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 …

Metal complexes of organophosphate esters and open-framework metal phosphates: synthesis, structure, transformations, and applications

R Murugavel, A Choudhury, MG Walawalkar… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus is a vital element both in living matter and in the Earth's crust. The human body
contains about 1% by weight of the element phosphorus, about 4/5 of this being present as …

Purple acid phosphatase: a journey into the function and mechanism of a colorful enzyme

G Schenk, N Mitić, GR Hanson, P Comba - Coordination Chemistry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) catalyze the hydrolysis of a wide range of
phosphomonoester and amide substrates. These enzymes have been identified and …

Synthesis, structural, magnetic, and redox properties of asymmetric diiron complexes with a single terminally bound phenolate ligand. Relevance to the purple acid …

E Lambert, B Chabut, S Chardon-Noblat… - Journal of the …, 1997 - ACS Publications
New asymmetrical ligands (H2L) have been synthesized to provide both a bridging and a
terminal phenolate to a pair of iron ions in order to mimic the binding of a single terminal …

Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Phosphatase-Like Activity of the First Heterodinuclear FeIIIMnII Complex with the Unsymmetric Ligand H2BPBPMP as a Model …

P Karsten, A Neves, AJ Bortoluzzi… - Inorganic …, 2002 - ACS Publications
The new heterodinuclear mixed valence complex [FeIIIMnII (BPBPMP)(OAc) 2] ClO4 (1) with
the unsymmetrical N5O2 donor ligand 2-bis [{(2-pyridylmethyl)-aminomethyl}-6-{(2 …

Non-Heme Diiron Model Complexes Can Mediate Direct NO Reduction: Mechanistic Insight into Flavodiiron NO Reductases

HT Dong, CJ White, B Zhang, C Krebs… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs), a common enzyme family found in various
types of pathogenic bacteria, are capable of reducing nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide …

New FeIIIZnII Complex Containing a Single Terminal Fe−Ophenolate Bond as a Structural and Functional Model for the Active Site of Red Kidney Bean Purple Acid …

M Lanznaster, A Neves, AJ Bortoluzzi… - Inorganic …, 2002 - ACS Publications
The new heterodinuclear complex [FeIIIZnII (BPBPMP)(OAc) 2] ClO4 (1) with the
unsymmetrical N5O2 donor ligand 2-bis [{(2-pyridylmethyl)-aminomethyl}-6-{(2 …

FeIIIFeIII and FeIIFeIII Complexes as Synthetic Analogues for the Oxidized and Reduced Forms of Purple Acid Phosphatases

A Neves, MA de Brito, I Vencato, V Drago… - Inorganic …, 1996 - ACS Publications
Novel FeIIIFeIII and FeIIFeIII complexes [Fe2 (BBPMP)(μ-OAc)(μ-X)] n (1, X= OAc-, n= 1+; 2,
X= OH-, n= 1+; 3, X= OAc-, n= 0; 4, X= OH-, n= 0), where BBPMP3-is the anion of 2, 6-bis [(2 …

Phosphate ester hydrolysis: metal complexes as purple acid phosphatase and phosphotriesterase analogues

LR Gahan, SJ Smith, A Neves… - European journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This microreview describes the structures and properties of a number of bimetallic
complexes designed as both structural and functional mimics of the active sites of some …

Monooxygenation of an appended phenol in a model system of tyrosinase: implications on the enzymatic reaction mechanism

JN Hamann, M Rolff, F Tuczek - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A new tridentate N-donor ligand and its corresponding copper (I) complex have been
synthesized to investigate the tyrosinase-like aromatic hydroxylation of an attached phenol …