Trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) is an essential enzyme for growth of mycobacteria, which has been identified to be a potential anti-tuberculosis drug target. However, the biochemical and ligand-binding properties and the 3D structure of TPP remain unclear so far. In the present study, we expressed the recombinant TPP protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (otsB2/Rv3372). Results from t...

Although delocalized lipophilic cations have been identified as effective cellular and mitochondrial carriers for a range of natural and synthetic drug molecules, little is known about their effects on pharmacological properties of peptides. The effect of triphenylphosphonium (TPP) cation on bioactivity of antioxidant tetrapeptides based on the model opioid YRFK motif was studied. Two tetrapept...

The measurement of tubal perfusion pressures (TPP) is a recent advance in the field of gynaecoradiology. Measurement of TPP involves a standardized technique using transcervically placed tubal catheters which is reviewed in detail. TPP assesses the functional status of the Fallopian tubes, i.e. their ability to permit pregnancy. Infertile patients with normal TPP demonstrated a higher pregnancy...

PURPOSE Tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP+) is a permeant lipophilic cation that accumulates in cultured cells and tissues as a function of the electrical membrane potential across the plasma membrane. This study was undertaken to determine whether TPP+ can be used for assessing membrane potential in intact lenses in organ culture. METHODS Rat lenses were cultured in media containing 10 microM TPP+...

In this paper, the effect of chitosan molecular weight on the characteristics (size, encapsulation efficiency, zeta potential, surface morphology and release rate) of vitamin C encapsulated tripolyphosphate cross-linked chitosan (TPP-chitosan) microspheres. The molecular weight of chitosan had a noticeable influence on the size, encapsulation efficiency, zeta potential, surface morphology and c...

This paper describes the synthesis, structural characterization and cellular uptake of a supramolecular 1 : 2 inclusion complex of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin having an octaarginine peptide chain (R8-TPP) and heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin (TMe-β-CD). R8-TPP was synthesized by 2 approaches: (1) on-resin conjugation of the N-terminal of octaarginine with 5-(4-carboxyphenyl)-10,15,20-t...

Metalloporphirins; Cu(TPP), Mn(TPP)Cl, CO(TPP), Fe(TPP)Cl, zn(TPP) and Mn(OBP)Cl catalyze region and chemoselective silylation of hydroxyl groups with HMDS. Fe(TPP)Cl is the most effective catalyst and silylation occurs immediately in its presence at room temperature.

The binding of thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) to several enzymes has been determined by measuring cofactordependent activity after passage of each enzyme through a column of Sephadex G-25 to remove non-protein-bound cofactors. TPP was found to be bound irreversibly to yeast and Zymomonas pyruvate decarboxylases, Aerobacter (Yacetolactate synthetase, and Escherichia glyoxylate carboligase. Cofacto...

A well-defined amphiphilic core-shell polymer functionalized with bis(p-methoxyphenylphosphino)phenylphosphine (BMOPPP) in the nanogel (NG) core has been obtained by a convergent RAFT polymerization in emulsion. This BMOPPP@NG and the previously-reported TPP@NG (TPP = triphenylphosphine) and core cross-linked micelles (L@CCM; L = TPP, BMOPPP) having a slightly different architecture were loaded...

The singly charged, parent anions of three transition metal, tetraphenyl porphyrins, M(TPP) [Fe(TPP), Mn(TPP), and Ni(TPP)], were studied by negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy. The observed (vertical) transitions from the ground state anions of these porphyrins to the various electronic states of their neutral counterparts were modeled by density functional theory computations. Our experim...