Dioxygen activation by nonheme diiron enzymes: diverse dioxygen adducts, high-valent intermediates, and related model complexes

AJ Jasniewski, L Que Jr - Chemical Reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
A growing subset of metalloenzymes activates dioxygen with nonheme diiron active sites to
effect substrate oxidations that range from the hydroxylation of methane and the …

Jaguar: A high‐performance quantum chemistry software program with strengths in life and materials sciences

AD Bochevarov, E Harder, TF Hughes… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Jaguar is an ab initio quantum chemical program that specializes in fast electronic structure
predictions for molecular systems of medium and large size. Jaguar focuses on …

Enzymatic oxidation of methane

S Sirajuddin, AC Rosenzweig - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) are enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of methane to
methanol in methanotrophic bacteria. As potential targets for new gas-to-liquid methane …

Integrated modeling program, applied chemical theory (IMPACT)

JL Banks, HS Beard, Y Cao, AE Cho… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We provide an overview of the IMPACT molecular mechanics program with an emphasis on
recent developments and a description of its current functionality. With respect to core …

Dioxygen activation in soluble methane monooxygenase

CE Tinberg, SJ Lippard - Accounts of chemical research, 2011 - ACS Publications
The controlled oxidation of methane to methanol is a chemical transformation of great value,
particularly in the pursuit of alternative fuels, but the reaction remains underutilized …

Ab initio quantum chemistry: Methodology and applications

RA Friesner - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
This Perspective provides an overview of state-of-the-art ab initio quantum chemical
methodology and applications. The methods that are discussed include coupled cluster …

Ab initio quantum chemical and mixed quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods for studying enzymatic catalysis

RA Friesner, V Guallar - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract We describe large scale ab initio quantum chemical and mixed quantum
mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods for studying enzymatic reactions. First …

Free energies of chemical reactions in solution and in enzymes with ab initio quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics methods

H Hu, W Yang - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Combined quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods provide an
accurate and efficient energetic description of complex chemical and biological systems …

Plant monounsaturated fatty acids: Diversity, biosynthesis, functions and uses

S Kazaz, R Miray, L Lepiniec, S Baud - Progress in lipid research, 2022 - Elsevier
Monounsaturated fatty acids are straight-chain aliphatic monocarboxylic acids comprising a
unique carbon‑carbon double bond, also termed unsaturation. More than 50 distinct …

Modeling enzymatic reactions involving transition metals

PEM Siegbahn, T Borowski - Accounts of chemical research, 2006 - ACS Publications
High-accuracy quantum chemistry has now been applied for almost 10 years to biological
problems involving transition metal active sites. The leading theoretical method is hybrid …