Metallosurfactants of bioinorganic interest: Coordination-induced self assembly [0.03%]
具有生物无机化学特色的金属表面活性剂研究：配位驱动的自组装现象
Tate Owen,Alison Butler
Tate Owen
This review covers selected surfactant ligands that undergo a change in aggregate morphology upon coordination of a metal ion, with a particular focus on coordination-induced micelle-to-vesicle transitions. The surfactants include microbial...
Ravindra Venkatramani,Shahar Keinan,Alexander Balaeff et al.
Ravindra Venkatramani et al.
Theoretical studies of charge transport in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) indicate that structure and dynamics modulate the charge transfer rates, and that different members of a structural ensemble support diffe...
The History of the Discovery of the Molybdenum Cofactor and Novel Aspects of its Biosynthesis in Bacteria [0.03%]
钼辅因子发现的历史及其生物合成在细菌中的新进展
Silke Leimkühler,Margot M Wuebbens,K V Rajagopalan
Silke Leimkühler
Biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor in bacteria is described with a detailed analysis of each individual reaction leading to the formation of stable intermediates during the synthesis of molybdopterin from GTP. As a starting point, the ...
Russ Hille,Takeshi Nishino,Florian Bittner
Russ Hille
Recent progress in our understanding of the structural and catalytic properties of molybdenum-containing enzymes in eukaryotes is reviewed, along with aspects of the biosynthesis of the cofactor and its insertion into apoprotein.
Yilin Hu,Markus W Ribbe
Yilin Hu
Biosynthesis of nitrogenase FeMoco is a highly complex process that requires, minimally, the participation of nifS, nifU, nifB, nifE, nifN, nifV, nifH, nifD and nifK gene products. Previous genetic analyses have identified the essential fac...
Structural, Mechanistic and Coordination Chemistry of Relevance to the Biosynthesis of Iron-Sulfur and Related Iron Cofactors [0.03%]
与铁硫和相关铁辅因子生物合成相关的结构、机理及配位化学
Wenbin Qi,J A Cowan
Wenbin Qi
Iron-sulfur clusters are an important class of protein-bound prosthetic center that find wide utility in nature. Roles include electron transfer, enzyme catalysis, protein structure stabilization, and regulation of gene expression as transc...
Iron(III)-siderophore coordination chemistry: Reactivity of marine siderophores [0.03%]
铁-色胺素配位化学：海洋色胺素的反应性研究
Alison Butler,Roslyn M Theisen
Alison Butler
Two remarkable features of many siderophores produced by oceanic bacteria are the prevalence of an α-hydroxy-carboxylic acid functionality either in the form of the amino acid β-hydroxy aspartic acid or in the form of citric acid, as well...
The H93G Myoglobin Cavity Mutant as a Versatile Scaffold for Modeling Heme Iron Coordination Structures in Protein Active Sites and Their Characterization with Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy [0.03%]
血红素铁配位结构的模式识别及磁圆二色谱法表征
Jing Du,Masanori Sono,John H Dawson
Jing Du
Preparation of heme model complexes is a challenging subject of long-standing interest for inorganic chemists. His93Gly sperm whale myoglobin (H93G Mb) has the proximal His replaced with the much smaller non-coordinating Gly. This leaves a ...
Theoretical Studies of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Models and Concepts Relevant to Bioenergetics [0.03%]
理论研究与生物能量学相关的质子耦合电子转移模型及概念
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer,Elizabeth Hatcher,Hiroshi Ishikita et al.
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer et al.
Theoretical studies of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions for model systems provide insight into fundamental concepts relevant to bioenergetics. A dynamical theoretical formulation for vibronically nonadiabatic PCET reactions...
Photoactive Ruthenium Nitrosyls: Effects of Light and Potential Application as NO Donors [0.03%]
光活性钌硝基化合物：光照的影响及其作为NO供体的潜在应用
Michael J Rose,Pradip K Mascharak
Michael J Rose