A novel hybrid protein composed of superoxide-dismutase-active Cu(II) complex and lysozyme.

A novel hybrid protein composed of a superoxide dismutase-active Cu(II) complex (CuST) and lysozyme (CuST@lysozyme) was prepared. The results of the spectroscopic and electrochemical analyses confirmed that CuST binds to lysozyme. We determined the crystal structure of CuST@lysozyme at 0.92 Å resolution, which revealed that the His15 imidazole group of lysozyme binds to the Cu(II) center of CuST in the equatorial position. In addition, CuST was fixed in position by the weak axial coordination of the Thr89 hydroxyl group and the hydrogen bond between the guanidinium group of the Arg14 residue and the hydroxyl group of CuST. Furthermore, the combination of CuST with lysozyme did not decrease the superoxide dismutase activity of CuST. Based on the spectral, electrochemical, structural studies, and quantum chemical calculations, an O2- disproportionation mechanism catalyzed by CuST@lysozyme is proposed.

The crystal structure of 1-(2-iodo-benzo-yl)-4-(pyrimidin-2-yl)piperazine: a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded framework, augmented by π-π stacking inter-actions and I⋯N halogen bonds.

In 1-(2-iodo-benzo-yl)-4-(pyrimidin-2-yl)piperazine, C15H15IN4O, the central piperazine ring adopts an almost perfect chair conformation with the pyrimidine substituent in an equatorial site. The planar amide unit makes a dihedral angle of 80.44 (7)° with the phenyl ring. A combination of C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π(arene) hydrogen bonds links the mol-ecules into a complex three-dimensional network structure, augmented by a π-π stacking inter-action and an I⋯N halogen bond, all involving different pairs of inversion-related mol-ecules. Comparisons are made with the structures of a number of related compounds.

Three closely related 1-[(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(halobenzo-yl)piperazines: similar mol-ecular structures but different inter-molecular inter-actions.

In each of the compounds 1-[(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(3-fluoro-benzo-yl)piperazine, C19H19FN2O3 (I), 1-[(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(2,6-di-fluoro-benzo-yl)piperazine, C19H18F2N2O3 (II), and 1-[(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl]-4-(2,4-di-chloro-benzo-yl)piperazine, C19H19Cl2N2O3 (III), the piperazine rings adopt a chair conformation with the (1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)methyl substituent occupying an equatorial site: the five-membered rings are all slightly folded across the O⋯O line leading to envelope conformations. The dihedral angle between the planar amidic fragment and the haloaryl ring is 62.97 (5)° in (I) but 77.72 (12)° and 75.50 (5)° in (II) and (III), respectively. Despite their similarity in constitution and conformation, the supra-molecular inter-actions in (I)-(III) differ: in (I), a combination of C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π(arene) hydrogen bonds links the mol-ecules into a three-dimensional framework structure, but there are no hydrogen bonds of any sort in either (II) or (III), although the structure of (III) contains a short Cl⋯Cl contact between inversion-related pairs of mol-ecules.

Co-crystallization of 3,5-di-nitro-benzoic acid with two anti-psychotic agents: a simple 1:1 salt with trihexyphenidyl and a 1:2 acid salt containing a very short O-H⋯O hydrogen bond with chlorprothixene.

Co-crystallization of racemic 1-cyclo-hexyl-1-phenyl-3-(piperidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol (trihexyphenid-yl) with 3,5-di-nitro-benzoic acid gives a simple 1:1 salt, namely 1-(3-cyclo-hexyl-3-hy-droxy-3-phenyl-prop-yl)piperidin-1-ium 3,5-di-nitro-benzoate, C20H32NO+·C7H3N2O6 -, (I), whereas a similar co-crystallization using (Z)-3-(2-chloro-9H-thioxanthen-9-yl)-N,N-di-methyl-propan-1-amine (chlorprothixene) gives a 1:2 acid salt, namely (Z)-3-(2-chloro-9H-thioxanthen-9-yl)-N,N-di-methyl-propan-1-aminium hydrogen bis-(3,5-di-nitro-benzoate), C18H19ClNS+·[H(C7H3N2O6)2]-, (II), the anion of which contains a very short O-H⋯O hydrogen bond, with dimensions O-H = 1.04 (3) Å, H⋯O = 1.41 (3) Å, O⋯O = 2.4197 (15) Šand O-H⋯O = 161 (3)°. In the cation of (I), the cyclo-hexyl and piperidyl rings both adopt chair conformations, whereas in the cation of (II), the central heterocyclic ring adopts a boat conformation, so that the dihedral angle between the two aryl rings is 41.56 (4)°. A combination of O-H⋯O, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds links the ions of (I) into a complex chain of rings, and these chains are linked into sheets by π-π stacking inter-actions between inversion-related pairs of anions. In compound (II), a different combination of O-H⋯O, N-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds links the ions into sheets. Comparisons are made with some related structures.