Abstract: Background: For decades, semiquinone intermediates have been suggested to play an essential role in catalysis by one of the most enigmatic proton-pumping enzymes, respiratory complex I, and different mechanisms have been proposed on their basis. However, the difficulty in investigating complex I semiquinones, due to the many different enz...
Published in Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997)
The performance of a metallic microwave resonator that contains a dielectric depends on the separation between metallic and dielectric surfaces, which affects radio frequency currents, evanescent waves, and polarization charges. The problem has previously been discussed for an X-band TE011 cylindrical cavity resonator that contains an axial dielect...
Published in Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
Milk Fat Globules with their unique interfacial structure and membrane composition are a key nutritional source for mammalian infants, however, there is a limited understanding of the dynamics of fat digestion in these structures. Lipid digestion is an interfacial process involving interactions of enzymes and bile salts with the interface of suspen...
Les polymères de coordination poreux ou Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) sont des architectures cristallines possédant des propriétés intéressantes pour le stockage, la séparation de gaz et la catalyse. Le travail présenté dans ce manuscrit porte sur la promotion d’une propriété moins courante pour ce type de matériau, et est basé sur l’utilisation ...
Published in Biophysical chemistry
Simulations of electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of stearic acid spin labels in lipid bilayers are used to illustrate the fact that the apparent order parameter Sapp calculated from the spectral shape does not coincide with the true order parameter S in the case of slow motions. While S reflects a static property as the degree of order of the...
Published in Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Outside of the photosynthetic machinery, high-valent manganese cofactors are rare in biology. It was proposed that a recently discovered subclass of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), class Id, is dependent on a Mn2(IV,III) cofactor for catalysis. Class I RNRs consist of a substrate-binding component (NrdA) and a metal-containing radical-generating co...
Published in Nanoscale Research Letters
The content of nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) colour centres in the nanodiamonds (DNDs) produced during the detonation of nitrogen-containing explosives was found to be 1.1 ± 0.3 ppm. This value is impressive for nanodiamonds of size
Published in Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
Using the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of spin-labeled stearic acid and a spin label chemically attached to the membrane proteins, the interaction of miltefosine (MIL) and the ionic surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, anionic), cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC, cationic) and N-hexadecyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (...
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes
The influenza A M2 protein is a multifunctional membrane-associated homotetramer that orchestrates several essential events in the viral infection cycle. The monomeric subunits of the M2 homotetramer consist of an N-terminal ectodomain, a transmembrane domain, and a C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. The transmembrane domain forms a four-helix proton c...
Published in Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
For miltefosine (MIL), a zwitterionic alkylphospholipid approved for leishmaniasis treatment, the mechanism of action is not well established. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has indicated that the interaction of MIL with membrane proteins has similarities to that of ionic surfactants. A general concern about leishmanicides is th...
