Molecular‐Crowding Effect Mimicking Cold‐Resistant Plants to Stabilize the Zinc Anode with Wider Service Temperature Range
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208237
Abstract: Growth of dendrites, the low plating/stripping efficiency of Zn anodes, and the high freezing point of aqueous electrolytes hinder the practical application of aqueous Zn‐ion batteries. Here, a zwitterionic osmolyte‐based molecular crowding electrolyte is presented,… read more here.
Keywords: effect mimicking; molecular crowding; crowding effect; mimicking cold ... See more keywords
Molecular Crowding Effect in Aqueous Electrolytes to Suppress Hydrogen Reduction Reaction and Enhance Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction
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DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202101699
Abstract: The H2 evolution reaction (HER), one of the most intractable issues for the electrochemical N2 reduction reaction (NRR), seriously hinders NH3 production selectivity and yield rate. Considering that hydrogenation reactions are essential to the aqueous… read more here.
Keywords: reduction reaction; electrolytes suppress; molecular crowding; reduction ... See more keywords
Molecular Crowding Electrolytes for Stable Proton Batteries.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202992
Abstract: Proton electrochemistry is promising for developing post-lithium energy storage devices with high capacity and rate capability. However, some electrode materials are vulnerable because of the co-intercalation of free water molecules in traditional acid electrolytes, resulting… read more here.
Keywords: molecular crowding; crowding electrolytes; water; electrochemistry ... See more keywords
Improvement of imprinting effect of ionic liquid molecularly imprinted polymers by use of a molecular crowding agent
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DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0760-5
Abstract: We aimed to improve the imprinting effect of ionic liquid molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) by use of a molecular crowding agent. The ionic liquid 1-vinyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([VEIm][BF4]) was used as the functional monomer and aesculetin… read more here.
Keywords: ionic liquid; liquid; crowding agent; imprinting effect ... See more keywords
Molecular crowding accelerates aggregation of α-synuclein by altering its folding pathway
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DOI: 10.1007/s00249-020-01486-1
Abstract: Intracellular macromolecular crowding can lead to increased aggregation of proteins, especially those that lack a natively folded conformation. Crowding may also be mimicked by the addition of polymers like polyethylene glycol (PEG) in vitro. α-Synuclein… read more here.
Keywords: aggregation; synuclein; aggregation synuclein; molecular crowding ... See more keywords
Effects of Molecular Crowding on G-Quadruplex-hemin Mediated Peroxidase Activity
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DOI: 10.1007/s40242-020-0018-1
Abstract: The concentration of macromolecules in cells can reach up to 50–400 mg/mL. They occupy 40%(volume fraction) of the whole cellar space, known as molecular crowding. The diluted solution condition in vitro is different from the… read more here.
Keywords: condition; peroxidase activity; hemin; molecular crowding ... See more keywords
The role of molecular crowding in long-range metalloprotein electron transfer: Dissection into site- and scaffold-specific contributions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.10.069
Abstract: Abstract Here we report the effect of molecular crowding on long-range protein electron transfer (ET) and disentangle the specific responses of the redox site and the protein milieu. To this end, we studied two different… read more here.
Keywords: site; molecular crowding; long range; crowding long ... See more keywords
Characterization of Intracellular Crowding Environments with Topology-Based DNA Quadruplex Sensors.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04177
Abstract: Molecular crowding creates a unique environment in cells and imposes physical constraints such as the excluded volume effect, water activity, and dielectric constant that can affect the structure and function of biomolecules. It is therefore… read more here.
Keywords: water activity; dna; topology; molecular crowding ... See more keywords
Molecular Crowding Evolution Enables Discovery of Enthalpy-Driven Aptamers for Robust Biomedical Applications.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02697
Abstract: Enthalpy-driven ligands are ideal probes for biomedical applications because of the formation of more bonds between the ligand and target, compared to entropy-driven ligands with similar Gibbs free energy changes. However, there has been a… read more here.
Keywords: driven aptamers; enthalpy driven; molecular crowding; crowding selex ... See more keywords
Bisubstrate Function of RNA Polymerases Triggered by Molecular Crowding Conditions.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01204
Abstract: Since the origin of life on Earth, the role of carrying genetic information has been presumably transferred from RNA to DNA. At present, cellular environments are extremely dense, packed with cosolutes and macromolecules. Hence, the… read more here.
Keywords: dna; rna dna; rna; polymerase ... See more keywords
Effect of PEG-induced molecular crowding on the enzymatic activity and thermal stability of β galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02316
Abstract: Here we report the effect of polyethyleneglycol (PEG6000) induced molecular crowding (MC) on the catalytic activity and thermal stability of from Kluyveromyces lactis β-galactosidase (β-Gal). The β-Gal catalyzed hydrolysis of o-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside followed a michaelian kinetics… read more here.
Keywords: induced molecular; effect; molecular crowding; activity ... See more keywords