Water-Mediated Structural Transformations of CuII 5-Halonicotinates Coordination Networks with Distinct Mechanisms

Engineering coordination assemblies of dinuclear CuII complexes.

Hybrid organic-inorganic coordination assemblies are synthesized using modified aminocarboxylic acid ligands as the structure-directing agents. The synthetic approach results in two novel dinuclear copper(II) complexes, K2[CuII(hnida)]2.2H2O (1) and K4[CuII(chnida)]2.4H2O.4MeOH (2) that assemble in the presence of suitable counterions into a densely packed hexagonal array or an open-framework s...

Structural mechanisms of chaperone mediated protein disaggregation

The ClpB/Hsp104 and Hsp70 classes of molecular chaperones use ATP hydrolysis to dissociate protein aggregates and complexes, and to move proteins through membranes. ClpB/Hsp104 are members of the AAA+ family of proteins which form ring-shaped hexamers. Loops lining the pore in the ring engage substrate proteins as extended polypeptides. Interdomain rotations and conformational changes in these ...

Organizational adaptation to crises: mechanisms of coordination and structural change.

Structural insight into distinct mechanisms of protease inhibition by antibodies.

To better understand how the relatively flat antigen-combining sites of antibodies interact with the concave shaped substrate-binding clefts of proteases, we determined the structures of two antibodies in complex with the trypsin-like hepatocyte growth-factor activator (HGFA). The two inhibitory antibodies, Ab58 and Ab75, were generated from a human Fab phage display library with synthetic dive...

The Interaction of Water with Free Mn4 O4 (+) Clusters: Deprotonation and Adsorption-Induced Structural Transformations.

As the biological activation and oxidation of water takes place at an inorganic cluster of the stoichiometry CaMn4 O5 , manganese oxide is one of the materials of choice in the quest for versatile, earth-abundant water splitting catalysts. To probe basic concepts and aid the design of artificial water-splitting molecular catalysts, a hierarchical modeling strategy was employed that explores clu...