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    Interstellar molecules (1980)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 15 (1980), S. 79-101 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Molecules ; Interstellar ; Chemistry ; Isotopes ; Solar system
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The study of interstellar molecules broadly includes two areas of interest. One area uses the unique ability of molecules to act as probes of the physical conditions in the cold, dense, visually opaque component of the interstellar medium. The physical properties of this and other components of the interstellar medium are summarized. The other area deals with the chemistry of interstellar molecules, recent aspects of which are emphasized in this review. Gas-phase chemistry, shock chemistry, and grain surface chemistry are discussed in the context of recent observations. No present observations suggest that surface reactions are relevant, but neither can they be ruled out. Ion-molecule reactions are clearly operative, at least for the simpler species. Chemical isotope fractionation is reviewed, andd it is concluded that the complexities of the chemistry allow no cosmological conclusions to be drawn from observations of deuterium in interstellar molecules, while the presence of13C in interstellar molecules permits an estimate of the12C/13C ratio which is consistent with the current concepts of the nucleosynthesis history of the Galaxy. Possible connections between interstellar molecules and the early molecular history of the solar system are discussed.
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    The importance of energetic particle precipitation on the chemical composition of the middle atmosphere (1980)
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    Pure and applied geophysics 118 (1980), S. 128-151 
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    ISSN: 1420-9136
    Keywords: Galactic cosmic rays ; Solar proton events ; Particle precipitation ; Chemistry
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    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract An assessment is made of the relative contribution of certain classes of energetic particle precipitation to the chemical composition of the middle atmosphere with emphasis placed on the production of odd nitrogen and odd hydrogen species and their subsequent role in the catalytic removal of ozone. Galactic cosmic radiation is an important source of odd nitrogen in the lower stratosphere but since the peak energy deposition occurs below the region where catalytic removal of O3 is most effective, it is questionable whether this mechanism is important in the overall terrestrial ozone budget. The precipitation of energetic solar protons can periodically produce dramatic enhancement in upper stratospheric NO. The long residence time of NO in this region of the atmosphere, where catalytic interaction with O3 is also most effective, mandates that this mechanism be included in future modelling of the global distribution of O3. Throughout the mesosphere the precipitation of energetic electrons from the outer radiation belt (60°≲Λ≲70°) can sporadically act as a major local source of odd hydrogen and odd nitrogen leading to observable O3 depletion. Future satellite studies should be directed at simultaneously measuring the precipitation flux and the concomitant atmosphere modification, and these results should be employed to develop more sophisticated models of this important coupling.
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    High molecular weight poly-L-proline: Synthesis and physical-chemical studiesThis is “Polypeptides. XLI.” For the preceding paper in this series see A. J. Alder, G. D. Fasman, and E. R. Blout, J. Am. Chem. Soc., in press.This work has been supported by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army.Presented in part at the 132 Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, New York, September 1957. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 3-14 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Poly-L-proline in the molecular weight range 50,000-90,000 has been synthesized from L-proline-N-carboxyanhydride. The molecular weight obtained is dependent on the initiator concentration. The rate constants for the polymerization have been determined by measuring the CO2 evolution. By observation of rotation during the polymerization, it is possible to deduce the conformation of the polymer in the polymerization solution. It is concluded that the immediate product of the polymerization is neither pure form I nor pure form II. The differences between form I and form II of poly-L-proline have been further characterized by measurements of their ultraviolet rotatory dispersion and their ultraviolet spectra.
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    Modification of the reactivity of a small molecule by reversible association with a synthetic polymer. Inhibition of the hydrolysis of cationic esters by polyanionsAbstracted in part from a Ph.D. thesis to be submitted by J. A. Shafer to the Graduate School, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, in June 1963. Financial support of this work by the Office of Naval Research and the National Institutes of Health is gratefully acknowledged. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 71-77 
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    Notes: The base-catalyzed hydrolysis rate of the cationic esters obtained by quaternization of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine with phenylbromoacetate was studied in buffers and in solutions of partially neutralized polymeric acids. The polyanions were found to be powerful inhibitors of the reaction. This effect was interpreted as due to the association of the ester with the polyanion, from which the catalytically active hydroxyl groups are repelled. It is shown that kinetic data may be interpreted by a procedure similar to the Lineweaver-Burk plot to yield the reactivity of the bound ester and the dissociation constant of the polymer-ester complex.
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    Copolymers of L-proline and sarcosine: Synthesis and physical-chemical studiesThis is “Polypeptides. XLIII.” For the preceding paper in this series see E. R. Blout, J. P. Carver, and J. Gross, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 85 (1963).Presented in part at the 132 Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York, September 1957.This work supported by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 99-109 
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    Notes: A series of high molecular weight copolypeptides of L-proline and sarcosine have been synthesized. Experimental evidence is presented which indicates that the products are true copolymers rather than mixtures of homopolymers. In contrast to poly-L-proline I, a copolymer of L-proline-sarcosine I containing approximately 50% sarcosine is soluble in water. Two molecular conformations of the copolymers, similar to those found for polyproline, have been characterized by means of infrared spectroscopy and optical rotatory dispersion. The residue rotation of L-proline has been obtained from the copolymers and is -250°.
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    Reversion of the B to A transition of DNA induced by specific interaction with the oligopeptide distamycin A (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 823-831 
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    Notes: The effect of the DNA-binding oligopeptide distamycin A on the B to A transition of DNA in ethanol/water solutions has been studied by means of CD. (The overbars indicate that it does not matter which particular form of the corresponding families is considered.) The results show that increasing the concentration of distamycin A reverses the A conformation (in 82% ethanol) to the B conformation due to its strong binding and stabilization of the latter. In accordance with previous data for pure aqueous solutions, a site size of 3.5 base pairs is obtained from the studies in water/ethanolic solutions. From the data on the B to A transition in the presence of distamycin A, we estimated the length of the cooperativity ν0 = 10 base pairs.The results demonstrate that the oligopeptide systems of distamycin, as well as those of netropsin, are effective stabilizers of the DNA B-conformation.
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    NMR evidence for a type I β-turn in (Pro2)-tetrapeptides and interdependence of cis:Trans isomerism, ring flexibility, and backbone conformation (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 781-804 
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    Notes: Tetrapeptides with proline in position 2, asparagine or leucine in position 3, and glycine in positions 1 and 4, with end groups free or blocked on the N-terminal side, were studied in their various ionic states in 2H2O and in Me2SO-d6 by 1H- and 13C-nmr. In order to clarify or refine some details, successive substitutions of the residues in these peptides with amino acids enriched to 85% in 13C, or to 85% 13C plus 97% 2H were carried out. The 1H and 13C chemical shifts as well as the 1H-1H, 13C-13C, and 13C-1H coupling constants and the signal intensities show strong similarity of behavior between the tetrapeptides of asparagine and leucine. The main conformational characteristics are (1) the almost total stabilization of the trans conformer in the type I β-turn structure when the peptide is in the zwitterion state dissolved in Me2SO. This is deduced from the 3JC3αH-N3H and the 3JC2′-H3α coupling constants, which both furnish a dihedral angle of φ3 = -90°, and from the positive value of the temperature coefficient of the glycine-4 amide protons, which suggests a type 4 → 1 hydrogen bond; (2) the evolution of cis and trans isomer fractions which change with the ionic state of the peptides in Me2SO, whereas they remain constant in aqueous solution; and (3) the conformation of the pyrrolidine ring as it follows the variations in cis:trans isomer populations together with the side-chain rotamer fractions of the residue in position 3. In the β-turn conformation the isomer cis is less abundant and the pyrrolidine ring is more flexible; this explains the perfect accommodation of the proline residue in position 2 of a bend. The interdependence of these phenomena where interactive forces play a predominant role underlines the importance of cooperative effects in the molecule. The results also suggest that the cis isomer of proline can adapt itself just as well as the trans isomer to position 2 of a type I β-turn.
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    Transport properties of particles with segmental flexibility. II. Decay of fluorescence polarization anisotropy from hinged macromolecules (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 913-930 
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    Notes: An algorithm is presented for the Monte Carlo simulation of the decay of fluorescence polarization from segmentally flexible molecules. Based on the random walk model of Brownian motion, the treatment explicitly follows the stochastic changes in the diffusion coefficients as the molecule bends. It includes the effects of a linear restoring force opposing the bending and the effects of hydrodynamic coupling between the translational, rotational, and bending motions. One application is presented: the simulation of anisotropy decay curves for hinged rods. A variety of decay curves are obtained, including single- and multiexponential behavior, and the following conclusions are reached: (1) increasing the flexibility is usually, but not always, accompanied by a more rapid rate of depolarization; (2) reducing the size of the fluorescent subunit will usually, but not always, increase the rate of depolarization; and (3) the complex interplay between the effects of molecular shape, relative sizes of the subunits, restoring force, and orientation of the transition dipoles renders it unlikely that any simple method can be used to interpret anisotrophy data without simulation. In particular, it is not possible to determine the extent of bending by fitting the data with the two-exponential approximation used by some investigators in the past.
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    13C-nmr spectroscopy of red algal galactans (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 977-990 
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    Notes: 13C-nmr spectra of red seaweed galactans, belonging to the agar and carrageenan groups or having the “intermediate” type of structure, were interpreted on the basis of 13C-nmr spectra of model compounds. Signal assignments have been made for most of the known extreme structures of such galactans. 13C-nmr spectroscopy was shown to be a rapid and convenient method of structural analysis, which permits one to determine the type of galactan structure, the absolute configurations of its constituents (galactose and 3,6-anhydrogalactose), and the positions of the sulfate and O-methyl groups in a polysaccharide molecule.
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    Dielectric changes in hyaluronate solutions at microwave frequencies as a function of concentration, system pH, and temperature (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 931-944 
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    Notes: The dielectric response of human umbilical cord hyaluronic acid in various environments has been studied at microwave frquencies using a resonant microwave cavity as a probe. Both the real and imaginary parts of complex dielectric constant and the loss tangent for hyaluronate solutions are obtained by utilizing equations for perturbation of a resonant cavity. Dielectric changes at room temperature have been observed in aqueous solutions of hyaluronic acid as a function of concentration ranging from 0 to 350 mg/ml. The data indicate the existence of ordered phases in hyaluronate solutions at selective concentrations, that is, exhibiting lyotropic-type transitions. Hyaluronate solutions at 1.5 and 3 mg/ml concentrations have been studied at various pH in the range of 6-8 and at constant ionic strength 0.1. A temperature-dependent transition in hyaluronate solution of 120 mg/ml concentration has been observed at physiological temperature. It is shown that this temperature-dependent behavior can be related to the orientational polarizability term in the Debye theory of polar molecules in liquids.
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    A quantitative test of Zimm's model for the rotor-speed-department sedimentation of linear DNA molecules (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 945-964 
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    Notes: In 1974, Zimm described a theory which predicts that the sedimentation coefficient of high-molecular-weight DNA will decrease as the rotor speed of measurement increases. In 1979, this theory was revised, and the new formula predicts speed-dependence effects that are substantially smaller than the predictions of the original version. This report describes the results of subjecting both the original and the revised versions of the theory to quantitative tests using a well-defined sucrose-gradient system and a DNA of known molecular weight (T4c DNA). T4c bacteriophage is a mutant, whose DNA contains the unmodified base cytosine, instead of the glucosylated hydroxymethylcytosine characteristic of the T-even bacteriophages, and has a molecular weight of 115 ± 3 × 106. The DNA of the wild-type phage (T4D+) was also used in some experiments.In addition to the quantitative tests, the experiments test for an effect first observed by Rubenstein and Leighton, which showed that the sedimentation coefficient measured for T2 DNA depended on the composition of the centrifuge tube used for the measurement (tube composition effect). It can be inferred from this observation that an interaction occurs between particle and tube wall during sedimentation, and this leads to a reduction in sedimentation velocity independent of the reduction in S described by Zimm's theory.The results show that in the range of 25,000-50,000 rpm, the original but theoretically incorrect form of the theory quite accurately describes the sedimentation behavior of both T4c and T4D+ DNA, although T4D+ was a special case in some respects. The revised (corrected) form of the theory predicts much less of a speed-dependence effect than that actually observed. The discrepancy between corrected theory and observation suggests that other factors (perhaps arising from the use of the swinging bucket rotor geometry) are causing the additional observed reduction in S20,w. However, the experiments show that the tube composition effect does not seem to be one of these.
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    Proton NMR study of the interaction of cis-dichloro-diamine-platinum(II) with poly(I) and poly(I)·poly(C) (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1299-1309 
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    Notes: The fixation of cis (NH3)2Cl2Pt(II) to poly(I)·poly(C) leads to the formation of two complexed species. One involves coordination to a single base (accounting for about 70% of the total platinum bound over the rb range 0.07-0.25) and the other to two bases which are not adjacent to each other but may be on the same strand and separated by a loop. Reaction of the platinum compound with poly(I) gives in addition to the above two species a minor one (about 15%, independent of rb over the range 0.05-0.30) in which the platinum is bound to two adjacent bases. The availability of such coordination reduces the dominance of the 1:1 species, which, however, remains the major one (ca. 55%).
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    Heavy-atom effects associated with methylmercury (II) binding to rabbit glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1329-1344 
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    Notes: The complex of CH3Hg(II) with the accessible cysteines of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPD, EC 1.2.1.12) from rabbit muscle has been studied by phosphorescence and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectroscopy. The wavelength dependence of the phosphorescence decay kinetics has also been measured. Comparison of CH3Hg(II)-GAPD with GAPD by these methods shows that a specific optically resolved tryptophan site of GAPD is perturbed by the interaction with a nearby mercury atom. The perturbation on the luminescence and ODMR properties is typical of an external heavy-atom effect. Based on the x-ray diffraction structure of the lobster enzyme, it is proposed that the heavy-atom effect results from the interaction of tryptophan-310 with CH3Hg(II) bound to cysteine-281 in the rabbit muscle enzyme.
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    Interaction of spermine with different forms of DNA. A conformational study (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1415-1434 
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    Notes: The energy of interaction of a spermine molecule with the A- and B-forms of DNA has been calculated, assuming that the molecule of spermine is fixed in the narrow groove of the DNA helix with the formation of hydrogen bonds between the amino groups of spermine and the phosphate groups of DNA. The atom-atom potentials method was used. Optimal structures for the A-DNA-spermine and B-DNA-spermine complexes are suggested. It is shown that, in agreement with the experimental data, the interaction of the spermine molecule with the A-DNA is energetically more favorable than that with the B-DNA. Two main factors are responsible for this: (1) the distance between neighboring phosphates of the chain in A-DNA (which is about 1 Å less than that in B-DNA) corresponds better to the distance between the amino groups of the propyl part of spermine; and (2) the orientation of phosphate groups in A-DNA inside the groove is preferable for complex formation with spermine to the outside groove arrangement of the phosphates in B-DNA. These conclusions are further confirmed by the calculations for DNA-propane diamine complexes.
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    Crystal and molecular structure of isoleucinomycin, cyclo[-(D-Ile-Lac-Ile-D-Hyi)3-](C60H102N6O18) (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1517-1534 
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    Notes: The crystal structure of a synthetic analog of valinomycin, cyclo[-(D-Ile-Lac-Ile-D-Hyi)3-] (C60H102N6O18), has been determined by x-ray diffraction procedures. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with cell parameters a = 11.516, b = 15.705, c = 39.310 Å, and Z = 4. The atomic coordinates for the C, N, O atoms were refined in the anisotropic thermal motion approximation and for the H atoms in the isotropic approximation. Values of standard (R) and weighted (Rw) reliability factors after refinement are 0.073 and 0.056, respectively. The structure is completely asymmetric. The cyclic molecular backbone is stabilized by six intramolecular hydrogen bonds N—H…O=C, five bonds being of the 4→1 type and one being of the 5→1 type. The side chains are located on the molecular periphery. The conformational state of isoleucinomycin in the crystal is intermediate between the corresponding crystalline states of valinomycin and meso-valinomycin. The observed conformation suggests that complexation could proceed via entry of the ion at the face possessing the L-Lac residues, the less crowded face.
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    Conformational analysis of the milk oligosaccharides (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1555-1566 
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    Notes: Possible conformations of lacto-N-tetraose, lacto-N-neotetraose, related disaccharides, and other milk oligosaccharides have been studied by an energy-minimization procedure using empirical potential functions. Lacto-N-tetraose favors a “curved” conformation, while lacto-N-neotetraose favors an approximately “straight” conformation. These two conformations differ mainly in the position of the terminal galactose residue with respect to the rest of the molecule. This difference explains the greater strength of lacto-N-neotetraose compared with lacto-N-tetraose in its ability to inhibit the cross-reaction of blood group P1 fractions with Type XIV pneumococcal antipolysaccharide. Although the favored conformation of lacto-N-tetraose (inactive) agrees with the model proposed by the earlier workers, that for lacto-N-neotetraose (active) differs. The favored conformations for the disaccharides galactose-β(1-4)-N-acetylglucosamine, galactose-β(1-3)-N-acetylglucosamine, and lactose are similar in overall shape, differing only in the nature and orientation of the side groups. This explains their nearly equal inhibitory activity. These theoretical models also explain the increased activity of lacto-N-fucopentaose I over that of lacto-N-tetraose and the relative activities of the substituted lactoses. The present studies suggest that it is the overall shape of the molecule which is important for activity, rather than the terminal β(1-4)-linked galactose residue alone.
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    Influence of methanol on the rotational diffusion of poly(L-lysine) in the helix-coil transition (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1571-1585 
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    Notes: 13C spin-lattice relaxation times of poly(L-lysine) have been obtained at 67.9 MHz in aqueous solution and in a mixed solvent (40% methanol/60% water). A concomitant determination of the conformation by CD permits the correlation of conformation and rotational diffusion of the polymer. The dependence on pH of the spin-lattice relaxation times of the 13Cα and the side-chain carbon resonances reflects the diffusional motion in the random-coil conformation, in the helix-coil transition, and in the conformation of the α-helix. In the mixed solvent the reorientational correlation time of the Cα-Hα vector increases from τ = 0.37 nsec (random coil) to τ = 12.0 nsec (α-helix). In aqueous solution the correlation time of this vector increases from τ = 0.33 nsec (random coil) to τ ≫ 11 nsec. The reorientation rates of the side-chain methylene groups in the two solvents are markedly different. The reorientation of all methylene groups is reduced in the mixed solvent.
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    Solid-state conformation of copolymers of β-benzyl-L-aspartate with L-alanine, L-leucine, L-valine, γ-benzyl-L-glutamate, or ∊-carbobenzoxy-L-lysine (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1603-1615 
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    Notes: The solid-state conformation of copolymers of β-benzyl-L-aspartate [L-Asp(OBzl)] with L-leucine (L-Leu), L-alanine (L-Ala), L-valine (L-Val), γ-benzyl-L-glutamate [L-Glu(OBzl)], or ∊-carbobenzoxy-L-lysine (Cbz-L-Lys) has been studied by ir spectroscopy and circular dichroism (CD). The ir spectra in the region of the amide I and II bands and in the region of 700-250 cm-1 have been determined. The results from the ir studies are in good agreement with data obtained by CD experiments. Incorporation of the amino acid residues mentioned above into poly[L-Asp(OBzl)] induces a change from the left-handed into the right-handed α-helix. This conformational change for the poly[L-Asp(OBzl)] copolymers was observed in the following composition ranges: L-Leu, 0-15 mol %; L-Ala, 0-32 mol %; L-Val, 0-8 mol %; L-Glu(OBzl), 3-10 mol %; and Cbz-L-Lys, 0-9 mol %.
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    Physical aging of dry elastin (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1667-1673 
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    Notes: Dry purified ligamentum nuchae elastin has been investigated for physical aging. The samples were quenched from a temperature (197°C) close to the softening point to a number of measuring temperatures ranging from -20 to +180°C. At each temperature, the small-strain torsional creep properties were determined at a number of elapsed intervals after the quench. Aging effects were found over the whole temperature range, and the creep and aging behavior of elastin turned out to be very similar to that of synthetic polymers.
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    DNA backbone conformation in cis-syn pyrimidine[]pyrimidine cyclobutane dimersPresented at the American Society of Biological Chemists and Biophysical Society Meeting, June 1-5, 1980, New Orleans, Louisiana [(1980) Fed. Proc. 39, 1879]. (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1695-1701 
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    Toroidal elastic supercoiling of DNA (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1705-1713 
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    Notes: Covalently closed circular DNA can exist in different configurations known as circular, toroidal, and interwound. Changes among these forms can be made in several ways, including the insertion of dye molecules between adjacent base pairs, which tends to untwist the double-helical structure. The aim of this paper is to discuss these configurations, and the changes among them, in the context of classical elastomechanics. The concepts of twisting, linkage and writhing are explained. Simple experiments on a twisted linear-elastic rod are described, and it is shown that although the circular and interwound forms may be modeled in this way, the toroidal form does not occur, being mechanically unstable. Theoretical energy calculations by Levitt on bent and twisted DNA show that DNA exhibits a particular kind of nonlinear elasticity in which there is an unusual coupling between bending and twisting. The aim of the paper is to show qualitatively that this special kind of elasticity can stabilize the toroidal form of closed circular DNA.
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    Physicochemical investigation of k-carrageenan in the random state (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1357-1374 
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    Notes: Light-scattering, viscosity, and sedimentation experiments on aqueous solutions of k-carrageenan show that this sulfated polygalactose is an expanded flexible random coil. This expansion is due to long-range interactions that are predominantly electrostatic. Extrapolation of viscosity data to infinite ionic strength provided values for the intrinsic viscosity which were subjected to the Stockmayer-Fixman analysis, giving a value for the Mark-Houwink coefficient under theta-conditions, Kθ, of 0.27. The characteristic ratio, C∞, under these conditions is 7.8, and the conformation factor σ is 2. In a solution of 0.118 ionic strength, where a Mark-Houwink exponent aη of 0.86 is found, the radii of gyration calculated from viscosity data are lower than those found from the angular dependence of scattered light. On the other hand, the radius of gyration found from the sedimentation rate agrees well with the light-scattering radius. The relations between molecular parameters are corrected for the poly-dispersity of the sample.
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    An interaction of albumin with hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate: A study of affinity chromatography and circular dichroism (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1407-1414 
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    Masthead (1980)
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    The translational friction of toroids (1980)
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    Notes: An approximate analytic expression for the translational friction coefficient of a toroid modeled as a continuous shell of frictional elements is derived using the Kirkwood approximation. The accuracy of this expression was determined by comparing the friction coefficients predicted by it to those predicted by extrapolated shell-model calculations using the modified Oseen tensor. To show that these calculations do indeed yield the correct friction coefficients, actual translational friction coefficients were determined by observing settling rates of macroscopic model rings or toroids in a high-viscosity silicone fluid. Our conclusion is that the approximate expression yields friction coefficients that are about 1.5-3% low for finite rings. For thin rings, a comparison is also made with the exact result of Yamakawa and Yamaki [J. Chem. Phys. 57, 1572 (1972); 58, 2049 (1973)] for the translational friction of plane polygonal rings. This comparison shows that the approximate expression yields results which are low by 2-3% unless the rings are extremely thin, in which case the error is larger. In the limit of an infinitely thin ring the approximate expression reduces to the Kirkwood result [J. Polym. Sci. 12, 1 (1954)], which is low by 8.3%. We discuss briefly how this work may be useful in determining the structure of DNA compacted by various solvent-electrolyte systems and polyamines.
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    Dynamic light scattering studies of internal motions in DNA. II. Clean viral DNAs (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1451-1474 
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    Notes: Internal Brownian motions of clean φ29 and λ-DNAs have been studied using photon-correlation techniques at both visible (λ0 = 632.8 nm) and uv (λ0 = 363.8 nm) wavelengths. The present dynamic light scattering data, which extend to K2 = 19 × 1010 cm-2, can in every case be satisfactorily simulated by a Rouse-Zimm model polymer with an appropriate choice of the three model parameters. The effects of pH, salt concentration, single-strand breaks, and molecular weight on those model parameters have also been investigated. Intact clean DNAs exhibit surprisingly little variation with pH from 7.85 to 10.25, with salt concentration from 0.01 NaCl to 5.4M NH4Cl, or with molecular weight or GC content. The single-strand breaks have no effect at pH 9.46, but produce dramatic changes in the model parameters at pH 10.0 and 10.25, indicating the introduction of titratable joints at those pHs. The failure of either single-strand breaks or a large change in GC content to alter the model parameters in the neutral pH range is a strong indication that local denaturation is not required for those flexions and torsions that dominate the relaxation of fluctuations in the scattered light. The Langevin relaxation time for the slowest internal mode of a particular Rouse-Zimm model derived from the dynamic light scattering data is compared with pertinent literature data extrapolated to the same molecular weight. The present algorithm for determining model parameters from the light-scattering Dapp vs K2 curve actually yields a Langevin time in fairly good agreement with the literature value. For unknown reasons the light-scattering D0 values generally exceed those obtained from the molecular weight and sedimentation coefficient by about 20%.
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    Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy of polyribouridylic acid: Excitation profile of the hypochromism induced by order-disorder transition (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1507-1515 
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    Notes: Raman spectra of polyribouridylic acid excited in the uv region, from 363 to 290 nm, are reported. The conformational changes of the polymer from random coil to ordered structure with stacked bases at high and low temperature, respectively, are reflected by important changes in the Raman line intensities; this Raman hypochromism is itself a function of the excitation wavelength - its profile has been determined and shows negative values in the region of 290 nm (near resonance), i.e., hypochromism becomes hyperchromism. Thus the knowledge of the hypochromism excitation profile is important in following order-disorder transition of a polymer using resonance Raman spectroscopy. Theoretical attempts are proposed for explanation, involving not only the relative variations of the molar extinction coefficient on the order-disorder transition of the polymer, but also the damping factors of the vibronic levels. The theoretical curve is found to fit adequately the experimental data over the excitation range, using only the frequency of the O-O transition of uracil and a vibronic linewidth of 2200 cm-1.
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    Interaction of poly(α-L-glutamic acid) and sodium poly(α-L-glutamate) with solvent components in water-2-chloroethanol mixtures (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 2177-2190 
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    Notes: The preferential interaction of sodium poly(α-L-glutamate) and poly(α-L-glutamic acid) with the solvent components in water/2-chloroethanol mixtures has been determined using density-increment measurements. The degree of preferential interaction was deduced from the density increments at constant molality of 2-chloroethanol and at constant chemical potential of 2-chloroethanol. Sodium poly(α-L-glutamate) and poly(α-L-glutamic acid) are both preferentially hydrated in the whole range of solvent composition. A dehydration process occurs during the 2-chloroethanol-induced coil-to-helix transition of sodium poly(α-L-glutamate). This dehydration process was attributed to the release of some moles of water from the neighborhood of the peptide bond during the nucleation of the helix. After the conformational transition, sodium poly(α-L-glutamate) is solvated by one 2-chloroethanol molecule. The location of water and 2-chloroethanol molecules in the different parts of the residue (more polar and less polar portions) is also discussed.
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    Effects of pD on ring-stacking interactions between dinucleoside phosphates and tryptamine (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 2223-2245 
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    Notes: Complex formation between tryptamine and mononucleotides and dinucleoside phosphates containing adenine and/or cytosine has been studied at five pD's ranging from 1.1 to 7.4 by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Chemical shifts of base ring protons and the ribose anomeric proton in the nucleotides and indole ring protons in tryptamine were monitored and their changes with pD and intermolecular interactions interpreted qualitatively. Stacked complexes were found to exist at all pD's in the range studied. Complex geometries differ depending on pD. An electrostatic interaction between the tryptamine amino group and the nucleotide phosphate group contributes to complex formation above pD 4 but is not strong enough to shift the dinucleoside phosphate equilibrium towards the unstacked conformer.
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    Conformational energy studies on N-methylated analogs of thyrotropin releasing hormone, enkephalin, and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1943-1973 
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    Notes: Empirical conformational energy calculations have been carried out for N-methyl derivatives of alanine and phenylalanine dipeptide models and N-methyl-substituted active analogs of three biologically active peptides, namely thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), enkephalin (ENK), and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH). The isoenergetic contour maps and the local dipeptide minima obtained, when the peptide bond (ω) preceding the N-methylated residue is in the trans configuration show that (1) N-methylation constricts the conformational freedom of both the ith and (i + 1)th residues; (2), the lowest energy position for both residues occurs around φ = -135° ± 5° and ψ = 75° ± 5°, and (3) the αL conformational state is the second lowest energy state for the (i + 1)th residue, whereas for the ith residue the C5 (extended) conformation is second lowest in energy. When the peptide bond (ωi) is in the cis configuration the ith residue is energetically forbidden in the range φ = 0° to 180° and ψ = -180° to +180°. Conformations of low energy for ωi = 0° are found to be similar to those obtained for the trans peptide bond. In all the model systems (irrespective of cis or trans), the αR conformational state is energetically very high. Significant deviations from planarity are found for the peptide bond when the amide hydrogen is replaced by a methyl group. Two low-energy conformers are found for [(N-Me)His2]TRH. These conformers differ only in the φ and ψ values at the (N-Me)His2 residue. Among the different low-energy conformers found for each of the ENK analogs [D-Ala2,(N-Me)Phe4, Met5]ENK amide and [D-Ala2,(N-Me)Met5]ENK amide, one low-energy conformer was found to be common for both analogs with respect to the side-chain orientations. The stability of the low-energy structures is discussed in the light of the activity of other analogs. Two low-energy conformers were found for [(N-Me)Leu7]LHRH. These conformations differ in the types of bend around the positions 6 and 7 of LHRH. One bend type is eliminated when the active analog [D-Ala6,(M-Me)Leu7]LHRH is considered.
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    Interactions of molecules with nucleic acids. III. Steric and electrostatic energy contours for the principal intercalation sites, prerequisites for binding, and the exclusion of essential metabolites from intercalation (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 2067-2089 
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    Notes: Based on steric and electrostatic considerations, the prerequisites for binding to DNA via the intercalation mechanism are proposed. Steric contour energy curves are presented to demonstrate the region inaccessible to an intercalant. They are calculated with a 6-n (n = 14) potential. This method is a soft potential analog of an excluded-volume approach. Electrostatic contours on the steric surface illustrate the relatively positive and negative regions of the binding site. The principal intercalation sites, predicted to fit into B-DNA via a tetramer-duplex unit, and the unconstrained dimer-duplex units, obtained in crystal structures, are examined. These contours illustrate the requirements of size, conformation, and net atomic charges necessary for intercalation and optimum binding. Based on the limited space available for intercalation by the presence of the backbone and the maximum base-pair separation of 8.25 Å, an Essential Metabolite Exclusion Hypothesis is presented.
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    The chiroptical properties of proteins. II. Near-ultraviolet circular dichroism of lysozymeTaken in part from the Ph.D. dissertation of W. J. G. (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 2191-2208 
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    Notes: A study of the near-uv CD spectrum of lysozyme was carried out in the presence and absence of the inhibitor tri-N-acetylglucosamine, and theoretical chiroptical calculations based on the tetragonal crystal structure of the enzyme and the enzyme-inhibitor complex were performed. The results of these calculations indicate that the near-uv CD spectrum of lysozyme can be adequately explained in terms of negative rotatory strengths arising from the tryptophan 1La (293-300 nm) and the disulfide n-σ* bands (250 rm), and positive rotatory strength contributions from the tryptophan 1Lb bands (291 nm) and the tyrosine 1Lb bands (275 nm). Contributions to the rotatory strength of each band were approximated in terms of specific interactions between chromophores. It was found that the rotatory strength of most of the near-uv transitions arises primarily from coupling interactions involving other side-chain chromophores and amide groups which are in close proximity. Changes which are observed in the lysozyme CD spectrum on binding of tri-N-acetylglucosamine may be explained in terms of changes in the rotatory strength which result from interactions of the 1La transitions of the active-site tryptophans with the acetamide groups of the inhibitor. The reasonable agreement which is found between the experimental and calculated rotatory strengths implies that the crystal conformation of lysozyme must resemble the solution conformation.
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    Relationship between conformation and physicochemical properties of polypeptides. I. Synthesis of homo- and co-oligopeptides by the liquid-phase method (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 173-187 
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    Notes: The synthesis of the following oligo- and co-oligopeptides by the liquid-phase method is described: (L-Met)15 (I), [L-Glu(OBzl)]20 (II), (L-Val)8-Gly (IV), (L-Ile)8-Gly (V), (L-Ile)4-Gly-(L-Ile)4 (VI), (L-Ile)4-Pro-(L-Ile)4 (VII), (L-Met)5-L-Pro-(L-Met)5 (VIII), [L-Glu(OBzl)]7-L-Pro-[L-Glu(OBzl)]7 (IX). The oligomers are covalently bound to bifunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) and monofunctional PEG-M of Mr 5 × 103-2 × 104. Analytical controls were carried out after each step of synthesis in order to ensure quantitative coupling yields. All products could be obtained in high purity as indicated by amino acid analysis, thin-layer chromatography and chiroptical methods. The solubility of the oligomers was strongly enhanced by the presence of the C-terminal PEG group, enabling conformational investigations in a variety of solvents. A significant relationship between conformation and physicochemical properties of the oligopeptides was observed. Oligomers with tendencies to adopt α-helical (I, II) or unordered structures (VI-IX) showed no pronounced change in solubility or coupling kinetics during chain elongation, whereas the onset of a β-structure (IV, V) was paralleled by a drastic decrease in solubility and reactivity of the terminal amino groups. Most notably, the insertion of a proline or glycine in the middle of a β-forming peptide chain (VI, VII) resulted in a considerable increase in solubility compared to the corresponding homo-oligomers. The impact of the conformational properties of a peptide chain on strategic considerations of peptide synthesis in solution is delineated.
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    Circular dichroism and conformational analysis of the membrane-modifying peptide -N-t-Boc-(Aib-L-Ala)5-Gly-Ala-Aib-Pro-Ala-Aib-Aib-Glu-(OBzl)-Gln-OMe with respect to alamethicin (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 203-214 
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    Notes: The conformational analysis of the CD spectrum is reported for the synthetic and membrane-modifying nonadecapeptide analog of alamethicin N-t-Boc-(Aib-L-Ala)5-Gly-Ala-Aib-Pro-Ala-Aib-Aib-Glu(OBzl)- Gln-OMe. The CD data are evaluated according to three different methods and are discussed with respect to those obtained from natural alamethicin and suitable models such as N-t-Boc-(Aib-L-Ala)7-OPOE, fragments of the synthetic nonadecapeptide, and the hexadecapeptide N-t-Boc-(Aib-L-Ala)5-Pro-Ala-Aib-Aib-Glu(OBzl)-Gln-OMe. The synthetic nonadecapeptide with the longer helical region exhibits membrane activities comparable to those of alamethicin, whereas the hexadecapeptide with the shorter helix is inactive.
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    Dynamic light scattering in a flow - a new method of particle anisotropy investigation (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 231-240 
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    Notes: This paper deals with the light scattering from particles rotating in a flow with a transverse velocity gradient. It is theoretically substantiated and experimentally proved that the scattered light spectrum contains reliable information of the particle configuration and dimensions. The proposed technique may prove also very promising for the analysis of particle polydispersion.
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    Poly(ε-L-lysine): Synthesis and conformationPart of this work was presented at the International Symposium on Biomolecular Structure held in Madras, India, in January 1978. (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 219-229 
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    Notes: The synthesis of poly(ε-L-lysine) is described. This is a poly(ε-amino acid) in which the ε-amino group of lysine is condensed with the α-carboxyl group to produce a chain backbone that is a variant of the usual one seen in proteins and the side chain is the α-amino group. Conformational studies of poly(ε-L-lysine) and its t-butyloxycarbonyl derivative suggest the likelihood of a chain order that is formally similar to the antiparallel pleated-sheet conformation of proteins.
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    Contribution of electrodiffusion to the dynamics of electrically stimulated changes in mechanical properties of collagen membranesPresented at the Third International Congress of Biorheology, August 28-September 1, 1978, La Jolla, California. (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 241-262 
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    Notes: We have studied the kinetics of oscillatory tensile forces in collagen membranes. These forces were generated by sinusoidal electric fields applied across the membrane. Both the magnitude and phase of the measured force changed with frequency over a three-decade range. The membrane-separated electrolyte baths had different ionic strength but identical non-isoelectric pH. Changes in intramembrane ionic strength due to the electric field were calculated over the same frequency range via an electrodiffusion model that was generalized to include convection and electrokinetic coupling. A comparison of the experimental and theoretical phases and amplitudes versus frequency suggests that electrodiffusion is the dominant rate-limiting process in this electromechanochemical transduction. These results are relevant to electrostatic interactions in connective tissues and to membrane-based filtration devices in which membrane permeability may be actively varied and controlled by an applied electric field.
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    Heat capacity changes and partial molal heat capacities of some di- and tripeptides in water (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 263-272 
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    Notes: Integral enthalpies of solution of several dipeptides and tripeptides in water at low concentrations have been determined at 25 and 35°C. These data have been used to derive the changes in heat capacity on dissolution at infinite dilution ΔCp0 at 30°C. Limiting partial molal heat capacities ΔCp20 have been determined by combining ΔCp0 with Cp2 (heat capacity of pure solid peptides). Using the data on ω-amino acids and these peptides, the partial molal heat capacity of a peptide group —CONH— was semiquantitatively estimated.
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    Heat capacities of transfer of some amino acids and peptides from water to aqueous urea solution (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 273-284 
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    Notes: Integral enthalpies of solution at low concentrations of several amino acids and peptides in 2 and 6M urea solutions have been determined at 25 and 35°C. These data have been used to derive the enthalpies of transfer (at 25 and 35°C) and heat capacities of transfer (at 30°C) of these amino acids and peptides from water to aqueous urea solutions. Furthermore, the enthalpies of transfer and heat capacities of transfer per CH2 group and per peptide group —CONH— have also been estimated. These results show that while the enthalpies and heat capacities of transfer per CH2 group are positive and negative, respectively, the reverse is true for —CONH— group. The implications of these results in the mechanism of the denaturation of proteins by urea are discussed.
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    Studies on transfer ribonucleic acids and related compounds. XXVI.Paper XXV: Ohtsuka, E., Miyake, T. & Ikehara, M. (1979) Chem. Pharm. Bull. 27, 341-345. Circular dichroic properties of cyclic oligoribonucleotides and their linear counterparts (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 285-296 
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    Notes: The CD spectra of cUpUp, cCpCp, and cGpGp derived from DCC-catalyzed polymerization of the relevant protected ribonucleoside 3′-phosphates are described. Similar studies on Up, U 〉 p, and cUp, as well as cUpUpUp and cUpUpUpUp, are presented. The spectral properties of the cyclic oligomers are compared with those of the corresponding linear oligomers with terminal 3′-phosphates so as to demonstrate that disruption of normal right-handed base stacking is considerable in these RNA loops.
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    Chemical synthesis of (1 → 2)-α-D-mannopyranan (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 297-309 
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    Notes: The polymerization of 1,2-anhydro-3,4,6-tri-O-benzyl-β-D-mannopyranose proceeds in the presence of Lewis acids, cationic coordination catalysts, and strong bases. Debenzylation of the products yields oligomeric saccharides or low polymers. Polymerization in toluene by means of potassium alkoxide complexed with crown ethers leads to essentially stereoregular (1 → 2)-α-D-mannopyranan. The original derivatives have been characterized by optical rotation, viscosity, molecular weight, gel permeation chromatography, and spectrometry. The free polysaccharides have been characterized by optical rotation, molecular weight, and 1H- and 13C-nmr spectrometry and compared to yeast mannan hydrolysate oligomers.
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    Physical association of two simple alkylators to some DNA sequences (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 311-324 
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    Notes: Molecular mechanics calculations have been used to determine the preferred physical association sites of the known alkylating agent dimethyl aziridinium ion (Az+) and a CH3+ prototype test probe with B-form, tetrameric DNA sequences. Electrostatic interactions are most important in determining these preferential physical association sites. In turn, the intermolecular energy minima depend on the charge distribution assigned to the DNA sequence. However, for three reported DNA charge distributions, only two distinct sets of energy minima were obtained for the CH3+-like ion interacting with (G-C)4, (A-T)4, and [(G-C)·(A-T)]2 deoxyribonucleic acids. These minima correspond to physical association geometries in which the CH3+-like ion is near known alkylation sites. The results of the Az+ … [(G-C)·(A-T)]2 interaction are virtually identical to those found for the CH3+-like ion. Aqueous solvation energetics have little effect on the physical association of Az+ with [(G-C)·(A-T)]2.
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    Chemical reactivity of protonated aziridine with nucleophilic centers of DNA bases (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 325-340 
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    Notes: A series of molecular orbital calculations, using MINDO/3 and CNDO/2L methods, have been used to characterize the chemical reaction of protonated aziridine with DNA nucleophilic base sites. The N-7 atom of guanine is found to be the preferred alkylation site only when the O-6 atom of guanine is involved in base-pair hydrogen bonding. Otherwise O-6 is the predicted major site of alkylation. This indirectly suggests that protonated aziridine alkylation processes involve base-paired DNA structures, since N-7 guanine is the observed major site of alkylation. Alkylation of N-3 adenine is predicted to be more favorable than chemical attack of the N-7 adenine position. Both of these sites, however, are predicted to be less reactive than N-7 of guanine. These chemical reactivity studies resolve alkylation specifically not achieved in the DNA-alkylator physical association calculations reported in the preceding paper.
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    Conformational analysis of somatostatin and selected analogs in oriented polyoxyethylene by infrared dichroism (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 341-352 
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    Notes: Infrared dichroic studies and deuterium exchange measurements of somatostatin and some of its analogs incorporated in uniaxially oriented polyoxyethylene are described. Band positions and dichroic ratios in the N-H stretching and amide I and II regions are similar to those of flexible and nonordered peptides like valinomycin and poly[Glu(ONa)]. This information, together with fast deuterium exchange rates, suggests that somatostatin exists in a flexible nonordered conformation in polyoxyethylene. One analog, di-S3,14-acetamidomethyl dihydrosomatostatin, was found to exist in both nonordered and β-like conformations.
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    Monte carlo simulation of the solvent structure in crystals of a hydrated cyclic peptide (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 395-418 
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    Notes: The Monte Carlo simulation of the structure of the 16 ordered and disordered waters in the unit cell of crystals of the cyclic peptide cyclo(-L-Ala-L-Pro-D-Phe)2 is reported. The water structure has been characterized in terms of the statistically averaged positions of the individual molecules, their root-mean-square movements about these positions, the probability of finding a water in a given spatial position in the crystal (probability maps), and examination of individual configurations of the system. In this way a picture is obtained of the water structure, including water orientations (hydrogen positions), the hydrogen-bonding network, and fluctuations in these structural features, to a degree hitherto unavailable either from experimental or theoretical studies. In addition, the variation in water structure in various peptide environments was studied and correlated with the energetics of the individual water molecules. Variations in the crystalline environment of different water molecules lead to energy differences of as much as 4-5 kcal/mol in their average energies. Similarly, differences are observed in the water-peptide and water-water components of the energy. Two different water potentials were tested. The results were compared with experimental data in terms of mean positions, root-mean-square movements, and the Fourier transform of the simulated water structure. The agreement factor (R factor) calculated from the theoretical water probability distribution was 18.8% compared to the x-ray value of 14.5%, and the value of 28% when the water is omitted.
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    Masthead (1980)
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    Polymeric model system for protein-bilirubin interaction (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 445-448 
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    Conformational flexibility of peptides containing α,β-unsaturated amino acid residues. I. Conformational analysis of N-acetyl-N′-methylamides of dehydroalanine and N-methyldehydroalanine (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 469-475 
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    Notes: Conformational energy calculations on the N-acetyl-N′-methylamides of dehydroalanine and N-methyldehydroalanine indicate that their conformational behavior is very different from that of the corresponding saturated compounds. The conformational data in the literature from x-ray and nmr investigations on peptides containing α,β-unsaturated residues are discussed on the basis of these theoretical results.
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    Synthesis and ordered structure of amphipatic block copolymers with a saccharide and a peptide block (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 493-507 
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    Notes: Amphipatic block copolymers (OβEb) with a hydrophilic saccharide block and a hydrophobic polypeptide block were synthesized. In these copolymers the saccharide block is the glyco-amino acid Oβ from ovomucoid and the peptide block (Eb) is a poly(γ-benzyl-L-glutamate) block. Copolymers OβEb exhibit, in the solid state and in Me2SO concentrated solutions, mesomorphic lamellar structures where the polypeptide chains are in an α-helical conformation. Depending on the molecular weight of the polypeptide block, three types of lamellar structures are obtained, and they differ by the mode of organization of the polypeptide chains in their lamellae and by the T or Y conformation of the saccharide block.
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    Spectroscopic and equilibrium dialysis studies of poly(α-L-glutamic acid)-Cu(II) complexes in the pH range 4-7For the preceding paper of the Macromolecule-Metal Ion Complex series, see Macromolecules 12 (1979) in press. (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 477-491 
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    Notes: The formation of complex between the Cu2+ ion and poly(α-L-glutamic acid) [poly(Glu)] in 150 mM NaCl solutions was studied by uv-visible absorption and equilibrium dialysis methods at the mixing ratios of Glu residues to Cu2+, R, of 32, 16, and 8 and in the pH range 4-7. The results showed that more than 90% of Cu2+ ions bind to the poly(Glu) at pH 〉 4.9, but the bound Cu(II) begins to dissociate with a decrease in pH. The absorption spectra of bound Cu(II) varied with pH and R in a complicated manner. Three different component spectra were disclosed from the analysis of the pH dependence of the bound spectra. We concluded that poly(Glu)-Cu(II) complexes fall into three classes in the pH range 4-7, with the proportions of these complexes varying with both pH and R. The three complexes predominate either in the helix or extended-coil region, in the helix-coil transition region, or in the helix-aggregate region. The stability constant and binding mode of each Cu(II)-Glu complex were estimated from the dialysis data. With these results, the possible structure of each complex is discussed.
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    Nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor effects in the proton NMR spectra of the oligoribonucleotides ApGpX and CpApX (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 557-573 
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    Notes: The variable-temperature proton nmr spectra of the oligoribonucleotides in the series CpApX and the series ApGpX, X = A, G, C, U, together with the parent dimers CpA and ApG have been measured. A complete analysis of all the nonexchangeable base proton resonances and ribose H-1′ proton resonances was made. The presence of trends in the shielding abilities of the various bases at both the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor positions were identified. The observed shieldings could be used to predict the chemical shifts of protons in related systems. Based on the empirical results from ribodinucleoside monophosphates, the temperature-dependent behavior of the J1′2′ coupling constants of the triribonucleotides suggested that the compounds in the CpApX series stacked from the 5′-end to the 3′-end, while those in the ApGpX series stacked from the 3′-end to the 5′-end.
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    Monte carlo computation of the supercoiling energy, the sedimentation constant, and the radius of gyration of unknotted and knotted circular DNA (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 619-637 
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    Notes: Closed random Gaussian polygonal chains of N (6 〈 N 〈 150) bonds of equal length b and thickness d have been generated on a computer. The knot type, the writhing number w, the radius of gyration, and the average of the inverse of the distance between two apices have been determined for each chain. For all the studied knot types - 0, 31, 41, 51, and 52 - the probability density of finding a given w is Gaussian. The Gaussian is centered about 0 for the amphichiral knots. Therefore, for long circular DNAs, the contribution to the supercoiling energy, which depends on w only, may be considered as purely entropic and may be expressed as ARTw2/N, in agreement with previous semiempirical considerations. The parameter A increases with chain thickness, it decreases as N gets larger but rapidly reaches a plateau. Comparison with experimental data from the literature would suggest that the ratio of the writhing to the constraint increases with ionic strength. The ratio of sedimentation constant of the supercoiled DNA to the sedimentation constant of the nicked DNA varies as N1/4 (w/N)2, and therefore depends on the writhing density and on the length of the DNA.
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    Application of band centrifugation to the study of the assembly of alfalfa mosaic virus (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 575-595 
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    Notes: A band-centrifugation method for the analysis of an assembly reaction of a simple virus from its RNA and protein is described. The experiment was carried out by sedimenting a band of viral RNA through a solution of depolymerized coat protein. The resulting radial distribution of the reaction products, followed as a function of time, was analyzed by a computer simulation of the series of reaction. This method is based on a numerical solution of the continuity equation for the sedimentation-diffusion process [Claverie, J.-M., Dreux, H. & Cohen, R. (1975) Biopolymers 14, 1685-1700; Cohen, R. & Claverie, J.-M. (1975) Biopolymers 14, 1701-1716]. A numerical method for the simulation of the chemical reaction is derived. From the simulated reaction series, equilibrium constants emerge for the successive addition of protein subunits to the growing nucleoprotein particle.The method is applied to the assembly of alfalfa mosaic virus. If the reaction between RNA and protein is carried out in 0.32M CsCl, pH 7.0, two stages during particle growth are resolved, each characterized by an equilibrium constant K. The determined values for K range from 5 × 105 to 3 × 106 l. mol-1. The existence of these two stages may have a structural implication in the assembly, as they likely represent an elongation and a termination stage. If the reaction is carried out under more favorable conditions (0.25M CsCl, pH 7.0), a kinetic constant of at least 105 l. mol-1 sec-1 is derived for each reaction step. Under these conditions the assembly appears to be completed within 1 min, which is too fast to detect distinct stages by band sedimentation.
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    Characterization of molecular motions in 13C-labeled aortic elastin by 13C-1H magnetic double resonance (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 597-617 
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    Notes: Purified insoluble elastin samples labeled with [1-13C]valine, [1-13C]alanine, and [1-13C]-lysine were prepared from chick aorta in culture. The molecular mobility at the labeled sites was investigated using 13C-1H magnetic double-resonance spectroscopy. Linewidths, T1, and nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) values of the labeled carbons alone were obtained from dipolar decoupled difference spectra. Analysis of these parameters together with signal intensity measurements showed that essentially all the valyl residues, ca. 75% of the alanyl residues, and ca. 60% of the lysyl residues were characterized by rapid backbone motions having τ = 65 nsec. Resonances due to the remaining alanyl and lysyl residues were detected in cross-polarization experiments, which enhance the signals of motionally restricted carbons. Since lysyl and alanyl residues are found in the crosslink regions of elastin, whereas valyl residues are not, we conclude that crosslinks rather than secondary structures in the extensible region of the protein are the main source of motional restrictions in the protein. Elastin chain mobility was monitored by linewidth measurements over the range -90 to +70°C. When the swelling solvent (0.15M NaCl) was fixed at 0.6 g/g of elastin, a rapid monotonic reduction in chain mobility was observed as the temperature was lowered from 50 to 5°C. Liquidlike mobility was completely lost at 5°C. In contrast, the same sample in contact with excess solvent retained its liquidlike molecular mobility until -13°C, where it abruptly became rigid. The molecular mobility of this sample was temperature insensitive in the physiologically interesting range, 20-40°C, as a consequence of the opposing influences of temperature and swelling. Taken together these nmr data indicate that under physiological conditions, elastin is a network of mobile chains whose motions are strongly influenced by protein-solvent interactions.
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    Measurement of preferential solvation of some glucans in mixed solvent systems by gel-permeation chromatography (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 639-653 
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    Notes: Preferential solvation of the glucans amylose, pullulan, and dextran in binary dimethyl-sulfoxide/water (DMSO/H2O) solvent mixtures has been measured using gel-permeation chromatography. The preferential solvation behavior of the three glucans in DMSO/H2O solvent mixtures is indistinguishable in the experiments reported. In solvent mixtures with mol ratio DMSO/H2O less than 1:2, all three glucans are solvated preferentially by H2O. The maximum extent of preferential solvation by H2O is about 2.5 mol H2O/mol of glucose residues. When the DMSO/H2O mol ratio exceeds 1:2, DMSO solvates the glucans preferentially to a maximum extent of about 1 mol DMSO/mol of glucose residues. An interpretation of the change in preferential solvation with mixed solvent composition is suggested in terms of the known characteristics of the binary solvent system, and the relationship of preferential solvation, reported here, to the absolute solvation of the glucan chains is discussed.
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    Electrical conductivity of single crystals of lysozyme (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 669-679 
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    Notes: The dc electrical conductivity of large single crystals of hen egg-white lysozyme has been measured. The samples were grown from aqueous solution and dried in air with silica gel. The temperature dependence of the conductivity obeyed the relation σ = σ0 exp(- ΔE/kT), with ΔE = 1.2 eV. The ΔE value agreed with most of the previous results for various proteins in the form of lyophilized powder. On the other hand, log σ0, being between 7 and 11, was much larger than the previously reported values and differed among the samples. An irreversible decrease in σ0, without affecting ΔE, was observed on heating the samples above 85°C. It was shown that the set of results can be explained if the charge carriers responsible for the observed conduction are regarded as protons, originating from residual water molecules. Photoresponse of the samples to uv radiation below 305-315 nm was also observed. Reproducible and reliable results were obtained relatively easily in the present experiments, which is thought to be the main advantage of using single-crystalline samples.
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    Transport properties and hydrodynamic centers of rigid macromolecules with arbitrary shapes (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 751-766 
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    Notes: A general formalism, which includes translation-rotation coupling, is proposed for calculating translational and rotational transport properties, as well as intrinsic viscosities, of rigid macromolecules with an arbitrary shape. This formalism is based on Brenner's theory of translational-rotational dynamics and on methods for the calculation of hydrodynamic properties that have been already presented, and can be regarded as a generalization of the one proposed by Nakajima and Wada. The calculated transport properties depend on the origin as predicted by Brenner's theory, but in a disagreement with him, the center of resistance and the center of diffusion do not coincide. As one can define several hydrodynamic centers, which in practice turn out to be located at different points, the influence of the choice of the center on the calculated transport properties is discussed. An analysis of the translation-rotation coupling effects in translational diffusion reveals that they arise exclusively from hydrodynamic interactions and are rather small in some cases of interest. Finally, we present a study of the rotational diffusion of rigid bent rods with a fixed length-to-diameter ratio. The diffusion coefficients obtained can be useful to estimate changes with respect to a straight rod.
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    Integriertes Organisches Praktikum. Von S. Hünig, G. Märkl und J. Sauer. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1979. XL VIII, 744 S., Abb. u. Tab., brosch. DM 59,- (1980)
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    Chemie in unserer Zeit 14 (1980), S. 72-72 
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    Flüssiger Schwefel - ein Rohstoff komplizierter Zusammensetzung (1980)
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    Kleben und Klebstoffe (1980)
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    Methoden chemisch-kinetischer Berechnungen. Von H.-J. Bittrich, D. Haberland, G. Just. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1979. 217 S., 59 Abbildungen, 13 Tabellen, kart. DM 39, - (1980)
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    Chemie in unserer Zeit 14 (1980), S. 134-134 
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    Chronik (1980)
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    Ethische Ziele und natur-wissenschaftliche Entwicklung. Probleme einer vernachlässigten Beziehung (1980)
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    Chemie in unserer Zeit 14 (1980), S. 168-175 
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    Bioaktive Siliciumverbindungen (1980)
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    Organische Chemie. Von A. Streitwieser und C. H. Heathcock. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, Deerfield Beach, Basel 1980. XXXI, 1490 S., 411 Abb., 132 Tab., geb. DM 98, - (1980)
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    Chemie in unserer Zeit 14 (1980), S. 209-209 
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    Experiments in Environmental Chemistry. A Laboratory Manual. Von P. D. Vowles und D. W. Connell. Pergamon Press, Oxford, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Paris, Frankfurt 1980. VII, 102 S., Zeichn. u. Abb., kart. $ 9,95 (1980)
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    Chemie in unserer Zeit 14 (1980), S. 210-210 
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    Editorial (1963)
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    Theory of the helix-coil transition in DNA considered as a copolymer (1963)
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    Notes: The grand-partition-function theory of the preceding paper is used to derive expressions for the number of base pairs bonded in DNA with explicit consideration of the copolymeric nature of the DNA. The following features of the DNA molecule are taken into account: (1) the DNA's from different sources have different ratios of a-t and g-c pairs; (2) the a-t pair is weaker than the g-c pair; (3) the nearest-neighbor frequencies of the two kinds of base pairs are nonrandom; (4) the stacking energies (nearest-neighbor energies) of the various combinations of pairs may be different. An ensemble is constructed in which the features (1) through (4) are introduced by means of statistical weights on the various pairs and combinations of pairs, and an expression for the corresponding partition function is written. Expressions are derived for the number of bonded base pairs and the number of helical sequences.
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    Masthead (1963)
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    The presence in collagen of γ-glutamyl peptide linkagesSupported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service, A-3172, H-4762, H-3838, M-2565, M-2562. The material in this paper is taken from a thesis submitted by Carl Franzblau in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Sue Golding Graduate Division of Medical Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. (1963)
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    Notes: A method is described for formation of hydroxamic acids by direct coupling, in aqueous medium, of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and the sodium salt of a carboxylic acid. The reaction is mediated by a water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-cyclohexyl-3-[2-morpholinyl-(4)-ethyl]-carbodiimide metho-p-toluene sulfonate. Using model compounds, the production of α-, β- and γ-acyl hydroxamic acids was studied. Hydroxamic acid derivatives of α-polyglutamic and γ-polyglutamic acids were also prepared. Dinitro-phenylhydroxamate derivatives were prepared and subjected to Lossen rearrangement, and the reaction mixtures hydrolyzed. Analysis showed that α-polyglutamic acid yielded as many molecules of α,γ-diaminobutyric acid as there had been glutamic acid residues in the form of the dinitrophenylhydroxamate, and gave rise to no ammonia and succinic semialdehyde. In contrast, γ-polyglutamic acid yielded exactly twice the molar quantity of ammonia as there had been glutamic acid residues in the form of dinitrophenylhydroxamate, and also gave rise to significant quantity of succinic semi-aldehyde but no α,γ-diaminobutyric acid. Since production of the latter is characteristic of α-glutamyl hydroxamates and production of the former is associated with γ-glutamyl hydroxamates, the results indicated that the side-chain carboxyl groups of either polymer retained their identities during formation of the hydroxamic acid derivative, and no interchange had occurred between α- and γ-carboxyl groups. These methods were then used to establish that gelatin of ichthyocol contains (per 1000 total residues) at least 20 residues of glutamic acid in γ-peptide linkage. Due to the incomplete dinitrophenylation of the hydroxamic acid derivative of the protein, gelatin of calf skin collagen gave a lower figure of 10 such linkages per 1000 total amino acid residues-a value which must be considered a minimum value. These results show that γ-glutamyl peptide bonds exist in collagen.
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    Theory of helix-coil transitions involving complementary poly- and oligo-nucleotides. I. The complete binding caseThis investigation was supported in part by Research Grant A-4283 from U. S. Public Health Service.Based upon a portion of a Ph.D. thesis to be submitted by W. S. M., Jr., to Brown University. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 133-143 
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    Notes: A statistical thermodynamic treatment of thermally induced helix-coil transitions is formulated with the matrix method for an (ensemble) of system(s) in which one strand of a double helix consists of a homopolymeric polynucleotide and the other strand comprises a number of complementary oligonucleotides. Each oligonucleotide is considered to be completely bound to the longer chain when in the helical configuration and completely free from it when in the randomly coiled configuration. The case of partial binding; i.e., “dangling,” is treated in a later paper. Taken into account in both cases are intrachain “stacking” interactions between nearest neighbor residues and interchain hydrogen bonding.An approximate treatment of the characteristic equation of the formulation indicates that the reciprocal of the transition temperature (1/T0) is a linear function of the reciprocal of the degree of polymerization (D.P.) of the oligonucleotides. In the same approximation, 1/T0 is also a linear function of the negative logarithm of the absolute activity of the oligonucleotides. Transition curves obtained by exact calculation on a computer are presented for various degrees of polymerization of both the oligo- and polynucleotides. These curves show a sharpening of the transition with increasing D.P. of the long chain and the aforementioned reciprocal D.P. dependence of 1/T0.
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    Dielectric dispersion of polyglutamic acid solution (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 171-182 
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    Notes: The dielectric dispersion of polyglutamic acid (PGA) was studied in the pH range of 4-9.8. Three different dispersion curves were obtained. Above pH 6.0, where PGA has a random coil configuration, the dielectric dispersion is characterized by a large dielectric increment (ca. 450) and a relaxation time of 10-12.7 × 10-6 sec. Between pH 6.0 and 5.0, where PGA is in a transitional state with small viscosity, a dispersion curve with very small dielectric increment and also small relaxation time was observed. Below pH 5.0, where PGA has a helical configuration, the dispersion is characterized by a relaxation time of 10-12 × 10-6 sec. and a dielectric increment of about 120. The dipole moment of coil and helical forms of PGA were calculated by using Allgen's equation, and qualitative discussions of these dielectric properties are presented.
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    Absorption spectra of nucleotides, polynucleotides, and nucleic acids in the far ultraviolet (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 193-208 
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    Notes: Ultaviolet absorption spectra down to 185 mμ are presented for a number of nucleic acids and synthetic polynucleotides in the helical and random forms, and of their constituent mononucleotides, as well as the corresponding nucleosides and free bases. A short wavelength absorption band is in all cases observed with a maximum varying between about 187 and 201 mμ. These bands are more intense than those near 260 mμ. The helical polymers show a hypochromic effect in this region of a somewhat similar magnitude to that in the 260 mμ region. Other spectral phenomena accompanying denaturation and degradation are described.
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    The inactivation of soluble ribonucleic acid by formaldehyde (1963)
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    Notes: The inactivation of sRNA by reaction with formaldehyde has been reported as it occurs under various conditions giving differing amounts of secondary structure. The theory of inactivation of an active macromolecule by a chemical reaction is developed. Results obtained with a partially melted out secondary structure show that formaldehyde inactivates sRNA by a single reaction at any one of about ten sites, while reaction at other sites does not affect the activity of the sRNA. In the presence of Mg++ at neutral pH, a large proportion of the active molecules are completely protected against inactivation. From the correlation between the amount of secondary structure and the difficulty of inactivation, it is shown that at least a portion of the secondary structure of sRNA is essential to its amino acid acceptor ability. A comparison of results of various workers shows that formaldehyde does not alter RNA as drastically as other reagents and thus enables more discrimination between sites of reaction which are essential and those which are not essential to biochemical activity.
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    Editorial (1963)
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    Infrared spectra and molecular conformations of D,L-copoly-γ-benzylglutamates (1963)
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    Notes: Infrared absorption and x-ray diffraction measurements have been made of D,L-copoly-γ-benzylglutamate fibers (cast from dioxane solutions) with various D/L ratios and with various degrees of polymerization. It was found that each chain of these copolymers consists of a random coil portion and an α-helix portion and that the conformation of the latter is similar to the α-helix of pure poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamate. It was also found that the fraction of the α-helix portion increases with the degree of polymerization of the copolymer. A simplified polymerization mechanism has been proposed for mixtures of D- and L-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides. A model of the molecular conformation of the D,L-copolypeptide chains derived from this proposed polymerization mechanism is in good agreement with infrared, x-ray, and other measurements. Based on the results of these observations, we discuss the number of L- or D-residues linked in succession that is required for initiating the formation of an α-helix during the course of polymerization.
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    Optical properties of the poly-L-proline and collagen helicesThis research was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service grants A5852 and 9202. Contribution No. 232 of the Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham 54, Massachusetts. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 319-330 
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    Notes: Poly-L-proline I and II, polyphydroxy-L-proline II, polysarcosine, and collagen, as well as two model amides have been examined by far ultraviolet spectrophotometry. Absorption spectral data are presented. Neither in solution nor in oriented films of poly-L-proline I and II is there any indication of excition resonance splitting of the peptide absorption band. In collagen there is some, in the poly-L-prolines only minimal, hypochromicity. These observations, at least in poly-L-proline II, run counter to theory. Optical rotatory dispersion measurements in the ultraviolet indicate simple dispersion in collagen and poly-L-proline II down to at least 232 mμ. The Cotton effect (trough at 233 mμ) observed in α-helical polypeptides and proteins is absent. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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    Dilatometric and refractometric studies of the helix - coil transition of poly-L-glutamic acid in aqueous solutionThis work was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (GM-K3-3441, GM-10880, HE-06285). (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 359-370 
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    Notes: The helix - coil transition of poly-L-glutamic acid (PGA) in aqueous solutions was followed by volume changes, ΔV, and also differential refractive indices, Δn. The increase in ΔV or decrease in Δn upon mixing the sodium salt of PGA with dilute HCl gave three straight lines between pH 7 and 4, the two breaks corresponding to the transition zone observed by other physical methods. For the reaction: —COO- + H+ → —CO-OH, ΔV per mole of H+ bound was 11.4 and 11.1 ml. in 0.01 and 0.2M NaCl solutions, respectively. An additional conformational change of about 0.5-1 ml. per amino acid residue was observed for the reaction: coil → helix, after taking electrostatic interaction into consideration. This was probably due to the release of the water of hydration at the amide linkages when the polypeptide coil is converted into the α-helix, or even the occurrence of voids in the polypeptide chain as a result of imperfect packing of the atoms, although the origin of this volume change is still not fully understood at the present time. The volume changes as calculated from Δn by assuming a constant polarizability of the polymer was found to be higher for the association reaction than those mentioned above. On the other hand, the calculated ΔV for the transition was in fair agreement with those by direct measurements.
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    Optical properties of chromophore-macromolecule complexes: Absorption and fluorescence of acridine dyes bound to polyphosphates and DNAThe work described in this paper was sponsored in part by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and in part by the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 401-417 
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    Notes: Dye-macromolecule complexes provide good models for the study of the effects of coupling between chromophores. In addition to modifications of the visible and UV absorption spectra of the dyes at small interchromophore distances, very efficient energy transfer has been demonstrated at longer distances. The probability of nonradiative transition increases with the number of excitation transfers so that an array of oscillators close to one another becomes nonfluorescent. The insertion of a dye molecule, acting as a trap for the excitation energy, in the highly ordered system of chromophores constituted by the purine and pyrimidine bases of native DNA has given results supporting the intercalation model of Lerman and providing an experimental approach to the problem of the path length of energy migration in the DNA molecule. The average excitation path length seems to be of the order of only ten base pairs, a result which can explain the lack of fluorescence of the DNA.
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    Sedimentation and diffusion of polyelectrolytes. Part II. Experimental studies with poly-L-lysine hydrohalides (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 473-495 
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    Notes: The sedimentation, diffusion, and osmotic behavior of poly-L-lysine hydrochloride is examined over a wide range of ionic strengths and in solutions which range in relative composition from a swamping excess of added salt (suppression of charge effect) to salt-free solutions (maximum effect). The charge effect is found to essentially obey the theoretical treatment proposed in Part I of this work. The frictional coefficient of the macroion in salt-free solutions is comparable to that of the fully stretched chain. In excess of salt the friction is appreciably smaller, its magnitude not varying greatly with ionic strength. The molecular weight is determined osmotically and also from diffusion-sedimentation, with the charge effect suppressed by addition of salt or eliminated through the use of non-ionized forms of the polymer; a reasonable agreement is obtained between the methods. The influence of small ions on sedimentation is also examined. The secondary salt effect is found to be much smaller than that predicted theoretically; on the other hand, the substitution of different counterions in the absence of secondary salt effect gives rise to changes of the expected magnitude.
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    The initial reaction in strong-base catalyzed polymerizations of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (1963)
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    Properties of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate. I. General considerations concerning the naturally occurring polymerPortions of this work were taken from a thesis by R. Alper submitted to the Graduate School, Syracuse University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Presented before the Polymer Division at the 145th National American Chemical Society Meeting, New York, September 1963. (1963)
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    Notes: Poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid has been isolated from two bacterial sources by two different procedures. Molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity for the two samples were vastly different. This was blamed on degradation occurring during polymer isolation. An optical rotatory dispersion curve for the high molecular weight sample showed a sharp increase in specific rotation at wavelengths less than 450mμ. From this fact and the reported optical activity of the monomer it is concluded that the polymer is stereo-regular. X-ray examination of the “native” and “regenerated” polymer yielded the same crystalline pattern. Electron diffraction and x-ray data on single crystals of the polymer indicate a fiber repeat of 5.9 A. The value can only be reconciled with some kind of helical conformation in the solid state.
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    Studies of the conformation of amylose in solutionPaper presented in part before the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, 140th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, September 1962. This work was supported by a Grant from the Corn Industries Research Foundation. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 527-544 
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    Notes: It has been suggested previously that water is a nearly indifferent solvent for amylose on the basis that the exponent a of the Mark-Houwink equation is very nearly 0.50 and the second virial coefficient A2 is extremely small. It is shown that such solutions do not show the expected precipitation on cooling and the temperature coefficient of the intrinsic viscosity is small and negative. It is suggested that water is both an indifferent and a nearly athermal solvent for this polymer. Various lines of evidence suggest the polymer to exist as a very stiff coil in this and in other solvents. Variations in the intrinsic viscosity and radius of gyration in various solvents show the importance of skeletal effects in addition to the usual osmotic effects. Application of the Porod-Kratky wormlike coil model leads to unreasonably short persistence lengths if the contour length is based on a fully extended conformation but large and reasonable values of the order 40-70 A. if it is assumed that the basic conformation is the helical one observed in various amylose complexes in the crystalline state. As was previously known, the specific optical rotation decreases sharply in aqueous solutions above approximately pH 12. Accompanying this change in rotation there is first a decrease, then an increase in intrinsic viscosity. This later behavior is strikingly reminiscent of the known behavior of polyglutamic acid in the pH-dependent transition from helix to coil. It is concluded that the conformation is that of a stiff coil with essentially helical backbone contour in neutral solution, and the decrease in rotation and in intrinsic viscosity at high pH results from a partial breakdown of the helical structure with a concomitant increase in backbone flexibility. The increase in viscosity and radius of gyration in extreme alkaline solution is probably due to a polyelectrolyte expansion of the polymer coil. Some other miscellaneous observations which are in accord with this model are also pointed out.
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    Masthead (1963)
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    Effect of hydrophobic bonding on the stability of poly-L-alanine helices in water (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 419-429 
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    Notes: The Lifson-Roig theory for the helix-random coil transition in polyglycine has been modified to take side-chain interactions into account. The modified theory is developed specifically for poly-L-alanine which probably contains a β1-α4 hydrophobic bond. A conditional probability, expressing the strength of such a hydrophobic bond, is evaluated from the Nemethy-Scheraga data for the free energy of formation of the bond. This, together with the conditional probabilities for the states of the backbone chain, permit an evaluation of the partition function and properties of the helix-random coil transition. It is seen that the hydrophobic bond renders the poly-L-alanine helix much more stable than the corresponding polyglycine one, in agreement with data obtained by Gratzer and Doty.
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    Polynucleotides. VI. Molecular properties and conformation of polyribouridylic acidThe last paper in this series was by J. R. Fresco and J. Massoulié, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 85, 1352 (1963).This investigation was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the United States Public Health Service, and the American Heart Association. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 431-446 
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    Notes: Optical, hydrodynamic, and titration properties of polyribouridylic acid (poly U) were investigated in 0.2M Na+, pH 6. Above 15°C., poly U was shown to be a randomly coiled single chain, devoid of secondary structure. There is no shear rate dependence of viscosity; molecular weight is independent of ionic strength; there is virtually no conformationally dependent hypochromicity; no anomalous optical rotatory dispersion; and no anomalous titration behavior. The dependence of the sedimentation constant and intrinsic viscosity on molecular weight was determined. Poly U was shown to be the most highly expanded of all synthetic and naturally occurring randomly coiled polynucleotides.
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    Synthesis of poly-L-lysine and poly-L-lysyl albumin via ∊,N-trifluoroacetyl-α,N-carboxy-L-lysine anhydrideThis investigation was supported in part by research grants (AI-04715 and 235103) from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service. (1963)
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    Biopolymers 1 (1963), S. 517-525 
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    Notes: Free poly-L-lysine base has been synthesized from ∊,N-trifluoroacetyl-α,N-carboxy-L-lysine anhydride via poly-∊,N-trifluoroacetyl-L-lysine (IV). No racemization occurred during the removal of trifluoroacetyl groups from IV with 1M piperidine. Measurements of optical rotatory dispersion suggest that IV exists in methanol in a helical form. The synthesis of poly-L-lysyl rabbit serum albumin is also described.
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    Adsorption of polypeptides on the solid surface. II. Effect of secondary chain structure and helix-coil transition (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 805-821 
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    Notes: The theory of adsorption of semistiff chains on a planar surface developed by the authors previously has been used to consider the helix-coil transition in single-stranded macromolecule interacting with an adsorbent plane. The cases of nonselective interaction when the adsorption energy is independent of the unit conformation (a) and selective interaction with only helical (b) or coiled (c) sequences active in adsorption were investigated. In case (b) the existence of secondary structure favors chain bonding to the surface. This leads to the increase in the stability of the helical state and complete polypeptide chain spiralization. The profile of the conformational helix-coil transition acquires an asymmetrical shape inherent to the second-order phase transition.In case (c) the bonding of a partially helical chain to the surface is similar to the adsorption of Gaussian coils and is accompanied by the destruction of secondary structure, this destruction being appreciable even if the helical state in space was favorable.
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    Unwinding of DNA induced by fluorescein mercuric acetate (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 991-999 
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    Notes: Fluorescein mercuric acetate causes the unwinding of DNA and binds to the separated bases. This unwinding process can be followed by measuring absorption changes of this reagent. For untreated calf thymus DNA, the initial rate was very slow, and the shape of the kinetic curve was sigmoidal. When double-strand breaks of DNA were produced by DNase II treatment or sonication, the initial rate increased and the sigmoidal character disappeared. The initial rate was shown to be proportional to the concentration of helix ends. From this relation the rate of unwinding was estimated to be 2.0 base pairs/sec at 1.0 × 10-5M fluorescein mercuric acetate and 25°C. DNase I treatment, which produces single-strand breaks and a smaller number of double-strand breaks, also increased the initial rate. However, this increase was due only to the double-strand breaks, that is, single-strand breaks had no significant effect on the initial rate. Also, uv irradiation increased the initial rate linearly with uv dose, at least up to 2 × 105 erg/mm2, suggesting that this increase is due to photoproducts other than usual pyrimidine dimers. We discuss the usefulness of this kinetic method in structural studies of DNA.
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    Circular dichroism of nucleic acid monomers. I. Calculated adenosine and 2′-deoxyadenosine CD spectra (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1017-1038 
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    Notes: A combination of the DeVoe and Kirkwood polarizability concepts is developed to calculate CD spectra of nucleic acid monomers. The method is perfectly general and applies to any system where the constituents have absorption properties which are widely separated in terms of frequency. The theory is applied to calculate the CD spectra of adenosine and 2′-deoxyadenosine conformers. Bond polarizabilities are evaluated for the ribosyl moiety of adenosine, as a function of glycosidic rotational angles and polarizability anisotropies. It is found that a wide range of C-C and C-O bond polarizabilities give similar CD results. Isotropic atom polarizabilities are also evaluated. It is found that the CD results using these polarizabilities do not differ significantly from those obtained with bond polarizabilities. The CD spectra of adenosine and 2′-deoxyadenosine are calculated for three x-ray diffraction determined geometries: A-form RNA, B-form DNA, and C-form DNA. The results indicate that the monomer CD spectra are strongly dependent on the precise geometry and appear to be of importance in understanding the spectra of oligomers and polymers. The deoxyadenosine conformers are found to have calculated CD spectra which are less intense than those of the ribosyl conformers. These results indicate that the measured differences between the CD magnitudes of ribo- and deoxyriboadenosine are due to the presence or absence of the 2′-hydroxyl. Weighted averaged adenosine CD spectra are calculated with the aid of probability distributions from conformational energy calculations. The results suggest a new method for obtaining empirical monomer parameters for use in optical calculations. The calculations in this paper indicate for the first time that DeVoe theory, in combination with the Kirkwood theory, provides a useful method for the calculation of the CD spectra of nonpolymeric molecules.
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    β-Chain conformation of the high-sulfur proteins from wool (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1093-1097 
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    Calorimetric determination of the enthalpy of ionization of oxidized and reduced horse heart cytochrome c (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 899-911 
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    Notes: The heats of ionization of protons, ΔHi, of oxidized and reduced horse heart cytochrome c in 0.15M KCl at 20°C were determined using a titration calorimeter which simultaneously afforded the potentiometric titration curve. Reproducibility of the thermal titrations is within 2%, and evaluation of the heats observed after the heat loss corrections is estimated to be within 5%. A single titration of oxidized cytochrome c from pH 11 to 3 is in excellent agreement with the thermal titration of this protein obtained with flow calorimetry. The thermal titration, however, is not reversible, due in part to the loss of titratable group(s) in this pH region and to the heat contribution of the acid and alkaline conformational changes which occur. Although of lesser magnitude, the reduced form also indicates similar thermal transitions. These differences are due solely to conformational contributions to the thermal process, since the potentiometric curves are reversible. The nature of the irreversibility for oxidized cytochrome c appears to involve the loss of a group with pK′ 8.9 and the shift of two groups from pK′ 5.6 to 4.8. Thermal difference curves for this process indicate that heats of -7.8 and -24.1 kcal/mol are liberated which are centered at pH 9.3 and 3.9, respectively.
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    Syn-anti equilibrium of purine bases in dinucleoside monophosphates as studied by proton longitudinal relaxation (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1211-1239 
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    Notes: The preferential orientations of the purine bases in dinucleoside monophosphates such as ApA, ApG, and GpA in 10-2M neutral aqueous solutions have been investigated by proton relaxation at 250 MHz. These orientations are deduced from computer simulations of the magnetization recovery curves following a 180° nonselective pulse. The distances between the H(8) proton of a base and the ribose ring protons which are used in these calculations are obtained by minimization as a function of the glycosyl torsion angle ϒ of the standard deviation between the isotropic reorientation correlation times τR derived from the relaxation rates of these protons. The average H(1′) - H(8) distance obtained by this procedure may be readily verified from the reduction of the H(1′) relaxation rate when H(8) is substituted by a deuteron. The limits of validity of the assumption of a single correlation time τR governing the proton relaxation have been estimated, taking into account several possible internal motions, e.g., the rotation of the base, of the methylene exocyclic group and the N ⇄ S interconversion of the ribose ring. For 10-10 〈 τR 〈 2 × 10-10 sec, it appears that the influence of these motions on the proton relaxation becomes perceptible when the jump rates among equilibrium positions exceed ca. 109 sec-1.The whole of the experimental results show that for the ribose ring N conformer, the orientation of the bases is found in the ranges 60° 〈 ϒ 〈 80° (syn) and 180° 〈 ϒ 〈 210° (anti). For ribose S conformer, it is observed that this orientation is mainly syn with 5° 〈 ϒ 〈 90°. The average H(1′) - H(8) distance provides semiquantitative information on the overall syn or anti orientations of the base in each nucleoside moiety. At 298 K the population of the anti conformer is found to increase in the order A- pG 〈 Ap-G ∼ Gp-A 〈 Ap-A 〈 A-pA 〈 G-pA. A more detailed analysis of relaxation data shows that the maximum possible fraction of the stacked form of dinucleotides, due to the occurrence of N-anti conformers in both nucleoside moieties, is in the order ApG 〈 GpA 〈 ApA, in agreement with previous works, with however smaller values.Lastly the deuteron linewidth in position 8 of the bases indicates a syn-anti transition rate of the order of 109 sec-1 at room temperature, without noticeable effects therefore on the proton relaxation.
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    Effect of counterions on complex coacervation (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1289-1298 
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    Notes: In a recent paper, we developed a thermodynamic theory on the complex coacervation in the absence of low molecular ions, under the assumption that the coacervation is a condensation phenomenon of aggregates of polyanion and polycation in the aqueous solution, by obtaining the interaction potential US between these aggregates on the basis of Flory's method. In this paper, we have extended the theory to a more complicated phenomenon of the counterion-containing solutions. This treatment has led the interaction potential having an additional contribution to US resulting from an entropy increase by the counterion distribution. The phase diagram between solution (sol) and separated phase has been obtained as a function of the difference of charges between polyanion and polycation. It has been found that the presence of counterions sensitively suppresses the coacervation.
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    Dielectric relaxation of DNA solutions. IV. Effects of salts and dyes (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1039-1047 
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    Notes: The effects of salts (NaCl, LiCl, Me4NCl, AgNO3, MgCl2, CuCl2 and MnCl2) and dyes (acridine orange and methylene blue) on the low-frequency dielectric relaxation (0.1 Hz-30 kHz) of dilute aqueous solutions of DNA were investigated with varying salt or dye concentrations. Both the dielectric relaxation time τD and the rotational relaxation time τ estimated from the reduced viscosity decrease in quite parallel ways with increasing M/P (M/P being the normality ratio of cation to phosphate residue), reflecting the contraction of DNA molecule due to electrostatic shielding and cation binding. The agreement between τD and τ through the whole range of M/P supports our previous conclusion that the low-frequency relaxation of DNA arises from rotation of the molecule. The dielectric increment Δε also decreases with increasing M/P on account of both the contraction of DNA and the decrease in effective degree of dissociation of DNA. Δε as a function of M/P is interpreted in terms of a quasi-permanent dipole due to counterion fluctuation. These effects of cations are the strongest for divalent cations and rather weak for Na+, Li+, and Me4N+. Effects of dye on τD and Δε are also well explained by the rotation of DNA molecule with a quasi-permanent dipole due to counterion fluctuation on the basis of intercalation of dye at D/P 〈 0.2 (D/P being the molarity ratio of dye to phosphate residue) and external binding at 0.2 〈 D/P 〈 1.0.
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    Models for boundary effects on molecular rotation in membranes (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1597-1602 
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    Notes: Rotational and wobbling diffusion coefficients for spherical and long-chain molecules in membranes are calculated using a simple hydrodynamic model. Estimates of the contributions to the diffusion coefficients arising from hydrodynamic interactions between molecules and membrane interfaces are obtained and found to be small. For molecules containing polar head groups, we show that the presence of a membrane interface can produce a significant reduction in the wobbling diffusion coefficient over what would be obtained in an isotropic fluid.
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    Cation effects on the nonlinear electrical properties of DNA solutions (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1629-1640 
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    Notes: The nonlinear electrical properties of DNA solutions were measured when different monovalent cations were added to DNA. The influence of different parameters has been examined: fundamental frequency, field strength, and concentration. A linear relationship between the harmonic current Ih and the DNA concentration is shown, even for higher concentration values (400 mg/l.). The frequency dispersion of Ih has the same shape for all the cations and the low-frequency amplitude of Ih increases in the following order: Li+ 〈 Na+ 〈 K+ 〈 NH4+ 〈 Cs+. The nonlinear polarizability values are compared with the linear ones determined using the very low field electric birefringence technique. Both linear and nonlinear values are of the same order of magnitude. It is thought that the nonlinear electrical property of high-molecular-weight DNA mainly results from the deformation of the DNA coils by the electric field.
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    Dependence of the internal relaxation time for DNA on salt type as inferred by quasielastic light scattering (1980)
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    Biopolymers 19 (1980), S. 1655-1666 
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    Notes: Quasielastic light scattering methods were used to study calf thymus DNA in solutions of LiCl, NaCl, NH4Ac, and NH4Cl. Plots of the reciprocal relaxation time (1/τ) vs sin2(θ/2), where θ is the scattering angle, exhibit two linear regions, in accordance with theories for semiflexible polymers based on the t → 0 approximation. In these theories the slope of the linear region at low angles is associated with the translational diffusion coefficient (Dt), whereas the slope of the linear region at high angles is associated with the segmental diffusion coefficient (Ds = kT/ƒs). The midpoint of the “transition” between these two linear regions is associated with the mean displacement between segments (b). Data presented here indicate that the Rouse-Zimm parameters b and ƒs are significantly different for DNA in 0.4M NH4Cl relative to the other salts at comparable ionic strengths. It is suggested that this difference reflects local solvent structure and that both b and Ds are sensitive to the local water structure.
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