N-Protonation of amides is critical in numerous biological processes, including amide bonds proteolysis and protein folding as well as in organic synthesis as a method to activate amide bonds towards unconventional reactivity. A computational model enabling prediction of protonation at the amide bond nitrogen atom along the C-N rotational pathway is reported. Notably, this study provides a blue...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(7)H(7)NO(2)·0.5C(4)H(8)O(2), is composed of one 4-hy-droxy-benzamide mol-ecule and half of a 1,4-dioxane mol-ecule. The complete dioxin molecule is generated by crystallographic inversion symmetry. The crystal has an extensive system of hydrogen bonds, in which the three donor H atoms are fully utilized: these result in amide-amide homodimers, and N-...

INTRODUCTION Gemcitabine is a pyrimidine nucleoside analog that becomes triphosphorylated and in this form it competitively inhibits cytidine incorporation into DNA strands. Diphosphorylated gemcitabine irreversibly inhibits ribonucleotide reductase thereby preventing deoxyribonucleotide synthesis. Functioning as a potent chemotherapeutic, gemcitabine decreases neoplastic cell proliferation and...

The present study was aimed at describing the distribution of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity in the sixth lumbar (L6) and first sacral segments (S1) of the rat spinal cord, comparing this distribution to that of FMRF-amide-like immunoreactivity and determining whether NPY- and FMRF-amide-like immunoreactivities are present in the same neurons in the dorsal gray commissure (DGC) in L...

The state-of-the-art of biocatalytic amide bond formation is discussed with the help a manually curated database enzymatic amidation reactions.

INTRODUCTION Gemcitabine is a pyrimidine nucleoside analog that becomes triphosphorylated and competitively inhibits cytidine incorporation into DNA strands. Diphosphorylated gemcitabine irreversibly inhibits ribonucleotide reductase thereby preventing deoxyribonucleotide synthesis. Functioning as a potent chemotherapeutic, gemcitabine decreases neoplastic cell proliferation and induces apoptos...