The crystal structure of a putative dipeptidase (Phdpd) from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 was solved using X-ray data at 2.4 A resolution. The protein is folded into two distinct entities. The N-terminal domain consists of the general topology of the alpha/beta fold, and the C-terminal domain consists of five long mixed strands, four helices, and two 3(10) helices. The structure of Phdpd is quite ...

This paper reports the syntheses of two new complexes, [Co(L)(H2O)2] (1) and [{Zn(L2) (μ-OAc)Zn(n-PrOH)}2] (2), from asymmetric halogen-substituted Salamo-type ligands H2L and H3L, respectively. Investigation of the crystal structure of complex 1 reveals that the complex includes one Co(II) ion, one (L1)2− unit and two coordinated water molecules. Complex 1 shows slightly distorted octahedral c...

Solution phase post-modification of a trimesic acid (TMA) network on Au(111) with Zn(2+) ions was found to induce transformation of a bar-featured scanning tunneling microscopy image of (5√3 × 5√3) to a chevron-pair image of (10√3 × 10√3). Voltammetric determination of Zn coverage in the modified TMA network supports the fact that the chevron feature consists of three TMA molecules combined via...

The potential of Bread Fruit (artocarpus altilis)Seed Husk (BFSH) as low-cost biosorbent for the removal of Pb (II), Zn (II) and Co (II) ions from aqueous solution was investigated. The adsorbent was characterized by the Fourier Transform InfraRed (FT-IR)spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The batch methodology was utilized to dete...

Cyclooligomerization of 2,6-dichloropyrazine 4 and benzyl 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate 5 under microwave irradiation resulted in a racemic pair of ester functionalized ortho-linked oxacalix[2]benzene[2]pyrazine 6, which was further transformed to the corresponding racemic carboxylic acid functionalized ortho-linked oxacalix[2]benzene[2]pyrazine 3. Both enantiomers of 3 adopt 1,3-alternate conformation...

We report that micromolar concentrations of lanthanide ions can be required cofactors for DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozymes. Previous work identified deoxyribozymes that simultaneously require both Zn(2+) and Mn(2+) to achieve DNA-catalyzed DNA hydrolysis (10(12) rate enhancement); a mutant of one such DNA catalyst requires only Zn(2+). Here we show that in vitro selection in the presence of 10 µM...

Metal ions, i.e., Zn(2+) and Cu(2+), are released from neuron terminals in the hippocampus, which plays important roles in spatial and declarative memory, and may serve as a signal factor. Synaptic homeostasis of metal ions is critical for cognitive activity in the hippocampus. Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a causative candidate for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Aβ-induced synapse dysfun...

Hydro-thermal reaction involving zinc nitrate hexa-hydrate, tris-odium benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxyl-ate (Na(3)BTC) and 2-methyl-imidazole (2-MeImH) yielded the title compound, [Zn(2)(C(9)H(3)O(6))(C(4)H(5)N(2))(C(4)H(6)N(2))(3)]. In this mixed-ligand metal-organic compound, Zn(2+) ions are coordinated by N atoms from 2-MeImH mol-ecules and (2-MeIm)(-) ions, as well as by O atoms from (BTC)(3-) ion...

In the title centrosymmetric dimeric Zn(II) complex, [Zn(2)(C(27)H(27)N(4)O)(2)(C(7)H(7)O)(2)], the Zn(II) center is coordinated by two N atoms and one O atom of the ketiminate ligand and two bridging O atoms of the benzyl-alkoxy groups. The geometry around the Zn(II) ions is distorted trigonal-bipyramidal.

Alkaline phosphatase of Escherichia coli (a dimeric zinc metalloenzyme of identical subunits) containing either 2 catalytic Zn(II) ions or 2 catalytic Cd(I1) ions shows absolute negative cooperativity of phosphate binding as determined by 31P NMR of enzyme-bound phosphate species. With excess phosphate at millimolar concentrations, only 1 mol of noncovalent phosphate complex, E.P (31P resonance...