Batimastat is designed to bind to
zinc atoms in the active sites of all MMPs.
Not exact matches
Seeking such a strategy, researchers at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois, created an organic ring - shaped molecule with four metal
atoms: two
zincs and two rhodiums.
Specifically, computer simulations suggested which amino - acid building blocks should comprise the future transporter, so that it would carry ionic
atoms of metal
zinc in one direction across membranes, while pumping protons
in the other.
These sparks are created when billions of
zinc atoms shoot from thousands of small pouches nestled just beneath the surface of a mouse egg cell, researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory report December 15
in Nature Chemistry.
These sparks are created when thousands of
zinc atoms shoot from thousands of small pouches nestled just beneath the surface of the egg cell, researchers report December 15
in Nature Chemistry.
RIKEN researchers use a slightly different technique
in which they slam
zinc into bismuth, detecting one
atom of element 113
in 2004 and another
in 2005.
The key appears to be a single
zinc atom that sits at the core of the enzyme, which resembles a pyramid
in structure.
The group replaced the copper
atoms in BSCCOthe sources of any paired electronswith
zinc impurities sure to scatter the electrons.
«We found that they are a result of
zinc atoms that were incorrectly positioned
in the crystal lattice,» says Zheng.
The images the STM generated
in this experiment revealed bright, cross-shaped clouds of quasiparticles, electron excitation states that collectively act like a free electron, above the
zinc atoms.
The logical conclusion was that the reason must lie within the newly found
zinc atoms, which are naturally occurring
in this material.»