The effects of mutating Tyr9 and Arg15 on the structure, stability, conformational dynamics and mechanism of GSTA3-3

2017 / Biophysical Chemistry

Glutathione S-transferase A3-3 is the most catalytically efficient steroid isomerase enzyme known in humans, transforming Δ5-androstene-3-17-dione into Δ4-androstene-3-17-dione. GSTA3-3 catalyzes this… Continue reading The effects of mutating Tyr9 and Arg15 on the structure, stability, conformational dynamics and mechanism of GSTA3-3

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Process assessment associated to microbial community response provides insight on possible mechanism of waste activated sludge digestion under typical chemical pretreatments

2017 / Energy

Current studies have employed various chemicals for disintegrating and hydrolyzing microbial cells in waste activated sludge (WAS). However, a comprehensive… Continue reading Process assessment associated to microbial community response provides insight on possible mechanism of waste activated sludge digestion under typical chemical pretreatments

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Binding interactions of mixed ligand copper(II) amino acid Schiff base complexes with biological targets: Spectroscopic evaluation and molecular docking

2017 / Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Three mixed ligand copper(II) complexes [Cu(o-vanillin-l-tryptophan Schiff base)(diimine)] (diimine =2,2′-bipyridine (1), 1,10-phenanthroline (2) and 5,6-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline(3)) were synthesized and characterized using… Continue reading Binding interactions of mixed ligand copper(II) amino acid Schiff base complexes with biological targets: Spectroscopic evaluation and molecular docking

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Highly Selective Turn-on Fluorescent Chemodosimeter for Al(III) Detection via Al(III)-Promoted Hydrolysis of Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond in 8-Hydroxyquinoline Aldehyde Schiff Base

2017 / Chemistry A European Journal

Fluorescent chemodosimeters based on small organic molecules are widely used in the detection of various analytes. However, chemodosimeters for metal… Continue reading Highly Selective Turn-on Fluorescent Chemodosimeter for Al(III) Detection via Al(III)-Promoted Hydrolysis of Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bond in 8-Hydroxyquinoline Aldehyde Schiff Base

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

CasuL: A new lectin isolated from Calliandra surinamensis leaf pinnulae with cytotoxicity to cancer cells, antimicrobial activity and antibiofilm effect

2017 / International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

This work describes the isolation of a lectin (CasuL) from the leaf pinnulae of Calliandra surinamensis and the evaluation of its cytotoxic,… Continue reading CasuL: A new lectin isolated from Calliandra surinamensis leaf pinnulae with cytotoxicity to cancer cells, antimicrobial activity and antibiofilm effect

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Crystal-site engineering approach for preparation of Mg B2O4:Mn2+, Mn4+ (B = Al, Ga) phosphors: control of green/red luminescence properties

2017 / Materials Research Bulletin

The luminescence color (green/red) of Mg B2O4:Mn (B = Al, Ga) phosphors was controlled by crystal-site engineering approach through adjusting the quantity of… Continue reading Crystal-site engineering approach for preparation of Mg B2O4:Mn2+, Mn4+ (B = Al, Ga) phosphors: control of green/red luminescence properties

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Enhancement of fluorescence from one- and two-photon absorption of hemicyanine dyes by confinement in silicalite-1 nanochannels

2017 / Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

We prepared unique organic–inorganic composite possessing strong one- and two-photon florescence properties by encapsulating hemicyanine molecules in nanosized silicalite-1 zeolite.… Continue reading Enhancement of fluorescence from one- and two-photon absorption of hemicyanine dyes by confinement in silicalite-1 nanochannels

Leah Pandiscia, PhD

Structural insights into the cold adaptation of the photosynthetic pigment-protein C-phycocyanin from an Arctic cyanobacterium

2017 / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

The cold adaptation mechanism of phycobiliproteins, the major photosynthetic pigment-proteins in cyanobacteria and red algae, has rarely been studied. Here… Continue reading Structural insights into the cold adaptation of the photosynthetic pigment-protein C-phycocyanin from an Arctic cyanobacterium

Leah Pandiscia, PhD