IsK (minK) is a small protein found in epithelial cells [I], heart[2] and uterus[3]. When expressedinXenr~~rrsoocytesII1 and HEK293 cells 141, IsK protein induces a very slowly activating, voltage-dependent, inwardly rectifying potassium current, reminiscent to that of the slow component of the cardiac delayed rectifier [S]. IsK protein consists of 130 amino acids, possessing just one putative ...

A water soluble polysaccharide, HB-1, with a molecular weight of 23,930, was isolated from radix Ranunculi ternati. by hot water extraction, ethanol precipitation, deproteination，ultrafiltration and gel-filtration column chromatography. Its sugar composition was determined by GLC as Glc, Ara, and Gal in a molar ration of 16.071: 2.722: 1. And the absolute configuration of Glc was identified as ...

A comprehensive study of the homoepitaxial MBE growth of Cu on Cu(111) is presented. This system displays a wealth of features and a large accumulation of morphological and structural defects. It is demonstrated that all of them can be ascribed to two basic characteristics of fcc-(111) faces: the presence of two threefold adsorption sites at the surface, which allows the formation of stacking f...

Both G protein coupled receptor 10 (GPR10) and the muscarinic IVh receptor are members of family A of the G protein coupled receptor superfamily. GPR10 is the human orthologue of a former orphan receptor for which prolactin releasing peptides (PrRP) have been identified as the cognate ligands. In contrast, the Mi receptor represents a well-established receptor for which up until the discovery o...

Conjugated polymer-semiconductor quantum dot (QD) composites are attracting increasing attention due to the complementary properties of the two classes of materials. We report a convenient method for in situ formation of QDs, and explore the conditions required for light emission of nanocomposite blends. In particular we explore the properties of nanocomposites of the blue emitting polymer poly...

Metabolite identification plays a crucial role in the interpretation of metabolomics research results. Due to its sensitivity and widespread implementation, a favourite analytical method used in metabolomics is electrospray mass spectrometry. In this paper, we demonstrate our results in attempting to incorporate the potentials of multistage mass spectrometry into the metabolite identification r...

The first structurally authenticated yttrium-alkyl-alkylidene is reported; structural, spectroscopic, and theoretical analyses show that whilst the yttrium-alkylidene bond is short, it possesses a bond order less than one and is comparable to the Y-C(alkyl) single bond within the same molecule.

The proteinases from Carica papaya include papain, isoenzymes of chymopapain and two proteinases A and B distinguished by their unusually high pI. The identity of one of the most basic proteinases has been questioned. The present report describes the preparation and characterisation of two monoclonal antibodies that react specifically with papaya proteinases A and B respectively and a third tha...

The first in situ diffraction study of the long-known solid-state rearrangement of p-bromobenzeneazotribenzoylmethane is reported. This proof-of-principle study demonstrates how modern laboratory X-ray powder diffraction, accompanied by up-to-date processing tools, can be used to monitor and describe mechanisms of organic solid-state reactions while it also underpins its necessity for structura...

A novel method for the in situ generation of catalytically active small metal nanoparticles, by anion extrusion on a parent porous copper chloropyrophosphate framework, has been developed to generate gold, platinum and palladium nanoparticles for sustainable catalytic oxidations using molecular oxygen as the oxidant. Transmission electron microscopy coupled with detailed structural and physico-...