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Peng W, Wang Z, Zhang Q, Yan S, Wang B. Unraveling the Valence State and Reactivity of Copper Centers in Membrane-Bound Particulate Methane Monooxygenase. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:25304-25317. [PMID: 37955571 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) plays a critical role in catalyzing the conversion of methane to methanol, constituting the initial step in the C1 metabolic pathway within methanotrophic bacteria. However, the membrane-bound pMMO's structure and catalytic mechanism, notably the copper's valence state and genuine active site for methane oxidation, have remained elusive. Based on the recently characterized structure of membrane-bound pMMO, extensive computational studies were conducted to address these long-standing issues. A comprehensive analysis comparing the quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulated structures with cryo-EM data indicates that both the CuC and CuD sites tend to stay in the Cu(I) valence state within the membrane environment. Additionally, the concurrent presence of Cu(I) at both CuC and CuD sites leads to the significant reduction of the ligand-binding cavity situated between them, making it less likely to accommodate a reductant molecule such as durohydroquinone (DQH2). Subsequent QM/MM calculations reveal that the CuD(I) site is more reactive than the CuC(I) site in oxygen activation, en route to H2O2 formation and the generation of Cu(II)-O•- species. Finally, our simulations demonstrate that the natural reductant ubiquinol (CoQH2) assumes a productive binding conformation at the CuD(I) site but not at the CuC(I) site. This provides evidence that the true active site of membrane-bound pMMOs may be CuD rather than CuC. These findings clarify pMMO's catalytic mechanism and emphasize the membrane environment's pivotal role in modulating the coordination structure and the activity of copper centers within pMMO.
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- Wei Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, P. R. China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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Valente JS, Quintana-Solórzano R, Armendáriz-Herrera H, Millet JMM. Decarbonizing Petrochemical Processes: Contribution and Perspectives of the Selective Oxidation of C 1–C 3 Paraffins. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Jaime S. Valente
- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Norte 152, C.P. 07730, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon, IRCELYON, Lyon I, 2 Avenue A. Einstein, F-69626, Villeurbanne, France
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Ning Z, Sheng Y, Guo C, Wang S, Yang S, Zhang M. Incorporating the Soil Gas Gradient Method and Functional Genes to Assess the Natural Source Zone Depletion at a Petroleum-Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Site of a Purification Plant in Northwest China. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 13:life13010114. [PMID: 36676063 PMCID: PMC9866602 DOI: 10.3390/life13010114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An increasing number of studies have demonstrated that natural source zone depletion (NSZD) in the vadose zone accounts for the majority (90%~99%) of the natural attenuation of light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL). Until now, 0.05 to 12 kg/a.m2 NSZD rates at tens of petroleum LNAPL source zones have been determined in the middle or late evolution stage of LNAPL release, in which limited volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and methane (CH4) were detected. NSZD rates are normally estimated by the gradient method, yet the associated functional microbial activity remains poorly investigated. Herein, the NSZD at an LNAPL-releasing site was studied using both soil gas gradient methods quantifying the O2, CO2, CH4, and VOCs concentrations and molecular biology methods quantifying the abundance of the pmoA and mcrA genes. The results showed that the methanogenesis rates were around 4 to 40 kg/a.m2. The values were greater than the rates calculated by the sum of CH4 escaping (0.3~1.2 kg/a.m2) and O2 consuming (3~13 kg/a.m2) or CO2 generating rates (2~4 kg/a.m2), suggesting that the generated CH4 was oxidized but not thoroughly to CO2. The functional gene quantification also supported the indication of this process. Therefore, the NSZD rates at the site roughly equaled the methanogenesis rates (4~40 kg/a.m2), which were greater than most of the previously studied sites with a 90th percentile value of 4 kg/a.m2. The study extended the current knowledge of the NSZD and has significant implications for LNAPL remediation management.
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- Zhuo Ning
- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province & China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
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- Center for Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry Research, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province & China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province & China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
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- SINOPEC Research Institute of Safety Engineering Co., Ltd., Qingdao 266000, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province & China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-0311-67598605
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Shi LD, Zhou YJ, Tang XJ, Kappler A, Chistoserdova L, Zhu LZ, Zhao HP. Coupled Aerobic Methane Oxidation and Arsenate Reduction Contributes to Soil-Arsenic Mobilization in Agricultural Fields. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:11845-11856. [PMID: 35920083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microbial oxidation of organic compounds can promote arsenic release by reducing soil-associated arsenate to the more mobile form arsenite. While anaerobic oxidation of methane has been demonstrated to reduce arsenate, it remains elusive whether and to what extent aerobic methane oxidation (aeMO) can contribute to reductive arsenic mobilization. To fill this knowledge gap, we performed incubations of both microbial laboratory cultures and soil samples from arsenic-contaminated agricultural fields in China. Incubations with laboratory cultures showed that aeMO could couple to arsenate reduction, wherein the former bioprocess was carried out by aerobic methanotrophs and the latter by a non-methanotrophic bacterium belonging to a novel and uncultivated representative of Burkholderiaceae. Metagenomic analyses combined with metabolite measurements suggested that formate served as the interspecies electron carrier linking aeMO to arsenate reduction. Such coupled bioprocesses also take place in the real world, supported by a similar stoichiometry and gene activity in the incubations with natural paddy soils, and contribute up to 76.2% of soil-arsenic mobilization into pore waters in the top layer of the soils where oxygen was present. Overall, this study reveals a previously overlooked yet significant contribution of aeMO to reductive arsenic mobilization.
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- Ling-Dong Shi
- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Center for Applied Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-0005, United States
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- MOE Key Lab of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Da Silva WDB, Dias RP, Da Silva JCS. Refining details of the structural and electronic properties of the Cu B site in pMMO enzyme through sequential molecular dynamics/CPKS-EPR calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16611-16621. [PMID: 35730560 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01217k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
This work investigated the structural and electronic properties of the copper mononuclear site of the PmoB part of the pMMO enzyme at the molecular level. We propose that the CuB catalytic site in the soluble portion of pMMO at room temperature and under physiological conditions is a mononuclear copper complex in a distorted octahedral arrangement with the residues His33, His137, and His139 on the equatorial base and two water molecules on the axial axis. Our view was based on the molecular dynamics results and DFT calculations of the electronic paramagnetic resonance parameters and comparisons with experimental EPR data. This new proposed model for the CuB site brings additional support concerning the recent experimental evidence, which pointed out that a saturated coordination sphere of the copper ion in the CuB center is an essential factor that makes it less efficient than the CuC site in the methane oxidation. Therefore, according to the CuB site model proposed here, an additional step involving a displacement of at least one water molecule of the copper coordination sphere by the O2 molecule prior to its activation must be necessary. This scenario is less likely to occur in the CuC center once this one is buried in the alpha-helices, which are part of the pMMO structure bound to the membrane wall, and consequently located in a less solvent-exposed region. In addition, we also present a simple and efficient sequential S-MD/CPKS protocol to compute EPR parameters that can, in principle, be expanded for the study of other copper-containing proteins.
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- William Daniel B Da Silva
- LQCBio: Laboratório de Química Computacional e Modelagem de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, IQB, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
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- GIMMM: Grupo Interdisciplinar de Modelagem Molecular e Simulação de Materiais, Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza - NICEN, Campus do Agreste, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 55002-970, Caruaru, PE, Brazil
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- LQCBio: Laboratório de Química Computacional e Modelagem de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, IQB, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus A. C. Simões, 57072-900, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
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Hall JN, Li M, Bollini P. Light alkane oxidation over well-defined active sites in metal–organic framework materials. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01876k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We review structure–catalytic property relationships for MOF materials used in the direct oxidation of light alkanes, focusing specifically on the elucidation of active site structures and probes for reaction mechanisms.
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- Jacklyn N. Hall
- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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Kumar K, Agrahari AK, Pratap R, Tiwari VK, Bhattacharya S. Synthesis and structural features of a series of Cu( i) furan-2-thiocarboxylate complexes: efficient “click” catalysts for the synthesis of glycoconjugates and glycocluster. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03433f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of phosphinecopper(i) thiocarboxylates have been synthesized and characterized structurally. These complexes act as efficient catalysts for the 'click' azide–alkyne cycloaddition leading to glycoconjugates and a glycocluster.
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- Krishna Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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Cu-promoted intramolecular hydroxylation of CH bonds using directing groups with varying denticity. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 223:111557. [PMID: 34352714 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this research article, we describe the Cu-promoted intramolecular hydroxylation of sp2 and sp3 CH bonds using directing groups with varying denticity (bi-, tri- and tetradentate) and natural oxidants (O2 and H2O2). We found that bidentate directing groups, in combination with Cu and H2O2, led to high hydroxylation yields. On the other hand, tetradentate directing groups did not form the hydroxylation products. Our mechanistic investigations suggest that bidentate directing groups allow for generating reactive mononuclear copper(II) hydroperoxide intermediates while tetradentate systems form dinuclear Cu2O2 species that do not oxidize CH bonds. Our findings might shed light on the reaction mechanism(s) by which Cu-dependent metalloenzymes such as particulate methane monooxygenase or lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase oxidize strong CH bonds.
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Calisto F, Sousa FM, Sena FV, Refojo PN, Pereira MM. Mechanisms of Energy Transduction by Charge Translocating Membrane Proteins. Chem Rev 2021; 121:1804-1844. [PMID: 33398986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Life relies on the constant exchange of different forms of energy, i.e., on energy transduction. Therefore, organisms have evolved in a way to be able to harvest the energy made available by external sources (such as light or chemical compounds) and convert these into biological useable energy forms, such as the transmembrane difference of electrochemical potential (Δμ̃). Membrane proteins contribute to the establishment of Δμ̃ by coupling exergonic catalytic reactions to the translocation of charges (electrons/ions) across the membrane. Irrespectively of the energy source and consequent type of reaction, all charge-translocating proteins follow two molecular coupling mechanisms: direct- or indirect-coupling, depending on whether the translocated charge is involved in the driving reaction. In this review, we explore these two coupling mechanisms by thoroughly examining the different types of charge-translocating membrane proteins. For each protein, we analyze the respective reaction thermodynamics, electron transfer/catalytic processes, charge-translocating pathways, and ion/substrate stoichiometries.
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- Filipa Calisto
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República EAN, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,BioISI-Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, University of Lisboa, Faculty of Sciences, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Lerch M, Weitzer M, Stumpf TJ, Laurini L, Hoffmann A, Becker J, Miska A, Göttlich R, Herres‐Pawlis S, Schindler S. Kinetic Investigation of the Reaction of Dioxygen with the Copper(I) Complex [Cu(Pim
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= Tris[2‐(1,4‐diisopropylimidazolyl)]phosphine}. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Markus Lerch
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1A 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1A 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1A 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen Heinrich‐Buff‐Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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Ikeda K, Mahyuddin MH, Shiota Y, Yoshizawa K. Active Catalyst for Methane Hydroxylation by an Iridium–Oxo Complex. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Kei Ikeda
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Science (IRCCS), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Research Group of Advanced Functional Materials, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Science (IRCCS), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Science (IRCCS), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Yelin S, Limberg C. Molecular Structural Motifs and O2 Activation Inspired by Enzymes and Solid Catalysts. Catal Letters 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-019-02918-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ikeda K, Mahyuddin MH, Shiota Y, Staykov A, Matsumoto T, Ogo S, Yoshizawa K. Computational Study on the Light-Induced Oxidation of Iridium-Aqua Complex to Iridium-Oxo Complex over WO 3(001) Surface. Inorg Chem 2019; 59:415-422. [PMID: 31829576 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An iridium aqua complex [IrIII(η5-C5Me5){bpy(COOH)2}(H2O)]2+ under visible light irradiation has been experimentally reported to form an iridium-oxo (Ir-oxo) complex [IrV(η5-C5Me5){bpy(COOH)2}(O)]2+, which oxidizes H2O to O2. However, the mechanism for the formation of this Ir-oxo complex remains unclear, due to the difficulties in observing the unstable Ir-oxo complex and computing light-induced systems having different numbers of electrons. In this study, we perform density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations to investigate more in detail our previously proposed deprotonation and light-induced oxidation reactions composing the formation of the Ir-oxo complex. In particular, we discuss effects of light irradiation and WO3 support on the formation of the Ir-oxo complex. We suggest two distinct mechanisms, that is, direct and indirect for the light-induced oxidation. In the direct mechanism electrons are directly transferred from the occupied π* orbitals of IrIII-OH or IrIV=O• to the conduction band of the WO3 surface, whereas in the indirect mechanism electrons are first excited from the valence band to the conduction band of the WO3 surface due to the UV light, and then the resultant electron hole oxidizes the Ir complex. In the direct mechanism, in particular, we found that the lowest energy of the anode's conduction band determines the adsorption wavelength of the light irradiation, enabling us to predict alternative semiconductor anodes for more efficient formation of the Ir-oxo complex.
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- Kei Ikeda
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER) , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER) , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Center for Small Molecule Energy , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER) , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Center for Small Molecule Energy , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER) , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan.,Center for Small Molecule Energy , Kyushu University , Fukuoka 819-0395 , Japan
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Tao W, Bower JK, Moore CE, Zhang S. Dicopper μ-Oxo, μ-Nitrosyl Complex from the Activation of NO or Nitrite at a Dicopper Center. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:10159-10164. [PMID: 31244169 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Wenjie Tao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Ross MO, MacMillan F, Wang J, Nisthal A, Lawton TJ, Olafson BD, Mayo SL, Rosenzweig AC, Hoffman BM. Particulate methane monooxygenase contains only mononuclear copper centers. Science 2019; 364:566-570. [PMID: 31073062 PMCID: PMC6664434 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav2572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Bacteria that oxidize methane to methanol are central to mitigating emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The nature of the copper active site in the primary metabolic enzyme of these bacteria, particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), has been controversial owing to seemingly contradictory biochemical, spectroscopic, and crystallographic results. We present biochemical and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopic characterization most consistent with two monocopper sites within pMMO: one in the soluble PmoB subunit at the previously assigned active site (CuB) and one ~2 nanometers away in the membrane-bound PmoC subunit (CuC). On the basis of these results, we propose that a monocopper site is able to catalyze methane oxidation in pMMO.
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- Matthew O Ross
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Henry Wellcome Unit for Biological Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Protabit, 1010 E. Union Street, Suite 110, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC 114-96, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Trammell R, Rajabimoghadam K, Garcia-Bosch I. Copper-Promoted Functionalization of Organic Molecules: from Biologically Relevant Cu/O 2 Model Systems to Organometallic Transformations. Chem Rev 2019; 119:2954-3031. [PMID: 30698952 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Copper is one of the most abundant and less toxic transition metals. Nature takes advantage of the bioavailability and rich redox chemistry of Cu to carry out oxygenase and oxidase organic transformations using O2 (or H2O2) as oxidant. Inspired by the reactivity of these Cu-dependent metalloenzymes, chemists have developed synthetic protocols to functionalize organic molecules under enviormentally benign conditions. Copper also promotes other transformations usually catalyzed by 4d and 5d transition metals (Pd, Pt, Rh, etc.) such as nitrene insertions or C-C and C-heteroatom coupling reactions. In this review, we summarized the most relevant research in which copper promotes or catalyzes the functionalization of organic molecules, including biological catalysis, bioinspired model systems, and organometallic reactivity. The reaction mechanisms by which these processes take place are discussed in detail.
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- Rachel Trammell
- Department of Chemistry , Southern Methodist University , Dallas , Texas 75275 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Southern Methodist University , Dallas , Texas 75275 , United States
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Miyaji A, Nitta M, Baba T. Influence of copper ions removal from membrane-bound form of particulate methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b on its activity for methane hydroxylation. J Biotechnol 2019; 306S:100001. [PMID: 34112370 DOI: 10.1016/j.btecx.2018.100001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The influence of metal removal with a chelating reagent, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and metal reconstitution on the activity of particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b toward methane oxidation to methanol was investigated. For this study, a membrane fraction containing pMMO and bacterial cell membrane components was prepared. pMMO activity was assessed with two different reductants, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl hydroquinone (duroquinol). The partial removal of metal ions with EDTA resulted in the selective inhibition of NADH-driven activity. The NADH-driven activity was restored by exogenous copper ions, but not by other divalent metal cations. Furthermore, both NADH- and duroquinol-driven activities were lost completely by increasing the amount of metal removed. Duroquinol-driven activity of the metal-deficient membrane fraction increased with increasing the amount of copper ions added, while NADH-driven activity increased when more than 5 mol of copper ions per mol of pMMO monomer was added. These results suggest that NADH-driven pMMO activity requires not only the catalytic copper center of pMMO but also copper ions outside the catalytic site.
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- Akimitsu Miyaji
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G1-14, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G1-14, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G1-14, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan
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Baek J, Rungtaweevoranit B, Pei X, Park M, Fakra SC, Liu YS, Matheu R, Alshmimri SA, Alshehri S, Trickett CA, Somorjai GA, Yaghi OM. Bioinspired Metal–Organic Framework Catalysts for Selective Methane Oxidation to Methanol. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:18208-18216. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea
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- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 12354, Saudi Arabia
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Nauert SL, Rosen AS, Kim H, Snurr RQ, Stair PC, Notestein JM. Evidence for Copper Dimers in Low-Loaded CuOx/SiO2 Catalysts for Cyclohexane Oxidative Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Scott L. Nauert
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, and Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, and Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Pankhurst JR, Curcio M, Sproules S, Lloyd-Jones GC, Love JB. Earth-Abundant Mixed-Metal Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Oxygenation. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:5915-5928. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- James R. Pankhurst
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- WestCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Snyder BER, Bols ML, Schoonheydt RA, Sels BF, Solomon EI. Iron and Copper Active Sites in Zeolites and Their Correlation to Metalloenzymes. Chem Rev 2017; 118:2718-2768. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Benjamin E. R. Snyder
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Ali G, VanNatta PE, Ramirez DA, Light KM, Kieber-Emmons MT. Thermodynamics of a μ-oxo Dicopper(II) Complex for Hydrogen Atom Abstraction. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:18448-18451. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ghazanfar Ali
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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Stumpf TDJ, Steinbach M, Würtele C, Becker J, Becker S, Fröhlich R, Göttlich R, Schindler S. Reactivity of Copper Complexes with Bis(piperidinyl)methane and Bis(quinolinyl)methane Ligands. Eur J Inorg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Tim-Daniel J. Stumpf
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
- Institute for Organic Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
- Institute for Organic Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; WWU Münster; Corrensstraße 40 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen; Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Gießen Germany
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Ipek B, Wulfers MJ, Kim H, Göltl F, Hermans I, Smith JP, Booksh KS, Brown CM, Lobo RF. Formation of [Cu2O2]2+ and [Cu2O]2+ toward C–H Bond Activation in Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SSZ-39. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b03005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Chemical
Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Center
for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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Goswami VE, Walli A, Förster M, Dechert S, Demeshko S, Holthausen MC, Meyer F. Acid/base triggered interconversion of μ-η 2:η 2-peroxido and bis(μ-oxido) dicopper intermediates capped by proton-responsive ligands. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3031-3037. [PMID: 28451371 PMCID: PMC5380878 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc04820j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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CuII2(μ-η2:η2-peroxido) and CuIII2(μ-oxido)2 cores represent key intermediates in copper/dioxygen chemistry, and they are mechanistically important for biological hydroxylation and oxidation reactions mediated by dinuclear (type III) copper metalloenzymes. While the exact nature of the active species in different enzymes is still under debate, shifting equilibria between Cu x /O2 species is increasingly recognized as a means of switching between distinct reactivity patterns of these intermediates. Herein we report comprehensive spectroscopic, crystallographic and computational analysis of a family of synthetic CuII2(μ-η2:η2-peroxido) and CuIII2(μ-oxido)2 dicopper complexes with a bis(oxazoline) (BOX) capping ligand. In particular, we demonstrate that a reversible peroxido/bis(μ-oxido) interconversion of the [Cu2O2] core can be triggered by peripheral (de)protonation events on the ligand backbone. As the copper ions in the enzymes are typically supported by histidine imidazoles that offer a backside N atom amenable to potential (de)protonation, it is well conceivable that the shifting of equilibria between the [Cu2O2] species in response to changes in local pH is biologically relevant.
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- V E Goswami
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie , Goethe-Universität Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 , 60438 Frankfurt am Main , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie , Goethe-Universität Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Straße 7 , 60438 Frankfurt am Main , Germany .
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Tammannstraße 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
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Ross MO, Rosenzweig AC. A tale of two methane monooxygenases. J Biol Inorg Chem 2017; 22:307-319. [PMID: 27878395 PMCID: PMC5352483 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-016-1419-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Methane monooxygenase (MMO) enzymes activate O2 for oxidation of methane. Two distinct MMOs exist in nature, a soluble form that uses a diiron active site (sMMO) and a membrane-bound form with a catalytic copper center (pMMO). Understanding the reaction mechanisms of these enzymes is of fundamental importance to biologists and chemists, and is also relevant to the development of new biocatalysts. The sMMO catalytic cycle has been elucidated in detail, including O2 activation intermediates and the nature of the methane-oxidizing species. By contrast, many aspects of pMMO catalysis remain unclear, most notably the nuclearity and molecular details of the copper active site. Here, we review the current state of knowledge for both enzymes, and consider pMMO O2 activation intermediates suggested by computational and synthetic studies in the context of existing biochemical data. Further work is needed on all fronts, with the ultimate goal of understanding how these two remarkable enzymes catalyze a reaction not readily achieved by any other metalloenzyme or biomimetic compound.
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- Matthew O Ross
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
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Garcia-Bosch I, Cowley RE, Díaz DE, Peterson RL, Solomon EI, Karlin KD. Substrate and Lewis Acid Coordination Promote O-O Bond Cleavage of an Unreactive L 2Cu II2(O 22-) Species to Form L 2Cu III2(O) 2 Cores with Enhanced Oxidative Reactivity. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:3186-3195. [PMID: 28195739 PMCID: PMC5532877 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Copper-dependent metalloenzymes are widespread throughout metabolic pathways, coupling the reduction of O2 with the oxidation of organic substrates. Small-molecule synthetic analogs are useful platforms to generate L/Cu/O2 species that reproduce the structural, spectroscopic, and reactive properties of some copper-/O2-dependent enzymes. Landmark studies have shown that the conversion between dicopper(II)-peroxo species (L2CuII2(O22-) either side-on peroxo, SP, or end-on trans-peroxo, TP) and dicopper(III)-bis(μ-oxo) (L2CuIII2(O2-)2: O) can be controlled through ligand design, reaction conditions (temperature, solvent, and counteranion), or substrate coordination. We recently published ( J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012 , 134 , 8513 , DOI: 10.1021/ja300674m ) the crystal structure of an unusual SP species [(MeAN)2CuII2(O22-)]2+ (SPMeAN, MeAN: N-methyl-N,N-bis[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]amine) that featured an elongated O-O bond but did not lead to O-O cleavage or reactivity toward external substrates. Herein, we report that SPMeAN can be activated to generate OMeAN and perform the oxidation of external substrates by two complementary strategies: (i) coordination of substituted sodium phenolates to form the substrate-bound OMeAN-RPhO- species that leads to ortho-hydroxylation in a tyrosinase-like fashion and (ii) addition of stoichiometric amounts (1 or 2 equiv) of Lewis acids (LA's) to form an unprecedented series of O-type species (OMeAN-LA) able to oxidize C-H and O-H bonds. Spectroscopic, computational, and mechanistic studies emphasize the unique plasticity of the SPMeAN core, which combines the assembly of exogenous reagents in the primary (phenolates) and secondary (Lewis acids association to the MeAN ligand) coordination spheres with O-O cleavage. These findings are reminiscent of the strategy followed by several metalloproteins and highlight the possible implication of O-type species in copper-/dioxygen-dependent enzymes such as tyrosinase (Ty) and particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO).
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- Isaac Garcia-Bosch
- Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Wang VCC, Maji S, Chen PPY, Lee HK, Yu SSF, Chan SI. Alkane Oxidation: Methane Monooxygenases, Related Enzymes, and Their Biomimetics. Chem Rev 2017; 117:8574-8621. [PMID: 28206744 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) mediate the facile conversion of methane into methanol in methanotrophic bacteria with high efficiency under ambient conditions. Because the selective oxidation of methane is extremely challenging, there is considerable interest in understanding how these enzymes carry out this difficult chemistry. The impetus of these efforts is to learn from the microbes to develop a biomimetic catalyst to accomplish the same chemical transformation. Here, we review the progress made over the past two to three decades toward delineating the structures and functions of the catalytic sites in two MMOs: soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) and particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). sMMO is a water-soluble three-component protein complex consisting of a hydroxylase with a nonheme diiron catalytic site; pMMO is a membrane-bound metalloenzyme with a unique tricopper cluster as the site of hydroxylation. The metal cluster in each of these MMOs harnesses O2 to functionalize the C-H bond using different chemistry. We highlight some of the common basic principles that they share. Finally, the development of functional models of the catalytic sites of MMOs is described. These efforts have culminated in the first successful biomimetic catalyst capable of efficient methane oxidation without overoxidation at room temperature.
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- Vincent C-C Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica , 128, Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences, Lovely Professional University , Jalandhar-Delhi G. T. Road (NH-1), Phagwara, Punjab India 144411
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University , 250 Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica , 128, Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica , 128, Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University , No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.,Noyes Laboratory, 127-72, California Institute of Technology , 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Elwell CE, Gagnon NL, Neisen BD, Dhar D, Spaeth AD, Yee GM, Tolman WB. Copper-Oxygen Complexes Revisited: Structures, Spectroscopy, and Reactivity. Chem Rev 2017; 117:2059-2107. [PMID: 28103018 PMCID: PMC5963733 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 445] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
A longstanding research goal has been to understand the nature and role of copper-oxygen intermediates within copper-containing enzymes and abiological catalysts. Synthetic chemistry has played a pivotal role in highlighting the viability of proposed intermediates and expanding the library of known copper-oxygen cores. In addition to the number of new complexes that have been synthesized since the previous reviews on this topic in this journal (Mirica, L. M.; Ottenwaelder, X.; Stack, T. D. P. Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1013-1046 and Lewis, E. A.; Tolman, W. B. Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1047-1076), the field has seen significant expansion in the (1) range of cores synthesized and characterized, (2) amount of mechanistic work performed, particularly in the area of organic substrate oxidation, and (3) use of computational methods for both the corroboration and prediction of proposed intermediates. The scope of this review has been limited to well-characterized examples of copper-oxygen species but seeks to provide a thorough picture of the spectroscopic characteristics and reactivity trends of the copper-oxygen cores discussed.
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- Courtney E Elwell
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Kondratenko EV, Peppel T, Seeburg D, Kondratenko VA, Kalevaru N, Martin A, Wohlrab S. Methane conversion into different hydrocarbons or oxygenates: current status and future perspectives in catalyst development and reactor operation. Catal Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cy01879c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This Perspective highlights recent developments in methane conversion into different hydrocarbons and C1-oxygenates. Our analysis identified possible directions for further research to bring the above approaches to a commercial level.
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock
- D-18059 Rostock
- Germany
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Lawton TJ, Rosenzweig AC. Methane-Oxidizing Enzymes: An Upstream Problem in Biological Gas-to-Liquids Conversion. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:9327-40. [PMID: 27366961 PMCID: PMC5242187 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Biological conversion of natural gas to liquids (Bio-GTL) represents an immense economic opportunity. In nature, aerobic methanotrophic bacteria and anaerobic archaea are able to selectively oxidize methane using methane monooxygenase (MMO) and methyl coenzyme M reductase (MCR) enzymes. Although significant progress has been made toward genetically manipulating these organisms for biotechnological applications, the enzymes themselves are slow, complex, and not recombinantly tractable in traditional industrial hosts. With turnover numbers of 0.16-13 s(-1), these enzymes pose a considerable upstream problem in the biological production of fuels or chemicals from methane. Methane oxidation enzymes will need to be engineered to be faster to enable high volumetric productivities; however, efforts to do so and to engineer simpler enzymes have been minimally successful. Moreover, known methane-oxidizing enzymes have different expression levels, carbon and energy efficiencies, require auxiliary systems for biosynthesis and function, and vary considerably in terms of complexity and reductant requirements. The pros and cons of using each methane-oxidizing enzyme for Bio-GTL are considered in detail. The future for these enzymes is bright, but a renewed focus on studying them will be critical to the successful development of biological processes that utilize methane as a feedstock.
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- Thomas J Lawton
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Engelmann X, Monte-Pérez I, Ray K. Oxidationsreaktionen mit bioinspirierten einkernigen Nicht-Häm-Oxidometallkomplexen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201600507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xenia Engelmann
- Institut für Chemie; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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Engelmann X, Monte-Pérez I, Ray K. Oxidation Reactions with Bioinspired Mononuclear Non-Heme Metal-Oxo Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:7632-49. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Xenia Engelmann
- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Printable enzyme-embedded materials for methane to methanol conversion. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11900. [PMID: 27301270 PMCID: PMC4912616 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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An industrial process for the selective activation of methane under mild conditions would be highly valuable for controlling emissions to the environment and for utilizing vast new sources of natural gas. The only selective catalysts for methane activation and conversion to methanol under mild conditions are methane monooxygenases (MMOs) found in methanotrophic bacteria; however, these enzymes are not amenable to standard enzyme immobilization approaches. Using particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), we create a biocatalytic polymer material that converts methane to methanol. We demonstrate embedding the material within a silicone lattice to create mechanically robust, gas-permeable membranes, and direct printing of micron-scale structures with controlled geometry. Remarkably, the enzymes retain up to 100% activity in the polymer construct. The printed enzyme-embedded polymer motif is highly flexible for future development and should be useful in a wide range of applications, especially those involving gas–liquid reactions. There is a need for small-scale reactors that convert methane emissions to more valuable products to reduce climate impacts. Here, the authors show that printing 3D structures of the pMMO enzyme enables continuous methane conversion under ambient conditions and reduces mass transfer limitations.
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Johnson BJ, Antholine WE, Lindeman SV, Mankad NP. A Cu4S model for the nitrous oxide reductase active sites supported only by nitrogen ligands. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 51:11860-3. [PMID: 26111160 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04675k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To model the (His)7Cu4Sn (n = 1 or 2) active sites of nitrous oxide reductase, the first Cu4(μ4-S) cluster supported only by nitrogen donors has been prepared using amidinate supporting ligands. Structural, magnetic, spectroscopic, and computational characterization is reported. Electrochemical data indicates that the 2-hole model complex can be reduced reversibly to the 1-hole state and irreversibly to the fully reduced state.
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- Brittany J Johnson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Itoyama S, Doitomi K, Kamachi T, Shiota Y, Yoshizawa K. Possible Peroxo State of the Dicopper Site of Particulate Methane Monooxygenase from Combined Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Mechanics Calculations. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:2771-5. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shuhei Itoyama
- Institute
for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute
for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute
for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute
for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute
for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Elements
Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan
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Da Silva JCS, Pennifold RCR, Harvey JN, Rocha WR. A radical rebound mechanism for the methane oxidation reaction promoted by the dicopper center of a pMMO enzyme: a computational perspective. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:2492-504. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt02638e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) promoted by a triplet state of the bis-oxoCu2(iii) core generates a new radical rebound mechanism for the hydroxylation of methane catalyzed by the binuclear copper site of a pMMO enzyme.
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- Júlio C. S. Da Silva
- BioMat: Biomaterial Modeling Group
- Departamento de Química Fundamental
- CCEN
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Cidade Universitária
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- LQC-MM: Laboratório de Química Computacional e Modelagem Molecular
- Departamento de Química
- ICEX
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
- Belo Horizonte
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Citek C, Herres-Pawlis S, Stack TDP. Low temperature syntheses and reactivity of Cu2O2 active-site models. Acc Chem Res 2015; 48:2424-33. [PMID: 26230113 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nature's facility with dioxygen outmatches modern chemistry in the oxidation and oxygenation of materials and substrates for biosynthesis and cellular metabolism. The Earth's most abundant naturally occurring oxidant is-frankly-poorly understood and controlled, and thus underused. Copper-based enzyme metallocofactors are ubiquitous to the efficient consumption of dioxygen by all domains of life. Over the last several decades, we have joined many research groups in the study of copper- and dioxygen-dependent enzymes through close investigation of synthetically derived, small-molecule active-site analogs. Simple copper-dioxygen clusters bearing structural and spectroscopic similarity to dioxygen-activating enzymes can be probed for their fundamental geometrical, electronic, and reactive properties using the tools available to inorganic and synthetic chemistry. Our exploration of the copper-dioxygen arena has sustained product evaluation of the key dynamics and reactivity of binuclear Cu2O2 compounds. Almost exclusively operating at low temperatures, from -78 °C to solution characterization even at -125 °C, we have identified numerous compounds supported by simple and easily accessed, low molecular weight ligands-chiefly families of bidentate diamine chelates. We have found that by stripping away complexity in comparison to extended protein tertiary structures or sophisticated, multinucleating architectures, we can experimentally manipulate activated compounds and open pathways of reactivity toward exogenous substrates that both inform on and extend fundamental mechanisms of oxygenase enzymes. Our recent successes have advanced understanding of the tyrosinase enzyme, and related hemocyanin and NspF, and the copper membrane monooxygenases, specifically particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) and ammonia monooxygenase (AMO). Tyrosinase, ubiquitously distributed throughout life, is fundamental to the copper-based oxidation of phenols and the production of chromophores by dedicated biosynthesis or incidental oxidative browning. The copper membrane monooxygenases are comparatively new entrants to the copper-dioxygen field. While pMMO mediates the synthetically tantalizing transformation of methane to methanol, AMO catalyzes the first metabolic step in deriving chemical energy from ammonia-a reaction massively represented on a global scale and a critical component of chemical homeostasis on Earth. In this Account, we begin by introduction of the synthetic copper-dioxygen chemistry field, from techniques to the differential coordination of dioxygen with copper. Then, we describe the unambiguous self-assembly of an oxygenated tyrosinase mimic from basic constituents (copper, dioxygen, and monodentate-imidazole histidine analogs) and the resulting emergence of intrinsic reactivity, free of any influence due to the protein environment. Next, we discuss the first catalytic oxidation of phenol through a fully characterized tyrosinase mimic, derived from molecular oxygen, and its application to substrates unreactive in the native enzyme system. Finally, we detail evidence for chemical plausibility of dioxygen activation in pMMO (and AMO) through a high-valent species and the thermodynamic criteria that beg introduction of the Cu(III) state to biological redox catalysis.
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- Cooper Citek
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Miyaji A, Miyoshi T, Motokura K, Baba T. Discrimination of the prochiral hydrogens at the C-2 position of n-alkanes by the methane/ammonia monooxygenase family proteins. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:8261-70. [PMID: 26138087 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00640f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The selectivity of ammonia monooxygenase from Nitrosomonas europaea (AMO-Ne) for the oxidation of C4-C8n-alkanes to the corresponding alcohol isomers was examined to show the ability of AMO-Ne to recognize the n-alkane orientation within the catalytic site. AMO-Ne in whole cells produces 1- and 2-alcohols from C4-C8n-alkanes, and the regioselectivity is dependent on the length of the carbon chain. 2-Alcohols produced from C4-C7n-alkanes were predominantly either the R- or S-enantiomers, while 2-octanol produced from n-octane was racemic. These results indicate that AMO-Ne can discriminate between the prochiral hydrogens at the C-2 position, with the degree of discrimination varying according to the n-alkane. Compared to the particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and that of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, AMO-Ne showed a distinct ability to discriminate between the orientation of n-butane and n-pentane in the catalytic site.
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- Akimitsu Miyaji
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 G-1-14 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan.
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Dalle KE, Meyer F. Modelling Binuclear Metallobiosites: Insights from Pyrazole-Supported Biomimetic and Bioinspired Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Citek C, Gary JB, Wasinger EC, Stack TDP. Chemical Plausibility of Cu(III) with Biological Ligation in pMMO. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:6991-4. [PMID: 26020834 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanisms of dioxygen activation and methane C-H oxidation in particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) are currently unknown. Recent studies support a binuclear copper site as the catalytic center. We report the low-temperature assembly of a high-valent dicopper(III) bis(μ-oxide) complex bearing marked structural fidelity to the proposed active site of pMMO. This unprecedented dioxygen-bonded Cu(III) species with exclusive biological ligation directly informs on the chemical plausibility and thermodynamic stability of the bis(μ-oxide) structure in such dicopper sites and foretells unusual optical signatures of an oxygenation product in pMMO. Though the ultimate pMMO active oxidant is still debated, C-H oxidation of exogenous substrates is observed with the reported Cu(III) complexes. The assembly of a high valent species both narrows the search for relevant pMMO intermediates and provides evidence to substantiate the role of Cu(III) in biological redox processes.
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- Cooper Citek
- †Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Chico, California 95929, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) are enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of methane to methanol in methanotrophic bacteria. As potential targets for new gas-to-liquid methane bioconversion processes, MMOs have attracted intense attention in recent years. There are two distinct types of MMO, a soluble, cytoplasmic MMO (sMMO) and a membrane-bound, particulate MMO (pMMO). Both oxidize methane at metal centers within a complex, multisubunit scaffold, but the structures, active sites, and chemical mechanisms are completely different. This Current Topic review article focuses on the overall architectures, active site structures, substrate reactivities, protein-protein interactions, and chemical mechanisms of both MMOs, with an emphasis on fundamental aspects. In addition, recent advances, including new details of interactions between the sMMO components, characterization of sMMO intermediates, and progress toward understanding the pMMO metal centers are highlighted. The work summarized here provides a guide for those interested in exploiting MMOs for biotechnological applications.
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- Sarah Sirajuddin
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Chidambarampadmavathy K, Obulisamy P. K, Heimann K. Role of copper and iron in methane oxidation and bacterial biopolymer accumulation. Eng Life Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201400127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Karthigeyan Chidambarampadmavathy
- Collegeof Marine and Environmental ScienceJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
- Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and AquacultureJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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- Collegeof Marine and Environmental ScienceJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
- Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and AquacultureJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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- Collegeof Marine and Environmental ScienceJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
- Centre for Sustainable Fisheries and AquacultureJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
- Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Development of TherapeuticsJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
- Comparative Genomics CentreJames Cook University Townsville Queensland Australia
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Wang X, Zhang T, Yang Q, Jiang S, Li B. Synthesis and Characterization of Bio-Inspired Diiron Complexes and Their Catalytic Activity for Direct Hydroxylation of Aromatic Compounds. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sazinsky MH, Lippard SJ. Methane Monooxygenase: Functionalizing Methane at Iron and Copper. Met Ions Life Sci 2015; 15:205-56. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12415-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In order to address how diverse metalloprotein active sites, in particular those containing iron and copper, guide O₂binding and activation processes to perform diverse functions, studies of synthetic models of the active sites have been performed. These studies have led to deep, fundamental chemical insights into how O₂coordinates to mono- and multinuclear Fe and Cu centers and is reduced to superoxo, peroxo, hydroperoxo, and, after O-O bond scission, oxo species relevant to proposed intermediates in catalysis. Recent advances in understanding the various factors that influence the course of O₂activation by Fe and Cu complexes are surveyed, with an emphasis on evaluating the structure, bonding, and reactivity of intermediates involved. The discussion is guided by an overarching mechanistic paradigm, with differences in detail due to the involvement of disparate metal ions, nuclearities, geometries, and supporting ligands providing a rich tapestry of reaction pathways by which O₂is activated at Fe and Cu sites.
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Alayon EMC, Nachtegaal M, Bodi A, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA. Bis(μ-oxo) versus mono(μ-oxo)dicopper cores in a zeolite for converting methane to methanol: an in situ XAS and DFT investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:7681-93. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03226h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The zeolite framework stabilizes the mono(μ-oxo)dicopper core, which is the active species in methane to methanol conversion.
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- Paul Scherrer Institute
- Villigen
- CH-5232 Switzerland
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Wu L, Zhong W, Xu B, Wei Z, Liu X. Synthesis and characterization of copper(ii) complexes with multidentate ligands as catalysts for the direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:8013-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00575b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Like iron(iii) complexes, copper(ii) complexes catalyse the direct hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with H2O2 as the oxidant and their catalytic efficiency correlates with the reduction potentials of the copper(ii) complexes.
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- Li Wu
- School of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang
- China
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- College of Biological
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Jiaxing University
- Jiaxing
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang
- China
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- School of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang
- China
- College of Biological
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A heptadentate ligand possessing two phenol groups: Its diverse coordination chemistry and the catalytic behaviors of its transition complexes towards benzene oxidation. Polyhedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2014.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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