Two spin-labelled derivatives of the 5-(2-indolyl)-2,4-pentadienoyl class of inhibitors of the vacuolar ATPase have been synthesised and their EPR properties characterised in phospholipid membranes. One spin-labelled inhibitor is the amide derivative of pentadienic acid and 4-amino-TEMPO (INDOL6), and the other is the 3-hydroxymethyl-PROXYL ester (INDOL5). The response of the EPR spectra to the...

The excited-state dynamics of five derivatives of the GFP-chromophore, which differ by the position and nature of their substituents, has been investigated in solvents of various viscosity and polarity and in rigid media using femtosecond-resolved spectroscopy. In polar solvents of low viscosity, like acetonitrile or methanol, the fluorescence decays of all compounds are multiexponential, with ...

In this paper we present a new approach in characterizing gray-value junctions. Due to the multiple intrinsic orientations present in junctions the response of a lter is needed at every orientation. As a rotation of the lter would considerably increase the computational burden alternative techniques like lter steerability have been proposed. Steerability relies in interpolating the response at ...

UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT) catalyzes the final step in the synthesis of galactosylceramide (GalCer). It has previously been shown that CGT-deficient mice do not synthesize GalCer and its sulfated derivative GalCer I(3)-sulfate (galactosylsulfatide, SM4s) but form myelin containing glucosylceramide (GlcCer) and sphingomyelin with 2-hydroxy fatty acids. Because relatively ...

This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in-vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Teucrium orientale subsp. taylori. The GC and GC–MS analysis of the essential oil resulted in determination of 40 components representing 96.4% of the oil. The major constituents of the oil were linalool (28.6%), caryophyllene oxide (15.6%), 1,8-cineol (4....

The aim of this study was to analyse polar lipids of Candida species isolated from Ahwaz (Iran) by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry (FAB MS). Nine isolates of Candida Sp. were identified by growth at 45°C, production of chlamydoconidia on cornmeal agar, colonial colour on CHROMagar Candida, germ tube production and ID 32C kits. Then polar lipids were extracted from freeze-dried cult...

a green and efficient one-pot, four-component synthesis of 6-amino-4-aryl-3-methyl-2,4-dihydropyrano[2,3- c ]pyrazo-carbonitrile derivatives catalyzed by borax in water is described. this method provides several advantages such as environmental friendliness, shorter reaction time, excellent yields, and simple workup procedure. the in vitro cytotoxic activity of the synthesized test compounds wa...

The cls mutation conferring a defect in cardiolipin synthesis (Pluschke, G., Hirota, Y., and Overath, P. (1978) d BioC. Chem 253, 5048-5055) has been introduced into an Escherichia coli strain defective in unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in order to study the effect of changes in polar head group composition on the ordered c, fluid phase transition f the membrane phospholipids. The defect in c...

Biotransformation products of the atypical neuroleptic clozapine were isolated from urine samples of three schizophrenic patients by solid-phase extraction, liquid-liquid extraction for the separation of unpolar and polar metabolites, and thin-layer chromatography followed by final purification by high-performance liquid chromatography. Their structures were elucidated by mass spectrometry and ...

The thermophilic eubacterium Bacillus stearothermophilus was used as a model to study the effects of amiodarone (2-butyl-3-[3',5'diido-4'alpha-diethylaminoethoxybenzoyl]-be nzofuran) in lipid organization and in bacterial growth. Effects on the structural order of lipids were assessed by fluorescence polarization of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH), probing the bilayer core, and of the propi...