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Chemical Analysis of Water-accommodated Fractions of Crude Oil Spills Using TIMS-FT-ICR MS
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2017
The low-energy water-accommodated fraction (LEWAF) of crude oil is a challenging system to analyze, because over time, this complex mixture undergoes chemical transformations. This protocol illustrates methods for the preparation of the LEWAF sample and for performing photo-irradiation and chemical analysis by trapped ion mobility spectrometry–FT-ICR MS.
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Fentanyl Analog Screening using LC-TIMS-TOF MS/MS
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2024
A method for the screening of fentanyl analogs based on their retention time, mobility, and mass spectrometry fragmentation pattern.
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Multiplex Detection of Bacteria in Complex Clinical and Environmental Samples using Oligonucleotide-coupled Fluorescent Microspheres
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2011
We describe a multiplex method for the detection of microorganisms within a sample using oligonucleotide-coupled fluorescent beads. Amplicon from all organisms within a sample is hybridized to a panel of probe-coupled beads. A Luminex or Bio-Plex instrument is used to query each bead for bead type and hybridization signal.
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Coordination Chemistry Complexes
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Dr. Neal Abrams — SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Transition metals are found everywhere from vitamin supplements to electroplating baths. Transition metals also make up the pigments in many paints and compose all minerals. Typically, transition metals are found in the cationic form since they readily oxidize, or lose electrons, and are surrounded by electron donors called ligands. These ligands do not form ionic or covalent bonds with the metal center,...
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Protein Complex Assembly
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2020
Proteins can form homomeric complexes with another unit of the same protein or heteromeric complexes with different types. Most protein complexes self-assemble spontaneously via ordered pathways, while some proteins need assembly factors that guide their proper assembly. Despite the crowded intracellular environment, proteins usually interact with their correct partners and form functional complexes. Many viruses self-assemble into a fully functional unit using the infected host cell to...
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Targeting sequences provide the recognition information that allows nuclear-encoded precursor proteins to engage the mitochondrial import pathway. After a precursor crosses the outer membrane, its targeting information helps direct interaction with channels in the inner membrane. This selectivity ensures that proteins reach mitochondria rather than remaining elsewhere in the cell, supporting organelle maintenance and respiratory function.
The inner-membrane transport process depends on two distinct forms of energy support. The membrane potential contributes to transport across the inner membrane, while ATP-driven chaperones such as mitochondrial Hsp70 support movement after channel engagement. Their combined roles connect electrochemical conditions and ATP availability with successful protein import, making both factors important for maintaining mitochondrial protein localization.
Import proceeds in an ordered path rather than as an isolated inner-membrane event. A nuclear-encoded precursor first crosses the outer mitochondrial membrane, then engages a TIM channel in the inner membrane. Targeting sequences, membrane potential, and ATP-dependent chaperone activity influence this progression, allowing the protein to reach the mitochondrial location where it can support energy production or organelle maintenance.
Structural and mechanistic studies of the TIM complex show how mitochondria control the localization of proteins encoded in the nucleus. This information connects molecular transport with broader outcomes, including respiratory function, metabolism, organelle maintenance, and cellular homeostasis. It also helps researchers examine how failures in import could disrupt mitochondrial biology and contribute to disease-related research questions.
Because mitochondrial performance depends on correctly localized proteins, defects in the import machinery can be examined as possible contributors to impaired organelle function. Research on the TIM complex therefore helps clarify links between protein-import failure and disease. These studies can also inform investigation of therapeutic intervention, while connecting molecular mechanisms to effects on respiration, metabolism, and cellular homeostasis.
Organelle biogenesis requires mitochondria to acquire proteins that are encoded in the nucleus. The TIM complex provides a mechanism for moving those precursors into the inner mitochondrial compartment, where they support organelle functions. Studying this process helps explain how mitochondrial protein composition is established and maintained, making the complex relevant to research on mitochondrial development, maintenance, and functional stability.