Tolman WB, Spencer DJ. New advances in ligand design for synthetic modeling of metalloprotein active sites.
Curr Opin Chem Biol 2001;
5:188-95. [PMID:
11282346 DOI:
10.1016/s1367-5931(00)00189-7]
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Abstract
Judicious control of ligand steric bulk and auxiliary structural elements enables the construction of novel synthetic complexes that model the properties of metalloprotein active sites, thus providing insight into their structure and function. Major recent developments include the synthesis of a number of unusual and biologically relevant complexes of copper and iron using elaborate N-donor and O-donor ligands.
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