A unified model is based on a generalized gauge symmetry with groups [SU3c] color ×(SU2×U1)×[U 1b ×U 1l ].It implies that all interactions should preserve conservation laws of baryon number, lepton number, and electric charge, etc. The baryonic U 1b , leptonic U 1l and color SU3c gauge transformations are generalized to involve nonintegrable phase factors. One has gauge invariant fourth-order equations for massless gauge fields, which leads to linear potentials in the [U 1b ×U 1l ] and color [SU3c] sectors. We discuss possible cosmological implications of the new baryonic gauge field. It can produce a very small constant repulsive force between two baryon galaxies (or between two anti-baryon galaxies), where the baryon force can overcome the gravitational force at very large distances and leads to an accelerated cosmic expansion. Based on conservation laws in the unified model, we discuss a simple rotating dumbbell universe with equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, which may be pictured as two gigantic rotating clusters of galaxies. Within the gigantic baryonic cluster, a galaxy will have an approximately linearly accelerated expansion due to the effective force of constant density of all baryonic matter. The same expansion happens in the gigantic anti-baryonic cluster. Physical implications of the generalized gauge symmetry on charmonium confining potentials due to new SU3c field equations, frequency shift of distant supernovae Ia and their experimental tests are discussed.

The effects of citrate ion concentration and pH on the optical spectra and fluorescence decay have been measured for several tyrosine model compounds and lima bean trypsin/chymotrypsin inhibitor, a protein containing one tyrosine at position 69 and seven disulfides but no tryptophan, in order to determine the location and environment of Tyr 69. Tyrosine in the protein is protected from citrate collisional quenching, as indicated by the dynamic quenching constant 9 to 15 times smaller than those for the model peptides. Static quenching remains, with a Stern-Volmer constant of about 1.0 M-1, somewhat smaller than those of L-tyrosine, tyrosine-glutamate, and leucine-tyrosine-leucine. The elevated pKa of Tyr 69, greater than or equal to 11.6, also indicates protein protection from solvent ions. Though Coulomb repulsion of the Glu 70/citrate pair may play a role in the shielding of Tyr 69 from citrate, our measurements indicate that steric effects of the protein structure are more important. Tyrosinate emission in the protein at neutral pH is minimal.

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