The aim of this work was to establish the precise ionic form of the reactants used by pyrophosphate:fructose-6-phosphate phosphotransferase. The enzyme was purified to near-homogeneity from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers. Changes in enzyme activity when the pH of the assay and the concentration of fructose 6-phosphate, pyrophosphate, and magnesium are varied independently indicate that fr...

A novel CMPO (carbamoylmethylphosphine oxide) based task specific ionic liquid (TSIL) with an NTf(2)(-) counter anion was synthesized and evaluated for actinide/lanthanide extraction from acidic feed solutions using several room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). The extraction data were compared with those obtained with CMPO in the same set of RTILs and also in the molecular diluent, n-dodecan...

Ultra high vacuum-spectroelectrochemistry was used to investigate the electrochemically generated Cu species in the ionic liquid (N-methylacetate)-4-picolinium bis(trisfluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [MAP][Tf(2)N]. The diffusion of Cu(+) across the surface of the ionic liquid was monitored in situ by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A numerical procedure was developed to simulate the surface...

The study of selection and gating in potassium channels is a very important issue in modern biology. Indeed, such structures are known in essentially all types of cells in all organisms where they play many important functional roles. The mechanism of gating and selection of ionic species is not clearly understood. In this paper we study a model in which gating is obtained via an affinity-switc...

The protonation of different species of glycylisoleucine were studied in the pH range of 1.5 - 10 at25 °C using potentiometric technique. Investigations were performed in sodium perchlorate andtetraethylammonium iodide as background electrolytes at I (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) moldm-3. The parameters based on the protonation constants were calculated, and their dependenceson ionic stren...

The ionic state of an adsorbed gemini surfactant at the air/water interface was investigated using a combination of surface potential and surface tension data. The combined model was developed and successfully described the experimental data. The results verified the existence of three ionic states of the gemini surfactant in the interfacial zone. Furthermore, the model can quantify the adsorbe...

The aim of this work was to trace differences in magnesium and calcium concentrations (both total and ionic form) between goats which were in late pregnancy and lactating goats. The study involved 30 goats. Blood samples were taken three times from each goat. Total concentrations of magnesium and calcium were determined with the colorimetric method and (A – 1.581 mmol dm–3; B – 2.052 mmol dm–3;...

The electrochemical reduction of tetrabutylammonium salts of isostructural pairs of polyoxometalates [Bu4N]2[M6O19], [Bu4N]4[alpha-SiM12O40], and [Bu4N]4[alpha-S2M18O62] (M = Mo or W) has been investigated at glassy carbon electrodes in dissolved and surface-confined states in ionic liquids and other media. In the ionic liquid 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [BMIM][PF(6)], bet...

An ionic liquids-based ultrasound-assisted extraction (ILUAE) method was successfully developed for extracting shikimic acid from conifer needles. Eleven 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids with different cations and anions were investigated and 1-benzyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide solution was selected as the solvent. The conditions for ILUAE, including the ionic liquid concentration, ul...

The influence of temperature and ionic strength on the vesiculation properties of large multilamellar vesicles containing various proportions of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol has been investigated. It is shown that at low ionic strengths preformed large multilamellar vesicles composed of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (7:3) on incubation at the gel to liqui...