A quantum chemical study of the synthesis of prostaglandin G2 by the cyclooxygenase active site in prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase 1
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The mechanism for prostaglandin G2 synthesis in the cyclooxygenase active site in prostaglandin H synthase was investigated using hybrid density functional theory (B3LYP). The overall driving force for the reaction starting with the arachidonic acid and the active-site tyrosyl radical was estimated to be about 37 kcal/mol. and two barriers were found to be about 15 kcal/mol.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 2003
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Oxygen activation by Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases, a theoretical insight
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By means of hybrid density functional theory, the first steps of dioxygen activation in naphthalene are investigated and studied. The electron affinity of the mononuclear center becomes higher than the ionization potential of the Rieske cluster as soon as the dioxygen enters the first coordination sphere of iron.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 2004
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Optimized spin crossings and transition states for short-range electron transfer in transition metal dimers
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A study on electron-transfer reactions in eight mixed-valence manganese dimers using B3LYP is presented. One of the dimers is a model of the active site of manganese catalase, while another represents a basic building block of oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II is investigated.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 2005
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