Methods and techniques to study the bioinorganic chemistry of metal–peptide complexes linked to neurodegenerative diseases

P Faller, C Hureau, P Dorlet, P Hellwig… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
This article provides a review about the most common techniques used to study the
interaction of metal ions with amyloidogenic peptides. It is addressed to researchers, who …

Benzimidazole and related ligands for Cu-catalyzed azide− alkyne cycloaddition

VO Rodionov, SI Presolski, S Gardinier… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Tris (2-benzimidazolylmethyl) amines have been found to be superior accelerating ligands
for the copper (I)-catalyzed azide− alkyne cycloaddition reaction. Candidates bearing …

Binding of zinc (II) and copper (II) to the full‐length Alzheimer's amyloid‐β peptide

V Tougu, A Karafin, P Palumaa - Journal of neurochemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
There is evidence that binding of metal ions like Zn2+ and Cu2+ to amyloid beta‐peptides
(Αβ) may contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Cu2+ and Zn2+ form …

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of cellular metabolism

P Lundberg, E Harmsen, C Ho, HJ Vogel - Analytical biochemistry, 1990 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was described in 1946 (1, 2), initially as a
method that had appeal only for nuclear physicists who used it to accurately determine …

Radicals from “Good's” buffers

JK Grady, ND Chasteen, DC Harris - Analytical biochemistry, 1988 - Elsevier
Oxidative deposition of iron in ferritin or the autoxidation of iron in the absence of protein
produces radicals from Good's buffers. Radical species are formed from the piperazine ring …

Complexation of copper by zwitterionic aminosulfonic (good) buffers

HE Mash, YP Chin, L Sigg, R Hari, H Xue - Analytical chemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
Copper binding properties were investigated for several popular zwitterionic buffers. The two
buffers 4-morpholinoethanesulfonic acid (MES) and 3-N-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid …

Cu (II) complexation by “non-coordinating” N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES buffer)

M Sokołowska, W Bal - Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
The combined potentiometric and spectroscopic studies of interactions of N-2-
hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) with Cu (II) demonstrated that …

Geometry-dependent plasmonic tunability and photothermal characteristics of multibranched gold nanoantennas

JA Webb, WR Erwin, HF Zarick, J Aufrecht… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Plasmon resonances of anisotropic multibranched nanostructures are governed by their
geometry, allowing morphology-directed selective manipulation of the optical properties. In …

Mn (II) oxidation by the multicopper oxidase complex Mnx: a coordinated two-stage Mn (II)/(III) and Mn (III)/(IV) mechanism

AV Soldatova, CA Romano, L Tao… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The bacterial manganese oxidase MnxG of the Mnx protein complex is unique among
multicopper oxidases (MCOs) in carrying out a two-electron metal oxidation, converting Mn …

Structure and affinity of Cu (I) bound to human serum albumin

M Sendzik, MJ Pushie, E Stefaniak… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Human serum albumin (HSA) is a major Cu carrier in human blood and in cerebrospinal
fluid. A major assumption is that Cu bound to HSA is in the Cu (II) oxidation state; thus …