Spin state as a marker for the structural evolution of nature's water-splitting catalyst

V Krewald, M Retegan, F Neese, W Lubitz… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In transition-metal complexes, the geometric structure is intimately connected with the spin
state arising from magnetic coupling between the paramagnetic ions. The tetramanganese …

Experimental methods in chemical engineering: electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy‐EPR/ESR

MG Bakker, B Fowler, MK Bowman… - The Canadian Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, also known as electron spin
resonance spectroscopy (ESR), utilizes absorption of microwave radiation by unpaired …

Characterization of the Earliest Intermediate of Fe-N2 Protonation: CW and Pulse EPR Detection of an Fe-NNH Species and Its Evolution to Fe-NNH2+

MA Nesbit, PH Oyala, JC Peters - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Iron diazenido species (Fe (NNH)) have been proposed as the earliest intermediates of
catalytic N2-to-NH3 conversion (N2RR) mediated by synthetic iron complexes and relatedly …

ELDOR-detected NMR: A general and robust method for electron-nuclear hyperfine spectroscopy?

N Cox, A Nalepa, W Lubitz, A Savitsky - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract ELDOR-detected NMR (EDNMR) performed at higher magnetic fields is becoming
an increasingly popular alternative to conventional ENDOR for the characterization of …

Pulsed Multifrequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Reveals Key Branch Points for One-vs Two-Electron Reactivity in Mn/Fe Proteins

EC Kisgeropoulos, YJ Gan, SM Greer… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Traditionally, the ferritin-like superfamily of proteins was thought to exclusively use a diiron
active site in catalyzing a diverse array of oxygen-dependent reactions. In recent years …

Direct spectroscopic detection of ATP turnover reveals mechanistic divergence of ABC exporters

A Collauto, S Mishra, A Litvinov, HS Mchaourab… - Structure, 2017 - cell.com
We have applied high-field (W-band) pulse electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR)
and electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR)-detected nuclear magnetic resonance …

Biomolecular EPR meets NMR at high magnetic fields

K Möbius, W Lubitz, N Cox, A Savitsky - Magnetochemistry, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this review on advanced biomolecular EPR spectroscopy, which addresses both the EPR
and NMR communities, considerable emphasis is put on delineating the complementarity of …

[HTML][HTML] Chirp echo Fourier transform EPR-detected NMR

N Wili, G Jeschke - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2018 - Elsevier
A new ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse EPR method is introduced for observing all nuclear
frequencies of a paramagnetic center in a single shot. It is based on burning spectral holes …

Solvent water interactions within the active site of the membrane type I matrix metalloproteinase

E Decaneto, T Vasilevskaya, Y Kutin, H Ogata… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are an important family of proteases which catalyze the
degradation of extracellular matrix components. While the mechanism of peptide cleavage is …

EPR spectroscopy on flavin radicals in flavoproteins

D Nohr, S Weber, E Schleicher - Methods in Enzymology, 2019 - Elsevier
Flavin semiquinone redox states are important intermediates in a broad variety of reactions
catalyzed by flavoproteins. As paramagnetic states they can be favorably probed by EPR …