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Tóth A, Sajdik K, Gyurcsik B, Nafaee ZH, Wéber E, Kele Z, Christensen NJ, Schell J, Correia JG, Sigfridsson Clauss KGV, Pittkowski RK, Thulstrup PW, Hemmingsen L, Jancsó A. As III Selectively Induces a Disorder-to-Order Transition in the Metalloid Binding Region of the AfArsR Protein. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:17009-17022. [PMID: 38820242 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Arsenic is highly toxic and a significant threat to human health, but certain bacteria have developed defense mechanisms initiated by AsIII binding to AsIII-sensing proteins of the ArsR family. The transcriptional regulator AfArsR responds to AsIII and SbIII by coordinating the metalloids with three cysteines, located in a short sequence of the same monomer chain. Here, we characterize the binding of AsIII and HgII to a model peptide encompassing this fragment of the protein via solution equilibrium and spectroscopic/spectrometric techniques (pH potentiometry, UV, CD, NMR, PAC, EXAFS, and ESI-MS) combined with DFT calculations and MD simulations. Coordination of AsIII changes the peptide structure from a random-coil to a well-defined structure of the complex. A trigonal pyramidal AsS3 binding site is formed with almost exactly the same structure as observed in the crystal structure of the native protein, implying that the peptide possesses all of the features required to mimic the AsIII recognition and response selectivity of AfArsR. Contrary to this, binding of HgII to the peptide does not lead to a well-defined structure of the peptide, and the atoms near the metal binding site are displaced and reoriented in the HgII model. Our model study suggests that structural organization of the metal site by the inducer ion is a key element in the mechanism of the metalloid-selective recognition of this protein.
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- Annamária Tóth
- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
- HUN-REN-SZTE Biomimetic Systems Research Group, Dóm tér 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Institute for Materials Science and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centro de Cięncias e Tecnologias Nucleares, Departamento de Engenharia e Cięncias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Kobenhavn Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Kobenhavn Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Kobenhavn Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Yang D, Xiao P, Qiu B, Yu HF, Teng CB. Copper chaperone antioxidant 1: multiple roles and a potential therapeutic target. J Mol Med (Berl) 2023; 101:527-542. [PMID: 37017692 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-023-02311-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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Copper (Cu) was recently demonstrated to play a critical role in cellular physiological and biochemical processes, including energy production and maintenance, antioxidation and enzymatic activity, and signal transduction. Antioxidant 1 (ATOX1), a chaperone of Cu previously named human ATX1 homologue (HAH1), has been found to play an indispensable role in maintaining cellular Cu homeostasis, antioxidative stress, and transcriptional regulation. In the past decade, it has also been found to be involved in a variety of diseases, including numerous neurodegenerative diseases, cancers, and metabolic diseases. Recently, increasing evidence has revealed that ATOX1 is involved in the regulation of cell migration, proliferation, autophagy, DNA damage repair (DDR), and death, as well as in organism development and reproduction. This review summarizes recent advances in the research on the diverse physiological and cytological functions of ATOX1 and the underlying mechanisms of its action in human health and diseases. The potential of ATOX1 as a therapeutic target is also discussed. This review aims to pose unanswered questions related to ATOX1 biology and explore the potential use of ATOX1 as a therapeutic target.
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- Dian Yang
- Animal Development Biology Laboratory, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People's Republic of China
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- Animal Development Biology Laboratory, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People's Republic of China
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- Animal Development Biology Laboratory, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People's Republic of China
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- Animal Development Biology Laboratory, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People's Republic of China.
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- Animal Development Biology Laboratory, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, People's Republic of China.
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Łuczkowski M, Padjasek M, Ba Tran J, Hemmingsen L, Kerber O, Habjanič J, Freisinger E, Krężel A. An Extremely Stable Interprotein Tetrahedral Hg(Cys) 4 Core Forms in the Zinc Hook Domain of Rad50 Protein at Physiological pH. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202738. [PMID: 36222310 PMCID: PMC9828754 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In nature, thiolate-based systems are the primary targets of divalent mercury (HgII ) toxicity. The formation of Hg(Cys)x cores in catalytic and structural protein centers mediates mercury's toxic effects and ultimately leads to cellular damage. Multiple studies have revealed distinct HgII -thiolate coordination preferences, among which linear HgII complexes are the most commonly observed in solution at physiological pH. Trigonal or tetrahedral geometries are formed at basic pH or in tight intraprotein Cys-rich metal sites. So far, no interprotein tetrahedral HgII complex formed at neutral pH has been reported. Rad50 protein is a part of the multiprotein MRN complex, a major player in DNA damage-repair processes. Its central region consists of a conserved CXXC motif that enables dimerization of two Rad50 molecules by coordinating ZnII . Dimerized motifs form a unique interprotein zinc hook domain (Hk) that is critical for the biological activity of the MRN. Using a series of length-differentiated peptide models of the Pyrococcus furiosus zinc hook domain, we investigated its interaction with HgII . Using UV-Vis, CD, PAC, and 199 Hg NMR spectroscopies as well as anisotropy decay, we discovered that all Rad50 fragments preferentially form homodimeric Hg(Hk)2 species with a distorted tetrahedral HgS4 coordination environment at physiological pH; this is the first example of an interprotein mercury site displaying tetrahedral geometry in solution. At higher HgII content, monomeric HgHk complexes with linear geometry are formed. The Hg(Cys)4 core of Rad50 is extremely stable and does not compete with cyanides, NAC, or DTT. Applying ITC, we found that the stability constant of the Rad50 Hg(Hk)2 complex is approximately three orders of magnitude higher than those of the strongest HgII complexes known to date.
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- Marek Łuczkowski
- Department of Chemical BiologyFaculty of BiotechnologyUniversity of WrocławJoliot-Curie 14a50-383WrocławPoland
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- Department of Chemical BiologyFaculty of BiotechnologyUniversity of WrocławJoliot-Curie 14a50-383WrocławPoland
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- Department of Chemical BiologyFaculty of BiotechnologyUniversity of WrocławJoliot-Curie 14a50-383WrocławPoland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100København ØDenmark
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- Department of Chemical BiologyFaculty of BiotechnologyUniversity of WrocławJoliot-Curie 14a50-383WrocławPoland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 1908057ZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 1908057ZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Chemical BiologyFaculty of BiotechnologyUniversity of WrocławJoliot-Curie 14a50-383WrocławPoland
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While 199Hg NMR is a well-established tool for elucidating details of coordination chemistry in biochemical and inorganic complexes, historically the technique has been associated with the use of an extremely toxic chemical, dimethylmercury [Me2Hg or (CH3)2Hg], as a reference standard. In the 25 years since an accidental exposure to Me2Hg led to the tragic death of Dr. Karen Wetterhahn, the community has learned a great deal about the insidious neurotoxicity of this compound as well as more appropriate ways to avoid exposure. Here, we track the general shift toward the use of alternative mercury reference standards and away from Me2Hg.
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- David Z. Zee
- The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- The Elemental Health Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Szekeres LI, Bálint S, Galbács G, Kálomista I, Kiss T, Larsen FH, Hemmingsen L, Jancsó A. Hg 2+ and Cd 2+ binding of a bioinspired hexapeptide with two cysteine units constructed as a minimalistic metal ion sensing fluorescent probe. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:8327-8339. [PMID: 31111849 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01141b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Hg2+ and Cd2+ complexation of a short hexapeptide, Ac-DCSSCY-NH2 (DY), was studied by pH-potentiometry, UV and NMR spectroscopy and fluorimetry in aqueous solutions and the Hg2+-binding ability of the ligand was also described in an immobilized form, where the peptides were anchored to a hydrophilic resin. Hg2+ was demonstrated to form a 1 : 1 complex with the ligand even at pH = 2.0 while Cd2+ coordination by the peptide takes place only above pH ∼ 3.5. Both metal ions form bis-ligand complexes by the coordination of four Cys-thiolates at ligand excess above pH ∼ 5.5 (Cd2+) and 7.0 (Hg2+). Fluorescence studies demonstrated a Hg2+ induced concentration-dependent quenching of the Tyr fluorescence until a 1 : 1 Hg2+ : DY ratio. The fluorescence emission intensity decreases linearly with the increasing Hg2+ concentration in a range of over two orders of magnitude. The fact that this occurs even in the presence of 1.0 eq. of Cd2+ per ligand reflects a complete displacement of the latter metal ion by Hg2+ from its peptide-bound form. The immobilized peptide was also shown to bind Hg2+ very efficiently even from samples at pH = 2.0. However, the existence of lower affinity binding sites was also demonstrated by binding of more than 1.0 eq. of Hg2+ per immobilized DY molecule under Hg2+-excess conditions. Experiments performed with a mixture of four metal ions, Hg2+, Cd2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+, indicate that this molecular probe may potentially be used in Hg2+-sensing systems under acidic conditions for the measurement of μM range concentrations.
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- Levente I Szekeres
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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- Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary.
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Bourdineaud JP, Gonzalez-Rey M, Rovezzi M, Glatzel P, Nagy KL, Manceau A. Divalent Mercury in Dissolved Organic Matter Is Bioavailable to Fish and Accumulates as Dithiolate and Tetrathiolate Complexes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:4880-4891. [PMID: 30719924 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The freshwater cyprinid Tanichthys albonubes was used to assess the bioavailability of divalent mercury (Hg(II)) complexed in dissolved organic matter (DOM) to fish. The fish acquired 0.3 to 2.2 μg Hg/g dry weight after 8 weeks in aquaria containing DOM from a Carex peat with complexed mercury at initial concentrations of 14 nM to 724 nM. Changes in the relative proportions of dithiolate Hg(SR)2 and nanoparticulate β-HgS in the DOM, as quantified by high energy-resolution XANES (HR-XANES) spectroscopy, indicate that Hg(SR)2 complexes either produced by microbially induced dissolution of nanoparticulate β-HgS in the DOM or present in the original DOM were the forms of mercury that entered the fish. In the fish with 2.2 μg Hg/g, 84 ± 8% of Hg(II) was bonded to two axial thiolate ligands and one or two equatorial N/O electron donors (Hg[(SR)2+(N/O)1-2] coordination), and 16% had a Hg(SR)4 coordination, as determined by HR-XANES. For comparison, fish exposed to Hg2+ from 40 nM HgCl2 contained 10.4 μg Hg/g in the forms of dithiolate (20 ± 10%) and tetrathiolate (23 ± 10%) complexes, and also Hg xS y clusters (57 ± 15%) having a β-HgS-type local structure and a dimension that exceeded the size of metallothionein clusters. There was no evidence of methylmercury in the fish or DOM within the 10% uncertainty of the HR-XANES. Together, the results indicate that inorganic Hg(II) bound to DOM is a source of mercury to biota with dithiolate Hg(SR)2 complexes as the immediate species bioavailable to fish, and that these complexes transform in response to cellular processes.
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- Jean-Paul Bourdineaud
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS , 2 rue Escarpit , 33607 Pessac , France
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- Laboratoire EPOC , Université de Bordeaux, CNRS , 33120 Arcachon , France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) , 71 Rue des Martyrs , 38000 Grenoble , France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) , 71 Rue des Martyrs , 38000 Grenoble , France
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Illinois at Chicago , MC-186, 845 West Taylor Street , Chicago , Illinois 60607 , United States
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- ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS , 38000 Grenoble , France
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Manceau A, Bustamante P, Haouz A, Bourdineaud JP, Gonzalez-Rey M, Lemouchi C, Gautier-Luneau I, Geertsen V, Barruet E, Rovezzi M, Glatzel P, Pin S. Mercury(II) Binding to Metallothionein in Mytilus edulis revealed by High Energy-Resolution XANES Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2018; 25:997-1009. [PMID: 30426580 PMCID: PMC6582439 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Of all divalent metals, mercury (HgII) has the highest affinity for metallothioneins. HgII is considered to be enclosed in the α and β domains as tetrahedral α‐type Hg4Cys11‐12 and β‐type Hg3Cys9 clusters similar to CdII and ZnII. However, neither the four‐fold coordination of Hg nor the existence of Hg–Hg atomic pairs have ever been demonstrated, and the HgII partitioning among the two protein domains is unknown. Using high energy‐resolution XANES spectroscopy, MP2 geometry optimization, and biochemical analysis, evidence for the coexistence of two‐coordinate Hg‐thiolate complex and four‐coordinate Hg‐thiolate cluster with a metacinnabar‐type (β‐HgS) structure in the α domain of separate metallothionein molecules from blue mussel under in vivo exposure is provided. The findings suggest that the CXXC claw setting of thiolate donors, which only exists in the α domain, acts as a nucleation center for the polynuclear complex and that the five CXC motifs from this domain serve as the cluster‐forming motifs. Oligomerization is driven by metallophilic Hg⋅⋅⋅Hg interactions. Our results provide clues as to why Hg has higher affinity for the α than the β domain. More generally, this work provides a foundation for understanding how metallothioneins mediate mercury detoxification in the cell under in vivo conditions.
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- Alain Manceau
- ISTerre, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Littoral Environnement et Sociétés, LIENSs, Univ. La Rochelle, CNRS, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Plate-forme de Cristallographie, CNRS,3, 75724, Paris, France
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, IECB, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, 33607, Pessac, France
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- Institut Néel, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- NIMBE, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- NIMBE, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- NIMBE, Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Mesterházy E, Boff B, Lebrun C, Delangle P, Jancsó A. Oligopeptide models of the metal binding loop of the bacterial copper efflux regulator protein CueR as potential Cu(I) chelators. Inorganica Chim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mesterházy E, Lebrun C, Crouzy S, Jancsó A, Delangle P. Short oligopeptides with three cysteine residues as models of sulphur-rich Cu(i)- and Hg(ii)-binding sites in proteins. Metallomics 2018; 10:1232-1244. [DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00113h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Peptides mimicking sulphur-rich fragments found in metallothioneins display unexpectedly different behaviours with the two metal ions Hg(ii) and Cu(i).
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- Edit Mesterházy
- INAC/SYMMES/Université Grenoble Alpes
- CEA
- CNRS
- 38000 Grenoble
- France
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Szeged
- Szeged H-6720
- Hungary
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- BIG/LCBM/Université Grenoble Alpes
- CEA
- CNRS
- (UMR 5249)
- 38000 Grenoble
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Szeged
- Szeged H-6720
- Hungary
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- INAC/SYMMES/Université Grenoble Alpes
- CEA
- CNRS
- 38000 Grenoble
- France
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Application of Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy to Bioinorganic and Medicinal Chemistry ☆. REFERENCE MODULE IN CHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR SCIENCES AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2018. [PMCID: PMC7157447 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.10947-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chakraborty S, Pallada S, Pedersen JT, Jancso A, Correia JG, Hemmingsen L. Nanosecond Dynamics at Protein Metal Sites: An Application of Perturbed Angular Correlation (PAC) of γ-Rays Spectroscopy. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:2225-2232. [PMID: 28832106 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Metalloproteins are essential to numerous reactions in nature, and constitute approximately one-third of all known proteins. Molecular dynamics of proteins has been elucidated with great success both by experimental and theoretical methods, revealing atomic level details of function involving the organic constituents on a broad spectrum of time scales. However, the characterization of dynamics at biomolecular metal sites on nanosecond time scales is scarce in the literature. The aqua ions of many biologically relevant metal ions exhibit exchange of water molecules on the nanosecond time scale or faster, often defining their reactivity in aqueous solution, and this is presumably also a relevant time scale for the making and breaking of coordination bonds between metal ions and ligands at protein metal sites. Ligand exchange dynamics is critical for a variety of elementary steps of reactions in metallobiochemistry, for example, association and dissociation of metal bound water, association of substrate and dissociation of product in the catalytic cycle of metalloenzymes, at regulatory metal sites which require binding and dissociation of metal ions, as well as in the transport of metal ions across cell membranes or between proteins involved in metal ion homeostasis. In Perturbed Angular Correlation of γ-rays (PAC) spectroscopy, the correlation in time and space of two γ-rays emitted successively in a nuclear decay is recorded, reflecting the hyperfine interactions of the PAC probe nucleus with the surroundings. This allows for characterization of molecular and electronic structure as well as nanosecond dynamics at the PAC probe binding site. Herein, selected examples describing the application of PAC spectroscopy in probing the dynamics at protein metal sites are presented, including (1) exchange of Cd2+ bound water in de novo designed synthetic proteins, and the effect of remote mutations on metal site dynamics; (2) dynamics at the β-lactamase active site, where the metal ion appears to jump between the two adjacent sites; (3) structural relaxation in small blue copper proteins upon 111Ag+ to 111Cd2+ transformation in radioactive nuclear decay; (4) metal ion transfer between two HAH1 proteins with change in coordination number; and (5) metal ion sensor proteins with two coexisting metal site structures. With this Account, we hope to make our modest contribution to the field and perhaps spur additional interest in dynamics at protein metal sites, which we consider to be severely underexplored. Relatively little is known about detailed atomic motions at metal sites, for example, how ligand exchange processes affect protein function, and how the amino acid composition of the protein may control this facet of metal site characteristics. We also aim to provide the reader with a qualitative impression of the possibilities offered by PAC spectroscopy in bioinorganic chemistry, especially when elucidating dynamics at protein metal sites, and finally present data that may serve as benchmarks on a relevant time scale for development and tests of theoretical molecular dynamics methods applied to biomolecular metal sites.
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- Saumen Chakraborty
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- ISOLDE/CERN, PH
Div, CH-1211 Geneve
23, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department
of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm
tér 7, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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- ISOLDE/CERN, PH
Div, CH-1211 Geneve
23, Switzerland
- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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Manceau A, Enescu M, Simionovici A, Lanson M, Gonzalez-Rey M, Rovezzi M, Tucoulou R, Glatzel P, Nagy KL, Bourdineaud JP. Chemical Forms of Mercury in Human Hair Reveal Sources of Exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:10721-10729. [PMID: 27676331 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Humans are contaminated by mercury in different forms from different sources. In practice, contamination by methylmercury from fish consumption is assessed by measuring hair mercury concentration, whereas exposure to elemental and inorganic mercury from other sources is tested by analysis of blood or urine. Here, we show that diverse sources of hair mercury at concentrations as low as 0.5 ppm can be individually identified by specific coordination to C, N, and S ligands with high energy-resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Methylmercury from seafood, ethylmercury used as a bactericide, inorganic mercury from dental amalgams, and exogenously derived atmospheric mercury bind in distinctive intermolecular configurations to hair proteins, as supported by molecular modeling. A mercury spike located by X-ray nanofluorescence on one hair strand could even be dated to removal of a single dental amalgam. Chemical forms of other known or putative toxic metals in human tissues could be identified by this approach with potential broader applications to forensic, energy, and materials science.
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- Alain Manceau
- ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CS 40700, 38058 Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire Chrono Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, CNRS , 25030 Besançon, France
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- ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CS 40700, 38058 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, MC-186, 845 West Taylor Street, University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS , 2 rue Escarpit, 33607 Pessac, France
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Warner T, Jalilehvand F. Formation of Hg(II) Tetrathiolate Complexes with Cysteine at Neutral pH. CAN J CHEM 2016; 94:373-379. [PMID: 27064521 DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2015-0375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mercury(II) ions precipitate from aqueous cysteine (H2Cys) solutions containing H2Cys/Hg(II) mole ratio ≥ 2.0 as Hg(S-HCys)2. In absence of additional cysteine, the precipitate dissolves at pH ~12 with the [Hg(S,N-Cys)2]2- complex dominating. With excess cysteine (H2Cys/Hg(II) mole ratio ≥ 4.0), higher complexes form and the precipitate dissolves at lower pH values. Previously, we found that tetrathiolate [Hg(S-Cys)4]6- complexes form at pH = 11.0; in this work we extend the investigation to pH values of physiological interest. We examined two series of Hg(II)-cysteine solutions in which CHg(II) varied between 8 - 9 mM and 80 - 100 mM, respectively, with H2Cys/Hg(II) mole ratios from 4 to ~20. The solutions were prepared in the pH range 7.1 - 8.8, at the pH at which the initial Hg(S-HCys)2 precipitate dissolved. The variations in the Hg(II) speciation were followed by 199Hg NMR, X-ray absorption and Raman spectroscopic techniques. Our results show that in the dilute solutions (CHg(II) = 8 - 9 mM), mixtures of di-, tri- (major) and tetrathiolate complexes exist at moderate cysteine excess (CH2Cys ~ 0.16 M) at pH 7.1. In the more concentrated solutions (CHg(II) = 80 - 100 mM) with high cysteine excess (CH2Cys > 0.9 M), tetrathiolate [Hg(S-cysteinate)4] m-6 (m = 0 - 4) complexes dominate in the pH range 7.3 - 7.8, with lower charge than for the [Hg(S-Cys)4]6- complex due to protonation of some (m) of the amino groups of the coordinated cysteine ligands. The results of this investigation could provide a key to the mechanism of biosorption and accumulation of Hg(II) ions in biological / environmental systems.
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- Thomas Warner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
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Kay KL, Hamilton CJ, Le Brun NE. Mass spectrometry of B. subtilis CopZ: Cu(i)-binding and interactions with bacillithiol. Metallomics 2016; 8:709-19. [DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00036c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mass spectrometry reveals a high resolution overview of species formed by CopZ and Cu(i), and the effects of the physiological low molecular weight thiol bacillithiol.
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- Kristine L. Kay
- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
- School of Chemistry
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich, UK
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
- School of Chemistry
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich, UK
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Manceau A, Lemouchi C, Rovezzi M, Lanson M, Glatzel P, Nagy KL, Gautier-Luneau I, Joly Y, Enescu M. Structure, Bonding, and Stability of Mercury Complexes with Thiolate and Thioether Ligands from High-Resolution XANES Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:11776-91. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 71 Rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, MC-186, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Laboratoire
Chrono Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, CNRS, 25030 Besançon, France
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Szunyogh D, Gyurcsik B, Larsen FH, Stachura M, Thulstrup PW, Hemmingsen L, Jancsó A. Zn(II) and Hg(II) binding to a designed peptide that accommodates different coordination geometries. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:12576-88. [PMID: 26040991 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00945f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Designed metal ion binding peptides offer a variety of applications in both basic science as model systems of more complex metalloproteins, and in biotechnology, e.g. in bioremediation of toxic metal ions, biomining or as artificial enzymes. In this work a peptide (HS: Ac-SCHGDQGSDCSI-NH2) has been specifically designed for binding of both Zn(II) and Hg(II), i.e. metal ions with different preferences in terms of coordination number, coordination geometry, and to some extent ligand composition. It is demonstrated that HS accommodates both metal ions, and the first coordination sphere, metal ion exchange between peptides, and speciation are characterized as a function of pH using UV-absorption-, synchrotron radiation CD-, (1)H-NMR-, and PAC-spectroscopy as well as potentiometry. Hg(II) binds to the peptide with very high affinity in a {HgS2} coordination geometry, bringing together the two cysteinates close to each end of the peptide in a loop structure. Despite the high affinity, Hg(II) is kinetically labile, exchanging between peptides on the subsecond timescale, as indicated by line broadening in (1)H-NMR. The Zn(II)-HS system displays more complex speciation, involving monomeric species with coordinating cysteinates, histidine, and a solvent water molecule, as well as HS-Zn(II)-HS complexes. In summary, the HS peptide displays conformational flexibility, contains many typical metal ion binding groups, and is able to accommodate metal ions with different structural and ligand preferences with high affinity. As such, the HS peptide may be a scaffold offering binding of a variety of metal ions, and potentially serve for metal ion sequestration in biotechnological applications.
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- Dániel Szunyogh
- MTA-SZTE Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, Dóm tér 7, Szeged, H-6720, Hungary
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do Nascimento RR, Lima FCDA, Gonçalves MB, Errico LA, Rentería M, Petrilli HM. Metal coordination study at Ag and Cd sites in crown thioether complexes through DFT calculations and hyperfine parameters. J Mol Model 2015; 21:97. [PMID: 25814377 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2642-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Structural and electronic properties of [C12H24S6X], [C13H26S6OX], and [C14H28S6OX] (X: Ag(+), Cd(2+)) crown thioether complexes were investigated within the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) using the projector augmented wave (PAW) method. The theoretical results were compared with time-differential perturbed γ-γ angular correlations (TDPAC) experiments reported in the literature using the (111)Ag→(111)Cd probe. In the case of X=Ag(+), a refinement of the structure was performed and the predicted equilibrium structures compared with available X-ray diffraction experimental data. Structural distortions induced by replacing Ag(+) with Cd(2+) were investigated as well as the electric-field gradient (EFG) tensor at the Cd(2+) sites. Our results suggest that the EFG at Cd(2+) sites corresponds to the Ag(+) coordination sphere structure, i.e., before the structural relaxations of the molecule with X=Cd(2+) are completed. The results are discussed in terms of the characteristics of the TDPAC (111)Ag→(111)Cd probe and the time window of the measurement, and provide an interesting tool with which to probe molecular relaxations.
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- Rafael R do Nascimento
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão Travessa R, Nr.187, Cidade Universitária, CP 66318, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luczkowski M, De Ricco R, Stachura M, Potocki S, Hemmingsen L, Valensin D. Metal ion mediated transition from random coil to β-sheet and aggregation of Bri2-23, a natural inhibitor of Aβ aggregation. Metallomics 2015; 7:478-90. [DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00274a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Soft metal ion binding enforces critical rearrangement of the structure of Bri2-23, a natural inhibitor of Aβ aggregation, thus shifting its solution behavior to a self aggregating system.
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- Department of Biotechnology Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Siena
- 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Siena
- 53100 Siena, Italy
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CERN-MEDICIS (Medical Isotopes Collected from ISOLDE): A New Facility. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/app4020265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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