Divalent metal ions

Patel H M, Didymus J M, Wong K K W, Hirsch A, Skiebe A, Lamparth I and Mann S 1996 Fullerates interaction of divalent metal ions with Langmuir monolayers and multilayers in mono-substituted Cgg-malonic acid J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 611-2... 

These monomers provide a means for introducing carboxyl groups into copolymers. In copolymers these acids can improve adhesion properties, improve freeze-thaw and mechanical stability of polymer dispersions, provide stability in alkalies (including ammonia), increase resistance to attack by oils, and provide reactive centers for cross-linking by divalent metal ions, diamines, or epoxides. 

HammerheadRtbozyme. A small RNA molecule that catalyzes cleavage of the phosphodiester backbone of RNA is known as the hammerhead ribozyme. This ribozyme occurs namrally in certain vimses where it facihtates a site-specific self-cleavage at the phosphate and generates a 2 3 -cychc phosphate and a 5 -hydroxyl terminus. The reaction requires a divalent metal ion, such as or, as a cofactor. Whereas the... 

This may be due to ion—oxide surface interactions or to ions already present on the surface. Alternatively, this deviation may reflect varying sihcate polymer acidity. Similar behavior has been observed for the adsorption of aqueous sihca to the surface of y-Al O (67). Divalent metal ions tend to reduce sihcate adsorption. 

An on-line concentration, isolation, and Hquid chromatographic separation method for the analysis of trace organics in natural waters has been described (63). Concentration and isolation are accompHshed with two precolumns connected in series the first acts as a filter for removal of interferences the second actually concentrates target solutes. The technique is appHcable even if no selective sorbent is available for the specific analyte of interest. Detection limits of less than 0.1 ppb were achieved for polar herbicides (qv) in the chlorotriazine and phenylurea classes. A novel method for deterrnination of tetracyclines in animal tissues and fluids was developed with sample extraction and cleanup based on tendency of tetracyclines to chelate with divalent metal ions (64). The metal chelate affinity precolumn was connected on-line to reversed-phase hplc column, and detection limits for several different tetracyclines in a variety of matrices were in the 10—50 ppb range. 

NE is unstable in light and air, especially at neutral and alkaline pH. Oxidation to noradrenochrome occurs in the presence of oxygen and such divalent metal ions as copper, manganese, and nickel. 

Two classes of aldolase enzymes are found in nature. Animal tissues produce a Class I aldolase, characterized by the formation of a covalent Schiff base intermediate between an active-site lysine and the carbonyl group of the substrate. Class I aldolases do not require a divalent metal ion (and thus are not inhibited by EDTA) but are inhibited by sodium borohydride, NaBH4, in the presence of substrate (see A Deeper Look, page 622). Class II aldolases are produced mainly in bacteria and fungi and are not inhibited by borohydride, but do contain an active-site metal (normally zinc, Zn ) and are inhibited by EDTA. Cyanobacteria and some other simple organisms possess both classes of aldolase. 

Divalent Metal Ion Complexes of Imidazoles and Pyridines Having... 

There are cationic, anionic, and non-ionic micelles. Divalent metal ions having positive charges are highly hydrophilic and cannot be incorporated into cationic micelles. Anionic micelles tend to form water insoluble salts with divalent metal ions. Interactions of non-ionic micelles with divalent metal ions appear to be small. Thus incorporation of a divalent metal ion into a micelle to form a catalytic center... 

Improved selectivity at the extraction and separation of divalent metal ions such as Zn, Cd, Hg, and Ca have been found [225-229]. 

Chitosan (> 75% deacelylation, 800-2000 cps) was mixed wilh stock so-lulions of Cu(II), Fe(ll), Cd(ll) and Zn(II), prepared in 0.1 M HNO3, and of Ca(ll) and Mn(II), in 0.1 MHCl. It was found that, in the chelation of most metal ions by chitosan, 1 1 binding of chitosan is more dominant than 2 1 cooperative binding, but vice versa for Zn(II) and Cd(II). The chelation of Cu(II) by chitosan showed much higher reactivity when compared to other divalent metal ions. Cu(II), Fe(II), Cd(II) andZn(II) showed strong reactivity and stability of their chelates. In contrast, the interactions between Ca(II) or Mn(II) and chitosan were almost negligible. These data confirm brilliantly previous data by Muzzarelli et al. [116]. 

On the left, the divalent metal ion is spherical with a J-electron configuration which is amply described as d". On the right, the metal is engaged in six octahedrally disposed bonds and its J-electron configuration is best recorded as The electronic contributions to the hydration process refer, as usual, to the formation of the bonds and the attraction of electrons to the central metal, to the... 

Can we rationalize these observations in terms of ligand-field or other effects The data that we have presented in Fig. 8-14 refers to the log Ki values for each ligand with the high spin divalent metal ions. The sequence reflects a number of simple properties of the cations. Firstly, the trend closely parallels the ionic radii... 

Actin Polymerization Regulation by Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleotide Bindings ATP Hydrolysis and Actin Binding Proteins... 

Possible modes of regulation of filament assembly may be anticipated from the basic properties of actin. We have shown that the tightly bound divalent metal ion (Ca or Mg ) interacts with the P- and y-phosphates of ATP bound to actin, and that the Me-ATP bidentate chelate is bound to G-actin in the A configuration. The nature of the bound metal ion affects the conformation of actin, the binding kinetics of ATP and ADP, and the rate of ATP hydrolysis. 

STEREOCHEMISTRY OF NUCLEOTIDE BINDING TO ACTIN AND TUBULIN ROLE OF DIVALENT METAL ION IN NUCLEOTIDE BINDING AND HYDROLYSIS... 

Actin binds ATP very tightly in the presence of a divalent metal ion that can be or The exchange-inert analogue of Mg-ATP, p,y-CrATP, can displace... 

Valentin-Ranc, C. Carlier, M.-F. (1989). Evidence for the direct interaction between tightly bound divalent metal ion and ATP on actin. Binding of the A isomers of (3y-bidentate CrATP to actin. J. Biol. Chem. 264,20871-20879. 

Fig. 15-3 Mixed ligand and multi-dentate complexes (a) a hypothetical Me(OH)Cl° complex (b) nitrilotriacetate chelate of a divalent metal ion in a tetrahedral configuration.

The hypothesis that our biological world built on the DNA-RNA-protein central dogma was preceded by an RNA world in which RNA molecules carried both the genetic information and executed the gene functions (through ribozyme activity) is now widely accepted [130]. However, it is also well recognized that RNA due to its vulnerability to hydrolysis - especially as a result of catalysis by divalent metal ions - would not have been able to evolve in a harsh pre-biotic environment Also the formation of RNA under presumed pre-biotic conditions is extremely inefficient It is not so far-fetched to propose that a peptide nucleic acid-like molecule may have been able to function as a form of pre-biotic genetic material since it... 

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