The 4-carboxymethylen-4-sulfo-but-2-en-olide (4-sulfomuconolactone) hydrolases from Hydrogenophaga intermedia strain S1 and Agrobacterium radiobacter strain S2 are part of a modified protocatechuate pathway responsible for the degradation of 4-sulfocatechol. In both strains, the hydrolase-encoding genes occur downstream of those encoding the enzymes that catalyze the lactonization of 3-sulfomuc...

The title compound, {systematic name: (3-carb-oxy-1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-piperazin-4-ium-1-yl-1H-quinolin-4-yl-idene)oxonium tri-μ(2)-chlorido-bis-[trichloridobismuthate(III)] chloride dihydrate], (C(16)H(20)FN(3)O(3))(2)[Bi(2)Cl(9)]Cl·2H(2)O, is composed of [Bi(2)Cl(9)](3-) anions lying on crystallographic twofold rotation axes, Cl(-) anions also on twofold axes, C(16)H(20)FN(3)O(3) (2+) cations, ...

Mitochondria from castor bean (Ricinus communis cv Hale) endosperm, purified on sucrose gradients, were used to investigate transport of dicarboxylic acids. The isolated mitochondria oxidized malate and succinate with respiratory control ratios greater than 2 and ADP/O ratios of 2.6 and 1.7, respectively. Net accumulation of (14)C from [(14)C]malate or [(14)C]succinate into the mitochondrial ma...

The potential role of iron and copper and the involvement of hydroxyl radicals in the DNA cleavage caused by chromate and glutathione (GSH) has been investigated. We have also studied the ability of chromate, on reaction with ascorbate as well as in mixed solutions of ascorbate and GSH, to cause DNA strand breaks. In both fully demetalated and conventional (i.e., metal contaminated) systems, ch...

The new heterometallic title complex, [Co(NCS)(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(NH(3))(2)][Cr(NCS)(4)(NH(3))(2)]·2CH(3)CN, has been prepared using the open-air reaction of cobalt powder, Reineckes salt and 2,2'-bipyridine (dpy) in acetonitrile. The crystal structure consists of discrete cationic [Co(NCS)(2)(NH(3))(2)(dpy)](+) and anionic [Cr(NCS)(4)(NH(3))(2)](-) building blocks, both with 2 symmetry, and ace...

It is possible to partially transform the silver chromate precipitate present in Golgi stained structures into lead chromate. When this partial replacement is followed by a treatment in a solution containing thiosulphate ions, only lead chromate is left in the tissue. This results in a depleted impregnation of the originally Golgi stained structures without fading of their borderlines. The tiss...

The reaction of [60]fullerene with dimethyl malonate and diethyl malonate in the presence of manganese(III) acetate dihydrate (Mn(OAc)3.2H2O) for 20 min afforded singly bonded [60]fullerene dimers 1a and 1b in a 1,4-addition pattern. When the reaction time was extended to 1 h, 1,4-bisadducts 2a and 2b were obtained. Unsymmetrical 1,4-adduct 5 and C2 symmetrical 1,16-bisadduct 6 were obtained wh...

In the title compound, {[Ho(4)(C(12)H(6)O(4))(6)(H(2)O)(5)]·1.75H(2)O}(n), which is isostructural with its Tb(3+)- and Eu(3+)-containing analogues, there are four crystallographically independent Ho(3+) centres, each exhibiting a highly distorted HoO(8) bicapped trigonal-prismatic coordination environment. Adjacent polyhedra are inter-connected via the carboxyl-ate groups and one μ(2)-bridging ...

a new metal-organic compound, [fe(pydc)(dmso)(h2o)cl], (where pydc is pyridine-2, 6-dicarboxylate and dmso is dimethyl sulfoxide), has been synthesized and characterized by singlecrystal x-ray diffraction, tga/dta, ir and raman spectroscopy. green-yellow crystals,crystallized in the monoclinic system, space group p21/n, a = 7.2461(4) å, b = 10.3018(4) å, c =17.7667(10) å, α = 90°, β = 90.014°(5...