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Increased dynamic effects in a catalytically compromised variant of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase
2013
Isotopic substitution (15N, 13C, 2H) of a catalytically compromised variant of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase, EcDHFR-N23PP/S148A, has been used to investigate the effect of these mutations on catalysis. The reduction of the rate constant of the chemical step in the EcDHFR-N23PP/S148A catalyzed reaction is essentially a consequence of an increase of the quasi-classical free energy barrier and to a minor extent of an increased number of recrossing trajectories on the transition state dividing surface. Since the variant enzyme is less well set up to catalyze the reaction, a higher degree of active site reorganization is needed to reach the TS. Although millisecond active site motion…
Do dynamic effects play a significant role in enzymatic catalysis? A theoretical analysis of formate dehydrogenase.
2010
A theoretical study of the protein dynamic effects on the hydride transfer between the formate anion and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ), catalyzed by formate dehydrogenase (FDH), is presented in this paper. The analysis of free downhill molecular dynamic trajectories, performed in the enzyme and compared with the reaction in aqueous solution, has allowed the study of the dynamic coupling between the reacting fragments and the protein or the solvent water molecules, as well as an estimation of the dynamic effect contribution to the catalytic effect from calculation of the transmission coefficient in the enzyme and in solution. The obtained transmission coefficients for the enzyme…
Interaction of the Dioxouranium(VI) Ion with Aspartate and Glutamate in NaCl(aq) at Different Ionic Strengths
2005
The formation of complexes species of the dioxouranium(VI) ion with aspartic and glutamic acids was studied in the pH range of 3 to 6 at 25 °C by potentiometric measurements (H+−glass electrode). R...
Tungsten(VI)-gluconic acid complexes: Polarimetric and13C-N.m.r. Studies in an excess of tungsten(VI)
1986
A polarimetric study of the tungsten (VI)-gluconic acid system in an excess of metal reveals the formation of four stable complexes: two monomers with 1 : 2 and 2: 1 stoichiometries and two dimers of 2:2 composition. The pH ranges of these species, the amount of acid equivalents their formation requires, and their conditional stability constants have also been calculated.
Determination of equilibrium constants and computational interaction energies for adducts of [Rh2(RCO2)(4-n)(PC)n] (n = 0-2) with Lewis bases.
2007
Properties of dirhodium catalysts with cyclometalated aryl phosphine ligands have been studied. We report here the study of the acid−base reaction of Rh2(RCO2)2(PC)2(H2O)2 catalysts (PC = cyclometalated aryl phosphine) with different Lewis bases. The determination of the equilibrium constants of these reactions can be used to study to which extent the properties of the axial coordination site of the catalyst, considered the active site, are affected by modification of the metalated phosphines, the carboxylate ligands, or the incoming axial ligand. The trends in the computational density functional theory interaction energies show good agreement with the major trends in the equilibrium const…
Molecular structure of the compound [Rh2(O2CCH3)3{(C6H4)P(BrC6H4-1,2)(C6H5)} · (HO2CCH3)2].Kinetic study of the exchange reaction of acetate groups w…
1993
Abstract The compound [Rh 2 (O 2 CCH 3 ) 3 {(C 6 H 4 )P(BrC 6 H 4 -1,2) (C 6 H 5 )} · (HO 2 CCH 3 ) 2 ] has been isolated in high yield from the thermal reaction of dirhodium tetraacetate and the phosphine P(BrC 6 H 4 -1,2) (C 6 H 5 ) 2 in acetic acid. The structure of this compound has been determined by X-ray diffraction; it crystallizes in the P 1 (triclinic) space group and contains three acetate groups bridging a Rh 2 4+ unit the RhRh distance being 2.432(1)A; the fourth bridging ligand is an ortho -bromophenyldiphenylphosphine metallated at one of the ortho positions of the unsubstituted phenyl rings. Two molecules of acetic acid occupy the axial coordination positions. Stepwise exch…
A deep insight into the mechanism of the acid-catalyzed rearrangement of the Z-phenylhydrazone of 5-amino-3-benzoyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole in a non-polar s…
2010
The conversion of the Z-phenylhydrazone of 5-amino-3-benzoyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole (1a) into the relevant 1,2,3-triazole (2a) has been quantitatively studied in toluene in the presence of several halogenoacetic acids (HAAs, 3a–h). Again, the occurrence of two reaction pathways has been pointed out: they require one or two moles of acid, respectively, thus repeating the situation previously observed in the presence of trichloroacetic acid. The observed rate constant ratios (kIII/kII) are only slightly affected by the nature of the acid used. To gain a deeper insight into the action of the acids used we have measured the association constants of the HAAs (3a–h) with 4-nitroaniline (4) in toluene. …
Mo-W-containing tetragonal tungsten bronzes through isomorphic substitution of molybdenum by tungsten
2010
Mixed metal oxides based in Mo(W)–Nb–V–Te with tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB) structure have been synthesized by a hydrothermal method from aqueous solutions of the corresponding Keggin-type heteropolyacids and further heat-treatment in N2 at 700 ◦ C. The materials have been characterized by several physico-chemical techniques, i.e. XRD, Raman, FTIR, SEM-EDS, and TEM. This procedure allows controlling the chemical species to be distributed in the different interstices of the TTB skeleton, which is a key factor to regulate the catalytic properties of the final solid. In this sense, the isomorphic replacement of Mo by W results in lattice parameter and crystal morphology variation, although…
"Through-space" 31P spin-spin couplings in ferrocenyl tetraphosphine coordination complexes: improvement in the determination of the distance depende…
2008
Abstract From the analysis of several nickel and palladium halide complexes of a constrained ferrocenyl tetraphosphine, the existence in solution phase of unique 31P–31P “through-space” nuclear spin–spin coupling constants (JPP) had been previously evidenced. Due to the blocked conformation of the species in solution, and based on the NMR spectra obtained for the complexes and their corresponding solid state X-ray structures, these JPP constants had been shown to clearly depend on the mutual spatial position of the corresponding phosphorus atoms. Herein, the quantitative correlation disclosed at that time (P⋯P distance dependence of coupling constants) is remarkably confirmed, and mathemati…
Studies on DNA interaction of organotin(IV) complexes of meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine that show cellular activity.
2016
PubMedID: 27393277 The interaction of the diorgano- and triorganotin(IV) derivatives of meso-tetra-(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine (Me2Sn)2TPPS, (Bu2Sn)2TPPS, (Me3Sn)4TPPS and (Bu3Sn)4TPPS to natural DNA was analysed (together with free meso-tetra-(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine (TPPS4 -) for comparison purposes). Particular attention was paid to (Bu3Sn)4TPPS, a species that shows significant cellular action. Preliminary tests were done on the solution properties of the organotin(IV) compounds (pKA and possible self-aggregation). Spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric experiments showed that all the investigated organotin(IV) derivatives strongly interact with DNA, the binding energy depending …