The ferrous form of sulfmyoglobin was isolated as the first stable product of the reaction of a single mole of inorganic sulfide with 1 mole of the higher oxidation state derivative of myoglobin, Mb’“. Using radioactive sulfide, it was demonstrated that a single g atom of sulfur is incorporated per mole of myoglobin to form sulfmyoglobin. More than 85% of the radioactive sulfur is extracted int...

Thiourea is the parent compound of a group of compounds known t.o have goitrogenic activity. These substances prevent the formation of organically bound iodine from iodide ion (l-6), but the mechanism of this action is unknown. ‘Paper I of this series (7) showed that when thiourea labeled with radioactive sulfur was administered to rats the concentration of radioactivity in the thyroid gland 24...

Thiourea is the parent compound of a group of compounds known t.o have goitrogenic activity. These substances prevent the formation of organically bound iodine from iodide ion (l-6), but the mechanism of this action is unknown. ‘Paper I of this series (7) showed that when thiourea labeled with radioactive sulfur was administered to rats the concentration of radioactivity in the thyroid gland 24...

Sulfur can be removed from benzothiophene (BT) by some bacteria without breaking carbon-carbon bonds. However, a clear mechanism for BT desulfurization and its genetic components have not been reported in literatures so far. In this study, we used comparative transcriptomics to study differential expression of genes in Gordonia terrae C-6 cultured with BT or sodium sulfate as the sole source of...

We tested selected, potential repellents in pen and field trials to determine their ability to reduce consumption of palatable foods by pocket gophers (Zbmomys talpoides), deer (Odocoileus spp.), and elk (Cewus elqhus). Only sulfur-based compounds (predator urines and Deer AwayB) deterred feeding by captive gophers. Chemically hot, bitter, and noxious compounds and plants did not deter gopher f...

Z. Naturforsch. 54 b, 1505-1509 (1999); eingegangen am 13. September 1999 Crystal Structure, Chalcogenides, Thiostannates, Rubidium, Tin, Sulfur Colorless crystals of the new thiostannate Rb6Sn2S7 were obtained by reacting a stoichio­ metric melt of Rb2S, Sn and S at 700°C. The compound is orthorhombic, oP60, s.g. f ’2,2,2, (No. 19) with a = 9.982(4), b = 13.45(1), c = 15.20(1) A; Z = 4. The cr...

A method for catalytic asymmetric gamma sulfenylation of carbonyl compounds has been developed. In the presence of an appropriate catalyst, thiols not only add to the gamma position of allenoates, overcoming their propensity to add to the beta position in the absence of a catalyst, but do so with very good enantioselectivity. Sulfur nucleophiles are now added to the three families of nucleophil...

Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) clusters are important cofactors of numerous proteins involved in electron transfer, metabolic and regulatory processes. In eukaryotic cells, known Fe/S proteins are located within mitochondria, the nucleus and the cytosol. Over the past years the molecular basis of Fe/S cluster synthesis and incorporation into apoproteins in a living cell has started to become elucidated. Bi...

The biodesulfurization (BDS) of sulfur compounds in fossil fuels is a process to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions that cause environmental pollution. Gordonia alkanivorans RIPI90A is able to convert dibenzothiophene, an organic sulfur compound in petroleum, to 2-hydroxybiphenyl (2-HBP) in 4S pathway. In this study, (DBT), DszA and DszB, DBT sulfone monooxygenase, and desulfinase were respectivel...