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Photochemical Elimination Reactions That Proceed Via Triplet Excited State Electrocyclic Ring Closures, Himali Devika Jayasekara Apr 2014

Photochemical Elimination Reactions That Proceed Via Triplet Excited State Electrocyclic Ring Closures, Himali Devika Jayasekara

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Cage compounds have become an important tool for the study of biological processes. The research focuses on new cage compounds that can unmask functional groups present in biologically important molecules such as proteins, peptides, and oligonucleosides. The project focuses on certain functional groups that are often difficult to release photochemically. These are the thiolate groups present in cysteine residues of proteins and peptides. Thiolate groups are fairly basic leaving groups, unlike the more labile groups such as the carboxylates that are present in proteins and peptides, or the phosphate groups present in nucleosides. The research takes advantage of the ability …


Nmr And Computational Studies Of Nad(P)(H) Cofactor Binding, Junghwa Kim Oct 2011

Nmr And Computational Studies Of Nad(P)(H) Cofactor Binding, Junghwa Kim

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most dangerous diseases in a sense of spread method. According W.H.O., one third of world population has this disease and annual one of these infected people spreads 10 -15 people unintentionally. To protect human from this bacterial, the unique feature of mycrobacterial [sic] TB was studied previously. The unique cell wall, peptidoglycan, has high content of DAP (diaminopimelic acid). The disruption of synthesis DAP results in cell death due to instability of cell wall. One way to inhibiting synthesis of DAP is to modify cofactor which acts with dehydrogenase. To do that the study …