Search for dissertations about: "metal specificity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words metal specificity.

  1. 1. To metal, or not to metal : Diverse mechanisms of O2-activation and radical storage in the ferritin superfamily

    Author : Vivek Srinivas; Martin Högbom; Brian Hoffman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Metalloprotein; di-metal; Oxygen activation; Substrate oxidation; Ribonucleotide reductase; Radical; DOPA; ADE-DOT; X-Ray free-electron laser; soluble Methane monooxygenase; Biochemistry; biokemi;

    Abstract : Proteins in the Ferritin-like superfamily are characterized by a four alpha-helical structural motif. These proteins are distributed across all three kingdoms of life and perform a wide range of functions. READ MORE

  2. 2. Structural and physicochemical studies on metal and porphyrin binding by the Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase

    Author : Mattias Hansson; Biokemi och Strukturbiologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; metal specificity; metal binding; porphyrin metallation; time resolved crystallography; fluorescence quenching; X-ray structure; inclusion bodies; Bacillus subtilis; heme biosynthesis; ferrochelatase; hemH;

    Abstract : The enzyme ferrochelatase (EC 4.99.1.1) is the terminal enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway of heme b and catalyzes the insertion of Fe(II) into protoporphyrin IX. READ MORE

  3. 3. PARN – The Tail End : Function and mechanisms of specificity and processivity

    Author : Mikael Nissbeck; Anders Virtanen; Renée Schroeder; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Poly A specific ribonuclease; Adenosine; Specificity; Processivty; Telomere biology disorders; Molekylär cellbiologi; Molecular Cellbiology;

    Abstract : Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) is an exoribonuclease that is processive, poly(A) specific and cap-binding. PARN deadenylates the poly(A) tails present on a subset of mRNAs and non-coding RNAs, including among others certain snoRNAs, miRNAs and precursor rRNAs. READ MORE

  4. 4. Metal-Organic Complexes at Surfaces

    Author : Cristina Isvoranu; Synkrotronljusfysik; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; x-ray absorption spectroscopy; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; bi-isonicotinic acid; oxalic acid; spin change; gas adsorption; metal-organic complex; iron phthalocyanine; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; resonant photoemission spectroscopy;

    Abstract : The adsorption of different metal-organic complexes at surfaces was investigated by spectroscopic techniques (x-ray photoemission spectroscopy, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, resonant photoemission spectroscopy) and by scanning tunnelling microscopy. The investigation methods are able to provide atomic scale information on the studied systems, which moreover originates from the top-most atomic layers in a sample, meaning that they are surface sensitive techniques. READ MORE

  5. 5. Theoretical modeling of metal- and enzyme catalyzed transformations

    Author : Jonas Nyhlén; Jan-Erling Bäckvall; Timofei Privalov; Walter Thiel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; density functinal theory; computational chemistry; directed evolution; enzyme; mechanistic studies; catalysis; ruthenium; hydrogen transfer; racemization; artificial photosynthesis; frustrated lewis pairs; hydrogen storage; Organic chemistry; Organisk kemi; organisk kemi; Organic Chemistry;

    Abstract : This thesis is focused on describing and predicting catalytic reactions. The major part of the work is based on density functional theory (DFT). In some cases where the size of the investigated system precluded the use of more accurate methods molecular dynamics was employed. READ MORE