Minimum Free Energy Pathways of Reactive Processes with Nudged Elastic Bands

JA Semelak, A Zeida, NO Foglia… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The determination of minimum free energy pathways (MFEP) is one of the most widely used
strategies to study reactive processes. For chemical reactions in complex environments, the …

Autocatalytic Mechanism in the Anaerobic Reduction of Metmyoglobin by Sulfide Species

JC Palermo, M Carllinni Colombo, JA Semelak… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The mechanism of the metal centered reduction of metmyoglobin (MbFeIII) by sulfide
species (H2S/HS–) under an argon atmosphere has been studied by a combination of …

Binding mechanism of disulfide species to ferric hemeproteins: The case of metmyoglobin

JA Córdova, JC Palermo, DA Estrin, SE Bari… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The interactions of the heme iron of hemeproteins with sulfide and disulfide compounds are
of potential interest as physiological signaling processes. While the interaction with …

Reduction of metmyoglobin by inorganic disulfide species

JC Palermo, MC Colombo, MF Scocozza… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanism of the metal centered reduction of metmyoglobin (MbFe III) by inorganic
disulfide species has been studied by combined spectroscopic and kinetic analyses, under …

Inorganic Polysulfides in Solution: Structural Properties and Conformational Isomerism

J Gajst, JA Semelak, D Scherlis, JA Olabe… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present a comprehensive theoretical examination of the structural properties of dianionic
polysulfides [S n] 2–(n= 2–6), their conjugated monoacids [HS n]−(n= 2–6), and a selection …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing thiol and selenol reactivity towards peroxynitrite by computer simulation

A Messias, A Rauber, S Vuletich, A Zeida… - Redox Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Peroxynitrite is a very reactive species implicated in a variety of pathophysiological cellular
processes. Particularly, peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation of cellular thiol-containing …

Coordination of inorganic disulfide species to ferric N-acetyl microperoxidase 11

JA Córdova, JC Palermo, SE Bari, L Capece - Biochemical and Biophysical …, 2025 - Elsevier
The interest in chemical interactions between inorganic sulfur species and heme
compounds has grown significantly in recent years due to their physiological relevance. The …