Structural Changes of the Trinuclear Copper Center in Bilirubin Oxidase upon Reduction

Geometric and electronic structure changes in the copper (Cu) centers in bilirubin oxidase (BOD) upon a four-electron reduction were investigated by quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations. For the QM region, the unrestricted density functional theory (UDFT) method was adopted for...

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Main Authors: Takaki Tokiwa, Mitsuo Shoji, Vladimir Sladek, Naoki Shibata, Yoshiki Higuchi, Kunishige Kataoka, Takeshi Sakurai, Yasuteru Shigeta, Fuminori Misaizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/1/76