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Hydration of amino acids: FTIR spectra and molecular dynamics studies
PublicationThe hydration of selected amino acids, alanine, glycine, proline, valine, isoleucine and phenylalanine, has been studied in aqueous solutions by means of FTIR spectra of HDO isotopically diluted in H2O. The difference spectra procedure and the chemometric method have been applied to remove the contribution of bulk water and thus to separate the spectra of solute-affected HDO. To support interpretation of obtained spectral results,...
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Capillary Electrophoresis in Determination of Low Molecular Mass Organic Acids
PublicationThis paper presents overviews the capabilities of capillary electrophoretic techniques to determine low molecular mass organic acids in a variety of aqueous, gas and solid samples. It mainly focuses on short - chain carboxylic acids containing one or more carboxylic groups and possibly some other functional groups (hydroxyl, keto-, amino- etc.). Finally the procedures applied to the determine the acids in different matrices are...
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Molecular Strategy for Survival at a Critical High Temperature in Eschierichia coli
PublicationThe molecular mechanism supporting survival at a critical high temperature (CHT) in Escherichia coli was investigated. Genome-wide screening with a single-gene knockout library provided a list of genes indispensable for growth at 47°C, called thermotolerant genes. Genes for which expression was affected by exposure to CHT were identified by DNA chip analysis. Unexpectedly, the former contents did not overlap with the latter except...
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Functionalized polypyrroles. New molecular materials for electrocatalysis and related applications
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Raman spectroscopy analysis of molecular configuration forms of the macular xanthophylls
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Porphyrazines as Molecular Scaffolds: Flexible Syntheses of Novel Multimetallic Complexes
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Positron scattering on molecular hydrogen: Analysis of experimental and theoretical uncertainties
PublicationExperiments performed in recent years on positron scattering from molecular hydrogen indicated a rise of the total cross section in the limit of zero energy, but essentially disagree on the amplitude of this rise. Mitroy and collaborators [J.-Y. Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 223202 (2009)] predicted a scattering length somewhat different from values deduced experimentally. Using a Markov chain Monte Carlo modified effective...
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Molecular modelling of membrane sterols with the use of the GROMOS 96 forcefield
PublicationPodstawowym zadaniem tego projektu było udowodnienie zasadności stosowania pola siłowego GROMOS 96 do symulacji steroli błonowych metodą dynamiki molekularnej. Uzyskane wyniki jasno wskazują, że to pole siłowe bardzo dobrze nadaje się do symulacji silnie lipofilowych układów.
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Molecular modelling of amphotericin B-ergosterol primary complex in water
PublicationBadano właściwości pierwotnego kompleksu amfoterycyny B z ergosterolem przy pomocy symulacji dynamiki molekularnej. Otrzymane w wyniku naszych symulacji rezultaty słabo odpowiadają postulowanym przez innych autorów modelom kompleksu antybiotyk-sterol. Z drugiej strony uzyskane geometrie nie są sprzeczne z wynikami eksperymentów biofizycznych dotyczących powstawania kompleksów w wodzie i w środowisku wodno-alkoholowym.
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Cation diffusion coefficients in CuAgI via molecular dynamics simulations
PublicationPraca prezentuje wyniki analizy strukturalnej otrzymane poprzez symulacje dynamiczno-molekularne (zespół NpT, dwuciałowy potencjał Vashisty-Rahmana) superjonowego związku o składzie (1-x)Cu-xAg-I, x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0). Wyznaczono wartość współczynnika dyfuzji kationów i energii aktywacji w funkcji składu szkła i temperatury. Otrzymane rezultaty porównano z danymi literaturowymi.
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ortho-Fluorobenzanilides and ortho-fluorothiobenzanilides: Molecular conformations and crystal packing
PublicationSeries of 2-fluoro and 2,6-difluorobenzanilides and their thiobenzanilide analogs have been synthesized to investigate the influence of the fluorine atom on their crystal structures and self-assembly in the crystal lattice. The X-ray analysis of the single crystal revealed that the synthesized molecules adopt a geometry being deflected from planarity. The deflection was investigated by analysis of dihedral angles between mean planes...
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Evaluating experimental molecular physics studies of radiation damage in DNA*
PublicationThe field of Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) is a mature field exploring the spectroscopy, excitation, ionisation of atoms and molecules in all three phases. Understanding of the spectroscopy and collisional dynamics of AMP has been fundamental to the development and application of quantum mechanics and is applied across a broad range of disparate disciplines including atmospheric sciences, astrochemistry, combustion and environmental...
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The structure of rarefied and densified PbSiO3 glass: a molecular dynamics study.
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia wyniki symulacji dynamiczno-molekularnychstruktury rozrzedzonego i zagęszczonego szkła PbSiO3 (w zakresie gęstości od 3000 kg/m3 do 8000 kg/m3). Otrzymane wyniki dokładnie przedyskutowano pod kątem blisko- i średnio-zasięgowego uporządkowania atomów i porównano ze strukturą szkła PbSiO3 o normalnej gęstości (5970kg/m3) oraz ze strukturą rozrzedzonych i zagęszczonych szkieł PbGeO3.
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Cationic or anionic surfactant oscillators for molecular recognition of taste substances
PublicationOtrzymano krzywe oscylacyjne róznicy potencjału elektrochemicznego miedzy fazami wodnymi oscylatora zawierajacego jonowy surfanktant. Były one analizowane poprzez konsrukcje portretów fazowych uzywając metody opóźnienia czasowego. Kształt portertów fazowych jest rożny dla układów z kationowym lub anionowym surfanktantem. Szeregi wzrostu powierzchni atraktorów dla tych dwoch oscylatorów sa także rózne.
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Oscillators with anionic surfactants as systems for molecular recognition of taste substances
PublicationZaprezentowano, charakterystyki oscylacyjne układów trojfazowych, ktore mogą byc uzyte do rozpoznawania substancji smakowych. Zaobserwowano, że zmiany osylacyjne róznicy potencjału elektrycznego miedzy fazami wodnymi zależą od rodzaju substancji smakowej obecnej w układzie. Ich rózne wartosci poczatkowe są ważną cechą z punktu mozliwości zastosowania tych układów w sensorach smaku. Dla kazdego układu wyznaczono portrety fazowe...
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Understanding homogenous nucleation: the recent phenomenological and molecular dynamic approaches
PublicationPraca przedstawia dwa podejścia do problemu homogenicznej nukleacji. Pierwsze jest podejściem fenomenologicznym. Nukleacja jest tu rozumiana jako wzrost kropel krytycznych, które po przejściu określonego wymiaru, warunku równowagi termodynamicznej, mają tendencje do wzrostu. W tym podejściu problem wzrostu kropel oraz problem populacji kropel jest określany poprzez parametry makroskopowe. Przedstawiono nowe rozwiązania uzyskane...
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New Peptide Based Fluconazole Conjugates with Expanded Molecular Targets
PublicationInfections of Candida spp. etiology are frequently treated with azole drugs. Among azoles, the most widely used in the clinical scenario remains fluconazole (FLC). Promising results in treatment of dangerous, systemic Candida infections demonstrate the advantages of combined therapies carried out with combinations of at least two different antifungal agents. Here, we report five conjugates composed of covalently linked FLC and...
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Molecular targets for antifungals in amino acid and protein biosynthetic pathways
PublicationFungi cause death of over 1.5 million people every year, while cutaneous mycoses are among the most common infections in the world. Mycoses vary greatly in severity, there are long-term skin (ringworm), nail or hair infections (tinea capitis), recurrent like vaginal candidiasis or severe, life-threatening systemic, multiorgan infections. In the last few years, increasing importance is attached to the health and economic problems...
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Synthesis and hydrogen evolving catalysis of a panchromatic photochemical molecular device
PublicationA dinuclear hydrogen evolution photocatalyst [(tbbpy)2Os(tpphz)PtI2](PF6)2 (tbbpy = 4,4′-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine; tpphz = tetrapyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c:2′′,3′′-h:2′′′,3′′′-j]phenazine) is synthesized in order to make use of the broader range of visible light absorption mitigated by the osmium center. In a first step, the activity of the complex for hydrogen evolution is investigated by evaluating the role of different electron donors...
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Molecular Umbrellas Modulate the Selective Toxicity of Polyene Macrolide Antifungals
PublicationAntifungal polyene macrolide antibiotics Amphotericin B (AmB) and Nystatin (NYS) were conjugated through the ω-amino acid linkers with diwalled “molecular umbrellas” composed of spermidine-linked deoxycholic or cholic acids. The presence of “umbrella” substituents modulated biological properties of the antibiotics, especially their selective toxicity. Some of the AmB-umbrella conjugates demonstrated antifungal in vitro activity...
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Positron binding to alkali-metal hydrides: The role of molecular vibrations
PublicationThe bound vibrational levels for J=0 have been computed for the series of alkali-metal hydride molecules from LiH to RbH, including NaH and KH. For all four molecules the corresponding potential-energy curves have been obtained for each isolated species and for its positron-bound complex (e+XH). It is found that the calculated positron affinity values strongly depend on the molecular vibrational state for which they are obtained...
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Electron-impact dissociation of molecular hydrogen: benchmark cross sections
PublicationWe present a joint experimental and theoretical investigation of a fundamental process in atomic and molecular physics: electron impact excitation of molecular hydrogen’s (H2) most dominant transition (X1Σg+ → b3Σu+). Excitation of this state is by far the main channel that causes the dissociation of H2 into H + H atoms at low energies. The Convergent Close-Coupling (CCC) calculations predicted significant, more than factor of...
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The significance of the properties of water for the working cycle of the kinesin molecular motor
PublicationExplicit solvent molecular dynamics simulations were performed in this study to investigate and discuss several aspects of the influence of the properties of water on the working cycle of a molecular motor from the kinesin superfamily. The main objects of attention were: the binding of the neck linker and the association of the kinesin and the tubulin. The docking of the neck linker is considered a crucial event during the working...
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The Ellenbogen's "Matter as Software" Concept for Quantum Computer Implementation: II Bonding Between the C60 and X@C60 Molecules as Available Molecular Building Blocks (MBBs) for Tip-Based Nanofabrication (TBN) of Quantum Computing Devices
PublicationThe binding energy, BE of the X@C60-X@C60 homodimer and the X@C60-Y@C60 heterodimer resulting from the bond formation between the occupied X@C60 MBB and the C60 molecule was studied by means of semiempirical PM7 calculations, where X and Y denote atoms from H to Bi, excluding Tc and lanthanides. All possible combinations of N = 68 guest atoms were considered, which resulted in K = 2346 of different calculated dimers of (X@C60-Y@C60)...
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Geometry optimization of steroid sulfatase inhibitors - the influence on the free binding energy with STS
PublicationIn the paper we review the application of two techniques (molecular mechanics and quantum mechanics) to study the influence of geometry optimization of the steroid sulfatase inhibitors on the values of descriptors coded their chemical structure and their free binding energy with the STS protein. We selected 22 STS-inhibitors and compared their structures optimized with MM+, PM7 and DFT B3LYP/6–31++G* approaches considering separately...
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Analysis of molecular structure of starch citrate obtained by a well-stablished method
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Molecular action of isoflavone genistein in the human epithelial cell line HaCaT
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The molecular mechanism of genistein action in lysosomal storage diseases: A transcriptomic approach
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Molecular Diagnostics of Brain Tumours by Measuring the 5-Methylcytosine Level in Their DNA
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Separation of variables in molecular-dynamics simulations: A criterion to estimate the quality of the approximation
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Molecular Diffusion Simulation on ARUZ – Massively-parallel FPGA-based Machine
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A Model of Thermally Activated Molecular Transport: Implementation in a Massive FPGA Cluster
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Molecular features of thymidine analogues governing the activity of human thymidine kinase
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Molecular dynamics simulations of the growth of poly(chloro-para-xylylene) films
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Processing and Maturation of Cathepsin C Zymogen: A Biochemical and Molecular Modeling Analysis
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Theory and Practice of Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics of Biologically Important Systems
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Selected molecular and microfluidic aspects of mammalian oocyte maturation-perspectives: a review
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Simulation of the Opening and Closing of Hsp70 Chaperones by Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics
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The immunological, biochemical and molecular bases of canine senescence and carcinogenesis: a review
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Albumin–Hyaluronan Interactions: Influence of Ionic Composition Probed by Molecular Dynamics
PublicationThe lubrication mechanism in synovial fluid and joints is not yet fully understood. Nevertheless, intermolecular interactions between various neutral and ionic species including large macromolecular systems and simple inorganic ions are the key to understanding the excellent lubrication performance. An important tool for characterizing the intermolecular forces and their structural consequences is molecular dynamics. Albumin...
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Molecular and structural characteristics of cod gelatin films modifiedwith EDC and TGase
PublicationCod gelatin films before and after cross-linking of gelatin with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) or transglutaminase (TGase) have been characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and DSC analysis. For comparison, a film prepared from unmodified pig gelatin has been also analysed. The difference spectra showed that cod gelatin during the film formation involved first of all water-to-amide hydrogen bonds, and the film...
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Structure and Molecular Dynamics in Renewable Polyamides from Dideoxy-Diamino Isohexide
PublicationThe chemical structure, the conformation, andthe flexibility of the polymer chain fragments present in thepolyamides synthesized from 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxy-1,4;3,6-dianhydrosorbitol, 1,4-diaminobutane, and either sebacic orbrassylic acid have been studied by liquid-state 2D NMRspectroscopy viz. correlation spectra (COSY) and heteronuclearmultiple-bond correlation spectra (gHMBC), by 13Ccross-polarization/magic-angle spinning...
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Molecular self-assembly and optical activity of chiral thionooxalamic acid esters
PublicationZsyntezowano kilka optycznie czynnych estrów dietylowych kwasu bis(tiooksamowego). Związki te, z powodu ich zdolności do tworzenia ze sobą komplementarnych cyklicznych wiązań wodorowych, są potencjalnie użytecznym materiałem budulcowym większych układów supramolekularnych. Odpowiednie układy modelowe otrzymano z optycznie czynnych 1,2-diamin, które poddano acylowaniu chlorooksooctanem etylu, a następnie otrzymane półprodukty tionowano...
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Interactions of amphotericin B derivatives with lipid membranes - a molecular dynamics study
PublicationW pracy analizowano oddziaływanie dwóch nisko-toksycznych pochodnych amfoterycyny B (związki SAmE i PAmE) z modelami błon lipidowych. Badania wykonane zostały za pomocą dynamiki molekularnej. Modele błon oprócz fosfolipidów DMPC zawierały odpowiednio cholesterol (model błony zwierzęcej) lub ertosterol (model błony grzybowej). Analiza wyników wykazała, że obie pochodne amfoterycyny B zachowują się inaczej w błonie cholesterolowej...
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Structure of liquid gold from tight-binding driven molecular-dynamics
PublicationPraca przedstawia wyniki symulacji ciekłego złota w nadkomórce periodycznej przy użyciu stworzonego przez autorów programu komputerowego, za pomocą połączonych metod dynamiki molekularnej (MD) i ciasnego wiązania (TB). Omówiono strukturę tak symulowanej cieczy, porównując ją z dostępnymi danymi doświadczalnymi oraz wynikami innych symulacji, pod kątem radialnej i kątowej funkcji rozkładu i elektronowej gęstości stanów.A tight-binding...
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Molecular modeling of amphotericin B - ergosterol primary complex in water II
PublicationPrezentowane badania dotyczą oddziaływania antybiotyku polienowego anfoterycyny B (AmB) i ergosterolu (ERG) (typowego sterolu błonowego komórek grzybowych) na poziomie molekularnym. W odróżnieniu od badanego poprzednio kompleksu binarnego analizowany obecnie kompleks AnB/ERG/AmB charakteryzuje się zdecydowanie wiekszą stabilnością i wzglednie sztywną, sandwiczową geometrią. Za trwałość i geometrie kompleksu odpowiedzialne są oddziaływania...
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Molecular Profiling for Predictors of Radiosensitivity in Patients with Breast or Head-and-Neck Cancer
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Study of the transport properties of a molecular junction as a function of the distance between the leads
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Molecular epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in northern Poland
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Molecular dynamics simulations of the growth of poly (chloro-para-xylylene) films.
PublicationParylene C, poly(chloro-para-xylylene) is the most widely used member of the parylene family due to its excellent chemical and physical properties. In this work we analyzed the formation of the parylene C film using molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics methods. A five unit chain is necessary to create a stable hydrophobic cluster and to adhere to a covered surface. Two scenarios were deemed to take place. The obtained results...