The global rise in urbanization and industrial activity has led to the production and
incorporation of foreign contaminant molecules into ecosystems, distorting them and …

A number of prokaryotes actively contribute to lignin degradation in nature and their activity
could be of interest for many applications including the production of biogas/biofuel from …

Bacteria that produce Mn oxides are extraordinarily skilled engineers of nanomaterials that
contribute significantly to global biogeochemical cycles. Their enzyme-based reaction …

Despite the importance of stony corals in many research fields related to global issues, such
as marine ecology, climate change, paleoclimatogy, and metazoan evolution, very little is …

In humans, copper is an important micronutrient because it is a cofactor of ubiquitous and
brain-specific cuproenzymes, as well as a secondary messenger. Failure of the mechanisms …

Vertebrate blood coagulation is controlled by a cascade containing more than 20 proteins.
The cascade proteins are found in the blood in their zymogen forms and when the cascade …

Ceruloplasmin is an ancient multicopper oxidase evolved to insure a safe handling of
oxygen in some metabolic pathways of vertebrates. The current knowledge of its structure …

In the last 15 years, among the many reasons given for the development of idiopathic forms
of Parkinson's disease (PD), copper imbalance has been identified as a factor, and PD is …

Silver nanoparticles (SNPs) are new functional materials that are widely used in biomedical
and industrial technologies. Two main features that make SNPs valuable are their strong …

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