Electrostatic effects are ubiquitous in protein interactions and are found to be pervasive in the complement system as well. The interaction between complement fragment C3d and complement receptor 2 (CR2) has evolved to become a link between innate and adaptive immunity. Electrostatic interactions have been suggested to be the driving factor for the association of the C3d:CR2 complex. In this s...

The interaction of a DNA quadruplex with thrombin has been studied by first determining the sites of manganese binding to the quadruplex in the absence of thrombin. This has been followed by determining if the interactions with thrombin displace the bound manganese. A different DNA quadruplex has also been studied as a control. The refined solution structures of two DNA quadruplexes have been u...

This highlight indicates that the local electrostatic interactions between metal cations and key intermediates facilitate electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction.

The inter- and intramolecular interactions of the carbonyl moieties at the polar interface of a phospholipid membrane are probed by using nonlinear femtosecond infrared spectroscopy. Two-dimensional IR correlation spectra separate homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadenings and show a distinct cross-peak pattern controlled by electrostatic interactions. The inter- and intramolecular electrostatic...

Nanoscale materials can have cytotoxic effects. Here we present the first combined empirical and theoretical investigation of the influence of electrostatic attraction on nanoparticle cytotoxicity. Modeling electrostatic interactions between cells and 13 nm spheres of zinc oxide nanoparticles provided insight into empirically determined variations of the minimum inhibitory concentrations betwee...

The nature of molecular interactions is examined. Intermolecular forces are divided into long-range and short-range components; the former operate at distances where the effects of electron exchange are negligible and decrease as an inverse power of the separation. The long-range interactions may be subdividied into electrostatic, induction and dispersion contributions, where the electrostatic ...

the structural and energetic characteristics of o3–h2o complexes have been investigated by means of b3lyp, mp2, mp4(sdtq), ccsd(t) and qcisd(t) methods in conjunction with the aug-cc-pvdz and aug-cc-pvtz basis sets. six conformers were found for the o3–h2o complex. two different intermolecular interactions were expected to participate in the formation of complexes, namely conventional o∙∙∙h hyd...

studying the interaction of pharmaceutical ionic liquids with human serum albumin (hsa) can help investigating whether or not ionic liquid formation can enhance pharmacological profile of the discrete ingredients. in this respect, in the present work, the interactions of benzalkonium ibuprofenate, as a well-known active pharmaceutical ionic liquid, benzalkonium chloride, and also sodium ibuprof...

stability of the π-π stacking interactions in the ben||substituted-coronene and hfben||substituted-coronene complexes was studied using the computational quantum chemistry methods (where ben and hfben are benzene and hexaflourobenzene, || denotes π-π stacking interaction, substituted-coronene is coronene molecule which substituted with four x groups, and x= nh2, ch3, oh, h, f, cf3, cn and no). ...

Pulsed energization of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) may represent one of the most promising solutions to comply with strict environmental regulation in case of high resistivity dust. Performs a parametric cost comparison between conventional and pulsed ESP with reference to four main industrial areas: electric power generation, cement manufacturing, iron and steel production, glass industry...