We are pursuing a dual strategy for investigating the chemistry of nitric oxide as a biological signaling agent. In one approach, metal-based fluorescent sensors for the detection of NO in living cells are evaluated, and a sensor based on a copper fluorescein complex has proved to be a valuable lead compound. Sensors of this class permit identification of NO from both inducible and constitutive...

Wiebers, Joyce L. (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.), and Harold R. Garner. Use of S-methylcysteine and cystathionine by methionineless Neurospora mutants. J. Bacteriol. 88:1798-1804. 1964.-Radioactive methionine was found in hydrolysates of various strains of Neurospora crassa when either S-methylcysteine (SMC)-C(14)H(3) or SMC-S(35) is the sole addition to minimal medium. Isotope produ...

Research was conducted to determine whether Leuconostoc mesenteroides starter cultures with and without malolactic activity (MDC and MDC, respectively) influenced sensory and chemical properties of sauerkraut. No sensory differences were found between MDC and MDC sauerkraut (P 0.05). In addition, sulfur compound profiles of the resulting sauerkraut were nearly identical. Brining at lower NaCl (...

In the title compound, C(21)H(18)O(5)S(2), the two sulfur-bound phenyl rings lie on opposite sides of the meth-oxy-phenyl group, making dihedral angles of 77.58 (8) and 87.45 (8)°with it. The dihedral angle between the sulfur-bound phenyl rings is 57.31 (8)°. In the crystal, π-π stacking is observed between the two sulfur-bound phenyl rings, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.878 (1) Å and ...

Sulfate is a well-established sulfur source for fungi; however, in soils sulfonates and sulfate esters, especially choline sulfate, are often much more prominent. Here we show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae YIL166C(SOA1) encodes an inorganic sulfur (sulfate, sulfite and thiosulfate) transporter that also catalyses sulfonate and choline sulfate uptake. Phylogenetic analysis of fungal SOA1 ortholo...

Bacteria were isolated that could utilize quantitatively the s-triazine herbicide prometryne [N,N' -bis(1-methylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine] or ametryne [N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine- 2,4-diamine], or both, as a sole source of sulfur for growth. The success of enrichments depended on previous exposure of the soil inoculum to s-triazine herbicides...

Removal of sulfur from gasoline is one of the major processes in refineries. Designing of removal process requires phase equilibrium data of the sulfur with various hydrocarbon systems. 3-Methylthiphene is an organic sulfur compound found in gasoline. In the present work VLE data of 3-Methylthiophene with various hydrocarbons were modeled using genetic algorithm. VLE data were modeled using Wil...