The distribution of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus and bioassay experiments both show that nitrogen is the critical limiting factor to algal growth and eutrophication in coastal marine waters. About twice the amount of phosphate as can be used by the algae is normally present. This surplus results from the low nitrogen to phosphorus ratio in terrigenous contributions, including human waste, ...

An efficient method for labeling individual proteins in live cells is required for investigations into biological mechanisms and cellular processes. Here we describe the preparation of small quantum dots (QDs) that target membrane surface proteins bearing a hexahistidine-tag (His6-tag) via specific binding to an nitrilotriacetic acid complex of nickel(II) (NTA·Ni) on the QD surfaces. We showed ...

The ponA gene of cosmid L222 of the Mycobacterium leprae genome library encodes a multimodular class A penicillin-binding protein (PBP), PBP1. The PBP, labelled with a polyhistidine sequence, has been produced in Escherichia coli, extracted from the membranes with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propane-sulfonate (CHAPS) and purified by Ni2(+)-nitrilotriacetic acid-agarose chromatogra...

Combinations of nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) derivatives with technetium 99mTc are known as convenient contrasting compounds used in nuclear medicine. Because of low resolution of this method, as well as necessity for using radioactive substances we have suggested new combinations of NTA aromatic derivatives with Gd(III). The aim of the undertaken study was to obtain contrasting compounds showin...

To enable studies of conformational changes within multimolecular complexes, we present a simultaneous, four-color single molecule fluorescence methodology implemented with total internal reflection illumination and camera-based, wide-field detection. We further demonstrate labeling histidine-tagged proteins noncovalently with Tris-nitrilotriacetic acid (Tris-NTA)-conjugated dyes to achieve sin...

The rates of oxidation of four chelating agents with Ce(IV) in HC104 solutions, have been studied by the stopped-flow technique. The rates first increase with increasing acidity, reach maxima which are characteristic of the chelating agent and the medium, then progressively decrease with further increasing acid concentration. At their maximum reactivities, the tendencies for oxidation decrease ...

Iron(III)-NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) solution shows high activity for oxidative degradation of 2'-deoxyribose in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, whereas its activity of Fe(III)-TFD A (2-aminomethyltetrahydrofuran-N,N-diacetic acid) is negligible under the same experimental conditions; however the latter solution exhibits abnormally higher reactivity for oxygenation reaction at 8-position of...