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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of native and selenomethionyl vinorine synthase from Rauvolfia serpentina.
2005
Vinorine synthase (VS) is a central enzyme of the biosynthesis of the antiarrhythmic drug ajmaline and is a member of the BAHD superfamily of acyltransferases. So far, no three-dimensional structure with significant sequence homology with VS is known. Crystals of VS and selenomethionyl-labelled VS from the medicinal plant Rauvolfia serpentina have been obtained by the hanging-drop technique at 305 K with ammonium sulfate and PEG 400 as precipitants. VS crystals diffract to 2.8 Å and belong to space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 82.3, b = 89.6, c = 136.2 Å. The selenomethionyl VS crystal was nearly isomorphous with the VS crystal.
Influence of the presence of divalent first-row transition metal ions on the structure of sodium(i) salts of 1,2,3,4-benzenetetracarboxylic acid (H4b…
2006
Three different sodium(I)-containing salts of 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic (H4bta) of formula [Na4(bta)(H2O)12] (1), [Na2M(H2bta)2(H2O)8]·2H2O] [M = Mn (2) and Ni (3)] were synthesized and their structures were solved by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Compound 1 crystallises in orthorhombic system, space group Pc21b with a = 6.9997(4) A, b = 16.4260(9) A, c = 20.3312(18) A, V = 476.30(15) A3 and Z = 4. Compounds 2 and 3 crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group C2/m with a = 7.3778(4) A, b = 20.1493(6) A, c = 10.4963(4) A, β = 103.466(8)°, V = 1517.5(11) A3 and Z = 2 for 1 and a = 7.2862(4) A, b = 20.1165(7) A, c = 10.4032(3) A, β = 103.366(9)°, V = 1483.52(11) A3 and Z…
Extended structures of copper(II) complexes with 2-di1H-2-imidazolylmethylmalonate (DIMMAL), a versatile bis(imidazole)–bis(carboxylate) ligand: Solu…
2008
Abstract Copper(II) complexes of 2-di1H-2-imidazolylmethylmalonate (DIMMAL) have been studied by potentiometric methods. The data revealed that the CuHL 2 - and CuL 2 2 - species are prevalent in the studied pH range. Moreover, this paper reports the synthesis, structure solution and spectroscopic characterization of two new DIMMAL containing complexes, (NH4)2[Cu(DIMMAL)2] · 4H2O (1) and [Cu(DIMMAL)(en)(H2O)] · 5H2O (2). The structure of compound 1 consists of centrosymmetric mononuclear anionic [Cu(DIMMAL)2]2− units, NH 4 + cations and lattice water molecules, in which DIMMAL2− acts as a tridentate ligand through two imidazole nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atom from a carboxylate group. Th…
Self-Assembled One- and Two-Dimensional Networks Based on NH2Me2[ReX5(DMF)] (X = Cl and Br) Species: Polymorphism and Supramolecular Isomerism in Re(…
2011
Three mononuclear rhenium(IV) compounds of general formula NH 2 Me 2 [ReX 5 (DMF)] [NH 2 Me 2 + = dimethylammonium cation, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide, and X = Cl (1 and 2) and Br (3)] have been prepared and characterized. In all three cases, the rhenium atom is six-coordinated by five chloro (1 and 2) or bromo (3) atoms and one oxygen atom from a DMF molecule (1―3) building a somewhat distorted octahedral surrounding. Short Re IV ―X · · · X―Re IV contacts and H-bonds occur in the crystal lattice generating novel supramolecular Re(IV) architectures. 1 and 2 are polymorphs and supramolecular isomers that exhibit supramolecular ladder-like ( 1 ) and rectangular two-dimensional grids (2), the …
Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of single and double cyanide-bridged bimetallic Fe2(III)Cu(II) zigzag chains.
2004
The bimetallic complexes [[Fe(III)(phen)(CN)4]2Cu(II)(H2O)2].4H2O (1), [[Fe(III)(phen)(CN)4]2Cu(II)].H2O (2) and [[Fe(III)(bipy)(CN)4]2Cu(II)].2H2O (3) and [[Fe(III)(bipy)(CN)4]2Cu(II)(H2O)2].4H2O (4) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) have been prepared and the structures of 1-3 determined by X-ray diffraction. The structure of 1 is made up of neutral cyanide-bridged Fe(III)-Cu(II) zigzag chains of formula [[Fe(III)(phen)(CN)4]2Cu(II)(H2O)2] and uncoordinated water molecules with the [Fe(phen)(CN)4]- entity acting as a bis-monodentate bridging ligand toward two trans-diaquacopper(II) units through two of its four cyanide groups in cis positions. The structure of 2 can …
In-Situ DRIFT Spectroscopic Investigation on the Chemical Evolution of Zinc Phosphate Acid−Base Cement
2000
Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy has been used to follow the chemical evolution of zinc phosphate acid−base cement (ZPC), which has been prepared from unmodified, as well as from aluminum- and zinc-modified orthophosphoric acid. For the first time, amorphous dizinc cyclotetraphosphate octahydrate, Zn2P4O12·8H2O, although hydrolytically instable, has been observed as precursor phase prior to crystallization of α-hopeite, α-Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O, in both systems. Within minutes from onset of mixing the infrared spectrum of unmodified ZPC is dominated by the characteristic vibrations of α-hopeite, due to matrix crystallization. Setting of modified ZPC is strongly af…
Halogen...halogen interactions in pressure-frozen ortho- and meta-dichlorobenzene isomers.
2007
Isomers 1,2-dichlorobenzene (o-DCB) and 1,3-dichlorobenzene (m-DCB) were high-pressure frozen in-situ in a Merrill–Bassett diamond–anvil cell and their structures determined at room temperature and at 0.18 (5) GPa for o-DCB, and 0.17 (5) GPa for m-DCB by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The patterns of halogen...halogen intermolecular interactions in these structures can be considered to be the main cohesive forces responsible for the molecular arrangements in these crystals. The molecular packing of dichlorobenzene isomers, including three polymorphs of 1,4-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB), have been compared and relations between their molecular symmetry, packing arrangements, intermolecular inte…
High-resolution crystal structure of an avidin-related protein: insight into high-affinity biotin binding and protein stability.
2004
The chicken avidin gene belongs to an extended gene family encoding seven avidin-related genes (AVRs), of which only avidin is expressed in the chicken. The sequences of AVR4 and AVR5 are identical and the common protein (AVR4) has been expressed both in insect and bacterial systems. The recombinant proteins are similarly hyperthermostable and bind biotin with similarly high affinities. AVR4 was crystallized in the apo and biotin-complexed forms and their structures were determined at high resolution. Its tertiary and quaternary structures are very similar to those of avidin and streptavidin. Its biotin-binding site shows only a few alterations compared with those of avidin and streptavidin…
Specific recognition and formation of two- dimensional streptavidin domains in monolayers: applications to molecular devices
1989
Abstract By virtue of the high-affinity specific interaction between the vitamin, biotin, and the protein, streptavidin, monolayers of synthetic lipids with biotin headgroups can tightly bind streptavidin at the lipid-water interface. Through this specific recognition fluorescently-labelled streptavidin spontaneously organizes in the plane of the interface to form large protein domains, directly visible in situ by fluorescence microscopy and exhibiting optical anisotropy. Further structural characterization has shown that these domains are two-dimensional protein crystals. Correlation with the known three-dimensional crystal structure of streptavidin indicates that two of streptavidin's fou…
X-ray diffraction of a protein crystal anchored at the air/water interface
1995
We report the first successful in situ x-ray diffraction experiment with a 2D protein array at the lipid/water interface and demonstrate that the order can be controlled via lateral pressure or density. A protein (streptavidin) was bound to a monolayer of biotinylated lipid at the air/water interface, and diffraction of the protein layer could be measured to many orders. Compression of the monolayer changed the diffraction pattern drastically, indicating that the protein structure can be strongly influenced by external parameters like lateral pressure or density. From the width of the peaks, we find that aggregates consisting of as few as 100 monomers contribute to the diffraction. This ind…