The transient receptor potential type V5 (TRPV5) channel is a six-transmembrane domain ion channel that is highly selective to Ca(2+). To study the topology of the selectivity filter using the substituted cysteine accessibility method (SCAM), cysteine mutants at positions 541-547 were studied as heterotetramers using dimeric constructs that couple the control channel in tandem with a cysteine-b...

We investigated the biological activity of surfactants based on quaternary ammonium compounds: gemini surfactant hexamethylene-1,6-bis-(N,N-dimethyl-N-dodecylammonium bromide) (C6), synthesized by the reaction of N,N-dimethyl-N-dodecylamine with 1,6-dibromohexane, and its monomeric analogue dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The experiments were performed with bacteria Asaia lannensis, a ...

The cationic surfactants didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) and dioctadecyldimethyl-ammonium bromide (DODAB) have previously been shown to form semi-permanent coatings that effectively prevent adsorption of cationic proteins in fused silica capillaries with inner diameters of 25-75 µm. This paper investigates the impact that narrower capillary diameters (≤25 µm) have on the stability of s...

Experimental section Materials Cetyltr imethyl ammonium bromide (C16TAB), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), Fe3O4 NPs (ca. 20 nm) and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) were obtained from Aladdin. Titanium potassium oxalate (K2TiO(C2O4)2·2H2O), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 30%) and potassium ferricyanide were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. Potassium ferrate (K2FeO4), 3-aminopr...

DNA extracted from herbarium specimens is highly fragmented; therefore, it is crucial to use extraction protocols that retrieve short DNA molecules. Improvements in extraction and DNA library preparation protocols for animal remains have allowed efficient retrieval of molecules shorter than 50 bp. Here, we applied these improvements to DNA extraction protocols for herbarium specimens and evalua...

The amination of aryl halides in the presence of inexpensive and air-stable alkali metal hydroxide bases and Pd[P(t-Bu)3]2 as catalyst gave arylamines in high yields. The reactions were conducted with a catalytic amount of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as phase-transfer agent and either aqueous hydroxide or solid hydroxide in the presence of water. This combination of alkali metal hydroxide ba...

A newly synthesized family of materials prepared with surfactant as organic template were tested for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water, using pyrene (Pyr) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) as PAHs representatives. Particular attention was paid to the evaluation of the recovery factors with dichloromethane as eluent in order to estimate their potential as adsorbing so...

The title compound, C(11)H(23)NO(5)P(+)·I(-), consists of an eight-membered cationic heterocyclic ring in a boat-chair conformation. The ring features a tetra-alkyl-ammonium N and a methyl-phospho-nate P atom. A -CH(2)(CO)OC(2)H(5) ester side chain at the C adjacent to oxygen produces two chiral centers at that substituted C atom and the P atom, both of which were determined to have absolute R,...

Bernd Winter, Ramona Weber, and Ingolf V. Hertel Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Str. 2A, D-12489 Berlin, Germany Manfred Faubel Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany Luboš Vrbka and Pavel Jungwirth Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Center for...

Twelve different lipophilic organic cations (tetraethyl-, tetrapropyl-, tetrabutyl-, tetrapentyl-, tetrahexyl-, tetraheptyl-, decyltrimethyl-, cetyltrimethyl-, and benzyltriethylammonium bromides; and dibenzyldimethylammonium chloride, N-1-dodecylnicotinamide chloride, and cetylpyridinium bromide) depressed respiratory control in rat liver mitochondria. Evaluation of mitochondrial responses in ...