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AUTHOR
Bernt Krebs
Purification and spectroscopic studies on catechol oxidases from Lycopus europaeus and Populus nigra: evidence for a dinuclear copper center of type 3 and spectroscopic similarities to tyrosinase and hemocyanin.
We purified two catechol oxidases from Lycopus europaeus and Populus nigra which only catalyze the oxidation of catechols to quinones without hydroxylating tyrosine. The molecular mass of the Lycopus enzyme was determined to 39,800 Da and the mass of the Populus enzyme was determined to 56,050 Da. Both catechol oxidases are inhibited by thiourea, N-phenylthiourea, dithiocarbamate, and cyanide, but show different pH behavior using catechol as substrate. Atomic absorption spectrosopic analysis found 1.5 copper atoms per protein molecule. Using EPR spectroscopy we determined 1.8 Cu per molecule catechol oxidase. Furthermore, EPR spectroscopy demonstrated that catechol oxidase is a copper enzym…
Molekül- und kristallstruktur von hexamethylcyclo-tristannaselenan [(CH3)2SnSe]3
Hexamethylcyclotristannaselenane [(CH3)2SnSe]3 forms tetragonal crystals, space groups P41212, with a 986.5(2), c 1769.7(4) pm, Z 4. The complete X-ray structural analysis (two independent determinations) shows the six-membered ring to have a twist-boat conformation similar to [(CH3)2SnS]3. The SnSe2C2 tetrahedra are only slightly distorted, the mean bond distances being SnSe 253.1 (251.7⋯254.0(4)) pm, Sn C 2.13 (2.09⋯2.17(3)) pm. Conformational details are discussed.