Conformational control of cofactors in nature–the influence of protein-induced macrocycle distortion on the biological function of tetrapyrroles

MO Senge, SA MacGowan, JM O'Brien - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Tetrapyrrole-containing proteins are one of the most fundamental classes of enzymes in
nature and it remains an open question to give a chemical rationale for the multitude of …

[HTML][HTML] The aprotic electrochemistry of quinones

RC Prince, PL Dutton, MR Gunner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quinones play important roles in biological electron transfer reactions in almost all
organisms, with specific roles in many physiological processes and chemotherapy …

Flavonoid Oxidation Potentials and Antioxidant Activities-Theoretical Models Based on Oxidation Mechanisms and Related Changes in Electronic Structure

A Miličević - International journal of molecular sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Herein, I will review our efforts to develop a comprehensive and robust model for the
estimation of the first oxidation potential, E p1, and antioxidant activity, AA, of flavonoids that …

The relationship between the first oxidation potential and changes in electronic structures upon the electrochemical oxidation of flavonoids: Approach to O-glycosyl …

A Miličević, IN Jovanović - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
In continuation of our investigation of the dependence of the first electrochemical oxidation
potential, E p1, on the electronic structures of flavonoids, the potentials of nine additional …

pK a of ubiquinone, menaquinone, phylloquinone, plastoquinone, and rhodoquinone in aqueous solution

R Hasegawa, K Saito, T Takaoka, H Ishikita - Photosynthesis Research, 2017 - Springer
Quinones can accept two electrons and two protons, and are involved in electron transfer
and proton transfer reactions in photosynthetic reaction centers. To date, the p K a of these …

Introduction of the Menaquinone Biosynthetic Pathway into Rhodobacter sphaeroides and de Novo Synthesis of Menaquinone for Incorporation into Heterologously …

D Jun, T Richardson-Sanchez, A Mahey… - ACS Synthetic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quinones are redox-active molecules that transport electrons and protons in organelles and
cell membranes during respiration and photosynthesis. In addition to the fundamental …

Systematic high‐accuracy prediction of electron affinities for biological quinones

CE Schulz, AK Dutta, R Izsák… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quinones play vital roles as electron carriers in fundamental biological processes; therefore,
the ability to accurately predict their electron affinities is crucial for understanding their …

[PDF][PDF] A follow-up on the hesperetin issue in modelling the first electrochemical oxidation potential and antioxidant activity of flavonoids

A Miličević - Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 2024 - hrcak.srce.hr
Dear Editor, In Volume 70 (pages 134-139) of Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju–Archives
of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, I published a paper entitled “The relationship between …

Redox Potential Tuning through Differential Quinone Binding in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

JV Vermaas, AT Taguchi, SA Dikanov, CA Wraight… - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ubiquinone forms an integral part of the electron transport chain in cellular respiration and
photosynthesis across a vast number of organisms. Prior experimental results have shown …

Hydrogen Bond Network around the Semiquinone of the Secondary Quinone Acceptor QB in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers

AT Taguchi, PJ O'Malley, CA Wraight… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
By utilizing a combined pulsed EPR and DFT approach, the high-resolution structure of the
QB site semiquinone (SQB) was determined. The development of such a technique is crucial …