Impact of prefractionation using Gradiflow on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and protein identification by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry

Prefractionation of protein samples prior to two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) has the potential to increase the dynamic detection range for proteomic analysis. We evaluated a membrane-based electrophoretic separation technique (Gradiflow) for its ability to fractionate an exoproteome sample from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei. The sample was separated on the basis of size and charge. Buffer optimization was found to be necessary for successful size fractionation. Fractionation by charge was used to resolve the sample into four fractions that were subjected to analysis by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). Enhanced detection of low-abundance proteins with selective removal of high-abundance species was achieved. Fractionated and unfractionated samples were examined for differences in the ability to identify proteins following 2-DE using trypsin in-gel digestion followed by peptide mass fingerprinting using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Fractionated samples showed marked improvement in protein identification ability and sequence coverage. This study demonstrates the utility of the Gradiflow for fractionation, resulting in an enhancement of resolution and characterization of a moderately complex proteome.     

De novo synthesis of 4'-ethoxy nucleoside analogues

Butenolides 5a and 13 were used as optically active templates in the de novo synthesis of 4'-disubstituted nucleoside analogues. The butenolides were reduced and acylated in situ to give acetates 10 and 14. Vorbrüggen coupling gave the protected nucleoside analogues 11 and 15. Reduction of 11 gave 4'-ethoxy-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (6) and deprotection of 15 gave 4'-ethoxy-2',3'-dideoxydidehydrothymidine (7). The cis-dihydroxylation of a variety of butenolides occurred with the major product formed from oxidation of the beta-face.     

Selective Determination of Nanogram γ-Globulin in Human Blood Serum by Resonance Light Scattering of Functionalized Nano-PbS

Functionalized nano-PbS has been prepared and characterized. The functionalized nanoparticles have good dispersibility in water. Reaction of functionalized nano-PbS with γ-globulin (γ-IgG) results an enhanced resonance light scattering (RLS) around 385nm.However, when the content of HSA is lower than 0.5μg/ml^-1 the RLS enhancement is very weak and is nonlinear to concentration of HSA. Based on these results, a new direct quantitative determination method for γ-globulin in blood serum samples without separation is established.Under optimal conditions, the enhanced RLS intensity is in proportion to the γ-IgG concentration in the range 10-500ng/mL. The limit of detection is 2.75ng/mL. This method is proved to be very sensitive, rapid, simple and selective for detection of γ-IgG in blood serum.     

硼化合物的研究——Ⅴ.氢硼酸π-芳烃-π-环戊二烯基铁的合成和性质

本文研究了氢硼酸根(B_(12)H_(12)~(2-)、B_(10)H_(10)~(1-)、B_(11)H_(14)~-)和π-芳烃-π-环戊二烯基铁阳离子的反应,合成了36个氢硼酸π-芳烃-π-环戊二烯基铁化合物。通过元素分析和红外光谱测定确定了化合物的组成。部份化合物还作了~1H NMR鉴定。对化合物的性质,包括它们的热行为,进行了较详细的研究。DTA仪测得的结果表明,(1)当阳离子相同时,化合物的热稳定性的顺序为:[ArFeC_5H_5]_2B_(12)H_(12)>[ArFeC_5H_5]_2B_(10)H_(10)>[ArFeC_5H_5]B_(11)H_(14);(2)当氢硼酸根相同时,其热稳定性受芳环上取代基的影响。     

The modulation of face-face π-π interactions in Lewis acid catalysis

The enantiomeric excess observed for the exo-adduct from the Lewis acid catalysed Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and methacrolein can be increased up to 21% by simple modification of the electronics of the aromatic ring in a series of stilbene-derived diol ligands, suggesting that the proposed face-face π-π interaction between the catalyst and the dienophile can be modulated by altering the electron density on the aromatic ring.     

A new two‐dimensional CdII coordination polymer constructed by pyrazine‐2,3‐dicarboxyl­ate

In the title compound, poly[μ₅‐pyrazine‐2,3‐dicarboxyl­ato‐cadmium(II)], [Cd(C₆H₂N₂O₄)]_n or [Cd(pdc)]_n, where pdc is the pyrazine‐2,3‐dicarboxyl­ate anion, the Cd^II atom is six‐coordinated by five carboxyl­ate O atoms and one N atom from five different pdc ligands in a distorted octa­hedral CdO₅N coordination geometry. Two Cd^II atoms are bridged by carboxyl­ate groups of the pdc ligands to create a dimeric unit. The dimeric units are further connected by the pdc ligands to generate an inter­esting two‐dimensional structure.     

Effect of ionic strength on the self-assembly, morphology and gelation of pH responsive β-sheet tape-forming peptides

Molecular self-assembly is an intrinsic property of proteins central to their biological functionality. One important industrially interesting property is the ability to control and switch on and off self-assembly using a variety of external chemical and physical triggers. Model peptides have been developed with significantly reduced chemical and structural complexity compared to biological proteins. These are ideal systems for exposing the fundamental principles that drive protein-like self-assembly, as well as for establishing in a quantitative manner their structure-function relationship. We investigate simple, short model peptides that adopt a purely β-strand conformation, align in an antiparallel manner and self-assemble in one dimension in solution into long β-sheet nanotapes and higher order aggregates with no other conformation (i.e., helices, turns or random coils) present in the aggregates. These micrometre-long nanostructures gel in solutions at concentrations as low as 0.2% v/v. Their gel-fluid transition has been previously shown to be controlled by pH, temperature, or by mixing with complementary peptides. Here we show the dramatic effect of another chemical trigger, that of physiological-like salt concentration, on the self-assembly, morphology and gelation of a series of systematically designed charged self-assembling tape-forming peptides, each 11 amino acid residues in length, in the pH range of 2-14. This study provides a detailed understanding of the self-assembly of this class of peptides in aqueous solutions of biologically relevant pH and ionic strength. This insight has led to the development of injectable self-assembling peptide lubricants as potential therapeutics for the treatment of early stage knee joint osteoarthritis.     

The Greatest Lower Bound of a Boros–Moll Sequence

Mathematical Notes - The Boros–Moll polynomials $$P_m(a)$$ arise in the evaluation of a quartic integral. In the past few years, there has been some remarkable research on the properties of...