1. The forward and reverse reactions catalysed by ATP-creatine phosphotransferase have been studied kinetically at pH8.0 in the presence and absence of products, under conditions in which the free Mg(2+) concentration was maintained constant at 1mm. Thus at fixed pH the reaction may be considered as being bireactant and expressed as:MgATP(2-)+creatine(0)right harpoon over left harpoonMgADP(-)+p...

Electrocatalytic activity is influenced by the surface charge on solid catalyst. Conventionally, our attention has been focused how shapes electric potential and concentration of ionic reactant(s) in local reaction zone. Taking H2O2 redox reactions at Pt(111) as a model system, we reveal peculiar effect using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations electrified Pt(111)-water interfaces. In this...

The introduction of a 'co-reactant' was a critical step in the evolution of electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) from a laboratory curiosity to a widely utilised detection system. In conjunction with a suitable electrochemiluminophore, the co-reactant enables generation of both the oxidised and reduced precursors to the emitting species at a single electrode potential, under the aqueous con...

This study reports the dry reforming of methane (DRM) using non-thermal plasma in a swirl-induced point-plane electrode discharge reactor to produce syngas. geometry facilitates better mixing reactant gases region, thus increasing residence time and conversion reactants. The effect varying flow rates compositions CO2/CH4 (v%/v%) on was studied. A high-voltage AC power input 50 W 70 at frequency...

Kinetic and isotopic tracer methods led to a simple and unifying mechanistic proposal for reactions of CH4 with CO2 and H2O, for its decomposition on Rh clusters, and for water–gas shift reactions. Kinetic rates for forward reactions were measured by correcting net rates for approach to equilibrium and by eliminating transport artifacts. These rates were proportional to CH4 pressure (5–450 kPa)...

Computer calculations were carried out to determine the reaction rates and the mean structure of bimetallic nanoparticles prepared via a microemulsion route. The rates of reaction of each metal were calculated for a particular microemulsion composition (fixed intermicellar exchange rate) and varying reduction rate ratios between both metal and metal salt concentration inside the micelles. Model...

Total urine protein was measured in 132 samples by an automated benzethonium chloride method and the Ponceau-S/trichloroacetic acid (PS/TCA) method. Of these, 27% gave a result 0.1 g/L or more higher by the benzethonium chloride method. Of this 27%, most contained an abnormally high concentration of the acute-phase reactant, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein. By assaying urine containing added alpha 1-...

There is mounting evidence that enzyme diffusivity is enhanced when the enzyme is catalytically active. Here, using superresolution microscopy [stimulated emission-depletion fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (STED-FCS)], we show that active enzymes migrate spontaneously in the direction of lower substrate concentration ("antichemotaxis") by a process analogous to the run-and-tumble foraging...