Highlights d Crystal structure of C. jejuni Cas9 bound to guide RNA and target DNA d The C. jejuni guide RNA contains a triple-helix architecture d C. jejuni Cas9 recognizes both strands in the 5 0-NNNVRYM-3 0 PAM duplex d Structural and mechanistic diversity among the orthologous CRISPR-Cas9 systems
This work reports on the structural and photophysical characterization of D 4 -symmetrical octanuclear circular Ln III helicates, [(R)-or (S)-i Pr-Pybox] 8 (Ln III ) 8 (THP) 8 (where Ln = Eu and Tb, THP = trianionic tris-β-diketonate, and i Pr-Pybox = chiral bis(4-isopropyl-2-oxazolinyl)pyridine). X-ray crystallographic analysis revealed that the octanuclear circular helicate possesses square antiprism architecture and consists of four [(R)or (S)-i Pr-Pybox] 2 Ln III 2 (THP) 2 asymmetric units arranged in a closed ring form. Ligand-to-ligand interactions between the THP and the i Pr-Pybox ligands have successfully directed formation of enantiopure, homoconfigurational (Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ,Δ)-R and (Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ,Λ)-S isomers. All of the nonacoordinated Ln III ions are identical and exhibit a distorted capped square antiprism (CSAP) geometry. Upon excitation of the ligand absorption band (λ = 360 nm), the circular helicates display characteristic Eu III (red, 5 D 0 → 7 F J , J = 0−4) or Tb III (green, 5 D 4 → 7 F J , J = 6−3) core f−f luminescence. The overall emission quantum yields of the circular Eu III and Tb III helicates are 0.145 and 0.0013, respectively, in chloroform. The Eu III and Tb III complexes exhibit remarkable circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) activity at their magnetic dipole transition with observed luminescence dissymmetry factors |g lum | of 1.25 ( 5 D 0 → 7 F 1 , λ = 592 nm) and 0.25 ( 5 D 4 → 7 F 5, λ = 541 nm), respectively. Exceptional |g lum | values of the circular Eu III helicates highlight the visible intensity difference between left and right circularly polarized emissions of R and S isomers in chloroform and PMMA thin film.
BackgroundPlant mitochondrial genomes are known for their complexity, and there is abundant evidence demonstrating that this organelle is important for plant sexual reproduction. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is a phenomenon caused by incompatibility between the nucleus and mitochondria that has been discovered in various plant species. As the exact sequence of steps leading to CMS has not yet been revealed, efforts should be made to elucidate the factors underlying the mechanism of this important trait for crop breeding.ResultsTwo CMS mitochondrial genomes, LD-CMS, derived from Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica (434,735 bp), and CW-CMS, derived from Oryza rufipogon Griff. (559,045 bp), were newly sequenced in this study. Compared to the previously sequenced Nipponbare (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) mitochondrial genome, the presence of 54 out of 56 protein-encoding genes (including pseudo-genes), 22 tRNA genes (including pseudo-tRNAs), and three rRNA genes was conserved. Two other genes were not present in the CW-CMS mitochondrial genome, and one of them was present as part of the newly identified chimeric ORF, CW-orf307. At least 12 genomic recombination events were predicted between the LD-CMS mitochondrial genome and Nipponbare, and 15 between the CW-CMS genome and Nipponbare, and novel genetic structures were formed by these genomic rearrangements in the two CMS lines. At least one of the genomic rearrangements was completely unique to each CMS line and not present in 69 rice cultivars or 9 accessions of O. rufipogon.ConclusionOur results demonstrate novel mitochondrial genomic rearrangements that are unique in CMS cytoplasm, and one of the genes that is unique in the CW mitochondrial genome, CW-orf307, appeared to be the candidate most likely responsible for the CW-CMS event. Genomic rearrangements were dynamic in the CMS lines in comparison with those of rice cultivars, suggesting that 'death' and possible 'birth' processes of the CMS genes occurred during the breeding history of rice.
A charge-transfer (CT) complex was formed between corannulene (C20H10) and lithium ion-encapsulated [60]fullerene (Li(+)@C60) with the binding constant KG = 1.9 × 10 M(-1) by concave-convex π-π CT interactions in benzonitrile at 298 K, exhibiting a broad CT absorption extended to the NIR region. Femotosecond laser excitation of the C20H10/Li(+)@C60 CT complex resulted in the singlet charge-separated (CS) state, (1)(C20H10(•+)/Li(+)@C60(•-)), which decayed with the lifetime of 1.4 ns. Nanosecond laser excitation of Li(+)@C60 resulted in intermolecular electron transfer (ET) from C20H10 to the triplet excited state of Li(+)@C60 [(3)(Li(+)@C60)*] to produce the triplet CS state (3)(C20H10(•+)/Li(+)@C60(•-)). The distance between two electron spins in the triplet CS state was estimated to be 10 Å from the zero-field splitting pattern observed by EPR measurements at 4 K. The triplet CS state decayed to the ground state via intramolecular back electron transfer (BET). The CS lifetime was determined to be 240 μs in benzonitrile at 298 K. The temperature dependence of the rate constant of BET afforded the reorganization energy (λ = 1.04 eV) and the electronic coupling term (V = 0.0080 cm(-1)). The long lifetime of triplet CS state results from the spin-forbidden BET process and a small V value.
Benzene was hydroxylated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper complexes in acetone to yield phenol at 298 K. At higher temperature, phenol was further hydroxylated with H2O2 by catalysis of copper complexes to yield p-benzoquinone. The kinetic study revealed that the rate was proportional to concentrations of benzene and H2O2, but to the square root of concentration of a copper(II) complex ([Cu(tmpa)]2+: tmpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine). The addition of a spin trapping reagent resulted in formation of a spin adduct of hydroperoxyl radical (HO2•), as observed by EPR spectroscopy, inhibiting phenol formation. HO2• produced by the reaction of [Cu(tmpa)]2+ with H2O2 acts as a chain carrier for the radical chain reactions for formation of phenol. When [Cu(tmpa)]2+ was incorporated into mesoporous silica-alumina (Al-MCM-41) by a cation exchange reaction, the selectivity to production of phenol was much enhanced by prevention of hydroxylation of phenol, which was not adsorbed to Al-MCM-41. The high durability with turnover number of 4320 for the hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with H2O2 was achieved using [Cu(tmpa)]2+ incorporated into Al-MCM-41 as an efficient and selective catalyst.
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