Tyrosinase??Like Reactivity in a CuIII2 (μ??O) 2 Species

…, I Garcia??Bosch, R Mas??Ballesté, L Que…

Index: Company, Anna; Palavicini, Sara; Garcia-Bosch, Isaac; Mas-Balleste, Ruben; Que Jr., Lawrence; Rybak-Akimova, Elena V.; Casella, Luigi; Ribas, Xavi; Costas, Miquel Chemistry - A European Journal, 2008 , vol. 14, # 12 p. 3535 - 3538

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Abstract

Understanding the mechanisms by which the oxidizing potential of the O2 molecule is used in the oxidation of organic substrates is a formidable task with fundamental interest in technology and biochemistry.[1] Nature usually uses transition-metal ions to overcome kinetic barriers associated with spin multiplicity of the O2 molecule.[2] For example, Type 3 copper proteins use a bimetallic site to bind and/or activate O2. Among the enzymes that ...