Fifth International Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Computer simulations of biomolecular structure and dynamics using a vibrational empirical potential energy function....Pages 3-6
New C-Alkylcalix[4]Resorcinarenes: A Computational Study....Pages 7-12
Molecular Modeling of Globular Protein Secondary Structure the Missing Link Closing the Gap Between Prediction Methods and Optical Spectroscopic Data....Pages 13-16
Effects of Solvation on the Ultraviolet Resonance Raman Intensities of PI-Electrons Systems:....Pages 17-18
Vibrational Spectra and Normal Coordinate Analysis of 1,5-Dimethylcytosine....Pages 19-20
In-Plane Force Fields of Nucleic Acids Purine Bases....Pages 21-22
Vibrational and Semi-Empirical Studies of the Flexibility of Flanonoid Molecules....Pages 23-24
ME H- FIT: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Redox Titrations....Pages 25-26
Semi Empirical Normal Mode Analysis of Naphtoquinones....Pages 27-28
 Ab initio Simulations of Coupled Peptide Vibrational Circular Dichroism....Pages 29-30
Anharmonic Coupling in Nickel(II) Octaethylporphyrin Investigated by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 31-32
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Probes Different Conformations of Nickel(II) Octaethylporphyrin in Solution....Pages 33-34
Molecular Polarizability of a few Biomolecules....Pages 35-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Roles of Cations in the Structure, Stability and Condensation of DNA....Pages 39-45
Hydration - Driven Conformational Behaviour of Nucleic Acids as Studied by IR Spectroscopy Including Factor Analysis....Pages 47-50
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Nucleic Acid Triple Helices....Pages 51-54
Raman Polarizability theory and Vibrational Band width measurements of Polynucleotides....Pages 55-58
Intercalating and Non-Intercalating Antitumor Drugs: Structure-Function Correlations as Probed by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 59-64
Vibrational and Electronic Spectra of Viruses and Their Components....Pages 65-66
FTIR Studies of Nogalamycin — Oligonucleotide Interactions....Pages 67-68
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Structure and Interactions of Parallel-Stranded DNA Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy and Fluorescence....Pages 69-70
Microwave Absorption in Plasmidic DNA Molecules....Pages 71-72
Dynamical Properties of DNA in a Microwave Field....Pages 73-74
Molecular Interactions between Harmane and Nucleic Acid Constituents....Pages 75-76
Local Raman Tensors of Nucleic Acids — Shapes and orientations....Pages 77-78
SERS of a Series of New Substituted Ellipticinium Derivatives and their Complexes to DNA....Pages 79-80
Detection of Triple Helical Nucleic Acids with Vibrational Circular Dichroism....Pages 81-82
Hg(II)-Induced Conformational Transitions of Poly[d(A-C] Poly[d(G-T)] Investigated by UV and FTIR Spectroscopies....Pages 83-84
Raman Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy of Polytene Chromosomes....Pages 85-86
Picosecond Dynamics and Mechanism of the Exciplex Formation Between Electronically Excited Copper(II)-Porphyrin and Polynucleotide....Pages 87-88
FT-IR Investigation of the Helix Conformation in Complexes of Berenil with Deoxy- and Ribopolynucleotides....Pages 89-90
Resonance Raman Enhancement for Guanine Residue....Pages 91-92
Transform Analysis of the Resonance Raman Spectra of some Anthracyclines and Their Complexes with DNA. Evidence for Excited State Charge Transfer....Pages 93-94
Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Hydrogen Bonding of Cytidine with Guanosine....Pages 95-96
Study of the Self-Association Process of 5′-CMP in 2 H 2 O Solution....Pages 97-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Interactions in Photoexcited Porphyrin-Protein Complexes....Pages 101-104
Electronic and Vibrational Relaxation Dynamics of Heme Proteins....Pages 105-108
Conformational Changes of Bovne Serum Albumin on Adsorption on Montmorillonite: A FTIR Study....Pages 109-111
Titration of Protonable Residues in Proteins by Flash Induced H + -Release from “Caged Proton” — UV/VIS and IR Studies....Pages 113-114
Evidence of Different Types of OH Binding for High- and Low-Spin Heme Proteins....Pages 115-116
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins in H 2 O Solution....Pages 117-118
Conformational Analysis of a Cyclic Peptide by Means of a Combined Approach of NMR, CD and UV Absorption Spectroscopy....Pages 119-121
Spectroscopic Studies of Interactions between Porcine Pancreatic Elastase and Oleic Acid....Pages 123-124
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Conformation of Bovine Tropoelastin. Comparison with Predictive Results....Pages 125-126
Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of the Growth Modulating Tripeptide Glycyl - L - Histidyl - L - Lysine Free and Bound to Copper (II) - Ion....Pages 127-128
Does Hydration Contribute to the Minor Occurence of Cis-Peptide Units in Amides and Peptides? Evidence From 17 O NMR Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations....Pages 129-130
Environmental Characteristics of Residues in Proteins UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and 3d Molecular Hydrophobicity Potential Approach....Pages 131-132
NIR-FT-Raman Spectra of Some Proteins....Pages 133-134
Fluorescent Studies of the 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex from Bovine Heart....Pages 135-136
Differences of Tamm-Horsfall-Glycoproteins from Healthy Probands and Recurrent Renal Stone Formers as revealed by Ftir-Spectroscopy....Pages 137-138
Protein Secondary Structure Prediction from FTIR — A Comparison between Different Methods of Multivariate Data Analysis....Pages 139-140
Protein Secondary Structure Prediction from FTIR — Proteins in Solution Versus Dry Films....Pages 141-142
FTIR Spectroscopic Investigations of Polymerizing Proteins....Pages 143-144
Interaction of Bis-ANS with α-Lactalbumin....Pages 145-146
SERS of Glutamic Acid and Glutamine on Silver Hydrosols....Pages 147-148
Secondary Structure Changes of Tubulin Induced by Navelbine as Studied by FT-IR....Pages 149-150
Interaction of cm-FGF with Suramin: A Fluorescence Study of Binding and Aggregation....Pages 151-152
Mechanism of Congo Red Binding to Amyloid Proteins with a Beta Pleated Sheet Structure....Pages 153-154
Spectroscopic Study of pH and Solvent Effects on the Structure of Congo Red and its Binding to Amyloid-Like Proteins....Pages 155-156
A Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Study of Bilirubin - Serum Albumin Complexes....Pages 157-158
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Vibrational Circular Dichroism of Proteins in H 2 O Solution....Pages 159-160
The Heterogenity of the Proximal Heme-Protein Linkage in Deoxymyoglobin Probed by the Raman Band of the Fe 2+ -N ɛ (HIS F8) Stretching Mode....Pages 161-162
Electrochemically-Triggered Infrared Difference Spectra of the Primary Donor P700/P700+ of Photosystem I from Synechocystis PCC 6803....Pages 163-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Spectroscopic Studies on the Metal-Nucleotide Interactions. A Review....Pages 167-172
FT-IR Studies on Protein Structural Changes Accompanying Thermal Denaturation, Metal-Ion Binding, and Light Absorption....Pages 173-176
IR-Raman and Multinuclear Liquid and Solid Phase 13 C NMR Spectra of II B Group Metal Complexes with Active Aldehyde Derivatives of Thiamine....Pages 177-180
IR-Raman and 1 H NMR Spectra of Some Amino Acid Chelates of the Type cis -[(NH 3 ) 2 Pt(amac)](NO 3 ), Where amac is the Anions of Glycine, L-Alanine. L-Aminobutyric Acid, L-Valine And L- Norvaline and of Ternary Complexes of the Type cis- [(NH3) 2 Pt(nucl)(amac)](NO3), Where nucl-9-Methylguanine (9- MeG), 1-Methylcytosine (1-MeC)....Pages 181-182
A Simple Sers Technique for the Detection of Trace Amounts of the Drug Detomidine and Its Metabolite....Pages 183-184
2,3- and 3,4-Dihydroxy-Benzqic Acid Complexes of Transition Metal S....Pages 185-186
Thermochromic Behaviour of Platinum Uridine Complexes....Pages 187-188
UV-visible spectroscopic description of the intramolecular interactions at the origin of the extraordinary pigmentation properties of some acylated anthocyanins....Pages 189-190
FT-IR Spectroscopy Investigation of Bacteria -Antibiotic Interactions....Pages 191-192
HR NMR and Semiempirical Calculations on Penicillin and Penicillin — Metal Ion Interaction in Solution....Pages 193-194
Spectroscopic Studies of Complexes of Pd(II) with 2-Acetylpyridine Thiosemicarbazone....Pages 195-196
Molecular Dynamics of 5′-CMP In 2 H 2 O From FT-IR v s $$ \left( {PO_3^{{2 - }}} \right) $$ Bandshape Analysis....Pages 197-198
Multiplicity of The Molybdenum-Molybdenum Bond in the Cluster Ion [Mo 2 Cl 8 ] -4 as Intermediate Product in Catalytic Process....Pages 199-200
Molybdenum and Tungsten Complexes in Processes of N 2 Reduction in γ-Radiation Field as Model of Nitrogenasis....Pages 201-202
Biologically Active Complex of Co(II) With 5-Bromouracil....Pages 203-204
New Copper Complexes with Chiral Ligands....Pages 205-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Fourier Transform IR and Multinuclear and Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Specific Peptide and Protein-Bound Water Molecules....Pages 209-212
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
 17 O NMR and FTIR Studies of Haemoproteins and Synthetic Model Compounds in Solution and in the Solid State....Pages 213-216
 13 C Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation and Motional Behavior of Polysaccharides in Solution....Pages 217-221
Molecular Changes of The Membrane Embedded Carboxyl Group Glu122 of Bovine Rhodopsin During The Transition to the Active State Metarhodopsin-II: an Investigation on the Glu122→ASP Mutant Using FT-IR Difference Spectroscopy....Pages 223-226
Resonance and Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and 1 H Spin Echo NMR as Probes of the Chemistry of Living Cells....Pages 227-234
Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectra of Erythrocytes Adsorbed on Silver Island Films....Pages 235-236
Conformational Order in Biomembranes: Quantitative Determination by Infrared Spectroscopy....Pages 237-240
NMR and IR Studies of the Effect of Calcium on the Binding of Inhibitors to Phospholipase A 2 ....Pages 241-243
Spectroscopic and Related Studies on Lens Epithelial Lipids....Pages 245-246
 17 O NMR Chemical Shift and Amide I Stretching Vibration as a Tool to Study Specific Hydration Sites of Amides and Peptides....Pages 247-248
Molecular Conformations, Hydrogen Bonding and Hydration State of N-Acetyl-L-Proline-N’- Methylamide: An 17 O and 13 C NMR Approach....Pages 249-250
On the Nature of C-H---O Interactions of Amides in Solution: An 17 O NMR and FTIR Approach....Pages 251-252
Spectroscopic investigation of anthocyanin molecular association....Pages 253-254
Metal-Drugs Interactions Spectroscopic Studies of Complexes of Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) with Diclofenac. A very unusual Structure of Cadmium Diclofenac....Pages 255-256
UV Resonance Raman Study of Ellipticine and Derivatives....Pages 257-258
Particular Merits of Different Silver Colloids with Various Electrolytes, pH and Excitation Wavelengths for SERS Studies of Molecules of Biological Interest....Pages 259-260
Electronic Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy of Cu(II) and Pd(II) Complexes with Polyelectrolytes Derived from Amino Acids....Pages 261-262
Applications of SERS to the study of polypeptide/polynucleotide interactions....Pages 263-264
Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of the Growth Modulating Tripeptide Glycyl - L - Histidyl - L – Lysine Free and Bound to Copper (II) - Ion....Pages 265-266
A Correlation between the SER Spectra of Aspartic Acid and Aliphatic Dicarboxilic Acids....Pages 267-268
Variable Field 14 N NMR Relaxation Time Studies of Dodecyl Phosphorylcholine Aqueous Micellar Solutions: Conformational and Dynamic Properties....Pages 269-270
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Application of T- and B-Lymphocytes Infrared Spectroscopy for the Diagnostic Purposes....Pages 271-272
Initial Studies of Phosphorus Compounds in Plant, Animal and Human Tissue by HR NMR Spectroscopy....Pages 273-274
IRS Study of Transformations in Polysaccharides Induced by γ-Irradiation....Pages 275-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Probing Electron Transfer Reactions in Model Photosynthetic Systems by Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 279-284
Structural Kinship of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Resonance Raman Studies of the Primary Electron Acceptors of Green and Purple Bacteria and of Photosystem II....Pages 285-288
Kinetic Resonance Raman Studies on the Biological Function of Bacteriorhodopsin Including Site-Specific Mutants....Pages 289-293
The KL to L Transition in the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle Studied by Time-Resolved Step-Scan FT-IR Investigations....Pages 295-296
Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Reaction Centers Adsorbed on Silver Electrodes....Pages 297-298
Photochemical Fixation and Reduction of Molecular Nitrogen....Pages 299-300
Resonance Raman Studies of Bacterial and Mammalian Cytochrome Oxidases....Pages 301-302
Kinetics of the Photoreduction of Protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to Chlorophyllide (Chlide) in Leaves of Phaseolus Vulgaris CV Commodore....Pages 303-304
Dependence of The Iron - Histidine Frequency of Deoxy Heme Proteins on the Structure of Its Active Center: Quantum Chemical Study....Pages 305-306
FT-IR Studies on the T 1 State of Chlorophyll a in the Photosystem II Reaction Center And in Vitro ....Pages 307-308
FTIR Difference Spectrum of the Triplet State of the Primary Electron Donor in Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers....Pages 309-310
FTIR Analysis of Genetically Modified Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Rb. Capsulatus ....Pages 311-312
Coupling of Proton Transfer to Electron Transfer in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: Time-Resolved IR Signals from Carboxyl Group Protonation upon Reduction of Q B ....Pages 313-314
Electrochemical and Spectroscopical Characterisation of the Multiheme Cytochrome Subunit of the Reaction Center of Chloroflexus Aurantiacus ....Pages 315-316
Photoreduction of the Non Heme Iron in Photosystem II Studied by FTIR Difference Spectroscopy....Pages 317-318
Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of the Q A Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers by Replacing the Native Quinone with Structurally Different Analogs....Pages 319-320
Infrared absorbance changes of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca 2+ -ATPase in its catalytic cycle....Pages 321-322
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Time-Resolved Resonance Raman and Optical Transient Studies on the Photocycle of the Bacteriorhodopsin Mutant ASP 96→ASN....Pages 323-324
Self-Organized Porphyrin and Chlorin Triades: Complexation and Energetics of Intermolecular Interactions....Pages 325-326
The Influence of Natural Radioactivity on the Human Health....Pages 327-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Hadamard Instrumentation for Depth Profiling of Layered Samples....Pages 333-344
FT-IR Spectroscopy in the Study of Supramolecular Structures of Certain Mesomorphic Polymers....Pages 345-348
Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of Enzyme Reactions Using Photolabile Effector Molecules....Pages 349-352
PH and Temperature Effects in Cytochrome C Peroxidase....Pages 353-356
Isotope Edited Raman Difference Spectroscopy: Are Phosphates Important to Proteins? The Case of the Enzyme Phosphoglucomutase and Its Enzymatic Mechanism....Pages 357-360
Secondary Structure and Unfolding of Wild-Type Ribonuclease T1 and Mutants that Affect Enzyme Catalysis - A Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study....Pages 361-364
Some Roles of Water in Biological Systems....Pages 365-368
The pH-Dependence of Conformational Distributions and Protein Perturbation in IR Difference Spectra of Acyl-Chymotrypsins....Pages 369-371
Spectroscopic Investigation of the Interaction Between Xenobiotic Substrates and Clay Materials....Pages 373-374
Vibrational characterization of chilling injury in “Goldjon” apples....Pages 375-376
Chemical, Physical and Structural Characterization of Disposable Soft Contact Lenses....Pages 377-378
Effect of toxic halocompounds on nucleic acid bases by vibrational spectroscopy....Pages 379-380
Dentine bonding systems: a vibrational spectroscopic study....Pages 381-382
Simultaneous Monitoring of Infrared Absorbance Changes and Related Changes in Intrinsic Fluorescence Due to Ca 2+ -Binding to Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR) Ca 2+ - ATPase....Pages 383-384
Dioxygen Reduction by Cytochrome Oxidase: A Proton-Transfer Limited Reaction....Pages 385-386
Acyl-Chymotrypsins with Unsaturated Ligands Give Anomalous Vibrational Spectra....Pages 387-388
Mutual Structural Changes in Cytochrome C and Cytochrome C Oxidase Analyzed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Implications for the Biological Electron Transfer Process....Pages 389-390
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Study of Fluorescence Decay of Pyruvate Decarboxylase....Pages 391-392
Practical Substrates and Techniques for Analytical Testing, Identification and Structural Studies of Biological, Biomedical and Related Organic Molecules by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 393-394
Folding/Unfolding Behaviour and Supramolecular Structure of apoE in Solution and Associated with Lipids....Pages 395-396
Combination of Confocal Spectral and Conventional Imaging Analysis: Highly Precise Technique for Analysis of Space Distribution of Antitumor Drugs Inside Single Living Cell....Pages 397-398
Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to the Characterization of the Biomolecular Mechanisms Underlying Resistance to Drugs in Cancer Cell Lines....Pages 399-400
Fourier Transform Raman Microspectroscopy with Near Infrared Laser Excitation....Pages 401-402
FTIR Studies of the Acetylcholine Receptor; Secondary Structure, Temperature Behaviour, Agonist Induced Changes and Linear Dichroitic Measurements....Pages 403-404
Back Matter....Pages 405-409