Quantum chemical studies of mechanisms for metalloenzymes

MRA Blomberg, T Borowski, F Himo, RZ Liao… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Two decades ago, theoretical model calculations played a truly minor role in understanding
mechanisms of redox-active metalloenzymes. The methods available to treat transition …

Multiscale modeling of enzymes: QM‐cluster, QM/MM, and QM/MM/MD: a tutorial review

S Ahmadi, L Barrios Herrera… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exemplars of the state of the art in modeling enzymes are reviewed through a selection of
works from leading schools using QM‐only cluster models, QM/MM models and QM/MM/MD …

Application of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics methods in the study of enzymatic reaction mechanisms

SF Sousa, AJM Ribeiro, RPP Neves… - Wiley …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods offer a very appealing option
for the computational study of enzymatic reaction mechanisms, by separating the problem …

An unexpected hydratase synthesizes the green light-absorbing pigment fucoxanthin

T Cao, Y Bai, P Buschbeck, Q Tan, MB Cantrell… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The ketocarotenoid fucoxanthin and its derivatives can absorb blue–green light enriched in
marine environments. Fucoxanthin is widely adopted by phytoplankton species as a main …

Calcium carbide: A unique reagent for organic synthesis and nanotechnology

KS Rodygin, G Werner, FA Kucherov… - Chemistry–An Asian …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Acetylene, HC≡ CH, is one of the primary building blocks in synthetic organic and
industrial chemistry. Several highly valuable processes have been developed based on this …

Quick-and-Easy Validation of Protein–Ligand Binding Models Using Fragment-Based Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry

PE Bowling, DR Broderick… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electronic structure calculations in enzymes converge very slowly with respect to the size of
the model region that is described using quantum mechanics (QM), requiring hundreds of …

Benchmarking density functional theory methods for metalloenzyme reactions: The introduction of the mme55 set

DA Wappett, L Goerigk - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present a new benchmark set of metalloenzyme model reaction energies and barrier
heights that we call MME55. The set contains 10 different enzymes, representing eight …

The effects of the metal ion substitution into the active site of metalloenzymes: A theoretical insight on some selected cases

M Prejanò, ME Alberto, N Russo, M Toscano, T Marino - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
A large number of enzymes need a metal ion to express their catalytic activity. Among the
different roles that metal ions can play in the catalytic event, the most common are their …

[HTML][HTML] The prokaryotic Mo/W-bisPGD enzymes family: a catalytic workhorse in bioenergetic

S Grimaldi, B Schoepp-Cothenet, P Ceccaldi… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, prominent importance of molybdenum-containing enzymes in
prokaryotes has been put forward by studies originating from different fields. Proteomic or …

Convergence in the QM‐only and QM/MM modeling of enzymatic reactions: A case study for acetylene hydratase

RZ Liao, W Thiel - Journal of computational chemistry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We report systematic quantum mechanics‐only (QM‐only) and QM/molecular mechanics
(MM) calculations on an enzyme‐catalyzed reaction to assess the convergence behavior of …