scholarly journals Free-energy changes of the glutaminase reaction and the hydrolysis of the terminal pyrophosphate bond of adenosine triphosphate

1959 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Benzinger ◽  
C. Kitzinger ◽  
R. Hems ◽  
K. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphate ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Equilibrium Constant of the Galactokinase Reaction and Free Energy of Hydrolysis of Adenosine Triphosphate

Nature ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 184 (4703) ◽  
pp. 1925-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. ATKINSON ◽  
ELEANOR JCHNSON ◽  
R. K. MORTON
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Equilibrium Constant ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphate ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

scholarly journals Davydov solitons in polypeptides

1985 ◽  
Vol 315 (1533) ◽  
pp. 423-436 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Adenosine Triphosphate ◽  
Vibrational Energy ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Self Trapping ◽  
Model Protein ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The experimental evidence for self-trapping of amide-I (CO stretching) vibrational energy in crystalline acetanilide (a model protein) is reviewed and related to A. S. Davydov’s theory of solitons as a mechanism for energy storage and transport in protein. Particular attention is paid to the construction of quantum states that contain N amide-I vibrational quanta. It is noted that the ´ N = 2’ state is almost exactly resonant with the free energy that is released upon hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate.

DFT study on the hydrolysis of metsulfuron-methyl: A sulfonylurea herbicide

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1850050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuhan Luo ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Junping Xiao ◽  
Chunhui Yin ◽  
Yahui He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Water Molecule ◽  
Carbonyl Group ◽  
Energy Barrier ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Free Energy Barrier ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Metsulfuron Methyl ◽  
Catalytic Role ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Sulfonylureas are an important group of herbicides widely used for a range of weeds and grasses control particularly in cereals. However, some of them tend to persist for years in environments. Hydrolysis is the primary pathway for their degradation. To understand the hydrolysis behavior of sulfonylurea herbicides, the hydrolysis mechanism of metsulfuron-methyl, a typical sulfonylurea, was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-31[Formula: see text]G(d,p) level. The hydrolysis of metsulfuron-methyl resembles nucleophilic substitution by a water molecule attacking the carbonyl group from aryl side (pathway a) or from heterocycle side (pathway b). In the direct hydrolysis, the carbonyl group is directly attacked by one water molecule to form benzene sulfonamide or heterocyclic amine; the free energy barrier is about 52–58[Formula: see text]kcal[Formula: see text]mol[Formula: see text]. In the autocatalytic hydrolysis, with the second water molecule acting as a catalyst, the free energy barrier, which is about 43–45[Formula: see text]kcal[Formula: see text]mol[Formula: see text], is remarkably reduced by about 11[Formula: see text]kcal[Formula: see text]mol[Formula: see text]. It is obvious that water molecules play a significant catalytic role during the hydrolysis of sulfonylureas.

scholarly journals Remodeler Catalyzed Nucleosome Repositioning: Influence of Structure and Stability

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Aaron Morgan ◽  
Sarah LeGresley ◽  
Christopher Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Chromatin Remodeling ◽  
Chromatin Structure ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Molecular Machines ◽  
Mechanical Work ◽  
Eukaryotic Genome ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The packaging of the eukaryotic genome into chromatin regulates the storage of genetic information, including the access of the cell’s DNA metabolism machinery. Indeed, since the processes of DNA replication, translation, and repair require access to the underlying DNA, several mechanisms, both active and passive, have evolved by which chromatin structure can be regulated and modified. One mechanism relies upon the function of chromatin remodeling enzymes which couple the free energy obtained from the binding and hydrolysis of ATP to the mechanical work of repositioning and rearranging nucleosomes. Here, we review recent work on the nucleosome mobilization activity of this essential family of molecular machines.

Heat capacity of activation for the hydrolysis of methanesulfonyl chloride and benzenesulfonyl chloride in light and heavy water

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (22) ◽  
pp. 4199-4206 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Robertson ◽  
B. Rossall ◽  
S. E. Sugamori ◽  
L. Treindl
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Heavy Water ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Sulfonyl Chlorides ◽  
Benzenesulfonyl Chloride ◽  
Methanesulfonyl Chloride ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Parameter Temperature Dependence

Rates of solvolysis of methanesulfonyl chloride and benzenesulfonyl chloride have been determined in H2O and D2O. The free energy, enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity of activation were calculated. The exceptional accuracy of the data permitted an estimation of dΔCp≠/dT from a four parameter temperature dependence of the kinetic rates.From these data we conclude that both sulfonyl chlorides hydrolyse by the same mechanism (Sn2) The change in R from CH3 to C6H5 in RSO2Cl did not alter ΔCp≠ but ΔS≠ (20°) was changed from −8.32 to −13.25 cal deg−1 mole−1, respectively. The significance of this difference is attributed to the probability of bond formation rather than to differences in solvent reorganization.

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