Structure cuboidal

Lee, S.-W., Lozano-Stechez, L.M., and Rodriguez-Gonzalez, V. (2013) Green tide deactivation with layered-structure cuboids of Ag/CaTiOa under UV light J. Hazard. Mater., 263, 20-27. 

The [3Fe-4S] core is now considered an unique basic iron-sulfur core whose structure was determined in D. gigas Fdll 56, 84) (as well as in aconitase 85-87) and A. vinelandii Fd (57, 59, 80)). The cluster in these proteins have Fe-Fe and Fe-S distances around 2.8 and 2.2 A and the core described as a cuboidal geometry with one comer missing (Fe S stoichiometry of 3 4). 

Trinuclear Cuboidal and Heterometallic Cubane-Type Iron-Sulfur Clusters New Structural and Reacticity Themes in Chemistry and Biology R. H. Holm... 

Figure 87 The structure of the cuboidal complex [Ca(THF)(CH[P(C6H4Me-4)2]C6H40-2)]4 168.

It is now believed that the MoFe-protein s P-cluster contains a [4Fe-3S] cuboid joined to a [4Fe-4S] cuboid, although, as discussed below, it was first reported crystallographically as two [4Fe-4S] clusters.8 Uncertainty existed for sometime as to exact nature of bridging disulfide or sulfide ligand joining the two Fe S clusters but it is now known that the P-cluster does NOT contain a disulfide bond. This is important because the all-ferrous structure [4Fe-4S]° proposed from Mossbauer studies then becomes more possible for the P-cluster s [4Fe-4S] cube. In 1993 Bolin et al.1 proposed a six-coordinate S for the P-cluster s center as in Figure la,b of Thorneley s article.8 This is now believed to be the correct conformation. A central six-coordinate S makes this cluster much harder to synthesize in the laboratory, and this feat has not been accomplished as of the date of this text s publication. Whatever its oxidation state or structure, the P-cluster mediates electron transfer from Fe-protein to the M center of MoFe-protein, and it must be reduced at some point to allow transfer of its electron(s). 

Among the incomplete-cuboidal M3S4 assemblies, we can cite as an example the monocation [Mo3(/z2-S)3(iU3-S)07-C5H5)3] +, the molecular structure of which is illustrated in Figure 5.9... 

In confirmation of the chemical and electrochemical reversibility of these processes, the one-electron reduced complex of the 7Fe ferredoxin of Azotobacter vinelandii has been structurally characterized. The Fe3S4 cluster, on which the first reduction is centred, maintains a quasi-cuboidal geometry essentially unaltered with respect to the oxidized form some minor structural variation is observed on the peripheral amino acids.55... 

In another approach, Parnigotto and coworkers reconstructed corneal structures in vitro by using corneal stroma containing keratocytes to which corneal epithelial cells from bovine primary cultures were overlaid [73], However, this particular corneal model did not contain an endothelial layer. This model was histochemically characterized and the toxicity of different surfactants was tested using MTT methods. This stroma-epithelium model has been reported to show a cornea-like morphology, where a multilayered epithelial barrier composed of basal cells (of a cuboidal shape) and superficial cells (of a flattened shape) is noted. Furthermore, the formation of a basement membrane equivalent and expression of the 64-kDa keratin were reported, indicating the presence of differentiated epithelial cells. The toxicity data for various surfactants obtained with this model correlate well with those seen by the Draize test [73], However, this corneal equivalent was not further validated or used as a model for permeation studies. 

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