Structural and functional aspects of metal sites in biology

RH Holm, P Kennepohl, EI Solomon - Chemical reviews, 1996 - ACS Publications
The field of bioinorganic chemistry is at a propitious stage of development. Ever more
complex metallobiomolecules are isolated and purified, physical methodologies and …

Recent advances in zinc enzymology

WN Lipscomb, N Sträter - Chemical Reviews, 1996 - ACS Publications
Posters and lectures presented at the Seventh International Conference on Bioinorganic
Chemistry (ICBIC) in Lubeck, Germany, last year was divided into 16 sections, including …

Zinc coordination sphere in biochemical zinc sites

DS Auld - Zinc biochemistry, physiology, and homeostasis: recent …, 2001 - Springer
Zinc is known to be indispensable to growth and development and transmission of the
genetic message. It does this through a remarkable mosaic of zinc binding motifs that …

The Crystal Structure of Urease from Klebsiella aerogenes

E Jabri, MB Carr, RP Hausinger, PA Karplus - Science, 1995 - science.org
The crystal structure of urease from Klebsiella aerogenes has been determined at 2.2 Å
resolution and refined to an R factor of 18.2 percent. The enzyme contains four structural …

Molecular Healing of Polymeric Materials, Coatings, Plastics, Elastomers, Composites, Laminates, Adhesives, and Sealants by Active Enzymes

CS McDaniel, ME Wales, J Rawlins, P Cipi… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
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SURFACES, LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Divergent evolution of enzymatic function: mechanistically diverse superfamilies and functionally distinct suprafamilies

JA Gerlt, PC Babbitt - Annual review of biochemistry, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The protein sequence and structure databases are now sufficiently representative
that strategies nature uses to evolve new catalytic functions can be identified. Groups of …

Biotransformation of organophosphorus compounds

M Jokanović - Toxicology, 2001 - Elsevier
This study reviews current understanding of mechanisms of biotransformation of
organophosphorus compounds (OPC). The first part of this article covers chemical aspects …

Structural and catalytic diversity within the amidohydrolase superfamily

CM Seibert, FM Raushel - Biochemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
The amidohydrolase superfamily comprises a remarkable set of enzymes that catalyze the
hydrolysis of a wide range of substrates bearing amide or ester functional groups at carbon …

Mechanism for the hydrolysis of organophosphates by the bacterial phosphotriesterase

SD Aubert, Y Li, FM Raushel - Biochemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
Phosphotriesterase (PTE) from Pseudomonas diminuta is a zinc metalloenzyme that
hydrolyzes a variety of organophosphorus compounds. The kinetic parameters of Zn/Zn …

Melamine deaminase and atrazine chlorohydrolase: 98 percent identical but functionally different

JL Seffernick, ML de Souza, MJ Sadowsky… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
The gene encoding melamine deaminase (TriA) from Pseudomonas sp. strain NRRL B-
12227 was identified, cloned into Escherichia coli, sequenced, and expressed for in vitro …