Presence of β-Turn Structure in Recombinant Spider Silk Dissolved in Formic Acid Revealed with NMR

Spider dragline silk is a biopolymer with excellent mechanical properties. The development of recombinant spider silk protein (RSP)-based materials with these properties is desirable. Formic acid (FA) is a spinning solvent for regenerated Bombyx mori silk fiber with excellent mechanical properties. To use FA as a spinning solvent for RSP with the sequence of major ampullate spider silk protein from Araneus diadematus, we determined the conformation of RSP in FA using solution NMR to determine the role of FA as a spinning solvent. We assigned ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N chemical shifts to 32-residue repetitive sequences, including polyAla and Gly-rich regions of RSP. Chemical shift evaluation revealed that RSP is in mainly random coil conformation with partially type II β-turn structure in the Gly-Pro-Gly-X motifs of the Gly-rich region in FA, which was confirmed by the ¹⁵N NOE data. In addition, formylation at the Ser OH groups occurred in FA. Furthermore, we evaluated the conformation of the as-cast film of RSP dissolved in FA using solid-state NMR and found that β-sheet structure was predominantly formed.     

Evaluating a time-delay of hydrogen production quantitatively in photosynthetic bacteria for stabilizing intermittency

Renewable energy is regarded as a clean energy source but has some problems, one of which is intermittency. To reduce this, the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria can be effective. In this study, we qualitatively evaluated the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria under various irradiation conditions, and we also quantitatively evaluated it by fitting the experimental data and the hydrogen production model with a genetic algorithm. As a result of model fitting, we found that the relationship between the lengths of the optimized time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria and the amount of light irradiation is linear. And we also found that the time-delay of hydrogen production by photosynthetic bacteria had an upper limit under low light intensity. We have suggested the existence of an energy store mechanism in photosynthetic bacteria.     

2,3-Di(phenylsulfinyl)-1,3-butadiene via a double [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the bis-sulfenate ester of 2-butyne-1,4-diol.

a one-step conversion of butyne-1,4-diol (1) to 2,3-di(phenylsulfinyl)-1,3-butadiene (4) and the conversion of this bis-sulfoxide to the sulfoxide-sulfone 6 and the bis-sulfone 5 are reported.     

Electrochemical assembly and potential-dependent plasmon absorption of au nanoclusters covered with a 4-aminothiophenol self-assembled monolayer

Gold nanoclusters covered with 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were electrochemically assembled on an Au or ITO electrode. The assembly mechanism is discussed on the basis of results of electrochemical, FT-IR, and XPS measurements. The intensity of plasmon absorption of the gold nanocluster assembly was shown to be dependent on applied potential as a result of electrochemical doping/undoping of a counteranion in the polyaniline film.     

Resolving the discrepancy of 135 MeV pd elastic scattering cross sections and relativistic effects

Three precise measurements for elastic pd scattering at 135 MeV/A have been performed with the three different experimental setups. The cross sections are described well by the theoretical predictions based on modern nucleon-nucleon forces combined with three-nucleon forces. Relativistic Faddeev calculations show that relativistic effects are restricted to backward angles. This result supports the two measurements recently reported by RIKEN and contradicts the KVI data.     

Syntheses and magnetic properties of iron(III) complexes with imidazole groups

Iron(III) complexes with the general formula of [Fe (R-Himap)₂]X and [Fe(R-Himat)₂]X (Himap = shiff-base prepared from the condensation of 4-formylimidazole and 2-aminophenol, Himat = shiff base prepared from the condensation of 4-formylimidazole and 2-aminobenzenethiol, and R = H, Me, Ph; X = ClO₄, NO₃, BPh₄) have been synthesized. The complexes have an N₄O₂ donor set or an N₄S₂ donor set. These complexes have 5 and 5 member rings around an iron(III) atom per one chelate ring, that is, "5-5 member rings". The crystal structure, Mössbauer spectra, magnetic properties and absorption spectra of the complexes were examined. In addition, [Fe (Himsa)₂]ClO₄ having "5-6 member rings" of an N₄O₂ donor set and [Fe (Ph-Himap)(Ph-imap)] obtained by the deprotonation of [Fe (Ph-Himap)₂]ClO₄ have been also synthesized, and the Mössbauer spectra and magnetic properties of those complexes were examined. The X-ray structure of a single crystal of [Fe (Himap)₂]BPh₄ was determined: C₄₄H₃₆N₆BO₂Fe, triclinic, space group P(# 2), a = 12.452(2) Å, b = 12.748(2) Å, c = 11.996(2) Å, = 103.97(1)°, = 90.78(1)°, = 84.70(1)° and Z = 2. The moiety of an iron atom of [Fe(Himap)₂]BPh₄ was a pseudo octahedron with an FeN₄O₂ geometry. [Fe(R-Himap)₂]X was in high-spin state (about 5.9 B.M. at 80 K in solid state), and [Fe(R-Himat)₂]X was in low-spin state (about 2.0 B.M. at 293 K). The complex [Fe(Himsa)₂]ClO₄ with "5-6 member rings" and the deprotonated complex [Fe(Ph-Himap)(Ph-imap)] were in the high-spin state (6.0 B.M. at 80 K). It is concluded that the ligand field strength of an N₄S₂ donor set is stronger than that of an N₄O₂ donor set.     

Pseudogap formation in the intermetallic compounds (Fe1-xVx)3Al

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Full automatic synthesis of [<Superscript>18</Superscript>F]THK-5351 for tau protein PET imaging in Alzheimer’s disease patients: 1 year experience

[¹⁸F]THK-5351, a new candidate for tau protein imaging, is based on an aryl quinoline structure. We report the full automatic synthesis using disposable cassettes under pH controlled [¹⁸F]fluorination. After the trapping of 88.5 ± 21.9 GBq of [¹⁸F]fluoride, it was eluted with potassium methansulfonate (KOMs) (pH 7.8)/K₂₂₂. After drying, 3 mg of the precursor was added to 1 mL DMSO and subjected to [¹⁸F]fluorination at 110 °C for 10 min. After hydrolysis, the final product was purified by HPLC. The overall radiochemical yield was 31.9 ± 11.1% (n = 22), satisfying all quality control criteria. It was stable for up to 6 h with high radiochemical purity as 99.8 ± 0.5%.