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Cloning and characterization of the genes encoding the malolactic enzyme and the malate permease of Leuconostoc oenos
1996
Using degenerated primers from conserved regions of the protein sequences of malic enzymes, we amplified a 324-bp DNA fragment by PCR from Leuconostoc oenos and used this fragment as a probe for screening a Leuconostoc oenos genomic bank. Of the 2,990 clones in the genomic bank examined, 7 with overlapping fragments were isolated by performing colony hybridization experiments. Sequencing 3,453 bp from overlapping fragments revealed two open reading frames that were 1,623 and 942 nucleotides long and were followed by a putative terminator structure. The first deduced protein (molecular weight, 59,118) is very similar (level of similarity, 66%) to the malolactic enzyme of Lactococcus lactis; …
An insect juvenile hormone-specific epoxide hydrolase is related to vertebrate microsomal epoxide hydrolases.
1996
Abstract We describe the first cDNA sequence encoding a juvenile hormone-specific epoxide hydrolase from an insect. A full-length cDNA clone revealed a 462-amino-acid open reading frame encoding an amino acid sequence with 44% identity and 64% similarity to human microsomal epoxide hydrolase. All residues in the catalytic triad (residues Asp 227 -His 428 -Asp 350 in the M. sexta protein) were present, as was the conserved Trp 154 corresponding to the oxyanion hole. The surprising similarity of insect juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase to vertebrate microsomal epoxide hydrolases, coupled with the ancient lineage of the epoxide hydrolases and haloalkane dehalogenases, suggests that this catab…
Recent advances on ionic liquid uses in separation techniques
2018
International audience; The molten organic salts with melting point below 100°C, commonly called ionic liquids (ILs) have found numerous uses in separation sciences due to their exceptional properties as non molecular solvents, namely, a negligible vapor pressure, a high thermal stability, and unique solvating properties due to polarity and their ionic character of molten salts. Other properties, such as viscosity, boiling point, water solubility, and electrochemical window, are adjustable playing with which anion is associated with which cation. This review focuses on recent development of the uses of ILs in separation techniques actualizing our 2008 article (same authors, J. Chromatogr. A…
Exploiting 1,4-naphthoquinone and 3-iodo-1,4-naphthoquinone motifs as anion binding sites by hydrogen or halogen-bonding interactions
2019
We describe here the utilization of 1,4-naphthoquinone and 3-iodo-1,4-naphthoquinone motifs as new anion binding sites by hydrogen- or halogen-bonding interactions, respectively. These binding sites have been integrated in bidentate ester based receptors. Emission experiments reveal that both receptors selectively recognize sulfate anions, which induced a remarkable increase of a new emission band attributed to the formation of π-stacking interactions between two 1,4-naphthoquinone units. Absorption spectroscopy and mass spectrometry indicate the disruption of the ester group of the 1,4-naphthoquinone based receptor in the presence of HP2O73−, H2PO4−, F−, AcO− and C6H5CO2− and in the haloge…
Synthesis of (–)-(S)-Norlaudanosine, (+)-(R)-O,O-Dimethylcoclaurine, and (+)-(R)-Salsolidine by Alkylation of an α-Aminonitrile
2007
A short asymmetric synthesis of 1-substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids by deprotonation of an unprotected α-aminonitrile and alkylation of the resulting carbanion followed by spontaneous elimination of HCN and asymmetric reduction is described. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)
Determination of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in natural water using the capillary electrophoresis combined with enrichment step
2005
A previously elaborated capillary electrophoresis (CE) method used for the determination of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) was slightly modified in order to improve the sensitivity. However, detection limits attained (5 μg mL−1 for glyphosate and 4 μg mL−1 for AMPA) were still not satisfactory for analytical purposes, thus the addition of a preconcentration step before the CE analysis was proposed. AMBERLITE®IRA-900, a strong anion-exchange resin, was used to preconcentrate both analytes in environmental aqueous samples. The experimental conditions optimised in a previous work were readapted, by decreasing the eluent concentration due to CE limitations. Satisfactory result…
Resolution of overlapped non-absorbing and absorbing solutes using either an absorption null-balance detection window or multivariate deconvolution a…
2004
Abstract Non-absorbing alkyl ether sulfates (AES) can be separated using anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid (AQCA) as a probe; however, absorbing alkyl benzene sulfonates (ABS), if present, interfere indirect detection of most AES oligomers. Overcoming of this interference, as well as the simultaneous characterisation and evaluation of AES, fatty acids and ABS, was accomplished by using a diode-array detector and the procedures here discussed. First, it was shown that ABS can be made undetectable by using a 9 nm wide and 227 nm centred charge-absorptivity null-balance detection window (NBDW), where its contribution to the absorbance cancels the dilution effects that its presence induces on the…
Addition of dianions of carboxylic acids to imines. Influence of the acid in the outcome of the reaction
2009
The addition of different carboxylic acids dianions to N-benzylidenebenzeneamine have been studied. The outcome of the reaction depends on the acid. Saturated ones lead to β-aminoacids with good yields and syn-selectivity whereas α,β-unsaturated ones lead to α− and γ− regioisomers with a regioselectivity that depends on the steric hindrance around the reactive centre. From some of these unsaturated acids, polyunsaturated carboxylic acids can be obtained as a change in the reaction conditions lead to the in situ elimination of aniline. From o-methyl aromatic acids δ-aminoacids are isolated with uneven results. Those derived from six member arene carboxylic acids give, on standing, dihydro-2-…
A Convenient Generation of Acetic Acid Dianion
2003
The lithium enediolate of acetic acid can be generated efficiently, as a 0.5 M solution in THF, using lithium amides prepared from n-butyllithium in THF and either diethylamine or 1,3,3-trimethyl-6-azabicyclo-(3.2.1)-octane (AZA). Its reaction with carbonyl compounds leads to the corresponding β-hydroxy acids in good to moderate yields. Better yields are usually obtained when these amines are added in sub-stoichiometric amounts. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003)
General Solution of a Second-Order Nonhomogenous Linear Difference Equation with Noncommutative Coefficients
2010
The detailed construction of the general solution of a second-order nonhomogenous linear operator-difference equation is presented. The wide applicability of such an equation as well as the usefulness of its resolutive formula is shown by studying some applications belonging to different mathematical contexts.