Probing the synergistic effects of amino compounds in mitigating oxidation in 2D TiCT MXene nanosheets in aqueous environments.

The shelf life of 2D MXenes in functional devices and colloidal dispersions is compromised due to oxidation in the aqueous system. Herein, a systematic investigation was carried out to explore the potential of various amino compounds as antioxidants for TiCT MXenes. A range of basic, acidic, and neutral amino acids were examined for their effectiveness, where certain antioxidants failed to protect MXenes from oxidation, while others accelerated their decomposition.

Detection of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction by Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay.

Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA) is a powerful technique for studying nucleic acid and protein interactions. This technique is based on the principle that nucleic acid-protein complex and nucleic acid migrate at different rates due to differences in size and charge. Nucleic acid and protein interactions are fundamental to various biological processes, such as gene regulation, replication, transcription, and recombination.

Mechanistic Insights into the Divergent Membrane Activities of a Viroporin from Chikungunya Virus and Its Transframe Variant.

Alphaviruses, a genus of vector-borne viruses in the family, encode a small ion-channel-forming protein, 6K, and its transframe variant (TF) during infections. Although 6K/TF have vital roles in glycoprotein transport, virus assembly, and budding, there is no mechanistic explanation for these functions. We investigated the distinct biochemical functionalities of 6K and TF from the mosquito-borne alphavirus, Chikungunya Virus.

A Helically-twisted Stereodynamic Probe for Chiroptical Sensing of Chiral Amines through Point-to-helical Chirality Transmission.

Chiral amines and amino alcohols form an important category of molecules employed in the designing of new drugs and catalyst. Herein, we present a helically-twisted stereodynamic dialdehyde probe 1 for the determining of absolute configuration, and enantiomeric excess of chiral amine and amino alcohols. Probe 1 is based on the pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide (PDC) core and undergoes rapid interconversion between the P- and M- conformers.

Microbial crosstalk with dermal immune system: A review on emerging analytical methods for macromolecular detection and therapeutics.

According to global health metrics, clinical symptoms such as cellulitis and pyoderma associated with skin diseases are a significant burden worldwide, affecting 2.2 million disability-adjusted life years in 2020. There is a strong correlation between the commensal bacteria and the host immune system.