Exploring the nature's discriminating factors behind the selection of molybdoenzymes and tungstoenzymes depending on the biological environment

U Das, A Das, AK Das - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
Pterin based molybdenum cofactor found in the molybdenum dependent enzymes catalyzes
the oxo-transferase and hydroxylase activity. For tungsten, the pterin based tungsten …

Design and Reactivity of Early-Late Bimetallics as Structural and Functional Models of Mo Cu CODH

UI Kaluarachchige Don, AMB Chandima… - Comments on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This review focuses on the synthetic inorganic chemistry of structural and functional models
of Mo-Cu CO dehydrogenase (CODH). Mo-Cu CODH is an aerobic enzyme that catalyzes …

Combining [MoVIO3] and [M0(CO)3] (M = Mo, Cr) Fragments within the Same Complex: Synthesis and Reactivity of the Single Oxo-Bridged Heterobimetallics …

UI Kaluarachchige Don, Z Palmer, CL Ward… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A functional model of Mo–Cu carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) enzyme requires
the presence of an oxidant (metal-oxo) and a metal-bound carbonyl in close proximity. In this …

Synthesis and Reactivity of Xanthene-Based Heterobimetallic Systems for CO Oxidation

UIK Don - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Nature provides a useful guideline for the design of an efficient earth-abundant catalyst for
CO oxidation that relies on bimodal heterobimetallic cooperativity. Molybdenum-copper …