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 …

Nanodiscs: A toolkit for membrane protein science

SG Sligar, IG Denisov - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins are involved in numerous vital biological processes, including transport,
signal transduction and the enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Integral membrane …

Mechanisms of cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidations

FP Guengerich - ACS catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Enzymes are complex biological catalysts and are critical to life. Most oxidations of
chemicals are catalyzed by cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) enzymes, which generally utilize …

Synthetic Fe/Cu complexes: toward understanding heme-copper oxidase structure and function

SM Adam, GB Wijeratne, PJ Rogler, DE Diaz… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Heme-copper oxidases (HCOs) are terminal enzymes on the mitochondrial or bacterial
respiratory electron transport chain, which utilize a unique heterobinuclear active site to …

Polycystic ovary syndrome and oxidative stress—from bench to bedside

N Zeber-Lubecka, M Ciebiera, EE Hennig - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress (OS) is a condition that occurs as a result of an imbalance between the
production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the body's ability to detoxify and neutralize …

In situ structural observation of a substrate-and peroxide-bound high-spin ferric-hydroperoxo intermediate in the P450 enzyme CYP121

RC Nguyen, I Davis, M Dasgupta, Y Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The P450 enzyme CYP121 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalyzes a carbon–carbon (C–
C) bond coupling cyclization of the dityrosine substrate containing a diketopiperazine ring …

Non-steroidal CYP17A1 inhibitors: discovery and assessment

TM Wróbel, FS Jørgensen, AV Pandey… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
CYP17A1 is an enzyme that plays a major role in steroidogenesis and is critically involved in
the biosynthesis of steroid hormones. Therefore, it remains an attractive target in several …

Engineering C–C bond cleavage activity into a P450 monooxygenase enzyme

JC Miller, JHZ Lee, MA Mclean, RR Chao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily of heme monooxygenases has demonstrated
ability to facilitate hydroxylation, desaturation, sulfoxidation, epoxidation, heteroatom …

Androgen metabolism and response in prostate cancer anti-androgen therapy resistance

H Zhang, Y Zhou, Z Xing, RK Sah, J Hu… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
All aspects of prostate cancer evolution are closely related to androgen levels and the status
of the androgen receptor (AR). Almost all treatments target androgen metabolism pathways …

Melatonin activation by human cytochrome P450 enzymes: A comparison between different isozymes

T Mokkawes, T De Visser, Y Cao, SP De Visser - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cytochrome P450 enzymes in the human body play a pivotal role in both the biosynthesis
and the degradation of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin plays a key role in circadian …