Neutron diffraction analysis ofPseudomonas aeruginosapeptidyl-tRNA hydrolase 1

Neutron diffraction analysis on FINEMET alloys

Neutron diffraction has been used to study in situ the nanocrystallization process of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si22.52xBx (x55, 9, and 12! amorphous alloys. Nanocrystallization results in a decrease of both the silicon content and the grain size of the Fe~Si! phase with increasing value of x. By comparing the radial distribution function peak areas with those predicted for ideal bcc and DO3 structure, it ca...

A functional peptidyl - tRNA hydrolase

Ricarda Richter, Joanna Rorbach, Aleksandra Pajak, Paul M Smith, Hans J Wessels, Martijn A Huynen, Jan A Smeitink, Robert N Lightowlers* and Zofia M Chrzanowska-Lightowlers* Mitochondrial Research Group, Institute for Ageing and Health, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen...

Neutron Diffraction Experiments

This ISEN award supported research toward improving the energy efficiency of actuators. The focused research objective was to develop next-generation shape memory alloy (SMA) models and structures, to demonstrate this new technology in targeted near-term applications on airplanes. Two research avenues were pursued to enable development of this new technology: 1) neutron diffraction experiments ...

Biological Neutron Diffraction

Peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase from Sulfolobus solfataricus.

An enzyme capable of liberating functional tRNA(Lys) from Escherichia coli diacetyl-lysyl-tRNA(Lys) was purified from the archae Sulfolobus solfataricus. Contrasting with the specificity of peptidyl- tRNA hydrolase (PTH) from E.coli, the S.solfataricus enzyme readily accepts E.coli formyl-methionyl-tRNA(fMet) as a substrate. N-terminal sequencing of this enzyme identifies a gene that has homolo...