The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Understanding and modulating metalloenzymes with unnatural amino acids, non-native metal ions, and non-native metallocofactors

EN Mirts, A Bhagi-Damodaran, Y Lu - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Metalloproteins set the gold standard for performing important functions,
including catalyzing demanding reactions under mild conditions. Designing artificial …

Biological and bioinspired inorganic N–N bond-forming reactions

C Ferousi, SH Majer, IM DiMucci… - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The metallobiochemistry underlying the formation of the inorganic N–N-bond-containing
molecules nitrous oxide (N2O), dinitrogen (N2), and hydrazine (N2H4) is essential to the …

Molecular understanding of heteronuclear active sites in heme–copper oxidases, nitric oxide reductases, and sulfite reductases through biomimetic modelling

CJ Reed, QN Lam, EN Mirts, Y Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Heme–copper oxidases (HCO), nitric oxide reductases (NOR), and sulfite reductases (SiR)
catalyze the multi-electron and multi-proton reductions of O2, NO, and SO32−, respectively …

Bacterial nitric oxide reductase (NorBC) models employing click chemistry

JB Harland, S Samanta, N Lehnert - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Bacterial NO Reductase (NorBC or cNOR) is a membrane-bound enzyme found in
denitrifying bacteria that catalyzes the two-electron reduction of NO to N 2 O and water. The …

Rejigging Electron and Proton Transfer to Transition between Dioxygenase, Monooxygenase, Peroxygenase, and Oxygen Reduction Activity: Insights from …

M Mukherjee, A Dey - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature has employed heme proteins to execute a diverse set of vital life processes. Years of
research have been devoted to understanding the factors which bias these heme enzymes …

Activation of O 2 and NO in heme-copper oxidases–mechanistic insights from computational modelling

MRA Blomberg - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Heme-copper oxidases are transmembrane enzymes involved in aerobic and anaerobic
respiration. The largest subgroup contains the cytochrome c oxidases (CcO), which reduce …

Design of artificial metalloenzymes with multiple inorganic elements: The more the merrier

SM Jung, J Lee, WJ Song - Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
A large fraction of metalloenzymes harbors multiple metal-centers that are electronically
and/or functionally arranged within their proteinaceous environments. To explore the …

Copper(I) Complex Mediated Nitric Oxide Reductive Coupling: Ligand Hydrogen Bonding Derived Proton Transfer Promotes N2O(g) Release

GB Wijeratne, M Bhadra, MA Siegler… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A cuprous chelate bearing a secondary sphere hydrogen bonding functionality,[(PV-tmpa)
CuI]+, transforms• NO (g) to N2O (g) in high-yields in methanol. Ligand derived proton …

Spectroscopic Evidence of Hyponitrite Radical Intermediate in NO Disproportionation at a MOF‐Supported Mononuclear Copper Site

C Sun, L Yang, MA Ortuño, AM Wright… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Dianionic hyponitrite (N2O22−) is often proposed, based on model complexes, as
the key intermediate in reductive coupling of nitric oxide to nitrous oxide at the bimetallic …