Effect of enzyme concentration on the dynamic behavior of a membrane-bound enzyme system

The dynamic behavior of the reaction-diffusion system, composed of glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4) immobilized at a uniform concentration in a membrane, used as a glucose electrode is represented by a diffusion equation with a nonlinear reaction-term in one-dimensional space. The mathematical model is analyzed by computer simulation, that is, numerical integration of the equation under various initial and boundary conditions, to examine the effect of enzyme concentration on the response characteristics (responsiveness and linearity in response) of the electrode. The analysis of the responses of the system to stepwise changes in the boundary value (glucose concentration in simple solution) infers that the enzyme concentration governs the patterns of the spatial distributions of the substrates (glucose and dissolved oxygen) in steady states and transient responses. It is also revealed that the response characteristics of the electrode are optimized with concentration of immobilized enzyme and that the system establishes the steady states at the same spatial distributions of the substrates, regardless of the boundary value. The diffusion of the substrates and the oxygen concentration also have significant effects on the response characteristics of the electrode.     

Redox Transformation of Adducts from Cycloaddition of Diazoacetic Ester to β-Arylacryloyloxiranes

It was established that, in addition to ethyl 4-aryl-3-(2,3-epoxyalkanoyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylates, the reaction of diazoacetic ester with β-arylacryloyloxiranes also gives ethyl 4-aryl-3(5)-(3-hydroxy-2-methylalkanoyl)-1H-pyrazole-5(3)-carboxylates. The latter are formed from the tautomeric ethyl 4-aryl-5-(2,3-epoxyalkanoyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylates as a result of intramolecular oxidative-reductive disproportionation. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, 1150–1160, August, 2005.     

Synthesis of New Fluorinated Derivatives of Quinolinecarboxylic Acids

Ethyl esters of 1-(7-Z-1-ethyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carbamoyl)-5-X-6,7,8-trifluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acids (X = H, F; Z = pyrrolidino-, piperidino-, hexamethylenimino-, morpholino-, thiomorpholino-) have been synthesized by the interaction of quinolone-3-carboxylic acid hydrazides with ethyl esters of 3-ethoxy-2-(polyfluorobenzoyl)acrylic acid . It was shown possible to cyclize intramolecularly the esters obtained with the formation of 1,3,4-oxadiazino[6,5,4-i,j]quinoline derivatives.     

含离子液体［bmim］Cl的反应介质中马肝醇脱氢酶的催化特性

 研究了马肝醇脱氢酶(HLADH)在含离子液体1-丁基-3-甲基咪唑氯酸盐(［bmim］Cl)的反应介质中的催化特性. 以乙醇为底物时,该酶在［bmim］Cl含量≤0.15 g/ml的体系中的活力高于在不含离子液体的体系中的活力; 离子液体浓度过高(＞0.15 g/ml)对酶活性有明显的抑制作用. 反应温度和pH对含离子液体的反应介质中酶活力的影响规律与不含离子液体时的规律相似. 与不含离子液体的反应介质相比, HLADH在含0.05 g/ml ［bmim］Cl的体系中催化乙醇氧化的活化能下降,酶反应的Vmax和Km均升高. 反应体系中低浓度(≤0.1 g/ml)的离子液体能提高酶的热稳定性,但高浓度(＞0.1 g/ml)的离子液体可降低酶的热稳定性. 紫外二阶导数光谱显示,在含不同浓度离子液体的反应介质中酶分子构象的变化有较大的差异.     

Operating characteristics and energy distribution in transferred plasma arc systems

A specially designed plasma chamber was constructed to study the operating characteristics of a dc plasma-transferred arc of argon, struck between a fluid convective cathode and a water-cooled anode. The arc voltage increased markedly with arc length and with an increase in the inlet velocity of the argon flow past the cathode tip, and much less with an increase in current. Radiation from the plasma column to the chamber walls and transfer of energy to the anode were the two principal modes of transfer of the arc energy. The former was dominant in the case of long arcs and at high inlet argon velocities. At the anode, the major contribution was from electron transfer, which occurred on a very small area of the anode (～5 mm in diameter). Convective heat transfer from the plasma was somewhat less. In all cases, the arc energy contributions to cathode cooling and to the exit gas enthalpy were small. From total heat flux and radiative heat transfer measurements, it was estimated that the plasma temperature just above the anode was in the range 10,000–12,000 K. Preliminary experiments with an anode consisting of molten copper showed that the arc root was no longer fixed but moved around continuously. The arc was othwewise quite stable, and its operating characteristics differed little from those reported for solid anodes, in spite of the greater extent of metal vaporization.     

The influence of grafted functional groups on the adsorption properties of silica

The adsorption properties of silica gel with grafted aminopropyl and guanidinoethanethiol (GET) groups were studied by the techniques of adsorption under static conditions and gas chromatography. It was shown that molecules capable of forming hydrogen bonds are adsorbed on all modified samples more weakly than on the initial silica gel. The grafting of GET radicals on the surface results in a noticiable increase in the dispersion interaction with adsorbed molecules. Calculation of the contributions of molecular groups to the constant of adsorption equilibrium showed that the thermodynamic characteristics of adsorption on aminosilochromes and aminosilicas with a polymeric layer of the modifying agent have similar values. Such adsorbents can be used for investigation of polar compounds, including organic bases. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 452–457, March, 1997.     

Influence of the position of the nitro group on the structural and spectroscopic characteristics of N"-(nitrobenzylidene)isonicotinic hydrazides in the crystalline state

N"-Substituted isonicotinic hydrazides of the general formula Py—C(=O)—N(H)-N"=C(H)—R, where R is o- (1), m- (2), or p-nitrophenyl (3), were studied by IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The position of the nitro group in these compounds has no effect on the type of the crystal structure. The crystal packings are based on stacks consisting of antiparallel planar molecules. The molecules from the adjacent stacks are linked to each other via the N—H...N_Py hydrogen bonds. Depending on the position of the nitro group, the N...N_Py distance increases in the series 3 > 1 > 2 and the energy of the hydrogen bonds decreases (according to the IR spectroscopic data) from 3.9 to 3.1 kcal mol^–1. Analysis of the IR spectra demonstrated that the intensity of absorption in the (C—H) stretching region of the pyridine ring increases substantially as the the N—H...N_Py hydrogen bond is strengthened. Some regularities of the changes, which are observed for the (NO₂) bands in the spectra of the nitrophenyl-containing conjugated molecules in solutions, persist in the crystalline state.     

非对称渐开线圆柱齿轮的动力学特性

通过对非对称渐开线圆柱齿轮传动的啮合特性分析,建立了齿轮动力学模型,并利用数值积分和数值仿真方法对其进行了非线性振动研究.针对齿轮传动的时变刚度特点,比较了标准齿轮与非对称齿轮的振动特性.结果表明:在同等工况下,非对称齿轮比标准齿轮具有更良好的动力学特性.     

电极结构对等离子体显示单元放电效率的影响

利用实验和数值模拟方法研究等离子体显示屏放电单元中的电极间隙、长度、壁障高度等不同参数对放电特性的影响.结果表明,放电效率随电极长度、间隙大小的增大而增大,壁障的存在也使效率略有增加并导致单元有效电容减小,但对放电电压影响很小.单元高度对放电效率影响不大,但可以降低同样间隙下的放电电压.合理选择电极结构可以在较低的维持电压下获得较高的放电效率.     

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