Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:16:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao de mestrado completa Amanda A Souza.pdf: 994299 bytes, checksum: 8cf098dd70299abaf08a216436f38888 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-29 / Trichoderma harzianum is a saprophytic fungus, known for its potential as a biological control agent of different phytopathogens that causes losses in crops. Its action is based on different mechanisms like volatile and non-volatile antibiotics production, competition for nutrient and space, production of hydrolytic enzymes and mycoparasitism. This fungus also plays an important role in the release of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from insoluble macromolecules to the medium, favoring the growth of plants. Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient for plant growth, however, over 80% of the phosphorus applied to the soil, it becomes unavailable, due to its adsorption, precipitation or conversion to organic form. One way to obtain phosphate compounds in soil is through the action of enzymes called phosphatases, which catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphate esters producing soluble phosphorus. High levels of acid phosphatase (ACP) were produced by Trichoderma harzianum ALL42. This study evaluated the ability of T. harzianumALL42produce acid phosphatases(ACPs) in minimal medium modified by varying the concentration of glucose and phosphate (KH2PO4). The results showed that the concentration of glucose and phosphate in the culture medium regulated the production of ACPs T. harzianum ALL42. Thisfungusproducedanacid phosphatase(ACPII) inculture mediumcontainingglucose0.5% and0.04% phosphate. Theenzymewaspartiallypurifiedby hydrophobic interaction chromatography on Phenyl Sepharose. A typical procedure provided 2,0 fold purification with 32.65 % yield. It was optimally active in the pH range 5,2 and at 50°C. The enzyme was heat-stable, retaining approximately 60% of its activity after heating for 60 min at 60°C. Kinetic parameters calculated for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate by acid phosphatase were Km= 0,054 M and Vmax= 2,058 units.min-1. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by KH2PO4, FeCl3 and sodium tungstate. The enzyme is inhibited by KH2PO4 and sodium tungstate through mixed inhibition. The acid phosphatase hydrolyzed a number of phosphate esters ATP, ADP, AMP, D-glucose-1-phosphate, D-fructose-6-phosphate, includingphytic acid, showinganactivityofphytase. / Trichoderma harzianum é um fungo saprofítico, conhecido pelo seu grande potencial como agente de controle biológico de diferentes fitopatógenos. Sua ação é baseada em diferentes mecanismos como a produção de antibióticos voláteis e não-voláteis, competição por espaço e nutrientes, produção de enzimas hidrolíticas e o micoparasitismo. Esse fungo também desempenha um importante papel na liberação de carbono, nitrogênio e fósforo, a partir de macromoléculas insolúveis, para o meio, favorecendo o crescimento de plantas. O fósforo é um nutriente limitante para o crescimento da planta, entretanto, mais de 80% do fósforo aplicado diretamente no solo, torna-se indisponível, devido a sua adsorção, precipitação ou conversão para forma orgânica. Uma forma de se obter compostos fosfatados no solo é através da ação de enzimas denominadas fosfatases, que catalisam a hidrólise de ésteres fosfatados produzindo fósforo solúvel. Altos níveis de fosfatase ácida foram produzidos por Trichoderma harzianum ALL42. Neste trabalho avaliou-se a capacidade de T. harzianum ALL42 produzir fosfatases ácidas (ACPs) em meio mínimo modificado, variando a concentração de glicose e fosfato (KH2PO4). Os resultados obtidos demonstraram que, a concentração de glicose e fosfato no meio de cultura regulou a produção de ACPs por T. harzianum ALL42. Esse fungoproduziu uma fosfatase ácida (ACPII) em meio de cultura contendo glicose 0,5% e fosfato 0,04%. A enzima foi parcialmente purificada através da cromatografia de interação hidrofóbica Phenyl-Sepharose. O processo de purificação obteve um fator de purificação de 2,0 e rendimento de 32,65%. A atividade ótima encontrada foi na faixa de pH 5,2 e a 50 ºC. A enzima foi termoestável, mantendo aproximadamente 60% de sua atividade após incubação por 60 min a 60 ºC. Os parâmetros cinéticos calculados pela hidrólise de ƿ-nitrofenilfosfato pela fosfatase ácida foram de Km = 0,054 µmol e Vmáx = 2,028U.min-1. A enzima foi fortemente inibida por KH2PO4,FeCl3 e tungstato de sódio. A enzima foi inibida por KH2PO4 e tungstato de sódio por inibição mista. A fosfatase ácida hidrolisou todos os ésteres fosfatados testados (ATP, ADP, AMP, D-glicose-1-fosfato, D-frutose-6-fosfato, fenil fosfato de sódio), inclusive ácido fítico, demonstrando uma atividade de fitase.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:36:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nilton Inacio Domingues Junior.pdf: 2643612 bytes, checksum: 326f49f818932a8e26d3dc25d8e43064 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-23 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / Aluminum alloys present low specific density, good strength, and high corrosion resistance under common environments. Aluminum-Copper 2024 alloy is one of the most widely used alloy in aircraft fuselage structures due to its good mechanical properties. The microstructure of the alloy was observed by optical microscopy showing elongated grains caused from the rolling process. Solution heat treatment was performed at 495, 505, and 515°C followed by water quenching. Afterwards, artificial aging was carried out at 190 and 208°C. Hardness measurements and tensile tests were performed to determine the mechanical properties of this material after heat treatments. Tensile and hardness tests exhibited similar mechanical properties for the alloy in the three solution temperatures (495, 505, and 515°C). In general, the increase of the strength due to aging was accompanied by a decrease in ductility of the alloy. The highest values of yield and ultimate strength were obtained in the solubilized alloy at 505°C and artificially aged at 208ºC/2h. A fatigue study on Al-2024 alloy was conducted under symmetric tension-compression at room temperature, using a rotating bending testing machine. S-N curve has not shown a typical fatigue limit, but a drop steadily with decreasing stress cycle. Specimen reached up to 7.8 x 106 cycles before fracture at 110.23 MPa. The fracture surfaces of specimens submitted to high stress and low number of cycles showed large quantity of precipitates and microvoids, while in specimens submitted to low stress and high number of cycles were observed the presence of cracks along the periphery of the fracture surface. The presence of pores was intercepted and pulled out of the matrix precipitates in the fracture surface during crack propagation of high cycle fatigue. / Ligas de alumínio apresentam baixa massa específica, relativamente alta resistência mecânica e elevada resistência à corrosão. A liga alumínio-cobre 2024 tem sido uma das ligas mais amplamente utilizada, principalmente em estruturas de aeronaves, devido às suas boas propriedades mecânicas. A microestrutura da liga observada por microscopia óptica apresentou grãos alongados decorrentes do processo de laminação. O tratamento térmico de solubilização na liga 2024 foi executado em três temperaturas diferentes a 495, 505 e 515°C seguido por resfriamento em água. Após a solubilização, envelhecimento artificial foi executado nas temperaturas de 190 e 208°C. Medidas de dureza e ensaios de tração foram feitos para determinar as propriedades mecânicas deste material após tratamentos térmicos. Ensaios de tração e medidas de dureza revelaram propriedades mecânicas similares para a liga 2024 nas três temperaturas de solubilização (495, 505 e 515°C). Em geral, o aumento na resistência mecânica decorrente do envelhecimento foi acompanhado pela diminuição da ductilidade da liga. Os valores mais elevados de limite de escoamento e de resistência foram obtidos na liga solubilizada a 505°C e envelhecida a 208°C/2h. Esta condição foi escolhida para a execução dos ensaios de fadiga e levantamento da curva S-N. O estudo de fadiga da liga 2024 foi conduzido sob ciclo reverso tensão-compressão à temperatura ambiente, utilizando uma máquina de fadiga flexo-rotativa. A curva S-N não apresentou um patamar de limite de fadiga típico dos aços, mas caiu continuamente com a diminuição do ciclo de tensão. O corpo-de-prova suportou mais de 7,8x106 ciclos antes de romper para ciclo de tensão de 110,23 MPa. As superfícies de fratura dos corpos-de-prova submetidos a tensões elevadas e baixo número de ciclos mostraram basicamente precipitados e microcavidades, enquanto que nas fraturas dos corpos-de-prova submetidos a tensões baixas e elevado número de ciclos observou-se a presença de trincas ao longo de toda a borda da superfície de fratura. Houve a presença de poros interceptados e precipitados arrancados da matriz na superfície da fratura durante a propagação da trinca por fadiga de alto ciclo.

Abstract Carbon nanotubes are a promising material for various applications due to their unique collection of properties. However, carbon nanotube material as such is inert and insoluble, which hampers the true realization of its potential. In order to enhance the applicability of carbon nanotubes, their surface must be modified. This work concerned the chemical modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) by the Birch reduction, which is based on the reduction of the SWNT surface with the valence electron of alkali metal solvated in liquid ammonia. The reduction generates a SWNT anion, which reacts with electrophiles resulting in the covalent attachment of functional groups to the tube surface. In this work, aryl halides or alcohols were used as electrophiles to yield arylated or hydrogenated SWNTs, respectively. At first, the goal was to modify SWNTs as a filler material for polystyrene. The use of five halogenated ethenylphenyl derivatives as electrophiles revealed that the structure of electrophile affected the success of functionalization and the solubility of SWNTs in polystyrene-toluene solution. The most successful functionalization and solubilization of SWNTs were achieved with 1-chloro-4-ethenylbenzene. In the second part, liquid ammonia was replaced with a new solvent, 1-methoxy-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethane (diglyme) in order to avoid the restrictions, hazards and inconvenience of its handling. The work concentrated on the study of alkali metal reduction of SWNTs in diglyme by the use of arylation with 4-iodobenzoic acid or 4-chlorobenzoic acid and hydrogenation as model reactions. Li, Na or K was used as an alkali metal while naphthalene or 1-tert-butyl-4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)benzene was used in order to enhance the solvation of electrons. As a result, functionalization was simplified and enhanced. Electrophile affected the functionalization in such a way that arylation was significantly more successful than hydrogenation. The effect of alkali metal and electron carrier varied with electrophile. The most successful hydrogenation was achieved with the complex of Li and 1-tert-butyl-4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)benzene while arylation was the most successful with the complex of K and naphthalene. The solubility of SWNTs in water, ethanol, methanol and dimethylformamide was clearly improved by arylation whereas hydrogenation led to moderate improvement. / Tiivistelmä Hiilinanoputket ovat ainutlaatuisten ominaisuuksiensa vuoksi lupaava materiaali moniin sovelluksiin, mutta liukenemattomuus ja epäreaktiivisuus haittaavat niiden tehokasta hyödyntämistä. Käytettävyyttä voidaan parantaa kemiallisella modifioinnilla. Tässä työssä yksiseinäisiä hiilinanoputkia modifioitiin Birch-pelkistyksellä, joka perustuu putken pinnan pelkistykseen nestemäiseen ammoniakkiin solvatoituneella alkalimetallin valenssielektronilla. Pelkistyksessä hiilinanoputkesta muodostuu anioni, joka reagoi elektrofiilin kanssa johtaen funktionaalisten ryhmien kovalenttiseen sitoutumiseen putken pintaan. Tässä työssä hiilinanoputkia aryloitiin käyttämällä aryylihalideja elektrofiilinä tai vedytettiin käyttämällä alkoholia. Aluksi tavoitteena oli hiilinanoputkien modifiointi sellaiseen muotoon, että niitä voitaisiin käyttää polystyreenin täyteaineena. Viittä aryylihalidia käyttämällä havaittiin, että elektrofiilin rakenne vaikutti funktionalisoinnin määrään ja putkien liukoisuuteen polystyreeni-tolueeni-liuokseen. 1-Kloori-4-etenyylibentseenillä saavutettiin onnistunein arylointi ja paras liukoisuus. Työn toisessa osassa luovuttiin ammoniakin käytöstä siihen liittyvien rajoitteiden ja haittojen vuoksi. Keskityttiin hiilinanoputkien alkalimetallipelkistyksen tutkimiseen uudessa liuottimessa, 1-metoksi-2-(2-metoksietoksi)etaanissa (diglyymi). Mallireaktioina käytettiin arylointia 4-jodibentsoehapolla tai 4-klooribentsoehapolla ja vedytystä alkoholilla. Ammoniakin korvaaminen diglyymillä yksinkertaisti ja tehosti funktionalisointia. Reaktiot suoritettiin eri alkalimetalleilla (Li, Na tai K). Naftaleenia tai 1-tert-butyyli-4-(4-tert-butyylifenyyli)bentseeniä käytettiin elektronien solvatoinnin parantamiseksi. Elektrofiilin rakenne vaikutti funktionalisointiin siten, että aryylihalidi johti huomattavasti onnistuneempaan funktionalisointiin kuin alkoholi. Alkalimetallin ja elektroninkantajamolekyylin vaikutus vaihteli elektrofiilin mukaan. Litiumin käyttö 1-tert-butyyli-4-(4-tert-butyylifenyyli)bentseenin kanssa johti onnistuneimpaan vedytykseen. Kaliumin käyttö naftaleenin kanssa johti onnistuneimpaan arylointiin. Hiilinanoputkien liukoisuus vaihteli elektrofiilin mukaan. Arylointi paransi selkeästi hiilinanoputkien liukoisuutta veteen, etanoliin, metanoliin ja dimetyyliformamidiin. Vedytyksen vaikutus liukoisuuteen oli vähäisempi.

<p>Doktorska disertacija razmatra solubilizaciju holesterola pomoću okso derivata žučnih kiselina, upoređuje okso derivate žučnih&nbsp; kiselina&nbsp; sa hidroksi-derivatima istih u solubilizaciji holesterola i ispituje uticaj okso derivata na vijabilnost ćelijske membrane.&nbsp; Takođe, ispituje pKa vrednost različitih okso-derivata žučnih kiselina sa ciljem da se odredi kiselinska konstanta ovih slabih organskih kiselina. Cilj određivanja pKa vrednosti jeste determinacija rastvorljivosti žučnih kiselina. Kada se primenjuju oralno u raznim farmaceutsko-tehnolo&scaron;kim formulacijama, one se primenjuju u obliku soli, koje su rastvorne u vodi. Međutim, u kiseloj sredini želuca može doći do taloženja žučne kiseline i do daljeg sprečavanja delovanja soli žučne kiseline kao solubilizatora određenih farmacutski aktivnih supstanci. Doktorska disertacija ispituje i kritičnu micelarnu koncentraciju me&scaron;ovitih micela natrijumovih soli 3 žučne kiseline (holne, deoksiholne i 7-oksodeoksiholne kiseline) i natrijum-dodecil-sulfata u različitim molskim udelima na temperaturama od 0 do 50&deg;C pomoću spektrofluorifotometra pirenskom metodom.</p> / <p>The PhD thesis discusses solubilization of cholesterol by using oxo derivatives of bile acids and compares it&nbsp; with the hydroxy-derivatives of the same in the solubilization of cholesterol, and examines the impact of the oxo derivatives to the viability of the cell membrane. Also, the pKa value of different&nbsp; tested oxo-derivatives of&nbsp; bile acids is determined. The aim of determining the pKa values is to determine the solubility of bile acids. When administered orally in various pharmaceutical-technological formulations, they are applied in the form of salts, that are soluble in water. However, the acidic medium of the stomach may cause precipitation of a bile salt and further prevent the action of bile acid salts as a solubilizers of specific pharmaceutically active substances. The PhD&nbsp;&nbsp; thesis examined the the critical micelle concentration of the mixed micelles of sodium salt of 3 bile acid (cholic, deoxycholic, and 7-oksodeoksiholne acid) and sodium dodecyl sulphate at various temperatures, the mole fractions ranging from 0 to 50 &deg;C using the method of spectrofluoriphotometry by pirene as a probe molecule.</p>

NADPH: cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) is an enzyme that is able to catalyze transfer of electrons from NADPH, via two-flavin cofactors, to various redox partners. Therefore, POR is essential for multiple metabolic processes, including reactions catalyzed by cytochromes P450. Due to all microsomal P450s depending on POR for the supply of electrons, disruption of POR may affect all microsomal P450 enzyme activities. Polymorphisms in human POR have been shown to lead to development phenotypes, the severity of which differs significantly depending on the degree of POR impairment. This thesis is focused on the preparation of POR, which is similar to combinatorial allele carrying two single nucleotide polymorphisms P228L and A503V, functionally not clearly characterized at that time. However, disastrous consequences have currently not been noted. Moreover, the presence of A503V has been confirmed as the most common allele, but there is evidence that A503V influences the activity of some redox partners. In present thesis there were two genes subcloned into expression plasmids pCW. The first of which carries the cDNA encoding the POR and the other carrying cDNA encoding POR with the histidine-tag. Expression of the recombinant POR was carried out in the heterologous bacterial system, using...

Metal alkoxides are easily available and versatile precursors for functional materials, such as solid catalysts. However, the poor solubility of metal alkoxides in organic solvents usually hinders their facile application in sol–gel processes and complicates access to complex carbonate or oxidic compounds after hydrolysis of the precursors. In our contribution we have therefore shown three different solubilization strategies for metal alkoxides, namely the derivatization, the hetero-metallization and CO2 insertion. The latter strategy leads to a stoichiometric insertion of CO2 into the metal–oxygen bond of the alkoxide and the subsequent formation of metal alkyl carbonates. These precursors can then be employed advantageously in sol–gel chemistry and, after controlled hydrolysis, result in chemically defined crystalline carbonates and hydroxycarbonates. Cu- and Zn-containing carbonates and hydroxycarbonates were used in an exemplary study for the synthesis of Cu/Zn-based bulk catalysts for methanol synthesis with a final comparable catalytic activity to commercial standard reference catalysts.

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1 Abstract This work aims at showing synthesis and potential use of water-soluble fluorescent probes based on BODIPY. The preparation of probes containing bioorthogonal mono- and heterobifunctional functional groups was demonstrated. Ground work was done at the optimisation of reliable, scalable and fast sulfonation of BODIPY in 2,6-positions. A protocol for handling sulfonated BODIPY has been established; especially for the exchange of counterions. In counterion se- lection, their relation to synthetic pathway and biocompatibility were taken into consideration. The second part of the work shows series of water-soluble fluorescent probes, into which can be easily introduced bioactive or bioorthogonal functional groups. This can be used for click chemistry in connection with turn off/on probes or fluorescent sensing of molecules or ions. All this can be done in aqueous solution without organic solvents, which is relevant for biochemical, analytical and imaging applications. Keywords BODIPY, bifunctional, water-soluble, fluorescent probe, solubilization, biocompa- tible probes, bioorthogonal reaction, BODIPY sulfonation