Biological functions controlled by manganese redox changes in mononuclear Mn-dependent enzymes

W Zhu, NGJ Richards - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Remarkably few enzymes are known to employ a mononuclear manganese ion that
undergoes changes in redox state during catalysis. Many questions remain to be answered …

IsPETase- and IsMHETase-Catalyzed Cascade Degradation Mechanism toward Polyethylene Terephthalate

S Feng, Y Yue, M Zheng, Y Li, Q Zhang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has caused serious environmental concerns. Recent
studies show that a two-enzyme system in Ideonella sakaiensis is capable of degrading and …

Manganese binding properties of human calprotectin under conditions of high and low calcium: X-ray crystallographic and advanced electron paramagnetic …

DM Gagnon, MB Brophy, SEJ Bowman… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The antimicrobial protein calprotectin (CP), a hetero-oligomer of the S100 family members
S100A8 and S100A9, is the only identified mammalian Mn (II)-sequestering protein. Human …

X-Band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Comparison of Mononuclear MnIV-oxo and MnIV-hydroxo Complexes and Quantum Chemical Investigation of MnIV …

DF Leto, AA Massie, HE Colmer… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
X-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to probe the
ground-state electronic structures of mononuclear MnIV complexes [MnIV (OH) 2 (Me2EBC)] …

Oxalate decarboxylase uses electron hole hopping for catalysis

AJ Pastore, RD Teo, A Montoya, MJ Burg… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The hexameric low-pH stress response enzyme oxalate decarboxylase catalyzes the
decarboxylation of the oxalate mono-anion in the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. A single …

Redox Cycling, pH Dependence, and Ligand Effects of Mn(III) in Oxalate Decarboxylase from Bacillus subtilis

UT Twahir, A Ozarowski, A Angerhofer - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
This contribution describes electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments on Mn (III)
in oxalate decarboxylase of Bacillus subtilis, an interesting enzyme that catalyzes the redox …

Formation of Hexacoordinate Mn(III) in Bacillus subtilis Oxalate Decarboxylase Requires Catalytic Turnover

W Zhu, J Wilcoxen, RD Britt, NGJ Richards - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Oxalate decarboxylase (OxDC) catalyzes the disproportionation of oxalic acid monoanion
into CO2 and formate. The enzyme has long been hypothesized to utilize dioxygen to form …

Substrate binding mode and molecular basis of a specificity switch in oxalate decarboxylase

W Zhu, LM Easthon, LA Reinhardt, C Tu, SE Cohen… - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Oxalate decarboxylase (OxDC) catalyzes the conversion of oxalate into formate and carbon
dioxide in a remarkable reaction that requires manganese and dioxygen. Previous studies …

CH‐π interactions promote the conversion of hydroxypyruvate in a class II pyruvate aldolase

SR Marsden, L Mestrom, I Bento… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The class II hydroxy ketoacid aldolase A5VH82 from Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 (SwHKA)
accepts hydroxypyruvate as nucleophilic donor substrate, giving access to synthetically …

EPR Study of Substrate Binding to Mn(II) in Hydroxynitrile Lyase from Granulicella tundricola

F Vertregt, G Torrelo, S Trunk, H Wiltsche… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Gt HNL from Granulicella tundricola is a Mn (II) containing hydroxynitrile lyase with a cupin
fold. The quasi-octahedral manganese is pentacoordinated by the enzyme. It catalyzes the …