Protein dynamics and enzymatic catalysis

SD Schwartz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
This Perspective presents a review of our work and that of others in the highly controversial
topic of the coupling of protein dynamics to reaction in enzymes. We have been involved in …

The photochemistry and photobiology of vitamin B 12

AR Jones - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biologically active derivatives of vitamin B12 are organometallic cobalt-corrinoid complexes
crucial for the healthy function of humans, animals and microbes. Their role as cofactors to …

Fast protein motions are coupled to enzyme H-transfer reactions

CR Pudney, A Guerriero, NJ Baxter… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Coupling of fast protein dynamics to enzyme chemistry is controversial and has ignited
considerable debate, especially over the past 15 years in relation to enzyme-catalyzed H …

Photolytic properties of cobalamins: a theoretical perspective

PM Kozlowski, BD Garabato, P Lodowski… - Dalton …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective Article highlights recent theoretical developments, and summarizes the
current understanding of the photolytic properties of cobalamins from a computational point …

Photolytic properties of the biologically active forms of vitamin B12

MJ Toda, P Lodowski, A Al Mamun, M Jaworska… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
The biologically active forms of vitamin B 12, methylcobalamin (MeCbl) and
adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), are important cofactors in a variety of enzymatic processes. In …

Engineered control of enzyme structural dynamics and function

DD Boehr, RN D'Amico, KF O'Rourke - Protein Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes undergo a range of internal motions from local, active site fluctuations to large‐
scale, global conformational changes. These motions are often important for enzyme …

Cobalamin-dependent dehydratases and a deaminase: Radical catalysis and reactivating chaperones

T Toraya - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Adenosylcobalamin, a coenzyme form of vitamin B 12, is an organometallic compound that
participates in about ten enzymatic reactions. These enzymes catalyze chemically …

Magnetic field effects in proteins

AR Jones - Molecular Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Many animals can sense the geomagnetic field, which appears to aid in behaviours such as
migration. The influence of man-made magnetic fields on biology, however, is potentially …

Mechanism of Co–C photodissociation in adenosylcobalamin

BD Garabato, P Lodowski, M Jaworska… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A mechanism of Co–C bond photodissociation in the base-on form of adenosylcobalamin
(AdoCbl) was investigated by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). The key …

Molecular recognition patterns between vitamin B12 and human serum albumin explored through STD–NMR and spectroscopic methods

Q Sun, Y Zhai, W Wang, N Gan, S Zhang, Z Suo… - Spectrochimica Acta Part …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ligand–receptor molecular recognitionis the basis of biological process. The Saturation
Transfer Difference–NMR (STD–NMR) technique has been recently used to gain qualitative …