Metal ions are essential elements present in biological systems able to facilitate many
cellular processes including proliferation, signaling, DNA synthesis and repair. Zinc ion (Zn …

Classical zinc finger (ZF) domains were thought to be confined to the eukaryotic kingdom
until the transcriptional regulator Ros protein was identified in Agrobacterium tumefaciens …

Humans are estimated to consume several grams per week of nanoplastics (NPs) through
exposure to a variety of contamination sources. Nonetheless, the effects of these polymeric …

Background ITC is a powerful technique that can reliably assess the thermodynamic
underpinnings of a wide range of binding events. When metal ions are involved …

Zinc ion (Zn2+) is an essential cofactor required by numerous metalloenzymes and is
important for structural and regulatory systems in bacterial cells. Zn2+ is a trace element …

Proteins of the MucR/Ros family play a crucial role in bacterial infection or symbiosis with
eukaryotic hosts. MucR from Sinorhizobium meliloti plays a regulatory role in establishing …

Given the similar chemical properties of zinc and cadmium, zinc finger domains have been
often proposed as mediators of the toxic and carcinogenic effects exerted by this xenobiotic …

Zinc ion binding is a principal event in the achievement of the correct fold in classical zinc
finger domains since the motif is largely unfolded in the absence of metal. In the case of a …

A strict interplay is known to involve copper and zinc in many cellular processes. For this
reason, the results of copper's interaction with zinc binding proteins are of great interest. For …

Co (II) electronic configuration allows its use as a spectroscopic probe in UV‐Vis
experiments to characterize the metal coordination sphere that is an essential component of …