The heat, ultraviolet and rihoflavin-sensitized visible inactivations of taka-amylase A are strongly inhibited by the presence of its substrate. The stabilization of the secondary structure of enzyme protein by the conformation change due to the formation of enzyme-substrate and -product complexes is responsible for the protection of enzyme from the heat inactivation. The photoinactivations are...

Phytochromes are multi-domain red light photosensor proteins, which convert red light photons to biological activity utilizing the multitude of structural and chemical reactions. The steady increase in structural information obtained from various bacteriophytochromes has increased understanding about the functional mechanism of the photochemical processes of the phytochromes. Furthermore, a num...

Harnessing visible light as the driving force for chemical transformations generally offers a more environmentally friendly alternative compared with classical synthetic methodology. The transition metal-based photocatalysts commonly employed in photoredox catalysis absorb efficiently in the visible spectrum, unlike most organic substrates, allowing for orthogonal excitation. The subsequent exc...

The oil industry has been a primary source of energy for years but it can also lead to the emission Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). VOCs play major role in formation photochemical oxidants and be harmful ecosystem. Thereupon, effective mitigation control strategies air pollution have recently become more prominent industry. To orchestrate these strategies, understanding how pollutants dispers...

Chemical processing in atmospheric aqueous phases, including cloud and fog drops, might be significant reconciling the gap between observed modeled secondary organic aerosol (SOA) properties. In this work, we conducted a relatively comprehensive investigation of reaction products generated from aqueous-phase photochemical oxidation three benzene-diols (resorcinol, hydroquinone, methoxyhydroquin...

introduction blue light is a part of the spectrum with the highest energy content, which can reach the retina. the damage that it can cause to the retina is called photochemical or blue-light retinal injury. for the retinal injury assessment of the photochemical and aphakic retinal hazards in the wavelength range of 300-700 nm, use of effective spectral radiance limits (w.m-2.sr-1) seems to be ...

The health effects of air pollution include increases in Air pollution on Pdient visits in &be 1 severity and incidence of asthma. exacerbation of COPD. increase California faces both increasing air temperatures as well as air pollution. This conclusion is being drawn by many non-scientists who simply observe daily atmospheric conditions: more hot days exist in many areas of California and many...

New and simple protocols are described for the conversion of the enzymatically-derived and enantiomerically pure cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol (X = I) and its 6-methylated derivative into either antipodal form of compounds embodying the tricyclic frameworks of terpenoids . Key steps include intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) and (in some cases) singlet or triplet-based photochemical processes.