Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors play important roles in regulating CNS function and are known to function as obligatory dimers. Although recent studies have suggested heterodimeric assembly of mGlu receptors in vitro, the demonstration that distinct mGlu receptor proteins can form heterodimers or hetero-complexes with other mGlu subunits in native tissues, such as neurons, has not been ...

A new iridium catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of Grignard reagents and tertiary amides affording functionalised tertiary amine products via an efficient and technically-simple one-pot, two-stage experimental protocol, is reported. The reaction – which can be carried out on gram-scale using as little as 1 mol% Vaska's complex [IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2] and TMDS as the terminal reductant for the ini...

A large fraction of the proteome is made by proteins that are not permanently monomeric but form oligomeric assemblies, which can be either homo- or hetero-oligomeric. Here it is described that protomers of hetero-oligomeric proteins tend to resemble each other more than expected. This is verified by comparing the level of similarity of pairs of hetero-oligomeric protein protomers and of pairs ...

The two unique Ni(II) atoms of the title complex, [MnNi(2)(C(11)H(8)N(3)O(6))(2)(H(2)O)(4)]·4H(2)O, have a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment with a tetra-dentate N-(5-nitro-2-oxidobenzyl-idene)glycylglycinate Schiff base trianion. The Ni(II) atoms are coordinated by one phenolate O atom, one imine N atom, one amido N atom and one carboxyl-ate O atom. The Mn(II )atom is c...

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of proteins involved in signal transduction across cell membranes, and they represent major drug targets in all clinical areas. Oligomerization of GPCRs and its implications in drug discovery constitute an exciting area in contemporary biology. In this Review, we have highlighted the application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer...

AbstrAct: In biosciences, data mining is concerned with processing large amount of data which is characterized by hetero-geneity, ever changing and spread in different complex environments. Resource discovery from massive data poses a formidable task for many newer as well as routine applications. The issues addressed in the massive data environments so far are the hetero-geneity issues and the...

With the EMA technique we showed that derived word initial [dd] of Moroccan Arabic is produced by our three speakers with a longer acoustic duration and articulatory gesture compared to its initial [d] cognate. The tongue tip gesture during initial [dd] and [d] generally have statistically similar height and amplitude. For two speakers, no significant velocity differences were recorded between ...

We have designed a novel semiconductor core/layer nanostructure of a uniform ZnO@TiO2 nanorod array modified with a ZnIn0.25Cu0.02S1.395 solid-solution on the surface via a facile hydrothermal synthesis. This novel nanostructure combines the merits of all components and meets the requirements of photovoltaic system application. An intimate PN heterojunction is formed from the ZnO@TiO2 nanorod a...

p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene is a bowl-shaped molecule capable of forming a range of polynuclear metal clusters under different experimental conditions. p-tert-Butylcalix[8]arene (TBC[8]) is a significantly more flexible analogue that has previously been shown to form mono- and binuclear lanthanide (Ln) metal complexes. The latter (cluster) motif is commonly observed and involves the calixarene ad...

To model the active layer in the hetero-junction solar cells, the C60, C70, PC60BM, PCBDAN fullerenes as acceptor, and (OS)n=1) oligoselenophenes as donor were considered. The (OS)n=14/C60, (OS)n=14/C70, (OS)n=14/PC60BM, and (OS)n=14/PCBDAN blends as a model of the active layer in the BHJ solar cell were chosen, and the optoelectronic properties were studied. The calculated efficiency of these ...