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  • 1
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    Structure of a 1:1 complex between the anthelmintic drug mebendazole and propionic acid (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 11-15 
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    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Keywords: Mebendazole–propionic acid complex ; molecular complex ; crystal structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Recrystallization of the anthelmintic drug mebendazole from propionic acid yields a 1:1 molecular complex which crystallizes in the triclinic system space group $${P\bar 1}$$ , a = 5.928(2), b = 11.066(2), c = 14.337(6)Å, α = 94.89(3), β = 101.56(3), γ = 96.18(2)°, and Z = 2 complex units in the unit cell. An x-ray diffraction study revealed an R 2 2 (8) hydrogen bonding system in the complex, involving the unprotonated imidazole N and amide N–H function of the drug and the acid carboxylic group. Complex molecules form centrosymmetric dimers by intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonding involving the protonated imidazole N atom and the benzoyl O atom of the drug molecule.
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  • 2
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    Crystal structure and EPR spectra of glycilglycilglycinocopper(II)bromide sesquihydrate (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 61-68 
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    Keywords: Cu(II) complex ; crystal structure ; EPR spectra
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound, Cu(glyglygly)Br·1·5H2O, crystallizes in the space group C2/c, with a = 21.468(7), b = 6.716(5), c = 16.166(6) Å, β = 98.39°, and Z = 8. The tripeptide is bonded to one Cu(II) ion through the nitrogen [Cu–N=1.97(1)Å] and oxygen [Cu–O=2.019(8)Å] atoms of the amino end glycine residue and to another Cu(II) through one oxygen atom [Cu–O=1.931(9)Å] of the terminal carboxyl group. This give rise to covalently bonded and infinite ···–Cu–tripeptide–Cu–··· chains. These chains are linked to one another by a network of H-bonds involving the water molecules and bromide ions. The Cu(II) ion is in a distorted tetragonal pyramidal coordination polyhedron. At the corner of the base of the pyramid are the terminal glycine nitrogen and oxygen atoms of one tripeptide, a carboxylic oxygen of another tripeptide and a bromide ion. The fivefold coordination is completed with a water molecule at the top of the pyramid [Cu–Ow=2.286(9)Å]. For all orientations of the applied magnetic field the single crystal EPR spectra display a single anisotropic exchange collapsed resonance without hyperfine structure. Its position was measured in three perpendicular planes and the crystal g-tensor evaluated from the data. This tensor is interpreted in terms of the contributing Cu(II) complexes in the unit cell to deduce the principal values g1 = 2.273, g2 = 2.050 and g3 = 2.131 for the molecular gyromagnetic tensor. We also discuss the magnitude of the exchange interaction between neighboring copper ions in the lattice on the basis of the features in the EPR spectra and the structural information.
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  • 3
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    Reaction of 2-methylnaphthalene with hexachlorocyclopentadiene and structural characterization of a new addition-substitution product (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 787-790 
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    Keywords: 2-Methylnaphthalene ; hexachlorocyclopentadiene ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract 2-Methylnaphthalene undergoes Diels-Alder addition and substitution with hexachlorocyclopentadiene to give two products, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,13,13,14,14-dodecachloro-1,4,4a,4b,5,8,8a,12b-octahydro-10-methyl-1,4;5,8-dimethanotriphenylene 1 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,13,13,14,14-dodecachloro-1,4,4a,4b,5,8,8a,12b-octahydro-10-(1′,2′,3′,4′,5′-pentachlorocyclopentadienyl)methyl-1,4;5,8-dimethanotriphenylene 2. The molecular structure of 2 has been characterized by X-ray crystallography: C26H9Cl17, monoclinic, space group P21/c, with a = 15.316(3), b = 13.698(3), c = 16.116(3) Å, β = 96.113(3)°, and Z = 4.
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  • 4
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    Synthesis and crystal structure of [(PhenH)(PhenH2)][BiCl6]·2H2O with different o-phenanthroline protonations (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 791-796 
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    Keywords: Halobismuthate(III) ; phenanthroline ; synthesis ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The reaction between bismuthate oxide and phen (1,10-phenanthroline) in acid medium led to the isolation of the unusual [(PhenH)(PhenH2)][BiCl6]·2H2O derivative, which has been characterized by X-ray analysis and IR spectroscopy. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group $$[\text[P\bar 1]]$$ with a = 8.313(2), b = 9.349(2), c = 9.807(3) Å, α = 86.39(3), β = 110.27(3) and γ = 106.48(3)°. The crystal structure is made of [BiCl6]3− anions and [(PhenH)(PhenH2)]3+ cations. A network of hydrogen bond interactions involving the two clathrated water molecules, the phenanthroline moiety and the chlorines characterizes the entire structure.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021871502627
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  • 5
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    Tris-(thiocyanato)-bis-(hexamethylenetetramine)-nona-(aquo) lanthanum(III): synthesis, crystal structure, IR and Raman characterization (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 879-884 
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    Keywords: Lanthanum complex ; hexamethylenetetramine ; IR spectra ; thiocyanates ; coordination number nine ; tricapped trigonal prism ; crystal structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound (LaC15H42N11O9S3) was prepared and characterized by means of X-ray, IR and Raman measurements. The crystals are orthorhombic: Pnma (No. 62), a = 21.117(2), b = 14.736(2), c = 10.082(1) Å, and Z = 4. The structure consists of polyhedra with a La(III) ion in the center of them and hexamethylene molecules, which link these polyhedra. Each La(III) ion coordinates seven molecules of water and two thiocyanate ions via nitrogen atoms. The IR and Raman spectra, which have been obtained and interpreted, are in good agreement with X-ray results.
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  • 6
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    Preparation and crystal structures of the Ce(IV) β-diketonates, [Ce(tmhd)4] and [Ce(pmhd)4] (tmhd =2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionate and pmhd = 1-phenyl-5-methylhexane-1,3-dionate) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 267-276 
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    Keywords: Cerium(IV) ; β-diketonate ; volatility ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The cerium(IV) β-diketonate compounds [Ce(β-diket)4] [where β-diket = tmhd (2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionate) 1, pmhd (1-phenyl-5-methylhexane-1,3-dionate) 2] were prepared by reacting cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate [CAN; Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6] with the respective Na(β-diket) compound in ethanol, and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group $$P \bar 1$$ with a = 12.472(4), b = 19.972(5), c = 21.436(3) Å, α = 97.05(7), β = 90.16(2), γ = 106.55(3)°, V = 5076(2) Å3, Z = 4, T = 150(2) K. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n. with a = 14.817(6), b = 17.123(6), c = 19.146(3) Å, β = 105.46(4)°, V = 4682(3) Å3, Z = 4, T = 150(2) K. Crystals of 1 contain two independent [Ce(tmhd)4] molecules, with four chelating tmhd ligands bonded to each metal in a distorted dodecahedral arrangement; the cerium atom in 2 is also bonded to four chelating pmhd ligands but in this case the coordination geometry is closer to square antiprism. Both complexes are air and moisture stable. Sublimation studies reveal that 1 sublimes almost quantitatively, while 2 is comparatively involatile.
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  • 7
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    Molecular structure and spectral characteristics of bis(S-methyl-N-(2-pyridyl)methylendithiocarbazato)nickel(II), (Ni(NNS)2) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 871-874 
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    Keywords: Nickel(II) complex ; crystal structure ; Schiff base
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    Notes: Abstract A nickel(II) complex of the pyridine-2-aldehyde Schiff base of S-methyldithiocarbazate (HNNS) has been synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, IR and UV-vis spectra. The crystal structure of the complex has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic, space P21/c, with a = 14.092(2), b = 16.886(2), c = 8.857(2)Å; β = 105.78(3) °, V = 2028.2(6) Å3, and Z = 4. The nickel atom is octahedrally coordinated by two uninegatively charged tridentate Schiff base in a mer-configuration via the pyridine nitrogen atom, azomethine nitrogen atom, and mecaptide sulfur atom.
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    Benztropine mesylate: crystal structure and kinetics of dehydration (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 885-892 
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    Keywords: Benztropine mesylate ; crystal structure ; thermal analysis ; dehydration kinetics
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    Notes: Abstract The crystal structure of benztropine mesylate has been determined. It is orthorhombic, Pbca, with a = 12. 885(8)Å, b = 32.012(9)Å, and c = 10.027(3) Å. It exhibits similar packing to that seen in the previously reported crystal structure of benztropine mesylate monhydrate. X-ray powder diffraction patterns have been used to identify the anhydrous and monohydrate forms. The dehydration of the monohydrate follows a first-order reaction mechanism with activation energy of 92(8) kJ mol−1.
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    Synthesis and X-ray crystallographic characterization of [Cd(NO3)2(15-Crown-5)] and [Cd(NO3)2(18-Crown-6)] (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 521-527 
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    Keywords: Cadmium ; crown ether ; 15-crown-5 ; 18-crown-6 ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract Reaction of 15-crown-5 or 18-crown-6 in 3:1 (v/v) CH3CN:CH3OH with Cd(NO3)2·4H2O followed by slow evaporation produces [Cd(NO3)2(15-crown-5)] or [Cd(NO3)2(18-crown-6)]. Crystals of [Cd(NO3)2(15-crown-5)] are orthorhombic with space group Pbca and cell parameters a = 13.562(5), b = 15.941(9), and c = 15.011(7) Å at 295 K. [Cd(NO3)2(18-crown-6)] crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with a = 11.235(2), b = 11.196(5), c = 15.385(3) Å, and β = 99.89(2)° at 295 K. The metal center in [Cd(NO3)2(15-crown-5)] rests atop the macrocyclic donor array with two cis-bound nitrate anions and adopts a distorted tricapped trigonal prismatic geometry. [Cd(NO3)2(18-crown-6)] resides on an equatorial two-fold rotation axis with Cd2+ coordinated in the 18-crown-6 cavity and the nitrate anions oriented in twisted trans positions.
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    The crystal and molecular structure of (−)—Crinine (C16H17NO3) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 577-579 
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    Keywords: (−)—Crinine ; Pancratium ; alkaloid ; Amaryllidaceae ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract (−)—Crinine, C16H17NO3, is an alkaloid extracted from the bulbs of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae). The compound crystallizes in the space group P212121 with cell dimensions a = 6.040(1), b = 12.382(1), c = 17.861(2) Å, with Z = 4. The molecule has five rings and an OH group. The N-containing, five-membered ring and the D ring have envelope conformations. The A and B rings have distorted chair and half-chair conformations, respectively.
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    Crystal structure of 2,2,4,7,7-pentamethyl-3,6-dithiaoctane tetracarbonyl tungsten(0) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 217-220 
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    Keywords: Metal carbonyl complexes ; chelate complexes ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The x-ray crystal structure of the complex η2-PDOW(CO)4 (five-membered ring, PDO = 2, 2, 4, 7, 7-pentamethyl-3,6-dithiaoctane) is reported. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, space group P21/c, [#14] with unit cell parameters a = 14.002(14) Å, b = 9.340(10) Å, c = 15.094(12) Å, β = 92.67(4)°, V = 1972(3) Å3; Z = 4. The arrangement of the ligands around the metal atom is distorted from octahedral geometry. Large C–O bond distances and short W–C bond distances of the carbonyl groups located at a trans position with respect to PDO is indicative of a trans influence. The W–S(1) and W–S(2) bond distances of 2.545(3) and 2.545(2) Å, respectively, are shorter than observed for closely related complexes.
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  • 12
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    Crystal structure of tris(triphenylsiloxy)borane·triphenylsilanol (1:1) adduct (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 277-281 
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    Keywords: Triphenylsiloxy ; silanol ; borane ; crystal structure ; adduct
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group $$P \bar 1$$ , with a = 14.458(6), b = 14.630(5), c = 14.721(8) Å, α = 79.75(2), β = 80.11(3), γ = 80.50(3)°, and Z = 2. The crystal structure consists of molecules of (Ph3SiO)3B and Ph3SiOH linked by an weak B···(silanol) acceptor-donor bond, additionally stabilized by OH(silanol)···O(siloxy) hydrogen bonds. The average B–O, Si–O distances and B–O–Si angle are 1.369, 1.649 Å and 137.2°, respectively.
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  • 13
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    17α-acetoxy-17β-methyl-16β-phenyl-D-homo-4,6-pregnadiene-3,17a-dione: synthesis and crystal structure determination of a new rearranged pregnane derivative (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 487-491 
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    Keywords: Steroid ; pregnadiene ; x-ray diffraction ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound is C29H34O4, tetragonal, P43, a = b = 10.310(1), c = 23.871(2)Å. The A, B, C, and D rings adopt envelope, half-chair, chair, and distorted chair conformations, respectively. The phenyl ring is planar. The methyl substituents at the A/B, C/D, and at C(17) are axial; and the –OCOCH3 group at C(17) and phenyl ring at C(16) are equatorial. The molecules in the crystal are held together by van der Waals forces and several C–H···O hydrogen bond interactions.
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    Structure, absolute configuration, and conformation of the antimalarial compound, Artemisinin (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 539-543 
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    Keywords: Antimalarial ; crystal structure ; peroxy bridge
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    Notes: Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of the antimalarial compound Artemisinin (formerly known as Qinghaosu), C15H22O5 has been determined by direct methods. Crystals are orthorhombic colorless needles, space group P212121, Z = 4. D c = 1.299 g cm −3, with unit cell parameters a = 6.3543(9), b = 9.439(3), c= 24.066(4) Å. The molecule incorporates a fused ring system containing a six-membered ring C which includes an oxygen bridge and a peroxy-bridge. The ring C has a distorted boat conformation and the C - O - O - C torsion angle is 47.8(2)°. Rings A and D have symmetrical chair and distorted chair conformations, repectively. Ring junctions A/B, A/D, and C/D are cis, junction B/D is trans. All inter-molecular contacts are van der Waals. The absolute configuration of Artemisinin was determined from the refined value of the Flack x parameter. [The atomic coordinates given in a previous structure analysis, “Crystal Structure and Absolute Configuration of Qinghaosu,” Qinghaosu Research Group, Institute of Biophysics, Academica Sinica, Scientia Sinica, Vol. XXIII No. 3, 380 (1980), do not display the molecule in its absolute configuration.]
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    Cluster Complexes of Polythioether Macrocycles: The Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Ru6(CO)13(cis-SCH2 CHMe(CH2SCH2CHMe)2CH2)(μ6-C) and Ru6(CO)13(trans-SCH2 CHMe(CH2SCH2CHMe)2CH2)(μ6-C) (1998)
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    Journal of cluster science 9 (1998), S. 93-105 
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    Keywords: Ruthenium ; thioether macrocycle ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The reaction of a mixture of cis-3,7,11-trimethyl-1,5,9-trithiacyclododecane, cis-Me312S3, 1 and trans-3,7,11-trimethyl-l,5,9-trithiacyclododecane, trans-Me312S3, 2, with Ru6(CO)17(μ 6-C), 3, yielded three new cluster compounds Ru6(CO)13(μ-η3-cis-SCH2CHMe(CH2SCH2CHMe)2CH2)(μ 6-C) 4, and two isomers of Ru6(CO)13(μ-η3-cis-SCH2CHMe(CH2SCH2CHMe)2CH2)(μ 6-C) 5a and 5b. The molecular structures of 4 and 5b were established by single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. In both complexes, the macrocycles have adopted tridentate coordination with one of the sulfur atoms in a bridging position. Two carbonyl ligands occupy bridging positions in each compound. Crystal Data for 4·Me2CO: space group=P21/n, a=11.295(1) Å, b=17.547(3) Å, c=20.318(3) Å, β=93.71(1)°, Z=4, 2900 reflections, R=0.025. Crystal Data for 5b·1.5 C6H6: space group=Pbca, a=31.8900(8) Å, b=23.4330(6) Å, c=21.6240(4) Å, Z=16, 12163 reflections, R=0.040.
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    The First New Hydrogen-Bonded Heterohexanuclear Complex [(salen)Cu]4[(salen)Fe(H2O)2]2(ClO4)2: Molecular and Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties (1998)
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    Journal of cluster science 9 (1998), S. 465-471 
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    Keywords: Mixed-metal cluster ; crystal structure ; magnetic properties
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    Notes: Abstract The preparation, magnetic properties, and crystal structure of [(salen)Cu]4[(salen)Fe(H2O)2]2(ClO4)2 via hydrogen bonding are described [salen=N,N′-ethylenebis (salicylideneiminate)]. Crystals are triclinic, of space group $$\rm P\bar 1$$ , with cell constants a=12.853(3), b=13.921(3), c=14.251(3) Å, α=68.68(3)°, β=87.86(3)°, γ=86.82(3)°, and Z=1. The structure was solved and refined to R=0.064 and R′=0.068. The structure comprises the hexanuclear units which result from the linking of four mononuclear fragments [(salen)Cu] and two mononuclear fragment [(salen)Fe(H2O)]+, through Cu -O ⋯ H -O -Fe -O -H ⋯ O -Cu hydrogen bonds of coordinating H2O. In this complex, FeIII ions are in almost square-planar surroundings. The temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibilities of the complex have been studied in the 4.2–300 K range, indicating the presence of an antiferromagnetic interactions between metal ions.
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    Direct Evidence for Metal Triangle Mobility within a Relatively Rigid Ligand Polytope: Dynamic Disorder in the X-Ray Crystal Structures of Ru3(CO)11(L), L=CN t Bu, PMe3, and Ru3(CO)9{P(OMe)3}3 (1998)
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    Journal of cluster science 9 (1998), S. 505-528 
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    Keywords: Dynamic disorder ; crystal structure ; ruthenium cluster
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    Notes: Abstract The disorder in the X-ray crystal structures of Ru3(CO)11(L), L=CN t Bu 1 and PMe3 3 has been re-examined. Crystallographic data for 1 at 100 K: C16H9NO11Ru3, space group P21/n, a=11.796(5), b=11.748(2), c=16.040(7) Å, β=109.81(3)°, Z=4, 6077 reflections, R=0.028. For 3 at 223 K: C14H9O11PRu3, space group P21/n, a=8.5971(15), b=12.391(7), c=40.345(8) Å, β=94.43(2)°, Z=8, 7966 reflections, R=0.031. The disorder present in 1 and 3 at room temperature disappears reversibly on cooling, showing that it is dynamic in origin. The ligator atoms of the isonitrile and phosphine ligands move by a maximum of ∼0.8 Å, indicating that the whole cluster does not rotate intact within the crystal lattice, but rather that the Ru3 triangle effectively oscillates within a relatively rigid ligand polyhedron. The crystal structure of Ru3(CO)9{P(OMe)3 3} 7, which crystallizes in triclinic (7-t) and monoclinic (7-m) modifications is also reported. Both modifications have two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, and both modifications display dynamic disorder in the metal framework. Crystalllographic data for 7-t at 173 K: C18H27O18P3Ru3, space group P-1, a=11.8085(18), b=15.915(2), c=17.350(3) Å, α=99.929(14), β=101.811(14), γ=90.630(12)°, Z=4, 11242 reflections, R=0.048. For 7-m at 120 K: C18H27O18P3Ru3, space group P21/c, a=11.708(8), b=15.922(5), c=33.950(10) Å, β=99.29(4), Z=8, 10191 reflections, R=0.027.
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    Electroless deposition of Ni–B, Co–B and Ni–Co–B alloys using dimethylamineborane as a reducing agent (1998)
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    Journal of applied electrochemistry 28 (1998), S. 559-563 
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    Keywords: electroless Ni–Co–B alloy ; dimethylamineborane ; complexing agent ; deposition rate ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: Abstract Fundamental aspects of electroless Ni–B, Co–B and Ni–Co–B alloys have been systematically examined. The composition, crystal structure and deposition rate of the alloys were determined as a function of the concentration of reducing agent (dimethylamineborane) and complexing agents (tartrate, citrate, malonate and succinic acid), bath pH and Ni2+/Co2+ ratio. Changes in the deposition rate and metallurgical features of the alloys induced by the change in plating parameters are discussed, based on electrochemical polarization data and the formation enthalpy of the nickel and cobalt borides.
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    Structural and magnetic properties of a syn-anti carboxylate bridged one-dimensional copper(II) complex with ferromagnetic exchange interaction (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 771-777 
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    Keywords: Copper ; 1,10-phenanthroline ; trifluoroacetate ; crystal structure ; magnetic exchange
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    Notes: Abstract The compound [Cu(phen)(O2CCF3)2]n (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) has been synthesized and its crystal structure determined. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group C2/c, with a = 19.229(7), b = 11.281(5), c = 7.621(2) Å, β = 104.305(12)°, and Z = 4. The crystal structure is polymeric, being built from infinite zigzag chains of trifluoroacetate bridged copper(II), with the phenanthroline ligands being stacked between the chains. The variable-temperature (13–300 K) magnetic susceptibility and ESR data are reported and a weak ferromagnetic exchange interaction is observed with the exchange parameter estimated as J = 2.9 cm−1.
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    Crystal structure of chloro(dicarbonyl) bis(acetonitrile) (π-2-methallyl) molybdenum(II) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 839-841 
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    Keywords: π-allyl ; carbonyl ; nitrile ; chloro ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic spacegroup P21/m with a = 6.796(9), b = 12.145(14), c = 7.749(8)Å, β = 101.86(1)°, and Z = 2. The crystal structure consists of molecules of [MoCl(CO)2(NCMe)2(η3-C3H4Me-2)] with crystallographically imposed Cs symmetry and has a pseudo-octahedral geometry, with the π-allyl group trans- to the chloro group and the two cis-carbonyl and acetonitrile groups occupying the equatorial plane.
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    The true nature of a complex of 1,10-phenanthroline with the ammonium ion; crystal structure of bis-phenanthrolineprotium perchlorate (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 611-619 
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    Keywords: 1,10-Phenanthroline ; bis-phenanthrolineprotium ; adduct ; crystal structure ; hydrogen bonding
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    Notes: Abstract Herzog's reported bis-1,10-phenanthrolineammonium perchlorate, [(phen)2(NH4)](ClO4) is in fact the known 2:1 adduct of l,10-phenanthroline (phen) with perchloric acid, [(phen)2H](CIO4). Its crystal structure, mode of formation, and properties are described. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group with $$P\bar 1$$ , a = 7.2510(8), b = 13.120(2), c = 22.083(12) Å, α = 77.4550(12), β = 84.45(2), γ = 82.204(14)°, V = 2026.7(6) Å3, Z = 4, and D c = 1.510 g cm−3. It contains cationic columns of alternating 1,10-phenanthroline and its conjugate acid.
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    Crystal structure of the cytotoxic marine alkaloid 2-bromoleptoclinidinone (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 645-648 
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    Keywords: 2-Bromoleptoclinidinone ; marine alkaloid ; cytotoxic ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract 2-Bromoleptoclinidinone methanol solvate, C18H8BrN3O·CH4O, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with a = 15.7013(2), b = 7.3308(1), and c = 26.9326(1) Å. The molecule is essentially planar, with the largest deviations occurring at bromine (−0.21 Å), carbonyl oxygen O(l) (+0.19 Å) and in ring-A (C(9) −0.15 Å, C(10) −0.15 Å). Methanol occupies the 1,10-phenanthroline-like metal binding site of the title compound.
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    Synthesis and crystal structure of N 12-(7-chloro-4-quinolinyl)-N 1,N 1-diethy1-1,12-diaminododecane (AQ-40) (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 925-929 
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    Keywords: Quinoline ; chloroquine ; antimalarial ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The preparation of N12-(7-chloro-4-quinolinyl)-N 1,N 1-diethyl-1,12-diaminododecane, AQ-40, was accomplished by a five-step process in 80% overall yield from 12-aminododecanoic acid and 4,7-dichloroquinoline. AQ-40 crystallizes as a monohydrate from reagent grade chloroform/ diethyl ether mixtures in the triclinc space group P-1 with a = 8.667(2), b = 8.9425(10), c = 17.217(3) Å, α = 99.34(1), β = 99.89(2), γ = 91.56(1)°, V = 1295.0 Å3 and Z = 2. The l2-(N 1,N 1-diethylamino)dodecyl side chain is in the fully extended conformation and the water molecule forms hydrogen bonds to the two tertiary nitrogen atoms as well as with the secondary amino group. The nitrogen of the secondary amino group bound to the four-position of the quinoline moiety is virtually planar. This together with the rather short C–N distance of 1.347(3) Å to the quinoline moiety suggests involvement of the lone pair on this nitrogen with the π system of the ring.
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    Molecular structure of trans-[Co(NH3)4(NH2CH3)Cl](ClO4)2 (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 69-72 
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    Keywords: Co(III) complex ; crystal structure ; kinetics ; steric effects
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    Notes: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma, with a = 7.9209(5), b = 9.818(1), c = 16.867(2) Å, and Z = 4. The structure was solved employing 1864 independent x-ray reflections with I〉2σ(I) by Patterson and difference Fourier techniques and refined by full-matrix least-squares to R = 0.036. The trans-[CO(NH3)4(NH2CH3)Cl](ClO4)2 molecule is on a crystallographic mirror plane. The cobalt ion is in an elongated octahedral coordination with four equatorial ammonia ligands [average Co–N distance equal to 1.966(2) Å], an axial methylamine [Co–N=1.965(3)Å], and an axial chlorine ion [Co–Cl=2.2771(9)Å]. Kinetic steric effects of the complex are interpreted in terms of structural results.
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    Crystal structure of NH3(CH2)2NH3BiCl5·2H2O (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 209-212 
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    Keywords: Bismuth ; crystal structure ; inorganic polymer
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    Notes: Abstract The ethylenediammonium pentachlorobismuthate(III) dihydrate salt is monoclinic with the following unit cell dimensions: a = 10.902(8)Å, b = 7.926(6)Å, c = 15.199(6)Å, β = 96.40(1)°, space group P21/n with Z = 4. The structure shows a layer arrangement parallel to the $$\vec a$$ axis: planes of the [Bi2Cl10]4− bioctahedra alternate with planes of [NH3(CH2)2NH3]2+ dications. The [Bi2Cl10]4− bioctahedra are connected through O(W)–H··· Cl hydrogen bonds, so that infinite unidimensional chains of composition [Bi2Cl10(H2O)2] n 4n− are formed in the structure parallel to the $$\vec a$$ axis. These chains are themselves interconnected by means of the N–H···Cl bonds originating from the [NH3(CH2)2NH3]2+ entities, forming a three-dimensional network.
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    The synthesis and X-ray structure of [Sr2(OSiPh3)4(NH3)5]·0.5C7H8 (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 221-226 
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    Keywords: Strontium ; triphenylsiloxy ; crystal structure ; ammonia
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    Notes: Abstract The title complex [Sr2(OSiPh3)4(NH3)5]·0.5C7H8 was prepared by the reaction of strontium metal granules with triphenylsilanol in an ammoniacal-toluene solution at −40°C. It crystallizes in monoclinic space group P21/n with a = 14.465(3), b = 20.715 (6), c = 25.199(6) Å, β = 95.98(2)°, and Z = 4. The complex has a dimeric structure with one terminal and three bridging triphenylsiloxy ligands, the remaining coordination sites being occupied by five ammonia molecules. The central Sr2O4N5 moiety adopts a distorted M2X9 face-sharing bioctahedral arrangement.
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    Crystal structure of mixed rubidium–ammonium hydrogen sulfate Rb0.7(NH4)0.3HSO4 at room temperature (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 335-338 
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    Keywords: Mixed rubidium–ammonium acid sulfate ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The structure of Rb0.7(NH4)0.3HSO4 has been determined by X-ray analysis. The mixed compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with unit cell parameters a = 14.374(6) Å, b = 4.618(6) Å, c = 14.412(2) Å, β = 118.03(2)°, V = 844.4(4) Å3, and D cal = 1.536 g cm−3 for Z = 8. The mixed compound Rb0.7(NH4)0.3HSO4 is a chain-based structure. The Rb+ and NH4 + cations are intercalated between chains, formed of HSO4 - groups linked with OH⋯O hydrogen-bonding. Rb0.7(NH4)0.3HSO4 presents a new type of structural arrangement different from those of pure RbHSO4 and NH4HSO4.
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    The crystal and molecular structures of isoperezone, aminoperezone, and isoaminoperezone: a comparative study of their crystal packing (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 529-537 
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    Keywords: 2-[1,5-Dimethyl-4-hexenyl]-6-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone ; 2-[1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl]-6-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone ; 2-[1,5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl]-3-amino-6-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The crystal structures of isoperezone (1), aminoperezone (2), and isoaminoperezone (3) have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound (1) yields orange crystals, orthorhombic space group P212121 with unit cell dimensions a = 6.271(6), b = 30.373(7), c = 7.257(1) Å, and Z = 4; compound (2) yields purple crystals, orthorhombic space group P212121 with unit cell dimensions a = 6.498(3), b = 7.500(1) c = 29.200(6) Å, and Z = 4; compound (3) yields purple crystals, monoclinic space group P21 with unit cell dimensions a = 7.354(1), b = 7.511(1), c = 13.283(1) Å, β = 102,07(1)°, and Z = 2. The side chains in (1)–(3) are oriented out of the plane of the quinone ring at an angle of 124, 144, and 97°, respectively. The molecules in the crystal are held together by hydrogen-bonding networks and van der Waals interactions.
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    Crystal structure of [WI2(CO)3{P(OMe)3}2] (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 639-643 
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    Keywords: Tungsten(II) ; diiodo ; carbonyl ; trimethylphosphite ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract [WI2(CO)3{P(OMe)3}2]crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pca21, with a = 26.924(5), b = 10.726(2), c = 14.136(3) Å, and Z = 8. There are two molecules in the asymmetric unit, the metal atoms in each case being seven-coordinate with a capped fac-(CO)3 octahedral geometry. The molecular dimensions in the two molecules are nearly identical. The W–P distance to the capping atom 2.397 Å (average) is significantly shorter than the other W–P distance, 2.525 Å (average).
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    Asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reactions: X-ray structures of three novel chiral dihydropyrimidines (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 663-671 
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    Keywords: Pyrimidine ; carboxamide ; sulfonyl ; chiral ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract Three novel dihydropyrimidine compounds N8,6-di(4-nitrophenyl)-(3R)-ethyl-(7R)-methyl-5-oxo-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrooxazolo[3,2,c] pyrimidine-8-carboxamide (2), N8,6-di((4-methylphenyl)-sulfonyl)-(3R)-ethyl-5-oxo-(7R)-phenyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrooxazolo [3,2,c]pyrimidine-8-carboxamide (3) and N8,6-di ((4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl)-(3R)-ethyl-(7R)-methyl-5-oxo-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrooxazolo[3,2,c] pyrimidine-8-carboxamide (4) have been prepared (from 2-amino-1-butanol of 64.4% e.e.) and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. All three compounds contain stereogenic centers, but the crystal of (2) chosen was found to be racemic whilst those of (3) and (4) were found to be homochiral. Compound (2) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, with a = 17.958(4), b = 12.431(2), c = 9.653(2) Å, β = 96.20(3)°, U = 2142.3(7) Å3, Z = 4, and D c = 1.449 g cm−3. Compounds (3) and (4) both crystallize in the monoclinic space group P21, with a = 9.349(2), b = 5.824(5), c = 26.513(8) Å, β = 99.43(2)°, U = 1424.1(13) Å3, Z = 2 and D c = 1.389 g cm−3 for (3), and a = 5.9526(9), b = 16.3521(10), c = 13.2263(11) Å, β = 92.81(12)°, U = 1285.9(2) Å3, Z = 2 and D c = 1.378 g cm−3 for (4).
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    The synthesis and crystallographic characterization of the heterotrimetallic linear complex [Et4N][(Ph3P)2{CuS2MoS2Fe}Br2] (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 713-716 
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    Keywords: Heterotrimetallic sulfido cluster ; linear ; synthesis ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The complex Cu(PPh3)3I reacts with [Et4N]2MoS4 and FeBr2 to give the heterotrimetallic complexes [Et4N][(Ph3P)2{CuS2MoS2Fe}Br2] (1). [Et4N][(Ph3P)2{CuS2MoS2Fe}Br2] (1) crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1, a = 13.537(4), b = 15.316(4), c = 12.381(4) Å, α = 105.16(2), β = 93.27(3), γ = 101.18(2)°, and V = 2415.0(12) Å3 for Z = 2. The three metal atoms of the structure [Et4N][(Ph3P)2{CuS2MoS2Fe}Br2] (1) are nearly distributed along a line, where three metal atoms (Mo, Cu, Fe) are each in an approximate tetrahedral coordination, the lengths Mo-Fe and Mo-Cu distances are 2.772(2) and 2.798(2) Å, respectively.
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    [CaSb2(EDTA)2(H2O)8]n: synthesis, crystal structure, and thermal behavior (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 447-452 
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    Keywords: Bimetallic EDTA complex ; crystal structure ; antimony
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    Notes: Abstract The synthesis and crystal structure of a new EDTA complex, [CaSb2(EDTA)2(H2O)8]n, are reported. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n, with a = 7.132(1) Å, b = 21.893(3) Å, c = 10.891(2) Å, β = 91.15(2)°. Sb(EDTA) entities are connected through carboxylate bridges to the calcium atoms resulting in layers parallel to the (101) plane. These layers are linked through a weak Sb···O bond (3.171 Å). Pyrolysis of this complex under sulfur vapor, between 400 and 800°C, leads to a mixture of the monometallic sulfides. Pyrolysis in air above 700°C allows the easy preparation of the mixed oxide CaSb2O6.
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    Crystal structure of (3,3′,4,4′-tetramethyl-1,1′-diphosphaferrocen-2-yl) carboxylic acid and its bis-[W(CO)5] complex·0.5C5H12: Conformation of 1,1′-diphosphaferrocenes (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 621-628 
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    Keywords: 1-1′-Diphosphaferrocene conformation ; P···P secondary bonding ; bis-[W(CO)5](l,l′-diphosphaferrocene system) ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The structures of (3,3′,4,4′-tetramethyl-1,1′-diphosphaferrocen-2-yl)carboxylic acid (1) and its bis-[W(CO)5] pentane solvate complex (2) have been determined by X-ray analysis. The compound 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic P21 /n space group with Z = 4; a = 7.8404(9), b = 14.9441(16), c = 11.7730(14) Å, β = 92.773(10)°, V = 1377.8(3) Å3, and Dcalc = 1.553 g cm−3. The compound 2 crystallizes in the triclinic $$P\bar 1$$ space group with two complex molecules and one pentane molecule in the unit cell. Cell parameters: a = 10.7070(2), b = 12.577(2), c = 13.239(3) Å, α = 84.00(2), β = 77.58(1), γ = 66.06(1)°, V = 1591.0(5) Å3, and Dcalc = 2.100 g cm−3 .The fully eclipsed conformation of the phospholyl rings with P···P secondary bonding of 3.353(1) Å is observed in 1 and a partially eclipsed conformation is found in 2. The 10 possible conformations of 1,1′-diphosphaferrocenes were described as the function of conformational parameter θ and observed geometry of the phospholyl rings.7 We suppose that the earlier conclusions concerning the destabilizing nature of 1,1′-diphosphaferrocene conformations with θ 〈 100° cannot be considered as general. The mode of W – P coordination, the structural changes of 1 by W(CO)5 coordination, the structural effect of phospholyl rings substitution by the –COOH group, and hydrogen bonds are analyzed.
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    Crystal structure of [Co(o-SC6H4NH2){P(OMe)3}3]PF6 (1998)
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 28 (1998), S. 635-638 
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    Keywords: Cobalt(II) ; 2-aminobenzenethiol ; trimethylphosphite ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract A cobalt-thiolato-phosphite complex [Co(o-SC6H4NH2){P(OMe)3}3]PF6 has been prepared and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group $$P\bar 1$$ with a = 10.590(4), b = 11.122(3), c = 13.577(5) Å, α = 101.85(1), β = 108.50(1), γ = 101.75(1)°, V = 1420.6(8) Å3, and Z = 2. The structure comprises discrete [Co(o-SC6H4NH2){P(OMe)3}3]+ cations and PF 6 − anions where the metal atom is coordinated in a highly distorted square-pyramidal environment by one chelate o-SC6H4NH 2 − (abt) and two P(OMe)3 ligands in the basal positions, and a third P(OMe)3 in the axial site with Co–N,, 1.847(5), Co–S, 2.166(2), Co–P, 2.157(2), 2.147(2), and 2.125(2) Å.
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    Crystal Structure of the Sought-After Tetrameric [(PDBP)AgCl]4 Cluster (PDBP=5-Phenyldibenzophosphole) (1998)
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    Journal of cluster science 9 (1998), S. 547-554 
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    Keywords: Silver cluster ; crystal structure ; tetrameric cluster
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    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The sought-after member of the [(PDBP) n AgX] m (n, m=1,4; 2,2; 3,1; PDBP=5-Phenyldibenzophosphole, X=halides) series, the tetrameric [(PDBP)AgCl]4 cluster has been prepared and structurally characterized. The [P4Ag4Cl4] cluster core of [(PDBP)AgCl]4 bears striking similarity to that of [(Ph3P)AgCl]4.
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    Crystal, Molecular, and Electronic Structure of 1-Acetyl-indoline and Derivatives (1998)
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    Structural chemistry 9 (1998), S. 365-373 
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    Keywords: 1-Acetyl-indoline ; crystal structure ; electronic structure ; AM1 calculation ; CI calculation
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The crystal and molecular structures of the following molecules have been determined: 1-acetyl-indoline, 1-acetyl-5-nitro-indoline, l-acetyl-5-nitro-7-bromo-indoline, 1-acetyl-5-bromo-7-nitroindoline, and l-acetyl-5-bromo-7-nitro-indol. Molecular orbital calculations are performed for these compounds and two related species.
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    Supramolecular Structure Formed from H-Bonding of Ferrocenyl Carbonyl Propanoic Acid and 4,4'-Bipyridine (1998)
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    Molecular engineering 8 (1998), S. 25-29 
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    Keywords: hydrogen bond ; ferrocenyl carbonyl proanoic ; supermolecule ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract Selective recognition in the title compound, (C14H14FeO3)2 ċ (C10H8N2), between ferrocenyl carbonyl propanoic acid and 4,4'-bipyridine through strong O–-HċN intermolecular hydrogen bonds results in a novel supramolecular architecture. Its crystal structure has been solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods while its characterization has been studied by IR and DSC.
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    Molecular Structure of a Chromatographic Chiral Selector Based on a Terguride Derivative (1998)
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    Structural chemistry 9 (1998), S. 39-45 
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    Keywords: Enantioselective chromatographic technique ; chiral selector ; ergot alkaloid derivative ; crystal structure
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    Notes: Abstract The structure of (+)1-(3-allylpropyl)-(5R,8S,10R)-N,N-diethyl-N′-[6-methylergolin-8-yl]urea, C22H33N4O (allyl-terguride), has been determined as part of a study on the chiral recognition mechanism of ergot alkaloids when they are used as the chiral stationary phase for the separation of racemic mixtures in liquid chromatographic methods. At the pH of the solution used for the crystallization, the molecules of allyl-terguride are protonated at N(6). All bond distances and angles are in the expected ranges. In the asymmetric unit one hydroxide ion is present. Hydrogen bonds join molecules of allyl-terguride in pairs along the b axis, connecting O(2) of the hydroxide ion to O(1) of one molecule and to N(2) and N(6) of another.
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    Role of MnO on the Mullitization Behavior of Al2 O3-SiO2 Gels (1998)
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    Journal of sol gel science and technology 13 (1998), S. 987-990 
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    Keywords: mullite ; MnO ; crystal structure ; electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) ; sol-gel chemistry
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Gels were synthesized from solutions of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and aluminium nitrate (with and without manganese nitrate). The structural evolution of the gels as a function of manganese content and heat-treatment temperature was studied by visible spectrophotometry (VIS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the presence of manganese can induce mullitization at lower temperatures. However, the effect of manganese depends on its content and how it enters into the mullite structure.
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    Accuracy of Secondary Structure and Solvent Accessibility Predictions for a Clostridial Neurotoxin C-Fragment (1998)
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    The protein journal 17 (1998), S. 311-318 
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    Keywords: Artificial neural network ; crystal structure ; statistics ; tetanus toxin ; botulinum neurotoxin
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Earlier studies used Rost and Sander's artificial neural network [(1993a), J. Mol. Biol. 232, 584–599] to predict the secondary structures [Lebeda and Olson (1994), Proteins 20, 293–300] and residue solvent accessibilities [Lebeda and Olson (1997), J. Protein Chem. 16, 607–618] of the clostridial neurotoxins. Because the X-ray crystal structure of the 50-kDa C-terminal half of the heavy chain of tetanus toxin was recently determined, this report evaluates the accuracy of these network-derived predictions. For this predominantly β-strand-containing fragment, predictions, on a per-residue basis, for both secondary structure and solvent accessibility were about 70% accurate. A more flexible and realistic analysis based on overlapping segments yielded accuracies of over 80% for the three-state secondary structure and for the two-state accessibility predictions. Because the accuracies of these predictions are comparable to those made by Rost and Sander using a dataset of 126 nonhomologous globular proteins, our predictions provide a quantitative foundation for gauging the results when building by homology the structures of related proteins.
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    Identification of proton transfer pathways in the X-ray crystal structure of the bacterial reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (1998)
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    Photosynthesis research 55 (1998), S. 119-125 
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    Keywords: bacterial photosynthesis ; crystal structure ; electron transfer ; proton transfer
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    Notes: Abstract Structural features that have important implications for the fundamental process of transmembrane proton transfer are examined in the recently published high resolution atomic structures of the reaction center (RC) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides in the dark adapted state (DQAQB) and the charged separated state (D+QAQB −); the latter is the active state for proton transfer to the semiquinone. The structures have been determined at 2.2 Å and 2.6 Å resolution, respectively, as reported by Stowell et al. (1997) [Science 276: 812–816]. Three possible proton transfer pathways (P1, P2, P3) consisting of water molecules and/or protonatable residues were identified which connect the QB binding region with the cytoplasmic exposed surface at Asp H224 & Asp M240 (P1), Tyr M3 (P2) and Asp M17 (P3). All three represent possible pathways for proton transfer into the RC. P1 contains an uninterrupted chain of water molecules. This path could, in addition, facilitate the exchange of quinone for quinol during the photocycle by allowing water to move into and out of the binding pocket. Located near these pathways is a cluster of electrostatically interacting acid residues (Asp-L213, Glu-H173, Asp-M17, Asp H124, Asp-L210 and Asp H170) each being within 4.5 Å of a neighboring carboxylic acid or a bridging water molecule. This cluster could serve as an internal ‘proton reservoir’ facilitating fast protonation of QB − that could occur at a rate greater than that attainable by proton uptake from solution.
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    Cytochrome c Oxidase (Heme aa 3) from Paracoccus denitrificans: Analysis of Mutations in Putative Proton Channels of Subunit I (1998)
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 30 (1998), S. 89-97 
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    Keywords: Terminal oxidase ; redox coupling ; electrochemical gradient ; electron transport ; energy transduction ; proton translocation ; crystal structure ; site-directed mutagenesis
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract One of the challenging features of energy-transducing terminal oxidases, like the aa 3 cytochrome c oxidase of Paracoccus denitrificans, is the translocation of protons across the cytoplasmic membrane, which is coupled to the transfer of electrons to oxygen. As a prerequisite for a more advanced examination of the enzymatic properties, several amino acid residues, selected on the basis of recent three-dimensional structure determinations, were exchanged in subunit I of the Paracoccus enzyme by site-directed mutagenesis. The properties of the mutated oxidases were analyzed by different methods to elucidate whether they are involved in the coupled and coordinated transfer of protons via two different pathways either to the site of oxygen reduction or through the enzyme from the cytoplasm to the periplasmic side.
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    Effect of M and M-Ca Substitution on the Structure and Superconductivity of GdBa2Cu3O7−δ [M = Mo, Hf ] (1998)
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    Journal of superconductivity 11 (1998), S. 285-290 
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    Keywords: GdBa2Cu3O7−δ ; Ca substitution ; Mo substitution ; Hf substitution ; crystal structure
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    Topics: Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The structural and superconducting properties of (Gd1−x−y Ca y M x )Ba2Cu3O z with M = Mo, Hf are investigated using X-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity, and oxygen content measurements. The effect of increasing the Mo concentration in (Gd1−x Mo x )Ba2Cu3O z changes the structure from orthorhombic to tetragonal accompanied by a large increase in resistivity and a fast decrease in T c at the rate of 1.9 K per at.% of Mo, unlike that of Hf substitution in (Gd1−x Hf x )Ba2Cu3O z , which maintains the orthorhombic structure and decreases T c very slowly at the rate of 0.6 K per atm.% of Hf with nearly no change in resistivity. The suppression of T c by M = Mo, Hf can be counterbalanced by hole doping by Ca which increases T c with increasing Ca content showing maximum compensation for Mo. A comparative study of M = Mo, Hf doped samples in (Gd1−x−y Ca y M x )Ba2Cu3O z indicates that the valence of the dopant M = Mo4+,6+, Hf4+ and its ionic radius play an important role in controlling the structural and superconducting properties of the systems.
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    Mixing in Stars and the Evolution of the 3He Abundance (1998)
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    Space science reviews 84 (1998), S. 199-206 
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    Keywords: Nuclear reactions ; Nucleosynthesis ; Abundances ; Stars:Evolution ; Interior ; Rotation
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    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract We first recall the observational and theoretical facts that constitute the so-called 3He problem. We then review the chemical anomalies that could be related to the destruction of 3He in red giants stars. We show how a simple consistent mechanism can lead to the destruction of 3He in low mass stars and simultaneously account for the low 12C/13C ratios and low lithium abundances observed in giant stars of different populations. This process should both naturally account for the recent measurements of 3He/H in galactic HII regions and allow for high values of 3He observed in some planetary nebulae. We propose a simple statistical estimation of the fraction of stars that may be affected by this process.
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    Improved protein refolding using hollow-fibre membrane dialysis (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 590-599 
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    Keywords: protein refolding ; hollow-fibre membrane ; dialysis ; carbonic anhydrase ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We have used a cellulose acetate, hollow-fibre (HF) ultrafiltration membrane to refold bovine carbonic anhydrase, loaded into the lumen space, by removing the denaturant through controlled dialysis via the shell side space. When challenged with GdnHCl-denatured carbonic anhydrase, 70% of the loaded protein reptated through the membrane into the circulating dialysis buffer. Reptation occurred because the protein, in its fully unfolded configuration, was able to pass through the pores. The loss of carbonic anhydrase through the membrane was controlled by the dialysis conditions. Dialysis against 0.05 M Tris-HCl for 30 min reduced the denaturant around the protein to a concentration that allowed the return of secondary structure, increasing the hydrodynamic radius, thus preventing protein transmission. Under these conditions a maximum of 42% of carbonic anhydrase was recovered (from a starting concentration of 5 mg/mL) with 94% activity. This is an improvement over refolding carbonic anhydrase by simple batch dilution, which gave a maximum reactivation of 85% with 35% soluble protein yield. The batch refolding of carbonic anhydrase is very sensitive to temperature; however, during HF refolding between 0 and 25°C the temperature sensitivity was considerably reduced. In order to reduce the convection forces that give rise to aggregation and promote refolding the dialyzate was slowly heated from 4 to 25°C. This slow, temperature-controlled refolding gave an improved soluble protein recovery of 55% with a reactivation yield of 90%. The effect of a number of additives on the refolding system performance were tested: the presence of PEG improved both the protein recovery and the recovered activity from the membrane, while the detergents Tween 20 and IGEPAL CA-630 increased only the refolding yield. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 590-599, 1998.
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    Metabolic engineering (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 119-120 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Activity losses among T4 lysozyme variants after adsorption to colloidal silica (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 658-662 
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    Keywords: T4 lysozyme ; silica nanoparticles ; synthetic enzyme variants ; surface-induced conformational change ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Maintaining a specific molecular conformation is essential for the proper functioning of an enzyme. A substantial loss of catalytic activity can occur from the displacement caused by even a single amino acid substitution. Activity may also be lost as an enzyme undergoes a conformational change during adsorption. In this study, we investigated the effect of thermostability on the activities of three T4 lysozyme variants after adsorption to 9 nm colloidal silica particles. Less-stable T4 lysozyme variants lost more activity after adsorption than did more stable variants, apparently because they experienced more extensive structural alteration. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58: 658-662, 1998.
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    On-line metabolic pathway analysis based on metabolic signal flow diagram (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 139-148 
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    Keywords: metabolic engineering ; pathway analysis ; metabolic and energetic model ; physiological state ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: In this work, an integrated modeling approach based on a metabolic signal flow diagram and cellular energetics was used to model the metabolic pathway analysis for the cultivation of yeast on glucose. This approach enables us to make a clear analysis of the flow direction of the carbon fluxes in the metabolic pathways as well as of the degree of activation of a particular pathway for the synthesis of biomaterials for cell growth. The analyses demonstrate that the main metabolic pathways of Saccharomyces cerevisiae change significantly during batch culture. Carbon flow direction is toward glycolysis to satisfy the increase of requirement for precursors and energy. The enzymatic activation of TCA cycle seems to always be at normal level, which may result in the overflow of ethanol due to its limited capacity. The advantage of this approach is that it adopts both virtues of the metabolic signal flow diagram and the simple network analysis method, focusing on the investigation of the flow directions of carbon fluxes and the degree of activation of a particular pathway or reaction loop. All of the variables used in the model equations were determined on-line; the information obtained from the calculated metabolic coefficients may result in a better understanding of cell physiology and help to evaluate the state of the cell culture process. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:139-148, 1998.
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    Experimental determination of group flux control coefficients in metabolic networks (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 149-153 
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    Keywords: Metabolic Control Analysis ; flux control coefficients ; top down MCA ; metabolic engineering ; Corynebacterium glutamicum ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Grouping of reactions around key metabolite branch points can facilitate the study of metabolic control of complex metabolic networks. This top-down Metabolic Control Analysis is exemplified through the introduction of group (flux, as well as concentration) control coefficients whose magnitudes provide a measure of the relative impact of each reaction group on the overall network flux, as well as on the overall network stability, following enzymatic amplification. In this article, we demonstrate the application of previously developed theory to the determination of group flux control coefficients. Experimental data for the changes in metabolic fluxes obtained in response to the introduction of six different environmental perturbations are used to determine the group flux control coefficients for three reaction groups formed around the phosphoenolpyruvate/pyruvate branch point. The consistency of the obtained group flux control coefficient estimates is systematically analyzed to ensure that all necessary conditions are satisfied. The magnitudes of the determined control coefficients suggest that the control of lysine production flux in Corynebacterium glutamicum cells at a growth base state resides within the lysine biosynthetic pathway that begins with the PEP/PYR carboxylation anaplorotic pathway. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:149-153, 1998.
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    Application of mathematical tools for metabolic design of microbial ethanol production (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 154-161 
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    Keywords: central carbon pathways ; metabolic optimization ; ethanol production ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Many attempts to engineer cellular metabolism have failed due to the complexity of cellular functions. Mathematical and computational methods are needed that can organize the available experimental information, and provide insight and guidance for successful metabolic engineering. Two such methods are reviewed here. Both methods employ a (log)linear kinetic model of metabolism that is constructed based on enzyme kinetics characteristics. The first method allows the description of the dynamic responses of metabolic systems subject to spatiotemporal variations in their parameters. The second method considers the product-oriented, constrained optimization of metabolic reaction networks using mixed-integer linear programming methods. The optimization framework is used in order to identify the combinations of the metabolic characteristics of the glycolytic enzymes from yeast and bacteria that will maximize ethanol production. The methods are also applied to the design of microbial ethanol production metabolism. The results of the calculations are in qualitative agreement with experimental data presented here. Experiments and calculations suggest that, in resting Escherichia coli cells, ethanol production and glucose uptake rates can be increased by 30% and 20%, respectively, by overexpression of a deregulated pyruvate kinase, while increase in phosphofructokinase expression levels has no effect on ethanol production and glucose uptake rates. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:154-161, 1998.
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    Multiple mechanisms controlling carbon metabolism in bacteria (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 170-174 
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    Keywords: catabolite repression ; phosphotransferase system ; inducer exclusion ; inducer expulsion ; protein kinase ; transcriptional regulation ; transport regulation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Catabolite repression is a universal phenomenon, found in virtually all living organisms. These organisms range from the simplest bacteria to higher fungi, plants, and animals. A mechanism involving cyclic AMP and its receptor protein (CRP) in Escherichia coli was established years ago, and this mechanism has been assumed by many to serve as the prototype for catabolite repression in all organisms. However, recent studies have shown that this mechanism is restricted to enteric bacteria and their close relatives. Cyclic AMP-independent mechanisms of catabolite repression occur in other bacteria, yeast, plants, and even E. coli. In fact, single-celled organisms such as E. coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibit multiple mechanisms of catabolite repression, and most of these are cyclic AMP-independent. The mechanistic features of the best of such characterized processes are briefly reviewed, and references are provided that will allow the reader to delve more deeply into these subjects. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:170-174, 1998.
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    How will bioinformatics influence metabolic engineering? (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 162-169 
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    Keywords: bioinformatics ; metabolic engineering ; genetic engineering ; mathematical analysis ; stoichiometry ; enzyme kinetics ; modal analysis ; genetic circuits ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Ten microbial genomes have been fully sequenced to date, and the sequencing of many more genomes is expected to be completed before the end of the century. The assignment of function to open reading frames (ORFs) is progressing, and for some genomes over 70% of functional assignments have been made. The majority of the assigned ORFs relate to metabolic functions. Thus, the complete genetic and biochemical functions of a number of microbial cells may be soon available. From a metabolic engineering standpoint, these developments open a new realm of possibilities. Metabolic analysis and engineering strategies can now be built on a sound genomic basis. An important question that now arises; how should these tasks be approached? Flux-balance analysis (FBA) has the potential to play an important role. It is based on the fundamental principle of mass conservation. It requires only the stoichiometric matrix, the metabolic demands, and some strain specific parameters. Importantly, no enzymatic kinetic data is required. In this article, we show how the genomically defined microbial metabolic genotypes can be analyzed by FBA. Fundamental concepts of metabolic genotype, metabolic phenotype, metabolic redundancy and robustness are defined and examples of their use given. We discuss the advantage of this approach, and how FBA is expected to find uses in the near future. FBA is likely to become an important analysis tool for genomically based approaches to metabolic engineering, strain design, and development. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:162-169, 1998.
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    Artificial promoters for metabolic optimization (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 191-195 
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    Keywords: control analysis ; Lactococcus lactis ; gene expression ; flux ; oligonucleotide ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: In this article, we review some of the expression systems that are available for Metabolic Control Analysis and Metabolic Engineering, and examine their advantages and disadvantages in different contexts. In a recent approach, artificial promoters for modulating gene expression in micro-organisms were constructed using synthetic degenerated oligonucleotides. From this work, a promoter library was obtained for Lactococcus lactis, containing numerous individual promoters and covering a wide range of promoter activities. Importantly, the range of promoter activities was covered in small steps of activity change. Promoter libraries generated by this approach allow for optimization of gene expression and for experimental control analysis in a wide range of biological systems by choosing from the promoter library promoters giving, e.g., 25%, 50%, 200%, and 400% of the normal expression level of the gene in question. If the relevant variable (e.g., the flux or yield) is then measured with each of these constructs, then one can calculate the control coefficient and determine the optimal expression level. One advantage of the method is that the construct which is found to have the optimal expression level is then, in principle, ready for use in the industrial fermentation process; another advantage is that the system can be used to optimize the expression of different enzymes within the same cell. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:191-195, 1998.
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    Engineering protein-based machines to emulate key steps of metabolism (biological energy conversion) (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 175-190 
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    Keywords: protein-based polymers ; inverse temperature transitions ; hydrophobic-induced pKa shifts ; waters of hydrophobic hydration ; five axioms for protein engineering; microwave dielectric relaxation ; a universal mechanism for biological energy conversion ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Metabolism is the conversion of available energy sources to those energy forms required for sustaining and propagating living organisms; this is simply biological energy conversion. Proteins are the machines of metabolism; they are the engines of motility and the other machines that interconvert energy forms not involving motion. Accordingly, metabolic engineering becomes the use of natural protein-based machines for the good of society. In addition, metabolic engineering can utilize the principles, whereby proteins function, to design new protein-based machines to fulfill roles for society that proteins have never been called upon throughout evolution to fulfill.This article presents arguments for a universal mechanism whereby proteins perform their diverse energy conversions; it begins with background information, and then asserts a set of five axioms for protein folding, assembly, and function and for protein engineering. The key process is the hydrophobic folding and assembly transition exhibited by properly balanced amphiphilic protein sequences. The fundamental molecular process is the competition for hydration between hydrophobic and polar, e.g., charged, residues. This competition determines Tt, the onset temperature for the hydrophobic folding and assembly transition, Nhh, the numbers of waters of hydrophobic hydration, and the pKa of ionizable functions.Reported acid-base titrations and pH dependence of microwave dielectric relaxation data simultaneously demonstrate the interdependence of Tt, Nhh and the pKa using a series of microbially prepared protein-based poly(30mers) with one glutamic acid residue per 30mer and with an increasing number of more hydrophobic phenylalanine residues replacing valine residues. Also, reduction of nicotinamides and flavins is shown to lower Tt, i.e., to increase hydrophobicity.Furthermore, the argument is presented, and related to an extended Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, wherein reduction of nicotinamides represents an increase in hydrophobicity and resulting hydrophobic-induced pKa shifts become the basis for understanding a primary energy conversion (proton transport) process of mitochondria. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:175-190, 1998.
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    Generating controlled reducing environments in aerobic recombinant Escherichia coli fermentations: Effects on cell growth, oxygen uptake, heat shock protein expression, and in vivo CAT activity (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 248-259 
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    Keywords: Escherichia coli ; Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase (CAT) ; Culture Redox Potential (CRP) ; Dithiothreitol (DTT) ; reducing agents ; molecular chaperones ; proteases ; heat shock ; stress response ; protein folding ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The independent control of culture redox potential (CRP) by the regulated addition of a reducing agent, dithiothreitol (DTT) was demonstrated in aerated recombinant Escherichia coli fermentations. Moderate levels of DTT addition resulted in minimal changes to specific oxygen uptake, growth rate, and dissolved oxygen. Excessive levels of DTT addition were toxic to the cells resulting in cessation of growth. Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity (nmoles/μg total protein min.) decreased in batch fermentation experiments with respect to increasing levels of DTT addition. To further investigate the mechanisms affecting CAT activity, experiments were performed to assay heat shock protein expression and specific CAT activity (nmoles/μg CAT min.). Expression of such molecular chaperones as GroEL and DnaK were found to increase after addition of DTT. Additionally, sigma factor 32 (σ32) and several proteases were seen to increase dramatically during addition of DTT. Specific CAT activity (nmoles/μg CAT min.) varied greatly as DTT was added, however, a minimum in activity was found at the highest level of DTT addition in E. coli strains RR1 [pBR329] and JM105 [pROEX-CAT]. In conjunction, cellular stress was found to reach a maximum at the same levels of DTT. Although DTT addition has the potential for directly affecting intracellular protein folding, the effects felt from the increased stress within the cell are likely the dominant effector. That the effects of DTT were measured within the cytoplasm of the cell suggests that the periplasmic redox potential was also altered. The changes in specific CAT activity, molecular chaperones, and other heat shock proteins, in the presence of minimal growth rate and oxygen uptake alterations, suggest that the ex vivo control of redox potential provides a new process for affecting the yield and conformation of heterologous proteins in aerated E. coli fermentations. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59: 248-259, 1998.
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    A review of experimental measurements of effective diffusive permeabilities and effective diffusion coefficients in biofilms (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 261-272 
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    Keywords: effective diffusive permeability ; diffusion coefficient ; biofilm ; cell density ; review ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Experimental measurements of effective diffusive permeabilities and effective diffusion coefficients in biofilms are reviewed. Effective diffusive permeabilities, the parameter appropriate to the analysis of reaction-diffusion interactions, depend on solute type and biofilm density. Three categories of solute physical chemistry with distinct diffusive properties were distinguished by the present analysis. In order of descending mean relative effective diffusive permeability (De/Daq) these were inorganic anions or cations (0.56), nonpolar solutes with molecular weights of 44 or less (0.43), and organic solutes of molecular weight greater than 44 (0.29). Effective diffusive permeabilities decrease sharply with increasing biomass volume fraction suggesting a serial resistance model of diffusion in biofilms as proposed by Hinson and Kocher (1996). A conceptual model of biofilm structure is proposed in which each cell is surrounded by a restricted permeability envelope. Effective diffusion coefficients, which are appropriate to the analysis of transient penetration of nonreactive solutes, are generally similar to effective diffusive permeabilities in biofilms of similar composition. In three studies that examine diffusion of very large molecular weight solutes ( 〉 5000) in biofilms, the average ratio of the relative effective diffusion coefficient of the large solute to the relative effective diffusion coefficient of either sucrose or fluorescein was 0.64, 0.61, and 0.36. It is proposed that large solutes are effectively excluded from microbial cells, that small solutes partition into and diffuse within cells, and that ionic solutes are excluded from cells but exhibit increased diffusive permeability (but decreased effective diffusion coefficients) due to sorption to the biofilm matrix. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:261-272, 1998.
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    II. Electrostatic effect in the aggregation of heat-denatured RNase A and implications for protein additive design (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 281-285 
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    Keywords: protein aggregation ; RNase A ; protein formulation ; protein additives ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: In the previous study (part I), heat-denatured RNase A aggregation was shown to depend on the solution pH. Interestingly, at pH 3.0, the protein did not aggregate even when exposed to 75°C for 24 h. In this study, electrostatic repulsion was shown to be responsible for the absence of aggregates at that pH. While RNase A aggregation was prevented at the extremely acidic pH, this is not an environment conducive to maintaining protein function in general. Therefore, attempts were made to confer electrostatic repulsion near neutral pH. In this study, heat-denatured RNase A was mixed with charged polymers at pH 7.8 in an attempt to provide the protein with excess surface cations or anions. At 75°C, SDS and dextran sulfate were successful in preventing RNase A aggregation, whereas their cationic, nonionic, and zwitterionic analogs did not do so. We believe that the SO3- groups present in both additives transformed the protein into polyanionic species, and this may have provided a sufficient level of electrostatic repulsion at pH 7.8 and 75°C to prevent aggregation from proceeding. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:281-285, 1998.
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    An experimental and modeling study on the removal of mono-chlorobenzene vapor in biotrickling filters (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 328-343 
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    Keywords: biotrickling filters ; biotrickling filter modeling ; mono-chlorobenzene ; biodegradation kinetics of mono-chlorobenzene ; chlorinated VOC emissions ; biofiltration ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Removal of mono-chlorobenzene (m-CB) vapor from airstreams was studied in a biotrickling filter (BTF) operating under counter-current flow of the air and liquid streams. Experiments were performed under various values of inlet m-CB concentration, air and/or liquid volumetric flow rates, and pH of the recirculating liquid. Conversion of m-CB was never below 70% and at low concentrations exceeded 90%. A maximum removal rate of about 60 gm-3-reactor h-1 was observed. Conversion of m-CB was found to increase as the values of liquid and air flow rate increase and decrease, respectively. The effects of pH and frequency of medium replenishment on BTF performance were also investigated. The process was successfully described with a detailed mathematical model, which accounts for mass transfer and kinetic effects based on m-CB and oxygen availability. Solution of the model equations yielded m-CB and oxygen concentration profiles in all three phases (airstream, liquid, biofilm). It is predicted that oxygen has a controling effect on the process at high inlet m-CB concentrations. From independent, suspended culture, experiments it was found that m-CB biodegradation follows Andrews inhibitory kinetics. The kinetic constants were found to remain practically unchanged after the culture was used in BTF experiments for 8 months. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:328-343, 1998.
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    Effect of some operating variables on citrate recovery from model solutions by electrodialysis (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 344-350 
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    Keywords: electrodialysis ; citric acid ; pH ; temperature ; Faraday efficiency ; solute recovery efficiency ; specific energy consumption ; solute flux ; water flux ; feed solute concentration ; electric current density ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The effect of pH and temperature (θ) on the overall performance indicators (i.e., solute recovery, ρ, and Faraday, η, efficiencies; specific energy consumption, ε, solute, JS, and water, JW, fluxes) of batch electrodialytic recovery of citric acid from model solutions was assessed at different values of feed solute concentration (cSf) and electric current density (j). Regardless of the initial feed concentration used, ρ and JS were found to be independent of θ; η and JW exhibited a positive trend with respect to θ, while ε a negative one. At the maximum temperature tested (33°C), as the pH of the feed solution was varied from 3 to 7, ρ increased from 0.90 ± 0.08 to 0.97 ± 0.02, η grew from 0.09 ± 0.02 to 0.50 ± 0.01, JS practically doubled, ε reduced about 8 times, but JW increased from 3 to 4 times. So, the optimal conditions for this technique are to be determined by balancing the savings in the investment and maintenance costs against the energy costs. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:344-350, 1998.
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    Stability and activity modulation of chymotrypsins in AOT reversed micelles by protein-interface interaction: Interaction of α-chymotrypsin with a negative interface leads to a cooperative breakage of a salt bridge that keeps the catalytic active conformation (Ile16-Asp194) (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 360-363 
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    Keywords: chymotrypsin ; enzyme stability ; reversed micelles ; interface ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The stability of α-chymotrypsin and δ-chymotrypsin was studied in reversed micelles of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane. α-Chymotrypsin is inactivated at the interface and at the water pool, while δ-chymotrypsin is inactivated only at the water pool. The mechanism of inactivation at the interface is related to the interaction of N-terminal group alanine 149 (absent in δ-chymotrypsin) with the negative interface. The dependence of enzyme activity on water content of these two enzymes in reversed micelles of AOT is also related with the interface interaction, since δ-chymotrypsin does not have a bell-shaped curve as observed for α-chymotrypsin. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:360-363, 1998.
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    High-density perfusion culture of insect cells with a BioSep ultrasonic filter (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 351-359 
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    Keywords: bioreactor ; high density ; insect cells ; perfusion ; Sf9 ; ultrasonic filter ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The baculovirus/insect cell expression system has provided a vital tool to produce a high level of active proteins for many applications. We have developed a very high-density insect cell perfusion process with an ultrasonic filter as a cell retention device. The separation efficiency of the filter was studied under various operating conditions. A cell density of over 30 million cells/mL was achieved in a controlled perfusion bioreactor and cell viability remained greater than 90%. Sf9 cells from a high-density culture and a spinner culture were infected with two recombinant baculoviruses expressing genes for the production of human chitinase and monocyte-colony inhibition factor. The protein yield on a cell basis from infecting high-density Sf9 cells was the same as or higher than that from the spinner Sf9 culture. Virus production from the high-density culture was similar to that from the spinner culture. The results show that the ultrasonic filter did not affect insect cells' ability to support protein expression and virus production following infection with baculovirus. The potential applications of the high-density perfusion culture for large-scale protein expression from Sf9 cells are also highlighted. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:351-359, 1998.
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    Prevention of marine biofouling using a conductive paint electrode (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 374-378 
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    Keywords: conductive paint electrode ; prevention of marine biofouling ; fishing net ; alternating potential ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Conductive paint electrode was used for marine biofouling on fishing nets by electrochemical disinfection. When a potential of 1.2 V vs. a saturated calomel electrode (SCE) was applied to the conductive paint electrode, Vibrio alginolyticus cells attached on the electrode were completely killed. By applying a negative potential, the attached cells were removed from the surface of the electrode. Changes in pH and chlorine concentration were not observed at potentials in the range -0.6 ∼1.2 V vs. SCE. In a field experiment, accumulation of the bacterial cells and formation of biofilms on the electrode were prevented by application of an alternating potential, and 94% of attachment of the biofouling organisms was inhibited electrically on yarn used for fishing net coated with conductive paint. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:374-378, 1998.
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    Mass transfer studies on immobilized α-chymotrypsin biocatalysts prepared by deposition for use in organic medium (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 364-373 
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    Keywords: porous supports ; internal and external diffusion ; active site accessibility ; enzyme loading ; kinetically controlled dipeptide synthesis ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Mass transfer limitations were studied in enzyme preparations of α-chymotrypsin made by deposition on different porous support materials such as controlled pore glasses, Celite, and polyamides of different particle sizes. It is the onset of mass transfer limitations that determines the position of the activity optimum with respect to enzyme loading on each support. The evidence of various experiments indicates that internal diffusional limitations are the important mechanism for the observed mass transfer limitations. External diffusion was not found to play an important role under the conditions used, and it was also found that when immobilizing multilayers of enzyme the buried enzyme molecules are active to a large extent. An extreme situation is observed on Celite at very high loadings. Under these conditions, this support is expected to have its pores completely filled with packed enzyme molecules, and then it is the diffusion within the enzyme layer that determines the observed rate. As the enzyme loading increases, the area of contact between the deposited enzyme layers and the liquid solution inside the pores diminishes, causing a decrease on the observed rate of an intrinsically fast reaction which apparently is incongruous with the presence of more enzyme in the system. This work shows that mass transfer limitations can be an important factor when working with immobilized enzymes in organic media, and its study should be carried out in order to avoid undesired reduced enzyme activities and specificities. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:364-373, 1998.
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    Degradation of perchloroethylene and dichlorophenol by pulsed-electric discharge and bioremediation (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 438-444 
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    Keywords: bioremediation ; plasma discharge ; dichlorophenol degradation ; perchloroethylene degradation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Pulsed electric discharge (PED) and bioremediation were combined to create a novel two-stage system which dechlorinates the halogenated pollutants, 2,4-dichlorophenol and perchloroethylene, with repetitive (0.1-1 kHz), short pulse (∼100 ns), low voltage (40-80 kV) discharges and then mineralizes the less chlorinated products with aerobic bacteria. A 6.1 mM aqueous dichlorophenol sample was cycled through the PED reactor (60 kV of applied pulsed voltage and 300 Hz) 6 times, resulting in the release of 55% of the initial dichlorophenol chloride ions (1 mM Cl- removed each cycle). The respective average specific efficiency is 0.4-0.6 keV/(Cl- molecule). Pseudomonas mendocina KR1, which grows in minimal medium supplemented with phenol but not with dichlorophenol, increased in cell density in all cultures supplemented with the PED-treated DCP samples and yielded a maximum of two-fold additional Cl- released compared to the PED-related alone. The number of PED-treatment cycles, voltage, and frequency were also varied, showing that both cell densities and overall dichlorophenol dechlorination were highly dependent upon the number of PED-treatment cycles, rather than the tested voltages and frequencies. Using this two-stage treatment system, PED released 31% of the initial chloride ions from dichlorophenol (after three cycles at 40-45 kV and 1.2 kHz) while P. mendocina KR1 in the second stage increased dechlorination to 90%. These results were corroborated by the 35% additional chloride release found with activated sludge cultures. Perchloroethylene (0.6 mM) was similarly treated in a first-stage PED reactor (80% chloride removal after four cycles) followed by biodegradation of the dechlorinated products with a recombinant toluene o-monooxygenase-expressing Pseudomonas fluorescens strain. Gas chromatographic analysis showed that the PED reactor created less-chlorinated byproducts (i.e., trichloroethylene) that were removed (74%) upon exposure to the recombinant bacterium. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:438-444, 1998.
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    Antisense strategies for glycosylation engineering of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 445-450 
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    Keywords: CHO cells ; glycosylation engineering ; antisense ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Novel glycoproteins, inaccessible by other techniques, can be obtained by metabolic engineering of the oligosaccharide biosynthesis pathway. Furthermore, alteration of cell-surface oligosaccharides can change the properties of receptors involved in cell-cell adhesion. Sialyl Lewis X (sLex) is a cell-surface oligosaccharide determinant which is specifically expressed on granulocytes and monocytes and which interacts with selectins to influence leukocyte trafficking, thrombosis, inflammation, and cancer. Antisense technology targeting fucosyltransferase VI (Fuc-TVI), an enzyme necessary for the synthesis of the sLex in engineered Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, has reduced Fuc-TVI activity, sLex synthesis, and adhesion to endothelial cells. Antisense methodology to reduce targeted activity in oligosaccharide biosynthesis or other pathways is an important addition to CHO cell metabolic engineering capabilities. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:445-450, 1998.
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    Analysis of protein fouling during ultrafiltration using a two-layer membrane model (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 451-460 
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    Keywords: protein fouling ; membrane transport ; ultrafiltration ; adsorption ; filtration ; composite membrane ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Protein fouling can significantly alter both the flux and retention characteristics of ultrafiltration membranes. There has, however, been considerable controversy over the nature of this fouling layer. In this study, hydraulic permeability and dextran sieving data were obtained both before and after albumin adsorption and/or filtration using polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes. The dextran molecular weight distributions were analyzed by gel permeation chromatography to evaluate the sieving characteristics over a broad range of solute size. Protein fouling caused a significant reduction in the dextran sieving coefficients, with very different effects seen for the diffusive and convective contributions to dextran transport. The changes in dextran sieving coefficients and diffusive permeabilities were analyzed using a two-layer membrane model in which a distinct protein layer is assumed to form on the upstream surface of the membrane. The data suggest that the protein layer formed during filtration was more tightly packed than that formed by simple static adsorption. Hydrodynamic calculations indicated that the pore size of the protein layer remained relatively constant throughout the adsorption or filtration, but the thickness of this layer increased with increasing exposure time. These results provide important insights into the nature of protein fouling during ultrafiltration and its effects on membrane transport. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:451-460, 1998.
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    Contribution of protein charge to partitioning in aqueous two-phase systems (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 59 (1998), S. 461-470 
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    Keywords: aqueous two-phase separation ; protein partitioning ; T4 lysozyme ; electrochemical partitioning ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Protein partitioning in aqueous two-phase systems based on phase-forming polymers is strongly affected by the net charge of the protein, but a thermodynamic description of the charge effects has been hindered by conflicting results. Many of the difficulties could be because of problems in isolating electrochemical effects from other interactions of phase components.We explored charge effects on protein partitioning in poly(ethylene glycol)-dextran two-phase systems by using two series of genetically engineered charge modifications of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme produced in Escherichia coli. The two series, one in the form of charged-fusion tails and the other in the form of charge-change point mutations, provided matching net charges but very different polarity. Partition coefficients of both series were obtained and interfacial potential differences of the phase systems were measured. Multi-angle laser light scattering measurements were also performed to determine second virial coefficients. A semi-empirical model accounting for the roles of both charge and non-charge effects on protein partitioning behavior is proposed, and the results predicted from the model are compared to the results from the experiments. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 59:461-470, 1998.
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    Ammonium ion and glucosamine dependent increases of oligosaccharide complexity in recombinant glycoproteins secreted from cultivated BHK-21 cells (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 518-528 
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    Keywords: ammonium ; UDP-GlcNAc ; N -glycosylation ; BHK-21 cells ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The effect of different ammonium concentrations and glucosamine on baby hamster kidney (BHK)-21 cell cultures grown in continuously perfused double membrane bioreactors was investigated with respect to the final carbohydrate structures of a secretory recombinant glycoprotein. The human interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutant glycoprotein variant IL-Mu6, which bears a novel N-glycosylation site (created by a single amino acid exchange of Gln100 to Asn), was produced under different defined protein-free culture conditions in the presence or absence of either glutamine, NH4Cl, or glucosamine. Recombinant glycoprotein products were purified and characterized by amino acid sequencing and carbohydrate structural analysis using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry, high-pH anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection, and methylation analysis. In the absence of glutamine, cells secreted glycoprotein forms with preponderantly biantennary, proximal fucosylated carbohydrate chains (85%) with a higher NeuAc content (58%). Under standard conditions in the presence of 7.5 mM glutamine, complex-type N-glycans were found to be mainly biantennary (68%) and triantennary structures (33%) with about 50% containing proximal α1-6-linked fucose; 37% of the antenna were found to be substituted with terminal α2-3-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid. In the presence of 15 mM exogenously added NH4Cl, a significant and reproducible increase in tri- and tetraantennary oligosaccharides (45% of total) was detected in the secretion product. In glutamin-free cultures supplemented with glucosamine, an intermediate amount of high antennary glycans was detected. The increase in complexity of N-linked oligosaccharides is considered to be brought about by the increased levels of intracellular uridine diphosphate-GlcNAc/GalNAc. These nucleotide sugar pools were found to be significantly elevated in the presence of high NH3/NH4+ and glucosamine concentrations. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 518-528, 1998.
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    Metabolic modeling of polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthesis (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 557-570 
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    Notes: A mathematical model describing intracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthesis in Alcaligenes eutrophus has been constructed. The model allows investigation of issues such as the existence of rate-limiting enzymatic steps, possible regulatory mechanisms in PHB synthesis, and the effects different types of rate expressions have on model behavior. Simulations with the model indicate that activities of all PHB pathway enzymes influence overall PHB flux and that no single enzymatic step can easily be identified as rate limiting. Simulations also support regulatory roles for both thiolase and reductase, mediated through AcCoA/CoASH and NADPH/NADP+ ratios, respectively. To make the model more realistic, complex rate expressions for enzyme-catalyzed reactions were used which reflect both the reversibility of the reactions and the reaction mechanisms. Use of the complex kinetic expressions dramatically changed the behavior of the system compared to a simple model containing only Michaelis-Menten kinetic expressions; the more complicated model displayed different responses to changes in enzyme activities as well as inhibition of flux by the reaction products CoASH and NADP+. These effects can be attributed to reversible rate expressions, which allow prediction of reaction rates under conditions both near and far from equilibrium. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 557-570, 1998.
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    Enhanced secretion of human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor directed by a novel hybrid fusion peptide from recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae at high cell concentration (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 600-609 
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    Keywords: rhG-CSF ; fusion protein ; secretion efficiency ; glycosylation ; multimer ; conformation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The synthesis and secretion of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) are investigated in fed-batch cultures at high cell concentration of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and some important characteristics of the secreted rhG-CSF are demonstrated. Transcription of the recombinant gene is regulated by a GAL1-10 upstream activating sequence (UASG), and the rhG-CSF is expressed in a hybrid fusion protein consisting of signal sequence of Kluyveromyces lactis killer toxin and N-terminal 24 amino acids of human interleukin 1β. The intracellular KEX2 cleavage leads to excretion of mature rhG-CSF into extracellular culture broth, and the cleavage process seems to be highly efficient. In spite of relatively low copy number the plasmid propagation is stably maintained even at nonselective culture conditions. The rhG-CSF synthesis does not depend on galactose level, whereas the production of extracellular rhG-CSF was significantly enhanced by increasing the inducer concentration above a certain level and also by supplementing the nonionic surfactant to the culture medium, which is notably due to the enhanced secretion efficiency. Various immunoblotting analyses demonstrate that none of the rhG-CSF is accumulated in the cell wall fraction and that a significant amount of intracellular rhG-CSF antibody-specific immunoreactive proteins is located in the ER. A core N-glycosylation at fused IL-1β fragment is likely to play a critical role in directing the high-level secretion of rhG-CSF, and the O-glycosylation of secreted rhG-CSF seems nearly negligible. Also the extracellular rhG-CSF is observed to exist as various multimers, and the nature of molecular interaction is evidently not the covalent disulfide bridges. The CD spectra of purified rhG-CSF and Escherichia coli-derived standard show that the conformations of both are similar and are almost identical to that reported for natural hG-CSF. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 600-609, 1998.
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    Protein refolding by reversed micelles utilizing solid-liquid extraction technique (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 620-623 
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    Keywords: protein refolding ; reversed micelles ; solid-liquid extraction ; RNase A ; DNA ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: This article reports that a reversed micellar solution is useful for refolding proteins directly from a solid source. The solubilization of denatured RNase A, which had been prepared by reprecipitation from the denaturant protein solution, into reversed micelles formulated with sodium di-2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate (AOT) has been investigated by a solid-liquid extraction system. This method is an alternative to the ordinary protein extraction in reversed micelles based on the liquid-liquid extraction. The solid-liquid extraction method was found to facilitate the solubilization of denatured proteins more efficiently in the reversed micellar media than the ordinary phase transfer method of liquid extraction. The refolding of denatured RNase A entrapped in reversed micelles was attained by adding a redox reagent (reduced and oxidized glutathion). Enzymatic activity of RNase A was gradually recovered with time in the reversed micelles. The denatured RNase A was completely refolded within 30 h. In addition, the efficiency of protein refolding was enhanced when reversed micelles were applied to denatured RNase A containing a higher protein concentration that, in the case of aqueous media, would lead to protein aggregation. The solid-liquid extraction technique using reversed micelles affords better scale-up advantages in the direct refolding process of insoluble protein aggregates. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 620-623, 1998.
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    Identification and control of oxidative metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during transient growth using calorimetric measurements (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 57 (1998), S. 610-619 
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    Keywords: dynamic model ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; oxidative capacity ; feedback control ; calorimetry ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The objective of this study was to characterize the dynamic adaptation of the oxidative capacity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to an increase in the glucose supply rate and its implications for the control of a continuous culture designed to produce biomass without allowing glucose to be diverted into the reductive metabolism. Continuous cultures subjected to a sudden shift-up in the dilution rate showed that the glucose uptake rate increased immediately to the new feeding rate but that the oxygen consumption could not follow fast enough to ensure a completely oxidative metabolism. Thus, part of the glucose assimilated was degraded by the reductive metabolism, resulting in a temporary decrease of biomass concentration, even if the final dilution rate was below Dcrit. The dynamic increase of the specific oxygen consumption rate, qO2, was characterized by an initial immediate jump followed by a first-order increase to the maximum value. It could be modeled using three parameters denoted qjumpO2, qmaxO2, and a time constant τ. The values for the first two of the parameters varied considerably from one shift to another, even when they were performed under identical conditions. On the basis of this model, a time-dependent feed flow rate function was derived that should permit an increase in the dilution rate from one value to another without provoking the appearance of reductive metabolism. The idea was to increase the glucose supply in parallel with the dynamic increase of the oxidative capacity of the culture, so that all of the assimilated glucose could always be oxidized. Nevertheless, corresponding feed-profile experiments showed that deviations in the reductive metabolism could not be completely suppressed due to variability in the model parameters. Therefore, a proportional feedback controller using heat evolution rate measurements was implemented. Calorimetry provides an excellent and rapid estimate of the metabolic activity. Satisfactory control was achieved and led to constant biomass yields. Ethanol accumulated only up to 0.49 g L-1 as compared to an accumulation of 1.82 g L-1 without on-line control in the shift-up experiment to the same final dilution rate. ©1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 57: 610-619, 1998.
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    Establishment of an apoptosis-resistant and growth-controllable cell line by transfecting with inducible antisense c-Jun gene (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 65-72 
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    Keywords: c-jun ; cell cycle ; apoptosis ; antisense ; growth deprivation ; F-MEL ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: F-MEL cells were transfected with the c-jun antisense gene located downstream of a glucocorticoid-inducible MMTV promoter, and the obtained cells were named c-jun AS cells. When the c-jun AS cells were treated with dexamethasone (DEX) in DMEM supplemented with 10% serum, the growth of the cells was completely suppressed for a duration of 16 days with a high cell viability exceeding 86%. The c-jun expression in the c-jun AS cells was suppressed moderately in the absence of DEX and strongly in the presence of DEX. The c-jun AS cells grew well and reached a density of 106 cells/mL without supplementation of any serum components. Viability was greater than 80% after the cells had been cultured for 8 days in the absence of DEX. The c-jun AS cells stayed at a constant cell density and high viability above 80% for 8 days when they were cultured in the presence of DEX under serum deprivation. In contrast, the wild type F-MEL cells were unable to grow and died by apoptosis in 3 days under serum deprivation. Internucleosomal cleavage of DNA, a landmark of apoptosis, was clearly detectable. Thus the c-jun AS cell line that is resistant to apoptosis induced by serum deprivation and can reversibly and viably be growth-arrested was established. A dual-signal model was proposed to explain the experimental result, the interlinked regulation of apoptosis, and growth by c-jun.© 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:65-72, 1998.
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    Deactivation and conformational changes of cutinase in reverse micelles (1998)
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    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 58 (1998), S. 380-386 
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    Keywords: reverse micelles ; cutinase ; deactivation ; conformational changes ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Deactivation data and fluorescence intensity changes were used to probe functional and structural stability of cutinase in reverse micelles. A fast deactivation of cutinase in anionic (AOT) reverse micelles occurs due to a reversible denaturation process. The deactivation and denaturation of cutinase is slower in small cationic (CTAB/1-hexanol) reverse micelles and does not occur when the size of the cationic reverse micellar water-pool is larger than cutinase. In both systems, activity loss and denaturation are coupled processes showing the same trend with time. Denaturation is probably caused by the interaction between the enzyme and the surfactant interface of the reversed micelle. When the size of the empty reversed micelle water-pool is smaller than cutinase (at W0 5, with W0 being the water:surfactant concentration ratio) a three-state model describes denaturation and deactivation with an intermediate conformational state existing on the path from native to denaturated cutinase. This intermediate was clearly detected by an increase in activity and shows only minor conformational changes relative to the native state. At W0 20, the size of the empty water-pool was larger than cutinase and the data was well described by a two-state model for both anionic and cationic reverse micelles. For AOT reverse micelles at W0 20, the intermediate state became a transient state and the deactivation and denaturation were described by a two-state model in which only native and denaturated cutinase were present. For CTAB/1-hexanol reverse micelles at W0 20, the native cutinase was in equilibrium with an intermediate state, which did not suffer denaturation. 1-Hexanol showed a stabilizing effect on cutinase in reverse micelles, contributing to the higher stabilities observed in the cationic CTAB/1-hexanol reverse micelles. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 58:380-386, 1998.
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    Conserved water molecules in the specificity pocket of serine proteases and the molecular mechanism of Na+ binding (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 34-42 
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    Keywords: allostery ; buried water molecules ; molecular recognition ; Na+ site ; thrombin ; trypsin ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Conservation of clusters of buried water molecules is a structural motif present throughout the serine protease family. Frequently, these clusters are shaped as water channels forming extensive hydrogen-bonding networks linked to the protein backbone. The most conspicuous example is the water channel present in the specificity pocket of trypsin and thrombin. In thrombin, other vitamin K-dependent proteases, and some complement factors, Na+ binds in this water channel and enhances allosterically the catalytic activity of the enzyme, whereas digestive and fibrinolytic proteases are devoid of such regulation. A comparative analysis of proteases with and without Na+ binding capability reveals the role of the water channel in maintaining the structural organization of the specificity pocket and in Na+ coordination. This enables the formulation of a molecular mechanism for Na+ binding in thrombin and leads to the identification of the structural changes necessary to engineer a functional Na+ site and enhanced catalytic activity in trypsin and other proteases. Proteins 30:34-42, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Is the molten globule a third thermodynamic state of protein? The example of α-lactalbumin (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 43-48 
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    Keywords: molten globule ; α-lactalbumin ; calorimetry ; viscosimetry ; derivative spectroscopy ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Thermal and denaturant-induced transitions of the acid molten globule state of bovine α-lactalbumin (acid [A] state) are analyzed by scanning calorimetry, titration calorimetry, viscosimetry, and derivative spectroscopy. A denaturant-induced heat effect of the A state is shown by a calorimetric difference titration of the A-state versus unfolded (reduced) α-lactalbumin. However, changes of viscosity and derivative spectra do not parallel the heat effect. At thermal denaturation monitored by derivative spectroscopy and scanning microcalorimetry the presence of a gradual transition in α-lactalbumin A state is shown. The results are consistent with the existence of tertiary interactions in the A state and the absence of a cooperative unfolding transition of the molten globule. The results do not support the idea that the molten globule is a third thermodynamic state. Proteins 30:43-48, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Exploring hydrophobic sites in proteins with xenon or krypton (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 61-73 
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    Keywords: xenon ; krypton ; hydrophobic cavity ; protein-ligand binding ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: X-ray diffraction is used to study the binding of xenon and krypton to a variety of crystallised proteins: porcine pancreatic elastase; subtilisin Carlsberg from Bacillus licheniformis; cutinase from Fusarium solani; collagenase from Hypoderma lineatum; hen egg lysozyme, the lipoamide dehydrogenase domain from the outer membrane protein P64k from Neisseria meningitidis; urate-oxidase from Aspergillus flavus, mosquitocidal δ-endotoxin CytB from Bacillus thuringiensis and the ligand-binding domain of the human nuclear retinoid-X receptor RXR-α. Under gas pressures ranging from 8 to 20 bar, xenon is able to bind to discrete sites in hydrophobic cavities, ligand and substrate binding pockets, and into the pore of channel-like structures. These xenon complexes can be used to map hydrophobic sites in proteins, or as heavy-atom derivatives in the isomorphous replacement method of structure determination. Proteins 30:61-73, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Structure-based thermodynamic design of peptide ligands: Application to peptide inhibitors of the aspartic protease endothiapepsin (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 74-85 
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    Keywords: folding and binding ; kinetics ; pepstatin A ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The prediction of binding affinities from structure is a necessary requirement in the development of structure-based molecular design strategies. In this paper, a structural parameterization of the energetics previously developed in this laboratory has been incorporated into a molecular design algorithm aimed at identifying peptide conformations that minimize the Gibbs energy. This approach has been employed in the design of mutants of the aspartic protease inhibitor pepstatin A. The simplest design strategy involves mutation and/or chain length modification of the wild-type peptide inhibitor. The structural parameterization allows evaluation of the contribution of different amino acids to the Gibbs energy in the wild-type structure, and therefore the identification of potential targets for mutation in the original peptide. The structure of the wild-type complex is used as a template to generate families of conformational structures in which specific residues have been mutated. The most probable conformations of the mutated peptides are identified by systematically rotating around the side-chain and backbone torsional angles and calculating the Gibbs potential function of each conformation according to the structural parametrization. The accuracy of this approach has been tested by chemically synthesizing two different mutants of pepstatin A. In one mutant, the alanine at position five has been replaced by a phenylalanine, and in the second one a glutamate has been added at the carboxy terminus of pepstatin A. The thermodynamics of association of pepstatin A and the two mutants have been measured experimentally and the results compared with the predictions. The difference between experimental and predicted Gibbs energies for pepstatin A and the two mutants is 0.23 ± 0.06 kcal/mol. The excellent agreement between experimental and predicted values demonstrates that this approach can be used in the optimization of peptide ligands. Proteins 30:74-85, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Oxygen and proton pathways in cytochrome c oxidase (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 100-107 
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    Keywords: cytochrome c oxidase ; proton pump ; oxygen diffusion ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Cytochrome c oxidase is a redox-driven proton pump, which couples the reduction of oxygen to water to the translocation of protons across the membrane. The recently solved x-ray structures of cytochrome c oxidase permit molecular dynamics simulations of the underlying transport processes. To eventually establish the proton pump mechanism, we investigate the transport of the substrates, oxygen and protons, through the enzyme.   Molecular dynamics simulations of oxygen diffusion through the protein reveal a well-defined pathway to the oxygen-binding site starting at a hydrophobic cavity near the membrane-exposed surface of subunit I, close to the interface to subunit III.   A large number of water sites are predicted within the protein, which could play an essential role for the transfer of protons in cytochrome c oxidase. The water molecules form two channels along which protons can enter from the cytoplasmic (matrix) side of the protein and reach the binuclear center. A possible pumping mechanism is proposed that involves a shuttling motion of a glutamic acid side chain, which could then transfer a proton to a propionate group of heme α3. Proteins 30:100-107, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Specific fluorescent labeling of two functional domains in RNA polymerase α subunit (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 183-192 
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    Keywords: chemical modification ; fluorescent probe ; site-directed mutagenesis ; cysteine-free protein ; alanine scanning ; enzyme reconstitution ; protein-DNA interaction ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: A monomercury derivative of fluoresceine acetate (FMMA) was previously suggested as a specific reagent reacting with only one of four cysteine (Cys) residues in the α subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Here, we analyzed the reactivity against FMMA of both isolated α subunit and α subunit assembled in the holoenzyme. In both cases, the highest reactivity was identified for Cys-269 positioned in the regulatory helix of C-terminal domain (CTD) which includes the contact sites for both class-I transcription factors and DNA UP elements. Substitution of Ala for both Cys-269 and Cys-176 completely eliminates the reactivity of α subunit against the fluorescent dye, supporting the prediction that another reactive amino acid under native conformation is Cys-176, which is positioned within or near the region important for α dimerization and its binding of β' subunit. In the isolated α subunit, the reactivity against FMMA is different between these two Cys residues and the order is from Cys-269 to Cys-176. Mutant α-subunits, bearing only one Cys residue at either 269 or 176, could be reconstituted into locally modified and active enzymes. This FMMA modification system may provide a tool suitable for studies of intra- and intermolecular interactions of this subunit. Proteins 30:183-192, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Crystal structures and properties of de novo circularly permuted 1,3-1,4-β-glucanases (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 155-167 
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    Keywords: X-ray diffraction ; protein folding ; genetic engineering ; circular permutation ; 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The 1,3-1,4-β-glucanases from Bacillus macerans and Bacillus licheniformis, as well as related hybrid enzymes, are stable proteins comprised of one compact jellyroll domain. Their structures are studied in an effort to reveal the degree of redundancy to which the three-dimensional structure of protein domains is encoded by the amino acid sequence. For the hybrid 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase H(A16-M), it could be shown recently that a circular permutation of the sequence giving rise to the variant cpA16M-59 is compatible with wildtype-like enzymatic activity and tertiary structure (Hahn et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:10417-10421, 1994). Since the circular permutation yielding cpA16M-59 mimicks that found in the homologous enzyme from Fibrobacter succinogenes, the question arose whether de novo circular permutations, not guided by molecular evolution of the 1,3-1,4-β-glucanases, could also produce proteins with native-like fold. The circularly permuted variants cpA16M-84, cpA16M-127, and cpA16M-154 were generated by PCR mutagenesis of the gene encoding H(A16-M), synthesized in Escherichia coli and shown to be active in β-glucan hydrolysis. CpA16M-84 and cpA16M-127 were crystallized in space groups P21 and P1, respectively, and their crystal structures were determined at 1.80 and 2.07 Å resolution. In both proteins the main parts of the β-sheet structure remain unaffected by the circular permutation as is evident from a root-mean-square deviation of main chain atoms from the reference structure within the experimental error. The only major structural perturbation occurs near the novel chain termini in a surface loop of cpA16M-84, which becomes destabilized and rearranged. The results of this study are interpreted to show that: (1) several circular permutations in the compact jellyroll domain of the 1,3-1,4-β-glucanases are tolerated without radical change of enzymatic activity or tertiary structure, (2) the three-dimensional structures of simple domains are encoded by the amino acid sequence with sufficient redundancy to tolerate a change in the sequential order of secondary structure elements along the sequence, and (3) the native N-terminal region is not needed to guide the folding polypeptide chain toward its native conformation. Proteins 30:155-167, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Structural classification of αββ and ββα supersecondary structure units in proteins (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 193-212 
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    Keywords: secondary structure arrangements ; protein structure database ; left/right topology ; knowledge-based structure prediction ; intrinsic stability ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We present a fully automatic structural classification of supersecondary structure units, consisting of two hydrogen-bonded β strands, preceded or followed by an α helix. The classification is performed on the spatial arrangement of the secondary structure elements, irrespective of the length and conformation of the intervening loops. The similarity of the arrangements is estimated by a structure alignment procedure that uses as similarity measure the root mean square deviation of superimposed backbone atoms. Applied to a set of 141 well-resolved nonhomologous protein structures, the classification yields 11 families of recurrent arrangements. In addition, fragments that are structurally intermediate between the families are found; they reveal the continuity of the classification. The analysis of the families shows that the α helix and β hairpin axes can adopt virtually all relative orientations, with, however, some preferable orientations; moreover, according to the orientation, preferences in the left/right handedness of the α-β connection are observed. These preferences can be explained by favorable side by side packing of the α helix and the β hairpin, local interactions in the region of the α-β connection or stabilizing environments in the parent protein. Furthermore, fold recognition procedures and structure prediction algorithms coupled to database-derived potentials suggest that the preferable nature of these arrangements does not imply their intrinsic stability. They usually accommodate a large number of sequences, of which only a subset is predicted to stabilize the motif. The motifs predicted as stable could correspond to nuclei formed at the very beginning of the folding process. Proteins 30:193-212, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Interaction potentials for protein folding (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 244-248 
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    Keywords: quasi-chemical ; cost function ; HP model ; Boltzmann statistics ; contact hamiltonian ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We outline a general strategy for determining the effective coarse-grained interactions between the amino acids of a protein from the experimentally derived native-state structures. The method is, in principle, free from any adjustable or empirically determined parameters, and it is tested on simple models and compared with other existing approaches. Proteins 30:244-248, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    A model for the nucleotide-binding domains of ABC transporters based on the large domain of aspartate aminotransferase (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 275-286 
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    Keywords: nucleotide-binding domain ; CFTR ; multidrug resistance ; structure prediction ; P-glycoprotein ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: ABC transporters are a large superfamily of integral membrane proteins involved in ATP-dependent transport across biological membranes. Members of this superfamily play roles in a number of phenomena of biomedical interest, including cystic fibrosis (CFTR) and multidrug resistance (P-glycoprotein, MRP). Most ABC transporters are predicted to consist of four domains, two membrane-spanning domains and two cytoplasmic domains. The latter contain conserved nucleotide-binding motifs. Attempts to determine the structure of ABC transporters and of their separate domains are in progress but have not yet been successful.   To aid structure determination and possibly learn more about the domain boundaries, we set out to model nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) of ABC transporters based on a known structure. Previous attempts to predict the 3D structure of NBDs were based solely on sequence similarity with known nucleotide-binding folds. We have analyzed the sequences of a number of nucleotide-binding domains with the algorithm THREADER, developed by D.T. Jones, and a possible fold was found in the structure of aspartate aminotransferase. We present a model for the N-terminal NBD of CFTR, based on the large domain of the A chain of aspartate aminotransferase. The model is refined using multiple sequence alignment, secondary structure prediction, and 3D-1D profiles. Our model seems to be in good agreement with known properties of nucleotide-binding domains and has some appealing characteristics compared with the previous models. Proteins 30:275-286, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Two structural subdomains of barstar detected by rapid mixing NMR measurement of amide hydrogen exchange (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 295-308 
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    Notes: Equilibrium amide hydrogen exchange studies of barstar have been carried out at pH 6.7, 32° SDC using one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance. An unusually large fraction of the backbone amide hydrogens of barstar exchange too fast to be measured, and the exchange rates of only fifteen slow-exchanging amide sites including indole amides of two tryptophans could be measured in the presence of 0 to 1.8 M guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl). Measurement of exchange occurring in tens of seconds in the unfolding transition region was possible by the use of a fast stopped-flow mixing method. The observed exchange rates have been simulated in the EX2 limit according to a two-process model that incorporates two exchange-competent states: a transiently unfolded state (U*) in which many amide hydrogens are completely accessible to solvent-exchange, and a near-native locally unfolded state (N*), in which only one or a few amide hydrogens are completely accessible to solvent-exchange. The two-process model appears to account for the observed exchange behavior over the entire range of GdnHCl concentrations studied. For several measurable slow-exchanging amide hydrogens, the free energies of production of exchange-competent states from the exchange-incompetent native state are significantly higher than the free-energy of production of the equilibrium unfolded state from the native state, when the latter is determined from circular dichroism- or fluorescence-monitored equilibrium unfolding curves. The result implies that U*, which forms transiently in the strongly native-like conditions used for the hydrogen exchange studies, is higher in energy than the equilibrium-unfolded state. The higher energy of this transiently unfolded exchange-competent state can be attributed to either proline isomerization or to the presence of residual structure. On the basis of the free energies of production of exchange-competent states, the measured amide sites of barstar appear to define two structural subdomains - a three-helix unit and a two-β-strand unit in the core of the protein. Proteins 30:295-308, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Characterization of receptors with a new negative image: Use in molecular docking and lead optimization (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 30 (1998), S. 321-336 
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    Keywords: surface characterization ; DOCK ; structure-based molecular design ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The characterization of receptor binding sites is an important aspect of molecular docking, molecular recognition, and the structure-based design process. This characterization can take several forms: the receptor surface itself can be delineated or described, the space adjacent to the surface can be chemically mapped, or a negative image of the protein binding region can be generated. In this report, we describe a new method of constructing a negative image through generation of a set of spheres. These spheres lie along the receptor surface, and their centers represent possible ligand atom positions. By the method in which they are constructed, these spheres carry a limited amount of energetic and chemical information in addition to their primary geometric information. We test the accuracy of the image by comparing sphere positions to the positions of bound ligand atoms and propose a figure of merit for such tests. Then, we use the spheres to orient ligands in enzyme active sites and show how they can be used to generate low scoring configurations more efficiently than other approaches that search orientation space. In addition, two novel applications of these spheres are described: they are used to help identify structural differences among families of enzymes and to suggest points for ligand modification in analog design. Proteins 30:321-336, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Recognition and interaction of small rings with the ricin A-chain binding site (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 33-41 
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    Keywords: ricin structure ; inhibitor design ; energy minimization ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Ricin A-chain is an N-glucosidase that attacks ribosomal RNA at a highly conserved adenine residue. Our recent crystallographic studies show that not only adenine and formycin, but also pterin-based rings can bind in the active site of ricin. For a better understanding of the means by which ricin recognizes adenine rings, the geometries and interaction energies were calculated for a number of complexes between ricin and tautomeric modifications of formycin, adenine, pterin, and guanine. These were studied by molecular mechanics, semi-empirical quantum mechanics, and ab initio quantum mechanical methods. The calculations indicate that the formycin ring binds better than adenine and pterin better than formycin, a result that is consistent with the crystallographic data. A tautomer of pterin that is not in the low energy form in either the gas phase or in aqueous solution has the best interaction with the enzyme. The net interaction energy, defined as the interaction energy calculated in vacuo between the receptor and an inhibitor minus the solvation energy of the inhibitor, provides a good prediction of the ability of the inhibitor to bind to the receptor. The results from experimental and molecular modeling work suggest that the ricin binding site is not flexible and may only recognize a limited range of adenine-like rings. Proteins 31:33-41, 1998. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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    Modeling of inhibitor-metalloenzyme interactions and selectivity using molecular mechanics grounded in quantum chemistry (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 42-60 
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    Keywords: quantum chemistry ; molecular mechanics ; inhibitor ; metalloenzyme complexes ; selectivity ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We investigated the binding properties of the metalloprotease inhibitors hydroxamate, methanethiolate, and methylphosphoramidate to a model coordination site occurring in several Zn2+ metalloproteases, including thermolysin. This was carried out using both the SIBFA (sum of interactions between fragments ab initio-computed) molecular mechanics and the SCF/MP2 procedures for the purpose of evaluating SIBFA as a metalloenzyme modeling tool. The energy-minimized structures were closely similar to the X-ray crystallographic structures of related thermolysin-inhibitor complexes. We found that selectivity between alternative geometries and between inhibitors usually stemmed from multiple interaction components included in SIBFA. The binding strength sequence is hydroxamate 〉 methanethiolate ≥ methylphosphoramidate from multiple interaction components included in SIBFA. The trends in interaction energy components, rankings, and preferences for mono- or bidentate binding were consistent in both computational procedures. We also compared the Zn2+ vs. Mg2+ selectivities in several other polycoordinated sites having various “hard” and “soft” qualities. This included a hexahydrate, a model representing Mg2+/Ca2+ binding sites, a chlorophyll-like structure, and a zinc finger model. The latter three favor Zn2+ over Mg2+ by a greater degree than the hydrated state, but the selectivity varies widely according to the ligand “softness.” SIBFA was able to match the ab initio binding energies by 〈2%, with the SIBFA terms representing dispersion and charge-transfer contributing the most to Zn2+/Mg2+ selectivity. These results showed this procedure to be a very capable modeling tool for metalloenzyme problems, in this case giving valuable information about details and limitations of “hard” and “soft” selectivity trends. Proteins 31:42-60, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Engineering of a stable mutant malic enzyme by introducing an extra ion-pair to the protein (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 61-73 
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    Keywords: mutagenesis ; protein stability ; salt bridge ; protein folding ; malic enzyme ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: A double mutant (R9E/M17K) of pigeon liver malic enzyme with glutamate and lysine replaced for arginine and methionine at positions 9 and 17, respectively, was found to be much more stable in urea and thermal denaturation, but was enzymatically less active than the wild-type enzyme (WT). Unfolding of the enzyme by urea produced a large red shifting of the protein fluorescence maximum from 320 to 360 nm, which was completely reversible upon dilution. Analysis of the denaturation curves monitored by enzyme activity lost suggested that a putative intermediate was involved in the denaturation process. The half unfolding urea concentration, measured by fluorescence spectral changes, increased from 2.24 M for WT to 3.13 M for R9E/M17K. The melting temperature increased by approximately 10°C for R9E/M17K compared with that for WT. Kinetic analysis of the thermal inactivation at 58°C also conformed to a three-state model with the rate constant for the intermediate state of R9E/M17K (k2 = 0.03 min-1) being much smaller than the WT value (k2= 2.39 min-1). Results obtained from single mutants indicated that the decreasing enzyme activity of R9E/M17K was exclusively due to R9 mutation, which increased the KmMn and KmMal by at least one order of magnitude compared with WT. Consequently, a decrease occurred in the specificity constant [kcat/(KmMnKmNADPKmMal)] for the R9 mutants at least four orders of magnitude smaller than the WT. M17K has similar properties to the WT, while R9E is more labile than the WT enzyme. The above results indicate that the extra stability gained by the double mutant possibly occurs through the introduction of an extra ion-pair between E9 and K17, which freezes the double mutant in the putative intermediate state. Examination of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of pigeon liver malic enzyme reveals that position 15 is also a lysine residue. Since the R9E mutant, which has an extra Glu9-Lys15 ion-pair, is less stable than the WT, we conclude that the contribution to malic enzyme stability is specific for the Glu9-Lys17 ion-pair. Proteins 31:61-73, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Prediction of the three-dimensional structure of proteins using the electrostatic screening model and hierarchic condensation (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 74-96 
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    Keywords: Monte Carlo minimizations in torsion space ; prediction of secondary structure ; protein folding ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We describe a method for predicting the three-dimensional (3-D) structure of proteins from their sequence alone. The method is based on the electrostatic screening model for the stability of the protein main-chain conformation. The free energy of a protein as a function of its conformation is obtained from the potentials of mean force analysis of high-resolution x-ray protein structures. The free energy function is simple and contains only 44 fitted coefficients. The minimization of the free energy is performed by the torsion space Monte Carlo procedure using the concept of hierarchic condensation. The Monte Carlo minimization procedure is applied to predict the secondary, super-secondary, and native 3-D structures of 12 proteins with 28-110 amino acids. The 3-D structures of the majority of local secondary and super-secondary structures are predicted accurately. This result suggests that control in forming the native-like local structure is distributed along the entire protein sequence. The native 3-D structure is predicted correctly for 3 of 12 proteins composed mainly from the α-helices. The method fails to predict the native 3-D structure of proteins with a predominantly β secondary structure. We suggest that the hierarchic condensation is not an appropriate procedure for simulating the folding of proteins made up primarily from β-strands. The method has been proved accurate in predicting the local secondary and super-secondary structures in the blind ab initio 3-D prediction experiment. Proteins 31:74-96, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Erratum: Octanol-Water partition of nonzwitterionic peptides: Predictive power of a molecular size-based model. Proteins 30:86-99, 1998 (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 104-104 
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    Notes: Buchwald, P., Bodor, N. Octanol-Water Partition of Nonzwitterionic Peptides: Predictive Power of a Molecular Size-Based Model. Proteins 30:86-99, 1998.Equation 2 should read: P = (Cin - Cfin) Vw/Cfin Vo.In the printed version, the volume ratio (Vw/Vo) incorrectly divides, and not multiplies, the concentration ratio.The publisher apologizes for this error.
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    Prediction and classification of domain structural classes (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 97-103 
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    Keywords: α domains ; β domains ; α/β domains ; α+β domains ; resubstitution ; jackknife ; SCOP database ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Can the coupling effect among different amino acid components be used to improve the prediction of protein structural classes? The answer is yes according to the study by Chou and Zhang (Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30:275-349, 1995), but a completely opposite conclusion was drawn by Eisenhaber et al. when using a different dataset constructed by themselves (Proteins 25:169-179, 1996). To resolve such a perplexing problem, predictions were performed by various approaches for the datasets from an objective database, the SCOP database (Murzin, Brenner, Hubbard, and Chothia. J. Mol. Biol. 247:536-540, 1995). According to SCOP, the classification of structural classes for protein domains is based on the evolutionary relationship and on the principles that govern the 3D structure of proteins, and hence is more natural and reliable. The results from both resubstitution tests and jackknife tests indicate that the overall rates of correct prediction by the algorithm incorporated with the coupling effect among different amino acid components are significantly higher than those by the algorithms without using such an effect. It is elucidated through an analysis that the main reasons for Eisenhaber et al. to have reached an opposite conclusion are the result of (1) misusing the component-coupled algorithm, and (2) using a conceptually incorrect rule to classify protein structural classes. The formulation and analysis presented in this article are conducive to clarify these problems, helping correctly to apply the prediction algorithm and interpret the results. Proteins 31:97-103, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Urea effects on protein stability: Hydrogen bonding and the hydrophobic effect (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 107-115 
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    Keywords: calorimetry ; desolvation ; linear extrapolation model ; binding ; denaturation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The effects of urea on protein stability have been studied using a model system in which we have determined the energetics of dissolution of a homologous series of cyclic dipeptides into aqueous urea solutions of varying concentration at 25°C using calorimetry. The data support a model in which urea denatures proteins by decreasing the hydrophobic effect and by directly binding to the amide units via hydrogen bonds. The data indicate also that the enthalpy of amide hydrogen bond formation in water is considerably higher than previously estimated. Previous estimates included the contribution of hydrophobic transfer of the α-carbon resulting in an overestimate of the binding between urea and the amide unit of the backbone and an underestimate of the binding enthalpy. Proteins 31:107-115, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Domain motions in bacteriophage T4 lysozyme: A comparison between molecular dynamics and crystallographic data (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 116-127 
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    Keywords: molecular dynamics ; X-ray crystallography ; essential dynamics ; lysozyme ; hinge bending ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: A comparison of a series of extended molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme in solvent with X-ray data is presented. Essential dynamics analyses were used to derive collective fluctuations from both the simulated trajectories and a distribution of crystallographic conformations. In both cases the main collective fluctuations describe domain motions. The protein consists of an N- and C-terminal domain connected by a long helix. The analysis of the distribution of crystallographic conformations reveals that the N-terminal helix rotates together with either of these two domains. The main domain fluctuation describes a closure mode of the two domains in which the N-terminal helix rotates concertedly with the C-terminal domain, while the domain fluctuation with second largest amplitude corresponds to a twisting mode of the two domains, with the N-terminal helix rotating concertedly with the N-terminal domain. For the closure mode, the difference in hinge-bending angle between the most open and most closed X-ray structure along this mode is 49 degrees. In the MD simulation that shows the largest fluctuation along this mode, a rotation of 45 degrees was observed. Although the twisting mode has much less freedom than the closure mode in the distribution of crystallographic conformations, experimental results suggest that it might be functionally important. Interestingly, the twisting mode is sampled more extensively in all MD simulations than it is in the distribution of X-ray conformations. Proteins 31:116-127, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Relationships between protein sequence and structure patterns based on residue contactsThis work was done while J.S. was a visiting scientist at EMBL. (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 172-185 
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    Keywords: sequence-to-structure correlation ; contact environment ; contact prediction ; Bayesian classification ; cluster analysis ; nearest-neighbor classification ; decision tree classification ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The identification of correlations between sequence patterns and structural motifs is a prerequisite in the development of protein structure prediction methods. The prediction accuracy indicates whether these correlations are discerned. We present an approach to identify long-range relationships between sequence patterns and structural motifs by varying the granulation of the structure description. Since interaction among residues is a major determinant in protein folding, we consider contact environments formed by two triplets of three sequentially neighboring residues and described by vectors whose components express contact strengths on an atomic level. Through testing various classification schemes, including their resolution and optimizing parameters, discernible relationships between sequences and folds are explored. About ten structural contact states, together with information from noncontacting regions, could improve the accuracy of contact prediction. Proteins 31:172-185, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Comparison of solution and crystal structures of maize nonspecific lipid transfer protein: A model for a potential in vivo lipid carrier protein (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 160-171 
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    Keywords: lipid binding ; lipid transfer protein ; maize ; molecular modeling ; NMR ; X-ray ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The three-dimensional solution structure of maize nonspecific lipid transfer protein (nsLTP) obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is compared to the X-ray structure. Although both structures are very similar, some local structural differences are observed in the first and the fourth helices and in several side-chain conformations. These discrepancies arise partly from intermolecular contacts in the crystal lattice. The main characteristic of nsLTP structures is the presence of an internal hydrophobic cavity whose volume was found to vary from 237 to 513 Å3 without major variations in the 15 solution structures. Comparison of crystal and NMR structures shows the existence of another small hollow at the periphery of the protein containing a water molecule in the X-ray structure, which could play an important structural role. A model of the complexed form of maize nsLTP by α-lysopalmitoylphosphatidylcholine was built by docking the lipid inside the protein cavity of the NMR structure. The main structural feature is a hydrogen bond found also in the X-ray structure of the complex maize nsLTP/palmitate between the hydroxyl of Tyr81 and the carbonyl of the lipid. Comparison of 12 primary sequences of nsLTPs emphasizes that all residues delineating the cavities calculated on solution and X-ray structures are conserved, which suggests that this large cavity is a common feature of all compared plant nsLTPs. Furthermore several conserved basic residues seem to be involved in the stabilization of the protein architecture. Proteins 31:160-171, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Conformational mapping of a viral fusion peptide in structure-promoting solvents using circular dichroism and electrospray mass spectrometry (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 33 (1998), S. 38-49 
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    Keywords: MS/MS electrospray mass spectrometry ; CD ; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ; glycoprotein 41,000 (gp41) ; N-terminal domain ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: The N-terminal domain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 glycoprotein 41,000 (FP; residues 1-23; NH2-AVGIGALFLGFLGAAGSTMGARS-CONH2) is involved in the fusion and cytolytic processes underlying viral-cell infection. Here, we use circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, along with electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry and tandem (MS/MS) mass spectrometry during the course of hydrogen/deuterium exchange, to probe the local conformations of this synthetic peptide in two membrane mimics. Since amino acids that participate in defined secondary structure (i.e., α-helix or β-sheet) exchange amido hydrogens more slowly than residues in random structures, deuterium exchange was combined with CD spectroscopy to map conformations to specific residues. For FP suspended in the highly structure-promoting solvent hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP), CD spectra indicated high α-helix and disordered structures, whereas ESI and MS/MS mass spectrometry indicated that residues 5-15 were α-helical and 16-23 were disordered. For FP suspended in the less structure-promoting solvent trifluoroethanol (TFE), CD spectra showed lower α-helix, with ESI and MS/MS mass spectrometry indicating that only residues 9-15 participated in the α-helix. These results compare favorably with previous two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the same peptide. Proteins Suppl. 2:38-49, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Mass spectrometric mapping of ion channel proteins (porins) and identification of their supramolecular membrane assembly (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 33 (1998), S. 63-73 
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    Keywords: MALDI mass spectrometric peptide mapping ; membrane proteins ; in situ gel digestion ; porin ; permeability transition ; noncovalent complexes ; protein interactions ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: Mass spectrometric peptide mapping, particularly by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization (MALDI-MS), has recently been shown to be an efficient tool for the primary structure characterization of proteins. In combination with in situ proteolytic digestion of proteins separated by one- and two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), mass spectrometric peptide mapping permits identification of proteins from complex mixtures such as cell lysates. In this study we have investigated several ion channel membrane proteins (porins) and their supramolecular assembly in mitochondrial membranes by peptide mapping in solution and upon digestion in the gel matrix. Porins are integral membrane proteins serving as nonspecific diffusion pores or as specific systems for the transport of substrates through bacterial and mitochondrial membranes. The well-characterized porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus (R.c.-porin) has been found to be a native trimeric complex by the crystal structure and was used as a model system in this study. R.c.-porin was characterized by MALDI-MS peptide mapping in solution, and by direct in situ-gel digestion of the trimer. Furthermore, in this study we demonstrate the direct identification of the noncovalent complex between a mitochondrial porin and the adenine nucleotide translocator from rat liver, by MALDI-MS determination of the specific peptides due to both protein sequences in the SDS-PAGE gel band. The combination of native gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometric peptide mapping of the specific gel bands should be developed as a powerful tool for the molecular identification of protein interactions. Proteins Suppl. 2:63-73, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Fragment-based modeling of NAD binding to the catalytic subunits of diphtheria and pertussis toxins (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 282-298 
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    Keywords: diphtheria toxin ; docking ; ligand design ; molecular recognition ; NAD ; pertussis toxin ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: We describe a novel application of a fragment-based ligand docking technique; similar methods are commonly applied to the de novo design of ligands for target protein binding sites. We have used several new flexible docking and superposition tools, as well as a more conventional rigid-body (fragment) docking method, to examine NAD binding to the catalytic subunits of diphtheria (DT) and pertussis (PT) toxins, and to propose a model of the NAD-PT complex. Docking simulations with the rigid NAD fragments adenine and nicotinamide revealed that the low-energy dockings clustered in three distinct sites on the two proteins. Two of the sites were common to both fragments and were related to the structure of NAD bound to DT in an obvious way; however, the adenine subsite of PT was shifted relative to that of DT. We chose adenine/nicotinamide pairs of PT dockings from these clusters and flexibly superimposed NAD onto these pairs. A Monte Carlo-based flexible docking procedure and energy minimization were used to refine the modeled NAD-PT complexes. The modeled complex accounts for the sequence and structural similarities between PT and DT and is consistent with many results that suggest the catalytic importance of certain residues. A possible functional role for the structural difference between the two complexes is discussed. Proteins 31:282-298, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Extracting contact energies from protein structures: A study using a simplified model (1998)
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    Proteins: Structure, Function, and Genetics 31 (1998), S. 299-308 
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    Keywords: quasi-chemical approximation ; statistical potential ; energy landscape ; glass transition ; threading ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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    Notes: In this study, we exploited an elementary 2-dimensional square lattice model of HP polymers to test the premise of extracting contact energies from protein structures. Given a set of prespecified energies for H-H, H-P, and P-P contacts, all possible sequences of various lengths were exhaustively enumerated to find sequences that have unique lowest-energy conformations. The lowest-energy structures (or native structures) of such (native) sequences were used to extract contact energies using the Miyazawa-Jernigan procedure and here-defined reference state. The relative magnitudes of the original energies were restored reasonably well, but the extracted contact energies were independent of the absolute magnitudes of the initial energies. We turned to a more detailed characterization of the energy landscapes of the native sequences in light of a new theoretical framework on protein folding. Foldability of such sequences imposes two limits on the absolute value of the prespecified energies: a lower bound entailed by the minimum requirement for thermodynamic stability and an upper bound associated with the entrapment of the chain to local minima. We found that these two limits confine the prespecified energy values to a rather narrow range which, surprisingly, also contains the extracted energies in all the cases examined. These results indicate that the quasi-chemical approximation can be used to connect quantitatively the occurrence of various residue-residue contacts in an ensemble of native structures with the energies of the contacts. More importantly, they suggest that the extracted contact energies do contain information on structural stability and can be used to estimate actual structural energetics. This study also encourages the use of structure-derived contact energies in threading. The finding that there is a rather narrow range of energies that are optimal for folding a sequence also cautions the use of arbitrary energy Hamiltonion in minimal folding models. Proteins 31:299-308, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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