MthK is a prokaryotic Ca(2+)-gated K(+) channel that, like other ligand-gated channels, converts the chemical energy of ligand binding to the mechanical force of channel opening. The channel's eight ligand-binding domains, the RCK domains, form an octameric gating ring in which Ca(2+) binding induces conformational changes that open the channel. Here we present the crystal structures of the Mth...

Coadsorbed organic species including thiolates can promote direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 over Pd particles. Here, density functional theory based kinetic modeling, augmented with activity measurements vibrational spectroscopy are used to provide atomistic understanding H2O2 formation alkylthiolate(RS) Pd. We find that the RS oxidized during reaction conditions yielding RS...

Background: Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is an alternative strategy to preserve the fertility of women predicted to undergo premature ovarian failure. This study was designed to evaluate the expression of folliculogenesis-related genes, including factor in the germline alpha (FIGLA), growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9), follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), and KIT LIGAND after v...

the complex of ce(iii), [ ce (phensc) (h 0) ] (c10 ) , was synthesized using the phensc, a hexadentate ligand,2,9-diformyl-1,lo- phenanthroline bis (semicarbazone), and characterized by x-ray diffraction. the cerium atom has an unusual coordination number of ten involving six donor atoms of the planar ligand in the equatorial plane and four oxygen atoms from four axial water molecules. the comp...

nickel(ii) complex of [nil2](clo4)2, where l is an unsymmetrical tridentate ligand of 2-(2-aminoethyl)imino-3-butanone oximehas been synthesized by a template condensation reaction. the complex was characterized on the basis of microanalytical, spectroscopic, and other physicochemical properties. x-ray diffraction study of the complex reveals nickel(ii) center in a distorted octahedral environm...