in present studies the synthesis, characterization and biological properties ofoxovanadium(iv) coordination compounds of 4[n-(4′-ethylbenzalidene)amino] antipyrinethiosemicarbazone (ebaapts) and 4[n-(2′,4′-dimethylbenzalidene)amino] antipyrinethiosemicarbazone (dmbaapts) with the general composition vox2l (x = c1-, br-, i-, no3-or ncs-) and vo(cio4)2(l)h2o (l = ebaapts or dmbaapts) are describe...

We report a new method for identifying disulfide linkages in peptides using mass spectrometry. This is accomplished by collisional activation of singly charged cationic alkali and alkaline earth metal complexes, which results in the highly selective elimination of hydrogen disulfide (H2S2). Complexes of peptides possessing disulfide bonds with sodium and alkaline earth metal are generated using...

The assignments structures of the four 1:1 pipemidic acid (pipH)–magnesium(II), calcium(II), zinc(II), and iron(III) complexes, [Mg(pip)(H2O)3(Cl)].6H2O, [Ca(pip)(H2O)3(Cl)].2H2O, [Zn(pip)(H2O)3(Cl)].4H2O, [Fe(pip)(H2O)2(Cl)2].6H2O, (where pip = deprotonated pipemidic), were synthesized through chemical reactions MgCl2.6H2O, CaCl2.2H2O, ZnCl2, FeCl3.6H2O metal salt chlorides with pipH chemother...

EBT is a carcinogenic azo-compound. It is well known that EBT has chelating properties. Therefore, EBT has been widely used for the determination of calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, zirconium, nickel, copper, thulium and cobalt1−5. Literature surveys have shown that extensive polarographic, spectroscopic and colorimetric studies on some metal complexes with EBT have been carried out4−13. Th...

Protein synthesis in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells is inhibited when cellular calcium is depleted by the addition of EGTA to the growth medium. This inhibition is at the level of polypeptide chain initiation as evidenced by a disaggregation of polyribosomes accompanied by a significant elevation in 80-S monomers. To identify direct effects of calcium on the protein synthesis apparatus we have dev...

Coordination complexes of the magnesium nitrate cation with water [MgNO(3)(H(2)O)(n)](+) up to n=7 are investigated by experiment and theory. The fragmentation patterns of [MgNO(3)(H(2)O)(n)](+) clusters generated via electrospray ionization indicate a considerable change in stability between n=3 and 4. Further, ion-molecule reactions of mass-selected [MgNO(3)(H(2)O)(n)](+) cations with D(2)O r...

Members of the tetraspanin superfamily function as transmembrane scaffold proteins that mediate the assembly of membrane proteins into specific signaling complexes. Tetraspanins also interact with each other and concentrate membrane proteins into tetraspanin-enriched microdomains (TEMs). Here we report that lens-specific tetraspanin MP20 can form multiple types of higher-order assemblies and we...

The enhancement of hydrogen storage in complexes of magnesium alanate ([Mg(AlH(4))(2)](n)(-) where n = 2, 3) and their anions was investigated using the B3LYP/6-311++G** method. Hydrogen atoms were chemically absorbed on [Mg(AlH(4))(2)](n)(-) (n = 2, 3) with binding energies of -83 to -91.23 kcal mol(-1). It was determined that a maximum of two hydrogen atoms can be absorbed on [Mg(AlH(4))(2)](...

α,α-Dimethyl-4-[1-hydroxy-4-[4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl)-1-piperidinyl]butyl]benzene acetic acid generically known as fexofenadine or carboxyterfenadine is a second generation H1-receptor antagonist, much widely used due to its non-sedative effects. Metal complexes of fexofenadine with various essential and trace elements of biological interest, have been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, 1...