(a.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.
Example Sentences:
(1) Based on the refined atomic coordinates of the tRNAphe in the orthorhombic crystal, on the recent advances in the distance dependence of the ring-current magnetic field effects and on the adopted values for the isolated hydrogen-bonded NH resonances, a computed spectrum consisting of 23 protons was constructed.
(2) 261, 16207-16209) that recombinant murine interferon-beta produced in Escherichia coli was crystallized in an orthorhombic space group C222(1) using polyethyleneglycol 8000 as precipitant, the crystals had an insufficient resolution and a marked tendency for orientational disorder around the c axis.
(3) The mutant proteins were screened for their ability to crystallize into the orthorhombic form and bind mercury ions isomorphously.
(4) In the orthorhombic crystal lattice, tRNA(Asp) molecules are associated by anticodon-anticodon interactions through a two-fold symmetry axis.
(5) The melamine forms disordered crystals of orthorhombic symmetry with a = 11.957(3), b = 17.267(3), c = 5.769(3)A.
(6) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
(7) The subcell (HS1) is orthorhombic with as = 10.3, bs = 7.5 and cs = 2.54 A.
(8) N-Z-L-Pro-D-Ala-OMe, C17H22N2O5, Mr = 334.38, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with the cell dimensions a = 5.005 (5), b = 17.690 (9) and c = 18.70 (1) A3, V = 1656.3 A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.341 g cm-3, Cu K alpha, lambda = 1.54184 A, mu = 7.830 cm-1, F(000) = 712, T = 198 K, final R (on F) = 0.036 for 1575 observed reflections with I greater than or equal to 3 sigma(I).
(9) The crystals are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with a=8.611(2), B=6.138(2), And c=14.912(4) A. Least-squares refinements yielded a conventional R-factor of 0.036.
(10) The atomic coordinates of yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA (tRNA) as well as the torsion angles of the polynucleotide chain are presented as derived from an x-ray diffraction analysis of orthorhombic crystals.
(11) These crystals diffract to 3.4 A and the observed diffraction is consistent with orthorhombic space groups P4(1) and P4(3).
(12) Yeast phenylalanyl transfer RNA crystallizes in a simple orthorhombic unit cell (a = 33.2, b = 56.1, c = 161 A), and the crystal yields an x-ray diffraction pattern with a resolution of 2.3 A.
(13) Concanavalin A, a phytohemagglutinin isolated from the jack bean, crystallizes at pH 6.8 in the orthorhombic space group 1222 with a = 89.9, b = 87.2, and c = 63.1 A.
(14) C20H24O4, Mr = 328.41, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 11.688 (3), b = 15.377 (5), c = 9.466 (2) A, V = 1701 (1) A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.282 g cm-3, lambda (Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.823 cm-1, F(000) = 704, T = 298 K, R = 0.063 for 1921 reflections with F greater than 2 sigma (F).
(15) Above this temperature, this "orthorhombic" phase converts directly to the liquid-crystalline phase.
(16) The crystals exhibit strong F222 pseudo symmetry but belong to the orthorhombic space group C222 or C222(1), with cell parameters a = 73.8 A, b = 119.9 A and c = 133.2 A with two molecules per asymmetric unit.
(17) The crystal form is of the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit cell dimensions a = 150 A and b = 129 A.
(18) Crystals of methyl 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (methyl beta-D-laminarabioside) belong to the orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2, with a = 14.548(2), b = 24.252(7), c = 4.938(1) A, and Z = 4.
(19) The receptor fragment crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 105.5 A, b = 224.5 A, c = 363.5 A.
(20) 1-(2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-o ne, C17H16O5, Mr = 300.31, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 27.903 (3), b = 13.958 (2), c = 7.662 (1) A, V = 2984 (1) A3, Z = 8, D chi = 1.337 Mg m-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 0.729 mm-1, F(000) = 1264, T = 295 K, R = 0.040 for 1702 observed reflections.
Rhombic
Definition:
(a.) Shaped like a rhomb.
(a.) Same as Orthorhombic.
Example Sentences:
(1) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
(2) Most of the cerebellar plate has differentiated an intermediate layer, and the future rhombic lip is discernible.
(3) Treatment of oxidized enzyme with CO causes the g-tensor of the paramagnetic center to change from rhombic to axial symmetry.
(4) The large difference in their midpoint potentials (0 and -400 mV, respectively, in the soluble enzyme) permits the acquisition of individual electron paramagnetic resonance spectra characterized by nearly identical rhombic g tensors (gz = 2.025, gy = 1.93, gx = 1.905).
(5) Upon addition of substrates [such as cholesterol, 22(S)-hydroxycholesterol, 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, and 22-ketocholesterol], the EPR spectra exhibited many variations having rhombic symmetry in the major component and an additional minor component with less rhombic symmetry.
(6) The EPR spectra show non-zero rhombicity, the origin of which is discussed in terms of contributions from the usual zero-field effects of iron and from iron-radical spin-dipolar interaction.
(7) Center N-1a exhibits an EPR spectrum of nearly axial symmetry with g parellel = 2.03, g = 1.94, while that of Center N-1b shows more apparent rhombic symmetry with gz = 2.03, gy = 1.94 and gx = 1.91.
(8) At -120 to -100 degrees C, a rhombic signal appears, attributable to cytochrome d, followed at above -100 degrees C, by appearance of a second, axial signal near g = 6, here assigned to cytochrome(s) b, and changes in the redox state of iron-sulphur clusters.
(9) Decreasing the pH induces a shift from the rhombic towards the axial component of the signal.
(10) This result is based on the following assumptions: The crystals are rhombic dodecahedra with a greater than 4.2 nm and space group P213, thus much resembling cubic porcine glucagon; they are teleost glucagon and contain the whole glucagon content of the granule.
(11) The effect of inositol hexakisphosphate on the EPR properties of the nitric oxide derivative of ferrous dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) hemoglobin has been investigated at 110 K. In the absence of inositol hexakisphosphate, the nitrosyl derivative of dromedary hemoglobin shows an EPR spectrum with a rhombic shape and a weak hyperfine splitting in the gz region, a feature that is generally taken as characteristic of the high-affinity state of tetrameric hemoproteins.
(12) The 35 GHz spectrum of the cytochrome c reducible component shows a rhombic splitting and can be well simulated with g-values 2.18, 2.03 and 1.99.
(13) In addition, among various steroid complexes of ferrous-NO species having rhombic symmetry, the EPR spectra of 20(R),22(R)-dihydroxycholesterol complexes were significantly different from those of 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol complexes, suggesting that upon 20S-hydroxylation of 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol the conformation of the active site changes so as to facilitate subsequent cleavage of the C20-C22 bond of the cholesterol side chain.
(14) Extensive EPR studies on high-potential, iron-sulfur protein from Chromatium vinosum indicate that the singular spectrum of this four-iron, non-heme protein consists of a superposition of three distinct signals; namely, two principal signals of equal weight, one reflecting axial and the other rhombic symmetry, and a third nearly isotropic minority component.
(15) To determine the axial ligands to the low-spin heme and the heme rhombicity, the cytochrome was analyzed using low-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy.
(16) The rhombic g-tensor of the EPR signal in both cases resembles that of (semi-met)RHr, the form obtained by one-electron reduction of metHr.
(17) The one-dimensional 1H NMR spectrum of the OM cytochrome b5 indicates that the rhombic perturbation of the ferric center is essentially identical to that in the microsomal beef, rabbit, chicken, and rat cytochromes b5.
(18) The K15Q iron protein and the normal iron protein had a similar total iron content and both proteins showed the characteristic rhombic EPR signal resulting from the reduced state of the single 4Fe-4S cluster bridging the two subunits.
(19) The experimental results are well explained solely by rhombic perturbation.
(20) The resulting Fe3+ possesses an EPR signal at g = 4.37 arising from conversion to a rhombic symmetry ligand field.