Untersuchung der Stabilisierung von Polyacrylnitrilfasern „Bulana” mittels Differentialthermoanalyse

Zusammenfassung Mittels DTA und DSC wird das Verhalten der Polyacrylnitrilfaser Bulana mit und ohne Vorbehandlung mit einer Lösung von 2-Phenyl-2-(3,5 Dinitro-4-Hydroxyphenyl)-Propan in Nitrobenzol beim Erhitzen an der Luft und in Stickstoff erforscht. Dabei werden erhöhte Temperaturen für Beginn und Maximum der exothermen Prozesse Zyklisierung und Oxydation sowie verminderte Enthalpieveränderungen (H) beobachtet. Die Aktivierungsenergie der Prozesse betrug für die Ausgangsfaser 29,8 kcal/mol und für die mit DNKPh vorbehandelte Faser 32,4 kcal/mol.

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Summary DTA and DSC measurements were used for studying the behaviour of crude PAN-fibre Bulana as well as PAN treated with a solution of 2-phenyl-2-(3,5 dinitro-4 hydroxyphenyl)-propane in nitrobenzene during heating in air and in nitrogen. As a result of the treatment an increase of the temperatures of initiation result of the treatment an increase of the temperatures of initiation and maximum of the exothermic reaction as well as a decrease of the enthalpy (H) were found. The calculated activation energy of cyclization and oxydation was 29,8 kcal/mol in case of PAN-fibre Bulana and increased to 32,4 kcal/mol in case of PAN-fibre Bulana treated with DNKPh.

     

Glycosyl‐Substituted Dicarboxylates as Detergents for the Extraction,Overstabilization, and Crystallization of Membrane Proteins

To tackle the problems associated with membrane protein (MP) instability in detergent solutions, we designed a series of glycosyl‐substituted dicarboxylate detergents (DCODs) in which we optimized the polar head to clamp the membrane domain by including, on one side, two carboxyl groups that form salt bridges with basic residues abundant at the membrane–cytoplasm interface of MPs and, on the other side, a sugar to form hydrogen bonds. Upon extraction, the DCODs 8 b , 8 c , and 9 b preserved the ATPase function of BmrA, an ATP‐binding cassette pump, much more efficiently than reference or recently designed detergents. The DCODs 8 a , 8 b , 8 f , 9 a , and 9 b induced thermal shifts of 20 to 29 °C for BmrA and of 13 to 21 °C for the native version of the G‐protein‐coupled adenosine receptor A_2AR. Compounds 8 f and 8 g improved the diffraction resolution of BmrA crystals from 6 to 4 Å. DCODs are therefore considered to be promising and powerful tools for the structural biology of MPs.     

Reversible Covalent Stabilization of Stacking Contacts in DNA Assemblies

Stacking bonds formed between two blunt‐ended DNA double helices can be used to reversibly stabilize higher‐order complexes that are assembled from rigid DNA components. Typically, at low cation concentrations, stacking bonds break and thus higher‐order complexes disassemble. Herein, we present a site‐specific photochemical mechanism for the reversible covalent stabilization of stacking bonds in DNA assemblies. To this end, we modified one blunt end with the 3‐cyanovinylcarbazole (^cnvK) moiety and positioned a thymine residue (T) at the other blunt end. In the bound state, the two blunt‐ended helices are stacked together, resulting in a co‐localization of ^cnvK and T. Such a configuration induces the formation of a covalent bond across the stacking contact upon irradiation with 365 nm light. This bond can also be cleaved upon irradiation with 310 nm light, allowing repeated formation and cleavage of the same covalent bond on the timescale of seconds. Our system will expand the range of conditions under which stacking‐bond‐stabilized objects may be utilized.