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- 1Bott, Tina Marie
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Fall 2011
In the Introduction of this thesis, consideration is given to historical and ongoing value of investing research efforts in the total synthesis of natural products. Following this discussion is an explanation of the factors that guided the selection of palmerolide A as a synthetic target. The...
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Characterization of glycosyltransferases and glycosidases using electrospray mass spectrometry
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Carbohydrates are one of the major classes of organic compounds found in nature and living organisms, and the diverse roles of carbohydrates are crucial for most life forms. The transformation and degradation of glycans are effectively regulated by carbohydrate-modifying enzymes. This thesis...
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Fall 2011
Sialidase enzymes play an important role in regulation of cellular activities by hydrolyzing the terminal, non-reducing sialic acids attached to various glycolipids, glycoproteins, and gangliosides. The family of human sialidase enzymes, NEU1, NEU2, NEU3, and NEU4 contribute specifically to...
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Development and application of a capillary electrophoresis immunoassay for DNA lesions induced by ultraviolet light
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Ultraviolet (UV) light is one of the most abundant DNA damaging agents. The major DNA lesions, such as cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and (6-4) pyrimidine pyrimidone (64PPs) photoproducts, are carcinogenic and mutagenic. Studies of the formation, repair and mutagenicity of these DNA lesions...
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Development and application of mass spectrometry for bioanalysis of proteins and metabolites
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The proteome, a hybrid term from protein and genome, is the total set of proteins expressed by a genome in a cell, tissue, or organism at a given time. Proteomics, the study of the proteome, is concerned with a variety of topics such as identity, quantity, activity, structure, protein-protein...
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Development and Applications of Stable Isotope Labelling Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Quantitative Proteomics
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This thesis describes the characterization, automation, and applications of a stable isotope labelling method for quantitative proteomics by mass spectrometry. Known as 2MEGA, the method uses guanidinylation to convert peptide lysine residues to homoarginine followed by reductive methylation of...
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Development of an enantioselective two-dimensional liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-tandem mass spectrometry method for the analysis of methylsulfonyl polychlorinated biphenyls in tissue extracts
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An enantioselective heart-cut two-dimensional liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed for the analysis of 25 methylsulfonyl polychlorinated biphenyl metabolites in tissue extracts. Enantioseparation was achieved for 9 out of the 10...
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Development of isotope labeling liquid chromatography mass spectrometry for metabolome analysis
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As the endpoint of the “omics” cascade, metabolomics has attracted much attention in the discovery of diagnostic or prognostic disease biomarkers, and as a powerful tool to understand biological and biochemical processes and mechanisms. The objective of my research was to develop a highly...
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Spring 2011
The Noyori-type catalyst trans-Ru((R)-BINAP)(H)2((R,R)-dpen) (6) and its analogues are among the most active and enantioselective ketone hydrogenation systems reported to date. Its applications towards other types of carbonyl compounds are, however, understudied. This dissertation describes the...
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Differential 15N2-/14N2-isotope Dansylhydrazine Labeling and LC-MS for Quantification of the Human Carbonyl Metabolome
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The objective of this work was the design and use of paired labeling reagents that are chemically identical but isotopically different to provide a simple and robust means of quantitative mass spectrometry (MS) based metabolome profiling. Herein is presented the differential 15N2-/14N2-isotope...