Identification of an alternative glycogen synthesis pathway independent of glycogen synthases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
In cyanobacteria, glycogen is the primary carbon storage polysaccharide. It is synthesised via the canonical GlgC-GlgA pathway, which involves the enzymes ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGP) and glycogen synthase (GlgA). The Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant lacking...
Oxidation of Alcohols to Carboxylates with N2O Catalyzed by Ruthenium(II)-CNC Complexes
Air-stable ruthenium(II) complexes based on a picoline-derived CNC pincer ligand, [RuH(CNC)(CO)L]X (L = PPh3, X = Br; L = CO, X = BF4), were found to catalyze under basic conditions the oxidation with N2O of a series of alcohols to carboxylates. Both [RuH(CNC)(CO)L]X...
Cr3+-Doped γ- and β-Gallium Oxide Nanoprobes for Bioimaging: Synthesis, Persistent Luminescence, and Biocompatibility
Persistent luminescent (PersL) nanophosphors that emit in the near infrared (NIR) region are promising nanoprobes for in vivo bioimaging. Although Cr3+-doped zinc gallate nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely studied as in vivo bioimaging nanoprobes due to their NIR...
Stepwise alkyne insertion in Au(i) acetylides: influence of the nuclearity
The reaction between NHC-supported (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) gold(I) trimethylsilylacetylide complexes with NHC gold(I) hydroxide species renders different symmetrical homobimetallic Au complexes. These compounds readily undergo migratory insertion of DMAD...
Room-temperature cavity exciton-polariton condensation in perovskite quantum dots
The exploitation of the strong light-matter coupling regime and exciton-polariton condensates has emerged as a compelling approach to introduce strong interactions and nonlinearities into numerous photonic applications. The use of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots...