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Fluoromax 4 fluorescence spectrometer

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The FluoroMax-4 is a fluorescence spectrometer designed for sensitive and accurate fluorescence measurements. It features a high-intensity xenon lamp, double-grating monochromators, and a high-performance photomultiplier detector. The FluoroMax-4 is capable of recording fluorescence emission and excitation spectra, as well as time-resolved fluorescence measurements.

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Kinetic Analysis of Rab Protein GTPase Activity

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GDP- or GTP-bound Rab proteins were diluted in buffer F (20 mM HEPES, 50 mM NaCl, 1 mM MgCl2, pH 7.5) to a concentration of 4 µM, and transferred into a Quartz SUPRASIL cuvette (Hellma Analytics, Germany). The intrinsic tryptophane (Trp) fluorescence was recorded at 348 nm (ex = 297 nm) at 25°C with a Fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrometer (HORIBA Jobin Yvon). When the Trp fluorescence signal stabilized, 50 µM of GTP were added into the cuvette containing 4 µM of Rab:GDP followed by the addition of a GEF enzyme (0.04 µM DrrA or 2 µM Rabin8) to record the nucleotide exchange reaction (GDP → GTP). To monitor the GTP hydrolysis reaction, 0.04 µM of the GAP TBC1D20 were mixed into 4 µM Rab:GTP. Based on the decrease or increase in Trp fluorescence over time, the GDP–GTP exchange rates and GTP hydrolysis rates (kobs) were calculated for each Rab protein using the following exponential equation: y=y0+Aek(tt0)y0 , final fluorescence value (end point) A, amplitude of fluorescence change t, time in seconds t0 and initial time point of the reaction.
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Determining CMC of Polymer Micelles

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The CMC value of the polymer micelles was determined by a FluoroMax-4 fluorescence spectrometer (HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Clifton Park, NY, USA) using pyrene as a fluorescent probe. The fluorescence scan range was from 300 to 350 nm and the emission wavelength was 334 nm. The polymer was dissolved in deionized water and then diluted to a range of concentrations from 0.0001 to 0.1 mg/mL with deionized water. Then, a pyrene solution with a concentration of 5.94 × 10−7 M was added to 5 mL polymer micelles solution, and the mixture was equilibrated in the dark at room temperature for 24 h.
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Hypochlorite

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UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectral titrations were carried out on a Shimadzu UV2550 spectrophotometer and a Horiba Fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrometer, respectively. The solvent for titration experiments was phosphate buffer/MeOH (6 : 4, v/v, pH 7.4). The spectral changes were monitored with the addition of a solution of sodium hypochlorite (available chlorine content 5%) in deionized water as ClO source. Fluorescence quantum yield was obtained with coumarin 307 as ref. 32 (link) by a previously published method.33 (link)
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Characterization of Organic Compounds

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Starting materials, reagents and solvents were purchased from commercial sources (J&K, Aldrich and Acros) and used without further purification. Elemental analysis (EA) was performed with a Vario Micro CUBE CHN elemental analyzer (Elementar, Germany). FT-IR spectra were obtained using a Avatar 360 spectrophotometer (Thermo Nicolet, The United States). Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were recorded at 298 K on a 400 MHz superconducting magnet high-field NMR spectrometer (Bruker, The Swiss), with working frequencies of 400 MHz for 1H, 376 MHz for 19F. Chemical shifts are reported in ppm relative to the signals corresponding to the residual non-deuterated solvents, with tetramethylsilane (TMS) as the internal standard. Thermogravimetric (TG) analyses were carried out in a nitrogen stream using Thermal analysis equipment (STA 6000) (PerkinElmer, The United States) with a heating rate of 10 °C/min. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data were collected in reflection mode at room temperature on a Smart Lab diffractometer (Rigaku, Japan) with a mixture of Cu-Kα1 (λ = 1.54056 Å) and Cu-Kα2 (λ = 1.5418 Å) radiation. Fluorescence spectra were measured on a FluoroMax-4 fluorescence spectrometer (HORIBA Jobin Yvon, France) at room temperature.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Quinazolin-4(3H)-one Derivatives

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Melting points of synthesized compounds were determined under an XT-4 binocular microscope (Beijing Tech Instrument Co., China) and were not corrected. The IR were recorded from KBr disks using a Bruker VECTOR 22 spectrometer (Bruker, USA). NMR spectra were obtained on a JEOL-ECX500 NMR spectrometer (JEOL, Japan) at room temperature using tetramethylsilane as an internal standard. Reaction was monitored by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) on silica gel GF245 (400 mesh). Mass spectral studies were performed on a quadrupole/electrostatic field orbitrap mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, USA). The micro thermophoresis of the compound and TMV CP was determined by a micro thermophoresis instrument (NanoTemper Tchnologies GmbH, Germany); the fluorescence spectroscopy of the compound interacting with TMV CP was determined by FluoroMax-4 fluorescence spectrometer (HORIBA Scientific, France). All reagents and reactants were purchased from commercial suppliers and were analytical grade or chemically pure. The synthetic route to penta-1,4-diene-3-one oxime ether derivatives containing a quinazolin-4(3H)-one scaffold was shown in Scheme 1. Intermediates 2 and 7 were prepared according to the reported methods [16 , 31 (link)].

Synthetic route to title compounds 8a8p

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Comprehensive Characterization of CDs

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The morphology and microstructure of CDs were characterized using FEI Technai G2 F20 transmission electron microscopy (TEM). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was performed using a Thermo (EscaLab 250Xi) X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were recorded by a Nicolet 5700 FTIR spectrometer with solid KBr pellets. UV–visible absorption spectra were recorded using a Shimadzu UV-2700 UV–visible spectrophotometer. The fluorescence spectra were obtained using a Horiba Fluoro Max-4 fluorescence spectrometer. Fluorescence decay spectra were measured with an FLS 980 (Edinburgh Instruments). The fluorescence images of cells were captured by an Olympus IX-73 fluorescence microscope. The cell viability was detected with a microplate spectrophotometer (Bio Tek, Epoch).
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Characterization of Plasma-Reduced Silver Nanoparticles

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Various types of analytical tools were used to characterize the plasma-reduced AgNPs. A T90+ UV-Vis spectrometer (PG Instruments Ltd., India) was used to study the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of AgNPs and to determine the concentration of CV present in the solution. A Horiba fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrometer was used to study the fluorescence emission spectra of AgNPs. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to study the crystallinity of the Ag nanoparticles. Diffraction patterns were recorded using Cu Kα radiation (1.5418 Å) with an Ni filter in the 2θ range of 5–50°. XRD patterns were obtained with a step size of 0.0167° and a scan rate of 0.0301° s−1 on a PANalytical X'pert PRO powder X-ray diffractometer. The morphology of products was analyzed via transmission electron microscopy (TEM-TECNAI-G2 EDS model).
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Deubiquitinating Activity Assay Protocol

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In vitro deubiquitinating activity was assayed using wild-type and mutated fluorogenic substrate ubiquitin 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (Ub-AMC) generated as described above. Enzyme and Ub-AMC were incubated in a reaction buffer containing 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.8), 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.1 mg/mL BSA, and 1 mM DTT at 25 °C. Fluorescence was measured using a Fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrometer (Horiba) with an excitation wavelength of 355 nm and an emission wavelength of 440 nm. Initial rates were analyzed by fitting to the Michaelis-Menton equation using GraphPad Prism (GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA). The kcat was determined by dividing Vmax with the enzyme concentration used in the assay. USP2CD (1 to 10 nM), USP7CD45 (1 to 100 nM), USP8CD (1 to 100 nM), USP21CD (10 to 100 nM) and UCH-L1 (10 to 100 nM) were used for the wild-type and mutant Ub-AMC. The standard error of the mean (SEM) of the catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) was determined by error propagation.
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Gal4-VP16 Binding Dynamics within Nucleosomes

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FRET experiments were used to determine Gal4-VP16 binding to its target site within the nucleosome as previously described.21 (link), 61 (link) Gal4-VP16 titrations were done with 5 nM Cy3-Cy5-labeled nucleosomes in 50 μl volume of buffer containing 49 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 200 mM NaCl, 1.08 mM MgCl2, and 0.1mM EDTA using a FluoroMax4 fluorescence spectrometer (Horiba). The FRET efficiency was calculated using the (ratio)A method15 (link) using the fluorescence emission spectra of Cy3 and Cy5 fluorophores. The apparent binding affinity S1/2 was determined by fitting the FRET efficiency with a sigmoidal binding curve with a Hill coefficient of 1. Gal4-VP16 titrations were performed using nucleosomes with and without neutravidin pre-bound and the S1/2 is not significantly altered (Figure 6). Control experiments were done using FRET nucleosomes that do not contain a Gal4 binding site (Figure S14). These FRET efficiency data were also fit to a binding curve where the results show extremely similar initial and final FRET efficiency, implying that the observed reduction in FRET is due to Gal4-VP16 binding to the target sequence within the nucleosome.
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Characterization of ICG-Loaded Nanoparticles

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NanoICG or empty NPs (empty NPs underwent the same dialysis treatment, but without ICG) were diluted to a concentration of 0.1 mg/mL in PBS and filtered through a 0.45 um filter (Fisher Scientific; Pittsburgh,PA). The hydrodynamic diameter (HD) of the NP-containing solutions was determined on ZetaPlus system with an onboard dynamic light scattering (DLS) analyzer (Brookhaven Instruments Corporation; Holtsville, NY). Absorbance (extinction) spectra were obtained on a UV-2600 (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments; Columbia MD). Fluorescence spectra were obtained on a FluoroMax-4 fluorescence spectrometer equipped with a NIR extended range PMT (Horiba Jobin Yvon; Edison, NJ). Spectra were obtained on aqueous solutions containing NPs and disassembled NP contents by addition of an equal volume of DMSO. ICG-loading content was determined with absorbance spectroscopy with a standard curve of ICG in 1:1 H2O/DMSO.
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