Manganese compounds as water-oxidizing catalysts: from the natural water-oxidizing complex to nanosized manganese oxide structures

MM Najafpour, G Renger, M Hołynska… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Metal ion modeling using classical mechanics

P Li, KM Merz Jr - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metal ions play significant roles in numerous fields including chemistry, geochemistry,
biochemistry, and materials science. With computational tools increasingly becoming …

Mn2O3 as an Electron Shuttle between Peroxymonosulfate and Organic Pollutants: The Dominant Role of Surface Reactive Mn(IV) Species

H Li, N Yuan, J Qian, B Pan - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The environmentally benign Mn oxides play a crucial role in the transformation of organic
contaminants, either through catalytically decomposing oxidants, eg, peroxymonosulfate …

A Redox Modulatory Mn3O4 Nanozyme with Multi‐Enzyme Activity Provides Efficient Cytoprotection to Human Cells in a Parkinson's Disease Model

N Singh, MA Savanur, S Srivastava… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials with enzyme‐like activities (nanozymes) attracts significant interest due to
their therapeutic potential for the treatment of various diseases. Herein, we report that a …

Boron containing compounds as protease inhibitors

R Smoum, A Rubinstein, VM Dembitsky… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Proteases form one of the largest and more important groups of enzymes. They selectively
catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds and can be divided into four major classes …

Fundamentals of H2 Binding and Reactivity on Transition Metals Underlying Hydrogenase Function and H2 Production and Storage

GJ Kubas - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Formation of stable iron hydrides on more nucleophilic (electron-rich) metal centers than
those found in hydrogenases with CO ligands would inhibit or at least slow down function …

[PDF][PDF] The role of hydrogen peroxide in regulation of plant metabolism and cellular signalling in response to environmental stresses.

I Slesak, M Libik, B Karpinska… - Acta biochimica …, 2007 - frontierspartnerships.org
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is produced predominantly in plant cells during photosynthesis
and photorespiration, and to a lesser extent, in respiration processes. It is the most stable of …

Metal-catalyzed hydrocarbon oxygenations in solutions: The dramatic role of additives: A review

GB Shul'pin - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2002 - Elsevier
This review describes examples of remarkable acceleration of metal-catalyzed oxidation
reactions by certain additives. In some cases, reactions proceed 2 or 10 times more rapidly …

Structural, spectroscopic, and reactivity models for the manganese catalases

AJ Wu, JE Penner-Hahn, VL Pecoraro - Chemical Reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Given the well-defined enzymology of the manganese catalases and recent advances in the
structural biology of these proteins, this is an excellent area for corroborative modeling of the …

The catalytic mechanisms of binuclear metallohydrolases

N Mitić, SJ Smith, A Neves, LW Guddat… - Chemical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Binuclear metallohydrolases are a structurally diverse group of enzymes that use binuclear
metal ion centers to catalyze the hydrolysis of amides and esters of carboxylic and …