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A missense mutant of a Dps protein (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus was used as a building block to develop a new supramolecular assembly complex which enhances the iron uptake, a physiological function of this mini-ferritin. The missense mutation was conducted in an exposed and flexible region of the N-terminal, wherein a threonine residue in position 10 was replaced by a cysteine residue (DpsT10C). This step enabled a click chemistry approach to the variant DpsT10C, where a thiol-ene coupling occurs. Two methods and two types of linker were used resulting in two different mini-ferritin supramolecular polymers, which have maintained secondary structure and native iron uptake physiological function. Electrophoretic assays and mass spectrometry were utilized to confirm that both functionalization and coupling reactions occured as predicted. The secondary structure has been investigated by circular dichroism and synchrotron radiation circular dichroism. Size and morphology were obtained by dynamic light scattering, size exclusion chromatography and atomic force microscopy, respectively. The iron uptake of the synthesized protein polymers was confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy loading assays.Despite all the advances in adhesive dentistry, dental bonds are still fragile due to degradation events that start during application of adhesive agents and the inherent hydrolysis of resin-dentin bonds. Here, we combined two outstanding processing methods (electrospinning and cryomilling) to obtain bioactive (antimicrobial and anti-metalloproteinase) fiber-based fillers containing a potent matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor (doxycycline, DOX). Poly(ε)caprolactone solutions containing different DOX amounts (0, 5, 25, and 50 wt%) were processed via electrospinning, resulting in non-toxic submicron fibers with antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus. The fibers were embedded in a resin blend, light-cured, and cryomilled for the preparation of fiber-containing fillers, which were investigated with antibacterial and in situ gelatin zymography analyzes. The fillers containing 0, 25, and 50 wt% DOX-releasing fibers were added to aliquots of a two-step, etch-and-rinse dental adhe the control. After 12 months of water storage, the fiber-modified adhesives (except the group consisting of 50 wt% DOX-loaded fillers) demonstrated stable bonds to dentin. Nanoleakage was similar among all groups investigated. DOX-releasing fibers showed promising application in developing novel dentin adhesives with potential therapeutic properties and MMP inhibition ability; antibacterial activity against relevant oral pathogens, without jeopardizing the physico-mechanical characteristics; and bonding performance of the adhesive.Covering 2000 up to 2020This review presents select recent advances in the medicinal chemistry of complex natural products that are prepared by total synthesis. The underlying studies highlight enabling divergent synthetic strategies and methods that permit the systematic medicinal chemistry studies of key analogues bearing deep-seated structural changes not readily accessible by semisynthetic or biosynthetic means. Select and recent examples are detailed where the key structural changes are designed to improve defined properties or to overcome an intrinsic limitation of the natural product itself. In the examples presented, the synthetic efforts provided supernatural products, a term first introduced by our colleague Ryan Shenvi (Synlett, 2016, 27, 1145-1164), with properties superseding the parent natural product. The design principles and approaches for creating the supernatural products are highlighted with an emphasis on the properties addressed that include those that improve activity or potency, increase selectivity, enhance durability, broaden the spectrum of activity, improve chemical or metabolic stability, overcome limiting physical properties, add mechanisms of action, enhance PK properties, overcome drug resistance, and/or improve in vivo efficacy. Some such improvements may be regarded by some as iterative enhancements whereas others, we believe, truly live up to their characterization as supernatural products. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/c-75.html Most such efforts are also accompanied by advances in synthetic organic chemistry, inspiring the development of new synthetic methodology and providing supernatural products with improved synthetic accessibility.In recent years, Raman spectroscopy has undergone major advancements in its ability to probe deeply through turbid media such as biological tissues. This progress has been facilitated by the advent of a range of specialist techniques based around spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) to enable non-invasive probing of living tissue through depths of up to 5 cm. This represents an improvement in depth penetration of up to two orders of magnitude compared to what can be achieved with conventional Raman methods. In combination with the inherently high molecular specificity of Raman spectroscopy, this has therefore opened up entirely new prospects for a range of new analytical applications across multiple fields including medical diagnosis and disease monitoring. This article discusses SORS and related variants of deep Raman spectroscopy such as transmission Raman spectroscopy (TRS), micro-SORS and surface enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SESORS), and reviews the progress made in this field during the past 5 years including advances in non-invasive cancer diagnosis, monitoring of neurotransmitters, and assessment of bone disease.Reaction of Co(NCS)2 and Ni(NCS)2 with 4-tert-butylpyridine in ethyl acetate leads to the formation of mixed crystals of a layered compound with the composition [CoxNi1-x(NCS)2(4-tert-butylpyridine]n. The mixed crystal formation was investigated by a combination of atomic absorption spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction and IR spectroscopy. Magnetic and specific heat measurements prove dominating ferromagnetic exchange interactions within the layers and a ferromagnetic transition. Depending on the synthetic method, inhomogeneous samples were obtained, for which predominantly the large difference in the solubility of the homometallic compounds might be responsible. Very long reaction time leads to much better samples for which a distinct critical temperature is observed that increases smoothly with increasing Ni content.The gold(i) complexes [μ-LiPr(AuX)2] X = Cl (1D), Br (2D), and I (3D); LiPr = 1,2-bis[bis(2-isopropylphenyl)phosphino]benzene were synthesised to investigate the photoluminescence properties of dinuclear Au complexes comprising weak Au(i)-Au(i) bonds. Single crystals of the tetrahydrofuran (THF) adducts 1DOR, 2DOR, and 3DOR were obtained by recrystallisation of 1D, 2D, and 3D from a mixed solution of THF and n-hexane. These THF adducts afford orange emission, with peak wavelengths ranging from 597 to 630 nm, in the crystalline state at 293 K. Recrystallisation of 3D from a mixed solution of acetone and n-hexane afforded single crystals of the acetone adduct 3DGR, which exhibits blue-green emission at 293 K. No crystals of the acetone adduct were obtained from 1D and 2D. The emission spectra and lifetimes of 1DOR, 2DOR, 3DOR, and 3DGR measured in the temperature range 77-293 K indicate that emission from these complexes in the solid state is due to phosphorescence. Notably, although the molecular structure of 3D in the 3DOR crystal is near-similar to that of 3DGR, the phosphorescence spectrum of 3DOR differs markedly from that of 3DGR, with peak wavelengths at 597 and 506 nm, respectively. Theoretical studies revealed that (1) phosphorescence occurs via the electronic transition from the excited triplet state, which is mainly composed of halogen-to-metal-metal charge transfer and metal-centered transitions and (2) the T1-optimised structure of 3D in the 3DGR crystals differs markedly from that in 3DOR, and the differences in the phosphorescence colour observed between 3DGR and 3DOR are ascribed to the differences in their stabilised structures in the excited triplet state.The higher-energy cis- as well as the global minimum trans-rotamers of the four H/D isotopologues of the formic acid monomer have been examined with Raman jet spectroscopy extending the vibrational gas phase reference database by eleven new cis-band positions for HCOOD, DCOOH, and DCOOD. With these new additions, all O-H/D, C-H/D, and C[double bond, length as m-dash]O stretching as well as the O-D in-plane bending vibrations of these higher-energy rotamers are known in addition to the previously determined C-O stretch and OH torsion of cis-HCOOH. Further, a comparison of the vibrational spectra of all four H/D isotopologues of the globally stable trans-rotamer of formic acid is shown to be very helpful in revealing similarities and differences in these systems, particularly with regard to Fermi resonances. Amongst the most prominent ones is the ν5/2ν9 resonance doublet of trans-HCOOH, for which we provide more insight into a recently suggested label switch of the resonance partners via the comparison of infrared and Raman jet spectra.This study describes a benign C-H cyanation of terminal alkynes with α-cyanoesters serving as a nontoxic cyanide source. In situ generation of the key copper cyanide intermediate is proposed by a sequence of α-C-H oxidation and copper-mediated β-carbon elimination of α-cyanoesters, releasing the α-ketoester byproduct observed experimentally. The ensuing reaction of copper cyanide with terminal alkynes delivers preferentially cyanoalkynes and surpasses the possible Glaser type dimerization of terminal alkynes or the undesired accumulation of HCN under protic conditions. The presence of the co-oxidant K2S2O8 is crucial to this selectivity, probably by promoting oxidative transmetalation and the resulting formation of the Cu(iii)(acetylide)(CN) intermediate. All the reagents and salts used are commercially available, cheap and nontoxic, avoiding the use of highly toxic cyanide salts typically required in cyanation studies. The scope of this reaction is demonstrated with a set of alkynes and α-cyanoesters. The application of this method to late-stage functionalization of the terminal alkyne group in an estrone derivative is also feasible, showing its practical value for drug design.Tumor-derived exosomes, which contain RNA, DNA, and proteins, are a potentially rich non-invasive source of biomarkers. However, no efficient isolation or detection methods are yet available. Here, we developed a microfluidic Raman biochip designed to isolate and analyze exosomes in situ. Anti-CD63 magnetic nanoparticles were used to enrich exosomes through mixing channels of a staggered triangular pillar array. EpCAM-functionalized Raman-active polymeric nanomaterials (Raman beads) allow rapid analysis of exosome samples within 1 h, with a quantitative signal at 2230 cm-1. The limit of detection of this biochip approaches 1.6 × 102 particles per mL with 20 μL samples. The newly developed biochip assay was successfully applied in the determination of exosomes from clinical serum samples. Thus, this novel device may have potential as a clinical exosome analysis tool for prostate cancer.