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Int. J. Mol. Sci., Volume 7, Issue 12 (December 2006) – 3 articles , Pages 556-600

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Laser photolysis study of anthraquinone in binary mixtures ofionic liquid [bmim][PF6] and organic solvent
by Guanglai Zhu, Jingjing Xu, Guozhong Wu, Hongping Zhu, Dewu Long, Shimou Chen and Side Yao
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7(12), 590-600; https://doi.org/10.3390/i7120590 - 19 Dec 2006
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Photochemical properties of the ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazoliumhexafluorophosphate [bmim][PF6] and its binary mixed solutions with organic solvent(DMF and MeCN) were investigated by laser photolysis at an excitation wavelength of 355nm, using anthraquinone (AQ) as a probe molecule. It was indicated that [...] Read more.
Photochemical properties of the ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazoliumhexafluorophosphate [bmim][PF6] and its binary mixed solutions with organic solvent(DMF and MeCN) were investigated by laser photolysis at an excitation wavelength of 355nm, using anthraquinone (AQ) as a probe molecule. It was indicated that the triplet excitedstate of AQ (3AQ*) can abstract hydrogen from [bmim][PF6]. Moreover, along with thechange of the ratio of RTIL and organic solvent, the reaction rate constant changes regularly.Critical points were observed at volume fraction VRTIL = 0.2 for RTIL/MeCN and VRTIL =0.05 for RTIL/DMF. For both systems, before the critical point, the rate constant increasesrapidly with increasing VRTIL; however, it decreases obviously with VRTIL after the criticalpoint. We conclude that the concentration dependence is dominant at lower VRTIL, while theviscosity and phase transformation are dominant at higher VRTIL for the effect of ionic liquidon the decay of rate constant. Full article
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Identification and molecular modeling of a family 5 endocellulase from Thermus caldophilus GK24, a cellulolytic strain of Thermus thermophilus
by Dooil Kim, Bo Hyun Park, Bo-Won Jung, Mi-kyung Kim, Suk-In Hong and Dae-Sil Lee
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7(12), 571-589; https://doi.org/10.3390/i7120571 - 18 Dec 2006
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The genome of T. caldophilus GK24 was recently sequenced and annotated as 14contigs, equivalent to 2.3 mega basepairs (Mbp) of DNA. In the current study, we identifieda unique 13.7 kbp DNA sequence, which included the endocellulase gene of T. caldophilusGK24, which did not [...] Read more.
The genome of T. caldophilus GK24 was recently sequenced and annotated as 14contigs, equivalent to 2.3 mega basepairs (Mbp) of DNA. In the current study, we identifieda unique 13.7 kbp DNA sequence, which included the endocellulase gene of T. caldophilusGK24, which did not appear to be present in the complete genomic sequence of the closelyrelated species T. thermophilus HB27 and HB8. Congo-red staining revealed a uniquephenotype of cellulose degradation by strain GK24 that was distinct from other closelyrelated Thermus strains. The results showed that strain GK24 is an aerobic, thermophilic,cellulolytic eubacterium which belongs to the group T. thermophilus. In order to understandthe mechanism of production of cellobiose in T. caldophilus GK24, a three-dimensionalmodel of the endocellulase, TcCel5A, was generated based on known crystal structures.Using this model, we carried out a flexible cellotetraose docking study. Full article
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The Quantitative Structure-Mutagenicity Relationship of Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolites
by Dooil Kim, Suk-In Hong and Dae-Sil Lee
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7(12), 556-570; https://doi.org/10.3390/i7120556 - 18 Dec 2006
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Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for benz[a]anthracene (BA)mutagens using 73 descriptors were searched. The mutagenicity data was obtained fromAmes assays for Mycobacterium vanbaalenii, Mycobacterium gilvum and Mycobacteriumflavescens strains. These data were fitted using a mutagenicity-cytotoxicity competitionmodel which defines the mutagenic potencies of BA metabolites, [...] Read more.
Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) for benz[a]anthracene (BA)mutagens using 73 descriptors were searched. The mutagenicity data was obtained fromAmes assays for Mycobacterium vanbaalenii, Mycobacterium gilvum and Mycobacteriumflavescens strains. These data were fitted using a mutagenicity-cytotoxicity competitionmodel which defines the mutagenic potencies of BA metabolites, and include oxides,phenols, quinones, and dihydrodiols. The QSAR equations were derived using the moleculardescriptor set (charged partial surface area, spatial, thermodynamic and electronicdescriptors) and semi-empirical energetic and charge descriptors. Genetic functionapproximation was used to reduce and fit independent variables, including linear- andquadratic-based functions. Multiple QSAR equations were generated and a separate QSARequation was chosen and evaluated for each strain using conventional r2, F-test, and cross-validated r2. Each strain exhibited its own characteristic descriptors. Full article
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