Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 23(5), 609-628 (2011-02-12)
We have developed a scaffold material consisting of a covalently-bonded structure of alginate and atelocollagen (AtCol). Addition of calcium ions caused the material to form a hydrogel (alginate-modified AtCol gel). The condition of the alginate-modified AtCol gel could be controlled
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 14(30), 10445-10454 (2012-05-05)
Dual-frequency relaxation-assisted two-dimensional infrared (RA 2DIR) spectroscopy was used to investigate energy transport in polyethylene glycol (PEG) oligomers of different length, having 0, 4, 8, and 12 repeating units and end-labeled with azido and succinimide ester moieties (azPEGn). The energy
The rapid racemization of aspartic acid (Asp) residues in peptides and proteins is due mainly to the succinimide intermediate. However, there should be another mechanism for Asp racemization without intermediacy of the succinimide. The direct H-atom abstraction from the C(alpha)-atom
The Journal of organic chemistry, 76(8), 2521-2531 (2011-03-15)
A one-pot, two-step method to prepare 3-halohydrofurans efficiently by TfOH-catalyzed hydroxylation/halocyclization of cyclopropyl methanols with H(2)O and N-halosuccinimide (NXS, X=1, Br, Cl) or Selectfluor is described. The reactions proceed rapidly under mild and operationally straightforward conditions with a catalyst loading
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 879(29), 3240-3246 (2011-04-08)
The major soluble eye lens protein, αA-crystallin, has a very long half-life. Thus, many post-translational modifications, including stereoinversion, have been found in its constituent amino acids. We determine the rates of β-linkage isomerization, which is the main reaction through the
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