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 …

Tuning metal–metal interactions for cooperative small molecule activation

Q Wang, SH Brooks, T Liu, NC Tomson - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cluster complexes have attracted interest for decades due to their promise of drawing
analogies to metallic surfaces and metalloenzyme active sites, but only recently have …

Heterobimetallic NiFe cooperative molecular water oxidation catalyst

HT Zhang, YH Guo, Y Xiao, HY Du… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We reported herein the development of heterobimetallic NiFe molecular platform to
understand NiFe synergistic effect in water oxidation catalysis. Compared to homonuclear …

Purple acid phosphatase: a journey into the function and mechanism of a colorful enzyme

G Schenk, N Mitić, GR Hanson, P Comba - Coordination Chemistry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) catalyze the hydrolysis of a wide range of
phosphomonoester and amide substrates. These enzymes have been identified and …

DNA binding, nuclease activity and cytotoxicity studies of Cu (II) complexes of tridentate ligands

P Kumar, S Gorai, MK Santra, B Mondal… - Dalton Transactions, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (II) complexes of three tridentate ligands, L1, L2 and L3,[L1, N-((1H-imidazole-2-yl)
methyl)-2-(pyridine-2-yl) ethanamine; L2, N-((1-methyl-1H-imidazole-2-yl) methyl)-2 …

Distinct chemical factors in hydrolytic reactions catalyzed by metalloenzymes and metal complexes

LF Serafim, VM Jayasinghe-Arachchige… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective hydrolysis of the extremely stable phosphoester, peptide and ester bonds of
molecules by bio-inspired metal-based catalysts (metallohydrolases) is required in a wide …

Synthesis, magnetostructural correlation, and catalytic promiscuity of unsymmetric dinuclear copper (II) complexes: Models for catechol oxidases and hydrolases

RE Osorio, RA Peralta, AJ Bortoluzzi… - Inorganic …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization, through elemental analysis, electronic
spectroscopy, electrochemistry, potentiometric titration, electron paramagnetic resonance …

Spectroscopic and mechanistic studies of dinuclear metallohydrolases and their biomimetic complexes

LJ Daumann, G Schenk, DL Ollis, LR Gahan - Dalton transactions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
An enhanced understanding of the metal ion binding and active site structural features of
phosphoesterases such as the glycerophosphodiesterase from Enterobacter aerogenes …

Phosphorus-containing compounds regulate mineralization

T Du, H Yang, X Niu - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is the main constitutive element of minerals and fat in the body. The process of
mineral formation is defined as mineralization. The minerals in the body are mainly apatite …

Crystal structures of a purple acid phosphatase, representing different steps of this enzyme's catalytic cycle

G Schenk, TW Elliott, E Leung, LE Carrington… - BMC structural …, 2008 - Springer
Background Purple acid phosphatases belong to the family of binuclear metallohydrolases
and are involved in a multitude of biological functions, ranging from bacterial killing and …