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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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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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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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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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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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The chemistry and biochemistry of heme c: functional bases for covalent attachment by Bowman, Sarah E J, Bren, Kara L

“…A discussion of the literature concerning the synthesis, function, and activity of heme c-containing proteins is presented. Comparison of the properties of…”
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Redox state dependence of axial ligand dynamics in Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c552 by Kaur, Ravinder, Bren, Kara L

“…Analysis of NMR spectra reveals that the heme axial Met ligand orientation and dynamics in Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c552 (Ne cyt c) are dependent on…”
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The Proapoptotic G41S Mutation to Human Cytochrome c Alters the Heme Electronic Structure and Increases the Electron Self-Exchange Rate by Liptak, Matthew D, Fagerlund, Robert D, Ledgerwood, Elizabeth C, Wilbanks, Sigurd M, Bren, Kara L

“…The naturally occurring G41S mutation to human (Hs) cytochrome (cyt) c enhances apoptotic activity based upon previous in vitro and in vivo studies, but the…”
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Cytochrome c heme lyase can mature a fusion peptide composed of the amino-terminal residues of horse cytochrome c by Asher, Wesley B, Bren, Kara L

“…It is shown that cytochrome c heme lyase (CCHL) attaches heme covalently to peptides composed of the N-terminal segment of cyt c fused to a non-heme containing…”
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Heme-protein vibrational couplings in cytochrome c provide a dynamic link that connects the heme-iron and the protein surface by Galinato, Mary Grace I., Kleingardner, Jesse G., Bowman, Sarah E. J., Alp, E. Ercan, Zhao, Jiyong, Bren, Kara L., Lehnert, Nicolai

“…The active site of cytochrome c (Cyt c) consists of a heme covalently linked to a pentapeptide segment (Cys-X-X-Cys-His), which provides a link between the…”
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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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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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Zinc Porphyrin as a Donor for FRET in Zn(II)cytochrome c by Lee, Andrea J, Ensign, Amy A, Krauss, Todd D, Bren, Kara L

“…We demonstrate that Zn(II) porphyrin in Zn(II)cytochrome c (Zn cyt c) is a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) donor to an Alexa660 dye acceptor. The…”
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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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Zinc porphyrin: A fluorescent acceptor in studies of Zn-cytochrome c unfolding by fluorescence resonance energy transfer by Ensign, Amy A, Jo, Iris, Yildirim, Ilyas, Krauss, Todd D, Bren, Kara L

“…FRET between the zinc porphyrin (ZnP) chromophore in zinc-substituted cytochrome c (Zn-cyt c) and an Alexa Fluor dye attached to specific surface sites was…”
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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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