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Metal Complexes in Proteins

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Metal-Ligand Interactions in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Part of the book series: The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry ((JSQC,volume 9-1))

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Abstract

The metalloproteins are widely distributed in living systems, and they function in key cellular processes. The metal complexes which characterize these proteins have been studied by a variety of physical methods, and the complete three-dimensional structures of a number of metalloproteins have been determined by single crystal, X-ray analysis. The electron density maps on which the X-ray models are based seldom reach atomic resolution, however, and important structural features of the complexes may not be clear in the maps. The purpose of this account is to indicate the detail that can be visualized at several resolutions, to summarize the structural information on complexes in metalloproteins that have been studied by single crystal, X-ray methods, and to discuss and compare the complexes in several iron proteins.

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  1. Dept. of Biochemistry and Dept. of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 9895, USA

    Lyle H. Jensen

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  1. Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Fondation Edmond de Rothschild, Paris, France

    Bernard Pullman

  2. Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Natan Goldblum

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Jensen, L.H. (1977). Metal Complexes in Proteins. In: Pullman, B., Goldblum, N. (eds) Metal-Ligand Interactions in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol 9-1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1170-9_14

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