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Hydrogen Evolution from Neutral Water under Aerobic Conditions Catalyzed by Cobalt Microperoxidase-11 by Kleingardner, Jesse G, Kandemir, Banu, Bren, Kara L

“…A molecular electrocatalyst is reported that reduces protons to hydrogen (H2) in neutral water under aerobic conditions. The biomolecular catalyst is made from…”
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Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations by Chen, Jingguang G, Crooks, Richard M, Seefeldt, Lance C, Bren, Kara L, Bullock, R Morris, Darensbourg, Marcetta Y, Holland, Patrick L, Hoffman, Brian, Janik, Michael J, Jones, Anne K, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G, King, Paul, Lancaster, Kyle M, Lymar, Sergei V, Pfromm, Peter, Schneider, William F, Schrock, Richard R

“…Nitrogen is fundamental to all of life and many industrial processes. The interchange of nitrogen oxidation states in the industrial production of ammonia,…”
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Cobalt Metallopeptide Electrocatalyst for the Selective Reduction of Nitrite to Ammonium by Guo, Yixing, Stroka, Jesse R, Kandemir, Banu, Dickerson, Claire E, Bren, Kara L

“…A cobalt-tripeptide complex (CoGGH) is developed as an electrocatalyst for the selective six-electron, eight-proton reduction of nitrite to ammonium in aqueous…”
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Biological Significance and Applications of Heme c Proteins and Peptides by Kleingardner, Jesse G, Bren, Kara L

“…Hemes are ubiquitous in biology and carry out a wide range of functions. The heme group is largely invariant across proteins with different functions, although…”
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Hydrogen Evolution from Water under Aerobic Conditions Catalyzed by a Cobalt ATCUN Metallopeptide by Kandemir, Banu, Kubie, Lenore, Guo, Yixing, Sheldon, Brian, Bren, Kara L

“…The cobalt complex of an amino-terminal copper and nickel (ATCUN) motif model tripeptide (CoGGH) is shown to act as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution…”
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Engineered Biomolecular Catalysts by Bren, Kara L

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Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution from Neutral Water with a Cobalt Metallopeptide Catalyst by Chakraborty, Saikat, Edwards, Emily H, Kandemir, Banu, Bren, Kara L

“…CoGGH, a Gly-Gly-His tripeptide coordinated to a cobalt ion, is shown to catalyze the reduction of aqueous protons to hydrogen (H2) in a light-driven reaction…”
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Bioinspired and biomolecular catalysts for energy conversion and storage by Salamatian, Alison A., Bren, Kara L.

“…Metalloenzymes are remarkable for facilitating challenging redox transformations with high efficiency and selectivity. In the area of alternative energy,…”
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Hydrogen evolution from water catalyzed by cobalt-mimochrome VIa, a synthetic mini-protein by Firpo, Vincenzo, Le, Jennifer M, Pavone, Vincenzo, Lombardi, Angela, Bren, Kara L

“…A synthetic enzyme is reported that electrocatalytically reduces protons to hydrogen (H ) in water near neutral pH under aerobic conditions. Cobalt mimochrome…”
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Electrocatalytic Multielectron Nitrite Reduction in Water by an Iron Complex by Stroka, Jesse R, Kandemir, Banu, Matson, Ellen M, Bren, Kara L

“…Catalytic reduction of nitrite by an iron complex in water near neutral pH to form hydroxylamine and ammonium is reported. The catalyst is an iron center…”
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Discovery of the magnetic behavior of hemoglobin: A beginning of bioinorganic chemistry by Bren, Kara L, Richard Eisenberg, Harry B. Gray

“…Two articles published by Pauling and Coryell in PNAS nearly 80 years ago described in detail the magnetic properties of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, as well as…”
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Tuning Mechanism through Buffer Dependence of Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by a Cobalt Mini-enzyme by Le, Jennifer M, Alachouzos, Georgios, Chino, Marco, Frontier, Alison J, Lombardi, Angela, Bren, Kara L

“…Cobalt-mimochrome VI*a (CoMC6*a) is a synthetic mini-protein that catalyzes aqueous proton reduction to hydrogen (H2). In buffered water, there are multiple…”
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Light‐driven catalysis with engineered enzymes and biomimetic systems by Edwards, Emily H., Bren, Kara L.

“…Efforts to drive catalytic reactions with light, inspired by natural processes like photosynthesis, have a long history and have seen significant recent…”
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Semisynthetic and Biomolecular Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts by Kandemir, Banu, Chakraborty, Saikat, Guo, Yixing, Bren, Kara L

“…There has been great interest in the development of stable, inexpensive, efficient catalysts capable of reducing aqueous protons to hydrogen (H2), an…”
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A cobalt mimochrome for photochemical hydrogen evolution from neutral water by Edwards, Emily H., Le, Jennifer M., Salamatian, Alison A., Peluso, Noelle L., Leone, Linda, Lombardi, Angela, Bren, Kara L.

“…A system for visible light-driven hydrogen production from water is reported. This system makes use of a synthetic mini-enzyme known as a mimochrome (CoMC6*a)…”
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Photochemical hydrogen evolution from cobalt microperoxidase-11 by Edwards, Emily H., Jelušić, Jana, Chakraborty, Saikat, Bren, Kara L.

“…A photochemical system utilizing the semisynthetic biomolecular catalyst acetylated cobalt microperoxidase-11 (CoMP11-Ac) along with [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a…”
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Investigations of heme distortion, low-frequency vibrational excitations, and electron transfer in cytochrome c by Sun, Yuhan, Benabbas, Abdelkrim, Zeng, Weiqiao, Kleingardner, Jesse G., Bren, Kara L., Champion, Paul M.

“…Cytochrome (cyt) c is an important electron transfer protein. The ruffling deformation of its heme cofactor has been suggested to relate to its electron…”
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Engineered Enzymes and Bioinspired Catalysts for Energy Conversion by Le, Jennifer M, Bren, Kara L

“…Metalloenzymes play critical roles in the environment by catalyzing redox reactions in biogeochemical cycles. The elucidation of structure–function…”
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Hydrogen evolution catalysis by a cobalt porphyrin peptide: A proposed role for porphyrin propionic acid groups by Alvarez-Hernandez, Jose L., Salamatian, Alison A., Sopchak, Andrew E., Bren, Kara L.

“…Cobalt microperoxidase-11 (CoMP11-Ac) is a cobalt porphyrin-peptide catalyst for hydrogen (H2) evolution from water. Herein, we assess electrocatalytic…”
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Going with the Electron Flow: Heme Electronic Structure and Electron Transfer in Cytochrome c by Bren, Kara L.

“…Heme is an essential and functionally versatile cofactor. Our understanding of how the environment of a heme in a protein tunes its function has benefited from…”
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