Novel implications of a strictly monomorphic (GCC) repeat in the human PRKACB gene.

PRKACB (Protein Kinase CAMP-Activated Catalytic Subunit Beta) is predominantly expressed in the brain, and regulation of this gene links to neuroprotective effects against tau and Aβ-induced toxicity. Here we studied a (GCC)-repeat spanning the core promoter and 5' UTR of this gene in 300 human subjects, consisting of late-onset neurocognitive disorder (NCD) (N = 150) and controls (N = 150). We also implemented several models to study the impact of this repeat on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of DNA.

Ab-initio search for efficient red thermally activated delayed fluorescence molecules for organic light emitting diodes.

In this work, we present a computational study on 105 selected organic molecules in order to find suitable candidates for using as thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), in the emission range of red light. Based on time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) computations, three promising candidates were found, predicted to have low singlet-triplet splittings, lower than 0.06 eV, and TADF rates of 0.