Tuesday 12 September 2017

How to Prepare Biological Metallo-Proteins

How to Prepare Biological Metallo-Proteins 

The first thing one might notice when working with metallo-proteins is that they offer unique, colorful reactions.  These colorful reactions are based not only on the metal, but the ligand, or coordinating molecules.  Approximately 80% of proteins contain inorganic cofactors like iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) metals necessary to catalyze a reaction.  Understanding how these…

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