Decapping enzymes are required for the removal of the 5'-end cap of mRNAs. These enzymes exhibit a specific hydrolase activity, resulting in cleavage between the alpha- and beta-phosphates of the m7GpppN cap to generate both m7GDP and monophosphorylated RNA products. Decapping enzymes have been found in humans, plants and yeasts, and have been discovered more recently in vaccinia virus (D10 pro...

the present work is carried out to study the antioxidant potential of ethanolic extract of alstonia scholaris linn. ( apocynaceae ) using various in vitro tests including 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazil (dpph . ) free radical scavenging, metal ion chelating, hydrogen peroxide scavenging, superoxide anion radical scavenging, and ferric thiocyanate reducing ability.   ethanolic extract of alstonia...

Metal-ion batteries are systems for electrochemical energy conversion and storage with only one kind of ion shuttling between the negative positive electrode during discharge charge. This concept also known as rocking-chair battery has been made highly popular lithium-ion its most example. The principle can be applied other cations both mono- multivalent. might have implications advantages in t...

In the last few years, various studies have been providing evidence that metal ions are critically involved in the pathogenesis of major neurological diseases (Alzheimer, Parkinson). Metal ion chelators have been suggested as potential therapies for diseases involving metal ion imbalance. Neurodegeneration is an excellent target for exploiting the metal chelator approach to therapeutics. In con...

Context. The presence of the lithium-6 isotope in some metal-poor stars is a matter of surprise because of the high values observed. Non-standard models of Big Bang nucleosynthesis and pre-Galactic cosmic ray fusion and spallation have been proposed to explain these values. However, the observations of this light isotope are challenging which may make some detections disputable. Aims. The goal ...

The metal ions constituents in plants reliable for determination of their medicinal, nutritional and toxicity properties. A novel, simple and accurate spectrophotometric method was developed for the simultaneous determination of Ag+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ ions in different medicinal plants without prior separation steps. This method was based on the different kinetic characteristics between the reactio...

1974 First use of immobilized chelators to isolate metalloproteins 1975 First description of general technique (IMAC) using IDA 1983 Introduction of high performance on silica based media 1986 Use of Fe3# chelates to purify phosphoproteins 1987 Introduction of NTA 1988 Introduction of genetically engineered His tags 1992 Introduction of TREN 1998 Introduction of TACN Freeze NH (1995) Lectin afR...

The safe decomposition of solid TATP (triacetone triperoxide) explosive is examined theoretically. The route to destruction starts with formation of metal complexes between a metal ion and the TATP molecule. The second step is decomposition of the molecules into stable final products. We examined the structure and stability of both metal ion (including Na(+), Cu(+), Cu(2+), Co(2+), and Zn(2+)) ...

Experimental data on cadmium (II) and nickel (II) ion sorption on deactivated protonated yeast over a wide range of sorbent and initial metal concentrations, were analyzed by an equilibrium model based on a thermodynamics approach. Model describes relationships between the equilibrium concentration of metal, metal sorption per unit biomass dosage and concentration of sorbent and initial metal c...

In order to investigate the mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by HindIII, structures of HindIII-DNA complexes with varying durations of soaking time in cryoprotectant buffer containing manganese ions were determined by the freeze-trap method. In the crystal structures of the complexes obtained after soaking for a longer duration, two manganese ions, indicated by relatively higher electron den...