The structural characterization of de novo designed metalloproteins together with determination of chemical reactivity can provide a detailed understanding of the relationship between protein structure and functional properties. Toward this goal, we have prepared a series of cyclic peptides that bind to water-soluble metalloporphyrins (FeIII and CoIII). Neutral and positively charged histidine-...

Species of the marine mussel family Mytilidae have two types of mitochondrial DNA: one that is transmitted from the mother to both female and male offspring (the F type) and one that is transmitted from the father to sons only (the M type). By using pair matings that produce only female offspring or a mixture of female and male offspring and a pair of oligonucleotide primers that amplify part o...

In this work, a new cobalt(III) complex, [Co(HEAC)2]ClO4’”2.5H2O (1), with the HEAC, 2(2-(2-hydroxyethylamino)ethylamino)cyclohexanol, was prepared and identified by elemental analysis, FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and single-crystal X-Ray diffraction. The cobalt atom in the crystal structure of 1 has a distorted octahedral geometry by coordination of the four nitrogen and ...

The interactions between platinum complexes and human serum albumin (HSA) play crucial roles in the distribution, metabolism, and activity of platinum-based anticancer drugs. Octahedral platinum (IV) complexes represent a significant class of anticancer agents that display molecular pharmacological properties different from cisplatin. In this study, the interaction between two Pt(IV) complexes ...

In this research, the interaction of [CuL(DMF)], [NiL(DMF)] and [VOL(DMF)] (where L = ((E)-4-((2-amino-5-nitrophenylimino)methyl)benzene-1,3-diol)) complexes derived from tridentate Schiff base ligand with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and DNA was investigated via electronic absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) spectra exhibited an isosbestic point for the com...

In the title compound, trans,trans-[μ-(m-phenyl-ene)bis-(ethyne-1,2-di-yl)]bis-[chlorido(1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-deca-ne)cobalt(III)]-trans,trans-[μ-(5-bromo-m-phenyl-ene)bis-(ethyne-1,2-di-yl)]bis-[chlorido(1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-deca-ne)cobalt(III)]-tetra-phenyl-borate-acetone (0.88/0.12/2/4), [Co(2)(C(12)H(4))Cl(2)(C(10)H(24)N(4))(2)](0.88)[Co(2)(C(10)H(3)Br)Cl(2)(C(10)H(24)N(...

Stability of the ;-; stacking interactions in the substituted-coronene||cyclooctatetraene complexes wasstudied using the computational quantum chemistry methods (where || denotes ;–; stackinginteraction, and substituted-coronene is coronene which substituted with four similar X groups; X =OH, SH, H, F, CN, and NO). There are meaningful correlations between changes of geometricalparameters and t...

two newly-created water-soluble complexes of palladium(ii)/platinum(ii)-dithiocarbamate, [pd/pt(phen)(pyr-dtc)]no3 (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and pyr-dtc = pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate) were synthesized. also, their chemical characteristics are reported in the current research paper. in these complexes, the dithiocarbamato ligand coordinates to pt(ii) or pd(ii) center with two sulfur atoms as bi...