Structural and functional aspects of metal sites in biology

RH Holm, P Kennepohl, EI Solomon - Chemical reviews, 1996 - ACS Publications
The field of bioinorganic chemistry is at a propitious stage of development. Ever more
complex metallobiomolecules are isolated and purified, physical methodologies and …

Metalloenzymes, structural motifs, and inorganic models

KD Karlin - Science, 1993 - science.org
Metalloenzymes effect a variety of important chemical transformations, often involving small
molecule substrates or products such as molecular oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and water …

Toward the development of metal-based synthetic nucleases and peptidases: a rationale and progress report in applying the principles of coordination chemistry

EL Hegg, JN Burstyn - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
Recently there has been great interest in designing small metal complexes which are
capable of catalytically hydrolyzing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA) …

Enzymatic mechanisms of phosphate and sulfate transfer

WW Cleland, AC Hengge - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
Many biological molecules contain phosphate or sulfate, and the enzymatic reactions that
transfer these groups play important roles in metabolism. DNA and RNA are phosphate …

Bimetallic catalysis by late transition metal complexes

EK van den Beuken, BL Feringa - Tetrahedron, 1998 - Elsevier
Tetrahedron report number 469 Bimetallic catalysis by late transition metal complexes Page 1
Pergamon Tetrahedron 54 (1998) 12985-13011 Tetrahedron report number 469 …

Hydrolysis of phosphate monoesters: a biological problem with multiple chemical solutions

JB Vincent, MW Crowder, BA Averill - Trends in biochemical sciences, 1992 - Elsevier
Formation of phosphate esters by kinases has long been recognized as an important
process in biochemistry, but the reverse reaction, hydrolysis of phosphate esters by …

Structures, spectra, and DNA-binding properties of mixed ligand copper (II) complexes of iminodiacetic acid: The novel role of diimine co-ligands on DNA conformation …

B Selvakumar, V Rajendiran, PU Maheswari… - Journal of inorganic …, 2006 - Elsevier
The coordination geometry around copper (II) in [Cu (imda)(phen)(H2O)](1)(H2imda=
iminodiacetic acid, phen= 1, 10-phenanthroline) is described as distorted octahedral while …

Fructose-bisphosphate aldolases: an evolutionary history

JJ Marsh, HG Lebherz - Trends in biochemical sciences, 1992 - Elsevier
Two mechanistically distinct forms of fructose-bisphosphate aldolase are known to exist. It
has been assumed that the Class II (metallo) aldolases are evolutionarily more primitive …

Progress in artificial metallonucleases

F Mancin, P Scrimin, P Tecilla - Chemical Communications, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of synthetic agents able to hydrolytically cleave DNA with high efficiency
and selectivity is still a fascinating challenge. Over the years, many examples have been …

Phosphorolytic Reactivity of o-Iodosylcarboxylates and Related Nucleophiles

H Morales-Rojas, RA Moss - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the acute toxicity of various pentavalent organophosphorus compounds
toward living species led to the development, industrial production, and widespread use of …