Oxygen activation and radical transformations in heme proteins and metalloporphyrins

X Huang, JT Groves - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
As a result of the adaptation of life to an aerobic environment, nature has evolved a panoply
of metalloproteins for oxidative metabolism and protection against reactive oxygen species …

Electronic structure of corrole derivatives: insights from molecular structures, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and quantum chemical calculations

A Ghosh - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Presented herein is a comprehensive account of the electronic structure of corrole
derivatives. Our knowledge in this area derives from a broad range of methods, including UV …

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 …

Metal-catalyzed CH activation/functionalization: The fundamentals

F Roudesly, J Oble, G Poli - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2017 - Elsevier
An isolated Csingle bondH bond in a molecule has a very low reactivity owing to the large
kinetic barrier associated to the Csingle bondH bond cleavage and the apolar nature of this …

Formation and cleavage of C–C bonds by enzymatic oxidation–reduction reactions

FP Guengerich, FK Yoshimoto - Chemical Reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many oxidation–reduction (redox) enzymes, particularly oxygenases, have roles in reactions
that make and break C–C bonds. The list includes cytochrome P450 and other heme-based …

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in biotechnology and synthetic biology

VB Urlacher, M Girhard - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
Cytochromes P450 (P450 or CYP) are heme-containing enzymes that catalyze the
introduction of one atom of molecular oxygen into nonactivated C–H bonds, often in a regio …

Unusual cytochrome P450 enzymes and reactions

FP Guengerich, AW Munro - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
Cytochrome P450 enzymes primarily catalyze mixed-function oxidation reactions, plus some
reductions and rearrangements of oxygenated species, eg prostaglandins. Most of these …

Structure and function of the cytochrome P450 peroxygenase enzymes

AW Munro, KJ McLean, JL Grant… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
The cytochromes P450 (P450s or CYPs) constitute a large heme enzyme superfamily,
members of which catalyze the oxidative transformation of a wide range of organic …

Nitric oxide synthase enzymology in the 20 years after the Nobel Prize

DJ Stuehr, MM Haque - British journal of pharmacology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review briefly summarizes what was known about NOS enzymology at the time of the
Nobel Prize award in 1998 and then discusses from the author's perspective some of the …

Oxidations catalyzed by fungal peroxygenases

M Hofrichter, R Ullrich - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Selective oxyfunctionalizations are among the most challenging reactions in
organic synthesis.•Unspecific peroxygenases (UPO) are a diverse group of secreted fungal …