Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) functions by removing the phosphoryl group from tyrosinephosphorylated proteins in
insulin signaling and metabolism. The regeneration of the active site involves a sulphenylamide intermediate derived from
the intrastrand cross-linking between the catalytic serine and the neighboring backbone nitrogen. Two mechanisms have been
proposed for the formation of the sulphenylamide intermediate and the subsequent reactivation of the catalytic site. In the
current work, the proposed mechanisms have been investigated by the use of density functional theory calculations. Our results
suggest that these two mechanisms have similar overall energy barriers and that the preferred route will be determined by
the availability of hydrogen peroxide or other oxidizing reagents. 相似文献
Summary. A highly efficient, selective, fast, and cheap protocol is developed for oxidation of aromatic amines and alcohols utilizing
34% hydrogen peroxide in water catalyzed by some W- and Mo-based heteropolyoxometalates. Findings showed that dodecatungstophosphoric
acid, H3PW12O40, was the most efficient catalyst in the examined oxidation reactions. This methodology may prove to be a valuable alternative
for eco-friendly green oxidation. Inherent simplicity, easy work up, and using regenerable catalysts were other key aspects
of this oxidation protocol. 相似文献
A mixed culture was enriched from surface soil obtained from an eastern United States site highly contaminated with chromate. Growth of the culture was inhibited by a chromium concentration of 12 mg/L. Another mixed culture was enriched from subsurface soil obtained from the Hanford reservation, at the fringe of a chromate plume. The enrichment medium was minimal salts solution augmented with acetate as the carbon source, nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor, and various levels of chromate. This mixed culture exhibited chromate tolerance, but not chromate reduction capability, when growing anaerobically on this medium. However, this culture did exhibit chromate reduction capability when growing anaerobically on TSB. Growth of this culture was not inhibited by a chromium concentration of 12 mg/L. Mixed cultures exhibited decreasing diversity with increasing levels of chromate in the enrichment medium. An in situ bioremediation strategy is suggested for chromate contaminated soil and groundwater.
In this study, headspace gas chromatography/mass spectrometry has been used to assess the volatile by-products generated by
the ageing of oil-impregnated paper insulation of power transformers. Sealed-glass ampoules were used to age under oxidative
conditions 0.5-g specimens of insulating paper in 9 mL of inhibited mineral oil in a temperature range of 60–120 °C and moisture
of 0.5, 1 and 2% (w/w). A linear relationship between one of the oil-soluble degradation by-products, i.e. methanol, and the
number of ruptured 1,4-β-glycosidic bonds of cellulose, regardless of the type of paper (ordinary Kraft or thermally-upgraded
(TU) Kraft paper), was established for the first time in this field. Ageing at 130 °C of model compounds of the Kraft paper
constituents (α-cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) and two cellulosic breakdown by-products (D-(+)-glucose and 1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose) confirmed that the α-cellulose degradation was mostly responsible for the presence of this molecule in the
system. Furthermore, additional 130 °C-tests with six different papers and pressboard samples under a tight control of initial
moisture indicated that at least one molecule of methanol is formed for each rupture of 1,4-β-glucosidic bond of the molecular
chains. Stability tests showed that the ageing indicator is stable under the oxygen and temperature conditions of open-breathing
transformers. The presence of methanol was detected in 94% of oil samples collected from over than 900 in-service pieces of
equipment, confirming the potential for this application. Lastly, the tests have shown that oil-oxidation by-products and
TU-nitrogenous agents modify the methanol partitioning coefficients in the paper/oil/air system, which makes their study essential
over a range of field conditions encountered by power transformers. Results are presented and discussed in comparison with
2-furfuraldehyde, which is the current reference in the domain. 相似文献
Fluoro-aramid-based sol/gel-derived nanocomposites were synthesized by condensing a mixture of 4,4′-(hexafluoro-isopropylidene)dianiline
and 1,3-phenylenediamine with terephthaloylchloride (TPC) in dimethylacetamide. TPC was added in slight excess to produce
amide chains with carbonyl chloride end groups and then replaced with alkoxy groups using aminophenyltrimethoxysilane to develop
bonding with the silica network. Mechanical, dynamic mechanical thermal, water absorption and morphological measurements were
carried out on the thin hybrid films. Increase in the tensile strength and modulus was observed as compared to pristine polyamide.
The thermal decomposition temperature was found in the range of 400–500 °C. The water absorption was found to be reduced with
higher silica content. The glass transition temperature and the storage moduli increased with increasing silica concentration.
The maximum increase in the Tg value (345 °C) was observed with 20 wt% silica. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the uniform distribution of silica
in the matrix with an average particle size ranging from 8 to 50 nm. 相似文献
Human serum albumin (HSA) is one of the key components in human blood that may influence drug distribution. As such, it is important to know the affinity of any drug for albumin. Previously, Photofrina mixture of monomeric, dimeric and oligomeric porphyrins, has been subjected to HSA binding studies. However, due to its complex nature, binding studies on Photofrin or other hematoporphyrin derivatives with HSA are inconclusive. In this report, the binding properties of some components (dimers and trimers) of Photofrin® and the relationship between murine photosensitizing efficacy and those binding properties were investigated. The interaction of these porphyrins with HSA was investigated by direct ultrafiltration and fluorescent titration techniques with fluorescent probes such as dansyl-L-proline (DP), which is known to interact selectively with site II on HSA. Porphyrins also were tested for antitumor activity in a mouse model following intravenous administration and exposure to laser light. Together, the results suggest that the photosensitizers that were preferentially bound to site II of HSA were most effective at controlling murine tumor regrowth 相似文献
Headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been successfully applied to the analysis of the highly volatile species trimethyl amine (TMA). TMA quantitation in fiberglass insulation resins (ultimately used by the automotive and building products industries) is of interest because of its highly odoriferous nature. The release of TMA from fiberglass insulation products is the principal component responsible for the "fishy" odor encountered in automobiles. Currently, the industry standard for the analysis of TMA involves injecting an aqueous insulation extract into the GC-MS equipped with a polyethylene glycol column. Several problems inherent in this analysis prohibit consistent performance and enhance the possibility for wide variations in the quantitative results. This article reports the development of a new approach to the quantitation of TMA from fiberglass insulation between the levels of 1 and 150 ppm. 相似文献
Summary This paper contains three applications of the technique of limit series (our [1986]) to the theory of ramification of linear series on smooth curves, and curves of compact type, overC.Let {Ltt|<}, be a family of linear series on a smooth family of smooth curves {Ct}, and letp1(t),p2(t)Ct be sections of the family which coincide (only) att=0. Setp=p1())=p2(0)C0.We first give a condition related to the Schubert calculus which must be satisfied by the ramification series
and the
. We then take up the converse problem: In what ways can a given ramification point arise as a limit? We show that if the ramification point isdimensionally proper in the sense of our [1986], then families of every kind allowed by the Schubert calculus condition can actually be constructed. Finally, we prove that dimensional propriety is in a strong sense an open condition, so that ramification points constructed as above are again dimensionally proper.In the body of the paper we work not with pairs of points, as above, but with arbitrary finite collections of points approaching (possibly) several points of the limit curve. Further, by their nature, the results are valid for families of curves of compact type. 相似文献