The structure of the Mg2+ complex of yeast enolase has been determined from crystals grown in solutions of poly(ethylene glycol) at pH 8.1. Crystals belong to the space group P2(1) and have unit cell dimensions a = 72.5 A, b = 73.2 A, c = 89.1 A, and beta = 104.4 degrees. There is one dimer in the asymmetric unit. The current crystallographic R-factor is 19.0% for all recorded data to 1.9 A res...

RATIONALE The rapid detection, screening, and isotopic signature analysis of inorganics provide invaluable information for a variety of applications including explosive device detection, nuclear forensics, and environmental monitoring. The coupling of ultrasonic nebulization and extractive electrospray ionization (EESI) enabled the mass spectrometric (MS) detection and analysis of inorganics fr...

One-pot synthesis of bimetallic core-shell nanostars without toxic surfactant, morphology-controlling molecules, and reducing agents was implemented here only with metal cations. The spontaneous inter-cation redox reaction between the pair early transition elements noble formed photocatalytic metal-metal oxide nanoparticles.

Zinc represents the most effective and economic corrosion protection especially for steel base materials. Improved corrosion resistance can be achieved by alloying zinc with small amounts (around 1 Yo) of transition metal elements like Co, Ni and Fe. Zn-Fe and Zn-Co alloys containing up to 1.5 Yo of the transition metal were plated using an alkaline and acidic electrolyte respectively. Zn-Ni al...

Calcium appears to be an essential participant in axon excitation processes. Many other polyvalent metal ions have calcium-like actions on axons. We have used the voltage-clamped lobster giant axon to test the effect of several of these cations on the position of the peak initial (sodium) and steady-state (potassium) conductance vs. voltage curves on the voltage axis as well as on the rate para...

Endonuclease assays of the H-N-H proteins encoded by two group I introns in the Chlamydomonas moewusii chloroplast psbA gene revealed that the CmpsbA.1 intron specifies a site-specific DNA endonuclease, designated I-CMOE:I. Like most previously reported intron-encoded endonucleases, I-CMOE:I generates a double-strand break near the insertion site of its encoding intron, leaving 3' extensions of...