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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Water Influences on the Copper Active Site in Hemocyanin

J. MaulGerd SchönhenseEmad F. AzizChristian BeckHeinz DeckerDaniel PanzerMichaela Hahn

subject

X-ray absorption spectroscopybiologyChemistrymedicine.medical_treatmentOxygen transportActive sitechemistry.chemical_elementHemocyaninPhotochemistryCopperMetalvisual_artbiology.proteinmedicinevisual_art.visual_art_mediumGeneral Materials Sciencesense organsPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

description

Active metal sites play a key role in the biochemistry of oxygen transport by hemocyanins. Observing the changes in the local electronic structure of the copper sites upon oxygenation is thus essen...

https://doi.org/10.1021/jz100313q