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S-Adenosylmethionine is one of the most important activated methyl donors in cells and is widely involved in methyl-transfer reactions affecting DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and multiple classes of small molecules. Current understanding of methylation regulation has expanded from the level of ...
Phosphatidylserine (PS) is an important anionic phospholipid in cell membranes. Any discussion of PS should begin with a clear view of its positional state within membranes. In discussions of plasma membrane lipid asymmetry, PS under steady-state conditions is located predominantly on the ...
The central role of 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonyl chloride (TPS-Cl) in nucleoside and nucleotide chemistry is that it breaks down certain complex transformations into steps that are clearer and easier to control: an identifiable activated state is formed first, and subsequent nucleophiles ...
Azomethine ylides are highly reactive nitrogen-containing intermediates. One of their most common uses is in [3+2] cycloadditions with alkenes and carbonyl-type dipolarophiles to construct five-membered heterocycles such as pyrrolidines and oxazolidines. These intermediates have attracted ...
The core value of DSC [N,N′-disuccinimidyl carbonate] lies in its ability to first convert different types of substrates into N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-type activated intermediates, which can then be used for subsequent bond-forming steps. Its importance does not lie merely in the fact that ...
Sulfation is an important anionic modification mode in extracellular molecular recognition, matrix organization, and metabolic transformation.
Sucrose is one of the most important transport sugars in plants and also one of the most representative disaccharide substrates in food science, fermentation, biocatalysis, and sugar-metabolism research.
The kinin system is a major molecular network linking tissue injury, inflammatory responses, vascular reactivity, and regulation of neural excitability. Through coordinated control of kinin generation, receptor stratification, ion-channel sensitization, and amplification of neuroinflammation, ...
Natural products are widely distributed in plants, fungi, actinomycetes, and certain marine organisms, and their structural diversity and biological complexity constitute an important foundation for natural product chemistry, phytochemistry, and functional-molecule research.