On the basis of its generally accessible I/II redox couple and bioavailability, copper plays a
wide variety of roles in nature that mostly involve electron transfer (ET), O 2 binding …

Redox reactions play important roles in almost all biological processes, including
photosynthesis and respiration, which are two essential energy processes that sustain all life …

Laccases are part of the family of multicopper oxidases (MCOs), which couple the oxidation
of substrates to the four electron reduction of O 2 to H 2 O. MCOs contain a minimum of four …

Copper is an essential trace element in living systems, present in the parts per million
concentration range. It is a key cofactor in a diverse array of biological oxidation-reduction …

The field of bioinorganic chemistry is at a propitious stage of development. Ever more
complex metallobiomolecules are isolated and purified, physical methodologies and …

Protein design is a valuable tool for understanding the fundamental factors that dictate
protein structure and function. The field of protein design has seen significant progress over …

In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the geometric and
electronic structures of the active sites of non-heme iron enzymes and the contributions of …

The work investigates the source of toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) with
respect to its leaching characteristic and speciation. Complexation-mediated leaching of …

Approximately one-half of all known protein crystal structures in the protein data bank (PDB)
contain metal ion cofactors, which play vital roles in charge neutralization, structure, and …

Spectroscopy has played a major role in develo** our understanding of activesites in
copper proteins. Often these sites exhibit spectral features which are unique compared to …