Cosolvent and crowding effects on the polymerization kinetics of actin

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 8330-8337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Rosin ◽  
Paul Hendrik Schummel ◽  
Roland Winter
Keyword(s):  
Macromolecular Crowding ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Crowding Effects ◽  
Kinetics Of

Effects of cosolvents and macromolecular crowding agents on the G-to-F-transformation of actin are studied. Drastic and diverse changes in the lag phase and association rates of polymerizing actin are observed under different solvent conditions.

scholarly journals Kinetics of polymer looping with macromolecular crowding: effects of volume fraction and crowder size

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 472-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaeoh Shin ◽  
Andrey G. Cherstvy ◽  
Ralf Metzler
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Macromolecular Crowding ◽  
Crowding Effects ◽  
Kinetics Of

Depending on the size of crowding molecules and their volume fraction the looping rates of polymers are facilitated or impeded.

scholarly journals Modulation of the Polymerization Kinetics of α/β-Tubulin by Osmolytes and Macromolecular Crowding

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hendrik Schummel ◽  
Mimi Gao ◽  
Roland Winter
Keyword(s):  
Macromolecular Crowding ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Β Tubulin

Modulation of the Polymerization Kinetics of α/β-Tubulin by Osmolytes and Macromolecular Crowding

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hendrik Schummel ◽  
Mimi Gao ◽  
Roland Winter
Keyword(s):  
Macromolecular Crowding ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Β Tubulin

The mechanism of the anionic coordination polymerization of isoprene

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 2391-2399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Kašpar ◽  
Jiří Trekoval
Keyword(s):  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Coordination Polymerization ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method ◽  
Kinetics Of

The polymerization kinetics of isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) in benzene with butyllithium as the initiator was investigated by the gas chromatographic method. After completion of the initial period of the reaction, its order with respect to the initial concentration of initiator is negative at the concentrations of the latter between 0.01 and 0.25 mol/l, and positive at higher concentrations. A reaction scheme has been suggested with respect to the "cross" association of butyllithium and of the "living" oligoisoprene.

The effect of electrondonors on the polymerization kinetics of isoprene

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 3338-3346
Author(s):  
Miroslav Kašpar ◽  
Jiří Trekoval
Keyword(s):  
Induction Period ◽  
Ethyl Ether ◽  
Reaction Order ◽  
Propagation Rate ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Polymerization Rate ◽  
Constant Concentration ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
Kinetics Of

The effect of small additions of 1-octene, butyl ethyl ether and triethylamine on the polymerization kinetics of isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) in benzene initiated with butyllithium was investigated by employing the GLC analysis. The addition of 1-octane was reflected only in a shorter induction period of the reaction; the effect on the propagation rate was insignificant. With the increasing amount of butyl ethyl ether, the polymerization rate increases linearly, while the reaction order with respect to the concentration of triethylamine is variable and increases from 0.33 to 0.66 with the increasing concentration of the initiator. For a constant concentration of triethylamine, the reaction order with respect to the initial concentration of the initiator was found to vary considerably, reaching even negative values. A reaction scheme was suggested, taking into account the competition between two different solvates of alkyllithium.

scholarly journals Kinetics of tau aggregation reveals patient specific tau characteristics among Alzheimer's cases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarun V Kamath ◽  
Naomi Klickstein ◽  
Caitlin Commins ◽  
Analiese R Fernandes ◽  
Derek H Oakley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Phase ◽  
Tau Proteins ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Plateau Phase ◽  
Kinetic Assay ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Tau Aggregation ◽  
Kinetics Of

Abstract The accumulation of tau aggregates throughout the human brain is the hallmark of a number of neurodegenerative conditions classified as tauopathies. Increasing evidence shows that tau aggregation occurs in a “prion-like” manner, in which a small amount of misfolded tau protein can induce other, naïve tau proteins to aggregate. Tau aggregates have been found to differ structurally among different tauopathies. Recently, however, we have suggested that tau oligomeric species may differ biochemically among individual patients with sporadic Alzheimer disease, and have also showed that the bioactivity of the tau species, measured using a cell-based bioassay, also varied among individuals. Here, we adopted a live-cell imaging approach to the standard cell-based bioassay to explore further whether the kinetics of aggregation also differentiated these patients. We found that aggregation can be observed to follow a consistent pattern in all cases, with a lag phase, a growth phase, and a plateau phase, which each provide quantitative parameters by which we characterize aggregation kinetics. The length of the lag phase and magnitude of the plateau phase are both dependent upon the concentration of seeding-competent tau, the relative enrichment of which differs among patients. The slope of the growth phase correlates with morphological differences in the tau aggregates, which may be reflective of underlying structural differences. This kinetic assay confirms and refines the concept of heterogeneity in the characteristics of tau proteopathic seeds among individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and is a method by which future studies may characterize longitudinal changes in tau aggregation and the cellular processes which may influence these changes.

scholarly journals Synthesis and Polymerization Kinetics of Rigid Tricyanate Ester

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1686
Author(s):  
Andrey Galukhin ◽  
Roman Nosov ◽  
Ilya Nikolaev ◽  
Elena Melnikova ◽  
Daut Islamov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Polymerization Kinetics ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Diffusion Controlled ◽  
Polymerization Product ◽  
The One ◽  
Kinetics Of

A new rigid tricyanate ester consisting of seven conjugated aromatic units is synthesized, and its structure is confirmed by X-ray analysis. This ester undergoes thermally stimulated polymerization in a liquid state. Conventional and temperature-modulated differential scanning calorimetry techniques are employed to study the polymerization kinetics. A transition of polymerization from a kinetic- to a diffusion-controlled regime is detected. Kinetic analysis is performed by combining isoconversional and model-based computations. It demonstrates that polymerization in the kinetically controlled regime of the present monomer can be described as a quasi-single-step, auto-catalytic, process. The diffusion contribution is parameterized by the Fournier model. Kinetic analysis is complemented by characterization of thermal properties of the corresponding polymerization product by means of thermogravimetric and thermomechanical analyses. Overall, the obtained experimental results are consistent with our hypothesis about the relation between the rigidity and functionality of the cyanate ester monomer, on the one hand, and its reactivity and glass transition temperature of the corresponding polymer, on the other hand.

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