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Non-proteinogenic amino acids

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Cyclic disulfides, such as asparagusic acid, enhance the uptake of a variety of cargoes into live cells. Here, we report a robust and scalable synthesis of an asparagusic acid modified lysine. This amino acid can be used in solid-phase peptide synthesis. W ...

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The fast and reliable determination of wave functions and electron densities of macromolecules has been one of the goals of theoretical chemistry for a long time, and in this context, several linear scaling techniques have been successfully devised over th ...

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Collagen-rich tissues in the cornea exhibit unique and highly organized extracellular matrix ultrastructures, which contribute to its high load-bearing capacity and light transmittance. Corneal collagen fibrils are controlled during development by small le ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2018

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Christof Holliger, Julien Maillard, Aline Sondra Adler, Valérie Berclaz, Marie Christelle Horisberger

Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) is an emerging technology offering an alternative wastewater treatment with a reduced footprint compared to conventional activated sludge systems. Basic understanding of AGS has mainly been obtained in lab-scale reactors fed w ...

2018

Hyperpolarization of 2-keto[1-13C]isocaproate for in vivo studies with photo-induced radicals

Rolf Gruetter, Mor-Miri Mishkovsky, Arnaud Comment, Hikari Ananda Infinity Yoshihara

Hyperpolarized 2-keto[1-13C]isocaproate (KIC) provides a means to probe brain nitrogen homeostasis and to assess molecular signatures of tumors. The dynamic nuclear polarization process requires a free-radical polarizing agent, and samples are typically do ...

2017

Scanning tunneling microscopy on large bio-molecular systems on surfaces

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The ever growing demand for the development of new technologies and materials has led to extensive studies inspired by biological functional complexes. Peptides with their outstanding ability to efficiently self-assemble can express a broad spectrum of int ...

EPFL2017

Biologically derived metal organic frameworks

Kyriakos Stylianou, Samantha Lynn Anderson

Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are extended structures composed of a network of organic ligands and metal ions or clusters connected to each other via coordination bonds. The numerous choices of organic ligands and metal coordination geometries have led t ...

Elsevier2017

Thermodynamic bounds on the ultra- and infra-affinity of Hsp70 for its substrates

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The 70 kDa Heat Shock Proteins Hsp70 have several essential functions in living systems, such as protecting proteins against protein aggregation, assisting protein folding, remodeling protein complexes and driving the translocation into organelles. These f ...

2017

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High-throughput computational materials design promises to greatly accelerate the process of discovering new materials and compounds, and of optimizing their properties. The large databases of structures and properties that result from computational search ...

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