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Structural and functional characterization of a conserved pair of bacterial cellulose-oxidizing lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
Determination of scattering lengths from measurement of atom lifetime
The DIRAC experiment at CERN has achieved a sizeable production of
atoms and has significantly improved the precision on its lifetime
determination. From a sample of 21227 atomic pairs, a 4% measurement of the
S-wave scattering length difference
has been attained, providing an important test of Chiral Perturbation Theory.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
First measurement of the atom lifetime
The goal of the DIRAC experiment at CERN (PS212) is to measure the
atom lifetime with 10% precision. Such a measurement would yield a
precision of 5% on the value of the -wave scattering lengths
combination . Based on part of the collected data we present a first
result on the lifetime, s, and
discuss the major systematic errors. This lifetime corresponds to
.Comment: 18 pages, 6 figure
DIRAC: A High Resolution Spectrometer for Pionium Detection
The DIRAC spectrometer has been commissioned at CERN with the aim of
detecting atoms produced by a 24 GeV/ high intensity proton
beam in thin foil targets. A challenging apparatus is required to cope with the
high interaction rates involved, the triggering of pion pairs with very low
relative momentum, and the measurement of the latter with resolution around 0.6
MeV/. The general characteristics of the apparatus are explained and each
part is described in some detail. The main features of the trigger system,
data-acquisition, monitoring and setup performances are also given.Comment: 49 pages, 37 figures. Figures 1, 2, 5 and 28 are removed because of
size limitations imposed by hep-ex. They don't offer essential information.
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On the Zwitterionic Nature of Gas-Phase Peptides and Protein Ions
Determining the total number of charged residues corresponding to a given value of net charge for peptides and proteins in gas phase is crucial for the interpretation of mass-spectrometry data, yet it is far from being understood. Here we show that a novel computational protocol based on force field and massive density functional calculations is able to reproduce the experimental facets of well investigated systems, such as angiotensin II, bradykinin, and tryptophan-cage. The protocol takes into account all of the possible protomers compatible with a given charge state. Our calculations predict that the low charge states are zwitterions, because the stabilization due to intramolecular hydrogen bonding and salt-bridges can compensate for the thermodynamic penalty deriving from deprotonation of acid residues. In contrast, high charge states may or may not be zwitterions because internal solvation might not compensate for the energy cost of charge separation
Highly multiplexed immune repertoire sequencing links multiple lymphocyte classes with severity of response to COVID-19
BACKGROUND: Disease progression of subjects with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) varies dramatically. Understanding the various types of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is critical for better clinical management of coronavirus outbreaks and to potentially improve future therapies. Disease dynamics can be characterized by deciphering the adaptive immune response. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study we analyzed 117 peripheral blood immune repertoires from healthy controls and subjects with mild to severe COVID-19 disease to elucidate the interplay between B and T cells. We used an immune repertoire Primer Extension Target Enrichment method (immunoPETE) to sequence simultaneously human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restricted T cell receptor beta chain (TRB) and unrestricted T cell receptor delta chain (TRD) and immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) immune receptor repertoires. The distribution was analyzed of TRB, TRD and IgH clones between healthy and COVID-19 infected subjects. Using McFadden's Adjusted R2 variables were examined for a predictive model. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of the adaptive immune repertoire on the severity of the disease (value on the World Health Organization Clinical Progression Scale) in COVID-19. FINDINGS: Combining clinical metadata with clonotypes of three immune receptor heavy chains (TRB, TRD, and IgH), we found significant associations between COVID-19 disease severity groups and immune receptor sequences of B and T cell compartments. Logistic regression showed an increase in shared IgH clonal types and decrease of TRD in subjects with severe COVID-19. The probability of finding shared clones of TRD clonal types was highest in healthy subjects (controls). Some specific TRB clones seems to be present in severe COVID-19 (Figure S7b). The most informative models (McFadden´s Adjusted R2=0.141) linked disease severity with immune repertoire measures across all three cell types, as well as receptor-specific cell counts, highlighting the importance of multiple lymphocyte classes in disease progression. INTERPRETATION: Adaptive immune receptor peripheral blood repertoire measures are associated with COVID-19 disease severity
Detection of atoms with the DIRAC spectrometer at CERN
The goal of the DIRAC experiment at CERN is to measure with high precision
the lifetime of the atom (), which is of order
s, and thus to determine the s-wave -scattering
lengths difference . atoms are detected through the
characteristic features of pairs from the atom break-up
(ionization) in the target. We report on a first high statistics atomic data
sample obtained from p Ni interactions at 24 GeV/ proton momentum and
present the methods to separate the signal from the background.Comment: 19 pages, 12 figures, 1 tabl
A Computational Model for Protein Ionization by Electrospray Based on Gas-Phase Basicity
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