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M Derechin

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PubMed1979

Preparation and study of a fluorescent sugar analog competitive inhibitor of yeast hexokinase.

The preparation of 2-deoxy-2-amino-N-(5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalene sulfonyl)-glucose (III) designed as a fluorescent competitive inhibitor of hexokinase was achieved after reacting 2-deoxy-2-aminoglucose and 1-dimethylamino-5-naphthalene sulfonyl chloride. (III) showed fluorescence excitation and emission maxima in water at 330 and 507 nm, respectively. (III) was found to competitively inhibit hexokinase and a value of Ki = 3.0 x 10(-3)M was obtained for the system hexokinase B + Mg.ATP + glucose at pH 8.4.

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PubMed1975

Anomalous refractivity changes of gramicidin A in ethanol solutions.

Studies of the refractive properties of Gramicidin A in absolute ethanol and in ethanol water mixtures showed that this peptide in solution undergoes a conformational transition resulting in species with different refractivity. Accordingly, the folded form of this peptide shows a lower specific refractive index increment than the unfolded form. In addition, the occurrence of a strong pressure dependence of the transition is documented.

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