Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP; vitamin B(6))-catalyzed reactions have been well studied, both on enzymes and in solution, due to the variety of important reactions this cofactor catalyzes in nitrogen metabolism. Three functional groups are central to PLP catalysis: the C4' aldehyde, the O3' phenol, and the N1 pyridine nitrogen. In the literature, the pyridine nitrogen has traditionally been assum...

Mammalian thioredoxin reductase (TR) is a pyridine disulfide oxidoreductase that uses the rare amino acid selenocysteine (Sec) in place of the more commonly used amino acid cysteine (Cys). Selenium is a Janus-faced element because it is both highly nucleophilic and highly electrophilic. Cys orthologs of Sec-containing enzymes may compensate for the absence of a Sec residue by making the active ...

Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation and Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods have been used to evaluate the efficiency of four quinoline derivatives on corrosion inhibition in the aqueous phase. Some quantum chemical parameters such as hardness (η), electrophilicity (w), polarizability (a), energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital (EHOMO), energy of th...

Computational studies have attracted the attention of researchers to understand the structural behavior of the molecules. These methods grade complex systems for novel properties with new predictions in areas of physics, chemistry and biology useful for conduct of experimental studies. Nanoparticles in present day technologies have become integral part in diverse areas of science mostly with me...

High Energy Materials is a term that is used for explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. Explosives are used for military applications. 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) is an explosive substance. In this study the reactions of the 5-Picrylamino-1,2,3,4-tetrazole(PAT) with nanostructures of fullerene and boron nitride nano-cages in different conditions of temperature, with density function...

Elevation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels has been observed in many cancer cells relative to nontransformed cells, and recent reports have suggested that small-molecule enhancers of ROS may selectively kill cancer cells in various in vitro and in vivo models. We used a high-throughput screening approach to identify several hundred small-molecule enhancers of ROS in a human osteosarcoma ...

In this communication we draw attention on serious flaws that plague recently reported antioxidant properties of atorvastatin (ATV) in methanol. First and foremost, emphasize the O-H bond dissociation energies (BDE) about 400 kcal/mol previously are completely wrong. Further, present results refuting previous claim proton affinity (PA) ATV is smaller than ascorbic acid. That unfounded relies in...

Piperine is a natural cytotoxic agent aware of various therapeutic acts. The aim this study to look into the effects solvent polarity on solvent-free energy, dipole moment, polarizability, and hyper-polarizability first order, as well molecular properties including chemical hardness softness, potential, electronegativity, electrophilicity index, in order gain better understanding its reactivity...

in this research at the first, xylometazoline hydrochloride drug (xy) and its fullerene connected form (fxy) were optimized. natural bond orbital (nbo) calculations for these compounds were carried out at the b3lyp/6-31g* quantum chemistry level, in the gas phase and the liquid phase. these calculations can be performed at different accuracy levels depending on the aim of the theoretical study....