Two are better than one: Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods are
the state‐of‐the‐art computational technique for treating reactive and other “electronic” …

Enzyme reactions that involve strong coupling between proton and electron transfer are of
fundamental importance in biology. This is particularly evident in the reactions of primary …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

Catalases are ubiquitous enzymes that prevent cell oxidative damage by degrading
hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen (2H2O2→ 2 H2O+ O2) with high efficiency. The …

Selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds and ammonia production are
extremely important industrial processes. A range of metalloenyzmes achieve these …

Siderophore biosynthesis by the highly lethal mould Aspergillus fumigatus is essential for
virulence, but non-existent in humans, presenting a rare opportunity to strategize …

Conspectus Aerobic organisms have evolved to activate oxygen from the atmosphere, which
allows them to catalyze the oxidation of different kinds of substrates. This activation of …

Chemists generally believe that covalent and ionic bonds form much stronger links between
atoms than the van der Waals force does. However, this is not always so. We present cases …

Peroxidases are heme enzymes found in bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, which exploit
the reduction of hydrogen peroxide to catalyze a number of oxidative reactions, involving a …

Eleven years ago, a secreted heme-thiolate peroxidase with promiscuity for oxygen transfer
reactions was discovered in the basidiomycetous fungus, Agrocybe aegerita. The enzyme …