method and is applicable to the conformational sampling of larger and more complicated biomolecule systems. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Synthesis of chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing (un)substituted 13-exo-methylene moiety and their optical properties

Chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing an un/mono/disubstituted methylene moiety at the 13¹-position were prepared by (un)substituted methylation of the 13-carbonyl group and successive dehydration. Substitution of the 13¹-oxo to the methylene group slightly blue-shifted electronic absorption and emission bands in a solution and decreased chemical stability to give an oxidation product cleaved at the E-ring. Further mono/disubstitution at the methylene terminal increased wavelengths of absorption and emission maxima as well as oxidative tolerance.     

Estimation of 47Sc and 177Lu production rates from their natural targets in Kyoto University Research Reactor

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry - To assess the capability of Kyoto University Research Reactor to supply the domestic needs of medical isotopes, its neutron flux has been fully...     

Thermodynamic Control of Domain Swapping by Modulating the Helical Propensity in the Hinge Region of Myoglobin

Domain swapping is an exception to Anfinsen's dogma, and more than one structure can be produced from the same amino acid sequence by domain swapping. We have previously shown that myoglobin (Mb) can form a domain‐swapped dimer in which the hinge region is converted to a helical structure. In this study, we showed that domain‐swapped dimerization of Mb was achieved by a single Ala mutation of Gly at position 80. Multiple Ala mutations at positions 81 and 82 in addition to position 80 facilitated dimerization of Mb by stabilization of the dimeric states. Domain swapping tendencies correlated well with the helical propensity of the mutated residue in a series of Mb mutants with amino acids introduced to the hinge region. These findings demonstrate that a single mutation in the hinge loop to modify helical propensity can control oligomer formation, providing new ideas to create high‐order protein oligomers using domain swapping.     

纳米氧化锌的乳液合成、结构表征与气敏性能

利用化学沉淀法、乳液法及微乳液法合成了不同晶粒尺寸的纳米氧化锌气敏材料；用X射线衍射和透射电镜、研究了材料的晶体结构和陶瓷微结构，并利用科西-科西法和德拜-谢乐法计算了材料的平均晶粒度和晶格畸变；和静态配气法测试了材料对乙醇、汽油、氢气、丁烷、六氟化硫的气体灵敏度。实验结果表明：微乳液法和阴离子表面活性剂乳化法合成的氧化锌具有颗粒小，气体灵敏度高和工作温度低的特点。     

湖州表层土壤稀土元素含量及分布特征

为了研究湖州表层土壤样品中稀土元素的分布特征,利用ICP-MS测定了土壤中稀土元素的含量。结果表明湖州表层土壤中稀土元素含量的大小顺序为：Ce＞La＞Nd＞Pr＞Sm＞Gd＞Dy＞Yb＞Er＞Eu＞Ho＞Tb＞Tm＞Lu,遵循Oddo-Harkins法则。湖州表层土壤中稀土元素的分量均值和总量均值皆高于全国水平,稀土元素存在显著的分馏现象,轻稀土元素明显富集。表层土壤中Ce和Eu都有部分亏损。     

硒的分析方法及进展

就国内近年来对于中草药、食品、血清等样品中硒元素的分析方法研究进展进行了综述,主要有原子吸收法、等离子体发射光谱法,荧光法、分光光度法和电化学方法。     

负载型双烷氧基桥联双核铜(Ⅱ)配合物催化剂的合成、表征及催化反应性能

负载型催化剂;化学吸附;碳酸亚乙烯酯;负载型双烷氧基桥联双核铜(Ⅱ)配合物催化剂的合成、表征及催化反应性能