Particulate methane monooxygenase contains only mononuclear copper centers

MO Ross, F MacMillan, J Wang, A Nisthal, TJ Lawton… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Bacteria that oxidize methane to methanol are central to mitigating emissions of methane, a
potent greenhouse gas. The nature of the copper active site in the primary metabolic …

Effect of Ca2+/Sr2+ Substitution on the Electronic Structure of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II: A Combined Multifrequency EPR, 55Mn-ENDOR, and DFT …

N Cox, L Rapatskiy, JH Su, DA Pantazis… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The electronic structures of the native Mn4O x Ca cluster and the biosynthetically substituted
Mn4O x Sr cluster of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) core …

Electronic Structure of the Mn4OxCa Cluster in the S0 and S2 States of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Based on Pulse 55Mn-ENDOR and EPR …

LV Kulik, B Epel, W Lubitz… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The heart of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II is a Mn4O x Ca cluster
that cycles through five different oxidation states (S0 to S4) during the light-driven water …

Coordination of the Copper Centers in Particulate Methane Monooxygenase: Comparison between Methanotrophs and Characterization of the CuC Site by EPR and …

RJ Jodts, MO Ross, CW Koo, PE Doan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In nature, methane is oxidized to methanol by two enzymes, the iron-dependent soluble
methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and the copper-dependent particulate MMO (pMMO) …

Stabilization of intermediate spin states in mixed-valent diiron dichalcogenide complexes

JT Henthorn, GE Cutsail III, T Weyhermüller… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The electronic structure and ground spin states, S, observed for mixed-valent iron–sulfur
dimers (FeII-FeIII) are typically determined by the Heisenberg exchange interaction, J, that …

The Electronic Structure of the H-Cluster in the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: A Q-band 57Fe-ENDOR and HYSCORE Study

A Silakov, EJ Reijerse, SPJ Albracht… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The active site of the 57Fe-enriched [FeFe]-hydrogenase (ie, the “H-cluster”) from
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans has been examined using advanced pulse EPR methods at X …

Dynamic nuclear polarization in the solid state: a transition between the cross effect and the solid effect

D Shimon, Y Hovav, A Feintuch, D Goldfarb… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Proton Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) experiments were conducted on a 3.4 T
homebuilt hybrid pulsed-EPR-NMR spectrometer, on static samples containing 10 mM or 40 …

End-on copper (I) superoxo and Cu (II) peroxo and hydroperoxo complexes generated by cryoreduction/annealing and characterized by EPR/ENDOR spectroscopy

R Davydov, AE Herzog, RJ Jodts… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this report, we investigate the physical and chemical properties of monocopper Cu (I)
superoxo and Cu (II) peroxo and hydroperoxo complexes. These are prepared by …

Absolute oxygen R1e imaging in vivo with pulse electron paramagnetic resonance

B Epel, MK Bowman, C Mailer… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Tissue oxygen (O2) levels are among the most important and most quantifiable
stimuli to which cells and tissues respond through inducible signaling pathways. Tumor O2 …

HYSCORE and DEER with an upgraded 95 GHz pulse EPR spectrometer

D Goldfarb, Y Lipkin, A Potapov, Y Gorodetsky… - Journal of magnetic …, 2008 - Elsevier
The set-up of a new microwave bridge for a 95GHz pulse EPR spectrometer is described.
The virtues of the bridge are its simple and flexible design and its relatively high output …