New Artificial Biomimetic Enzyme Analogues based on Iron(II/III) Schiff Base Complexes: An Effect of (Benz)imidazole Organic Moieties on Phenoxazinone Synthase and DNA Recognition. [PDF]
Molecules, 2019 Elucidation of the structure and function of biomolecules provides us knowledge that can be transferred into the generation of new materials and eventually applications in e.g., catalysis or bioassays.
Bocian A +8 more
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Bioactive Nitrosylated and Nitrated N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)acetamides and Derived Oligomers: An Alternative Pathway to 2-Amidophenol-Derived Phytotoxic Metabolites. [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Incubation of Aminobacter aminovorans, Paenibacillus polymyxa, and Arthrobacter MPI764 with the microbial 2-benzoxazolinone (BOA)-degradation-product 2-acetamido-phenol, produced from 2-aminophenol, led to the recently identified N-(2-hydroxy-5 ...
Girel S +4 more
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Synthesis, spectroscopic study, antioxidant, DNA-cleavage and enzyme-mimicking activities for metal<sup>(II/III)</sup> complexes with azo ligand-eugenol scaffold. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciA newly synthesized azo ligand, 1-((5-allyl-2-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)diazenyl)anthracene-9,10-dione (H-MND), derived from an anthraquinone nucleus coupled with the natural phenol (eugenol), was employed to prepare Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Rh(III) and Pd ...
Nafea HM, Salih Al-Hamdani AA.
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Complete Genome Sequencing of Polar Arthrobacter sp. PAMC25284, Copper Tolerance Potential Unraveled with Genomic Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Microbiol, 2022 The genus Arthrobacter is a known group of Gram‐positive, opportunistic pathogenic bacteria from cold climates, with members that are believed to play a variety of roles at low temperatures. However, their survival mechanisms in frigid environments like the Antarctic are still unknown.
Karmacharya J +4 more
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Steric control of copper nuclearity in sulfur ligated oxidase mimics alters catechol and phenoxazinone oxidation. [PDF]
Sci RepControl over copper nuclearity is a key issue in bioinspired oxidation chemistry, yet its mechanistic consequences in sulfur-donor environments remain insufficiently understood.
Khalaf EI +5 more
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3-Hydroxykynurenine in Regulation of Drosophila Behavior: The Novel Mechanisms for Cardinal Phenotype Manifestations. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2020 Dysfunctions of kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism (KPTM) are associated with multiple neuropathologies in vertebrates and invertebrates.
Zhuravlev AV +3 more
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New Streptomyces-Derived Antibacterial Compounds Targeting Gram-Positive Bacteria: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournalBacterial infections, particularly those caused by Gram‐positive bacteria like vancomycin‐resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are a growing concern. This review highlights the potential of the Streptomyces genus in producing novel antibacterial compounds against Gram‐positive bacteria.
Ait Assou S, El Hassouni M.
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Enzymatic and non-enzymatic pathways of kynurenines' dimerization: the molecular factors for oxidative stress development. [PDF]
PLoS Comput Biol, 2018 Kynurenines, the products of tryptophan oxidative degradation, are involved in multiple neuropathologies, such as Huntington's chorea, Parkinson's disease, senile dementia, etc.
Zhuravlev AV +2 more
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Towards Efficient Catalysts via Biomimetic Chemistry for Diphenols and Aminophenols Aerobic Oxidation [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2023 Biomimetic chemistry is a new environment-friendly approach that is inspired by biological processes, to produce new catalysts, and to develop ‘green’ synthetic routes to chemical catalysts based on the benefits of biological systems, aimed to find ...
Abdeslam Mouadili +2 more
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Comptes Rendus. Chimie, 2020 There are increasing efforts towards the development of new synthetic models that can mimic phenoxazinone synthase activity due to the important applications of several biomolecules bearing the phenoxazinone chromophore.
Oloyede, Hammed Olawale +4 more
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