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Bringing Nitric Oxide to the Molybdenum World-A Personal Perspective by Maia, Luisa B

“…Molybdenum-containing enzymes of the xanthine oxidase (XO) family are well known to catalyse oxygen atom transfer reactions, with the great majority of the…”
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Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by a Molybdenum-Containing Formate Dehydrogenase: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study by Maia, Luisa B, Fonseca, Luis, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J. G

“…Carbon dioxide accumulation is a major concern for the ecosystems, but its abundance and low cost make it an interesting source for the production of chemical…”
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Selenium-More than Just a Fortuitous Sulfur Substitute in Redox Biology by Maia, Luisa B, Maiti, Biplab K, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J G

“…Living organisms use selenium mainly in the form of selenocysteine in the active site of oxidoreductases. Here, selenium's unique chemistry is believed to…”
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Putting xanthine oxidoreductase and aldehyde oxidase on the NO metabolism map: Nitrite reduction by molybdoenzymes by Maia, Luisa B., Moura, José J.G.

“…Nitric oxide radical (NO) is a signaling molecule involved in several physiological and pathological processes and a new nitrate-nitrite-NO pathway has emerged…”
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Nitrite reduction by xanthine oxidase family enzymes: a new class of nitrite reductases by Maia, Luisa B, Moura, José J. G

“…Mammalian xanthine oxidase (XO) and Desulfovibrio gigas aldehyde oxidoreductase (AOR) are members of the XO family of mononuclear molybdoenzymes that catalyse…”
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How Biology Handles Nitrite by Maia, Luisa B, Moura, José J. G

“…Nitrogen's biochemistry and signaling pathways that are involved in nitrite chemisry were explored. In order to generate nitrite-dependent signaling nitrogen…”
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Molybdenum and tungsten-containing formate dehydrogenases: Aiming to inspire a catalyst for carbon dioxide utilization by Maia, Luisa B., Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J.G.

“…[Display omitted] •Use atmospheric CO2 to produce chemical feedstocks and fuels.•Mo & W-formate dehydrogenases (FDH) to catalyze CO2 reduction to formate.•FDHs…”
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Molybdenum and tungsten-dependent formate dehydrogenases by Maia, Luisa B., Moura, José J. G., Moura, Isabel

“…The prokaryotic formate metabolism is considerably diversified. Prokaryotes use formate in the C1 metabolism, but also evolved to exploit the low reduction…”
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Solution chemical properties and anticancer potential of 8-hydroxyquinoline hydrazones and their oxidovanadium(IV) complexes by Ribeiro, Nádia, Bulut, Ipek, Pósa, Vivien, Sergi, Baris, Sciortino, Giuseppe, Pessoa, João Costa, Maia, Luisa B., Ugone, Valeria, Garribba, Eugenio, Enyedy, Éva A., Acilan, Ceyda, Correia, Isabel

“…We report the synthesis and characterization of a family of benzohydrazones (Ln, n = 1–6) derived from 2-carbaldehyde-8-hydroxyquinoline and benzylhydrazides…”
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Sulfide and transition metals - A partnership for life by Maiti, Biplab K., Maia, Luisa B., Moura, José J.G.

“…Sulfide and transition metals often came together in Biology. The variety of possible structural combinations enabled living organisms to evolve an array of…”
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Nitrite reduction by molybdoenzymes: a new class of nitric oxide-forming nitrite reductases by Maia, Luisa B., Moura, José J. G.

“…Nitric oxide (NO) is a signalling molecule involved in several physiological processes, in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and nitrite is being recognised as…”
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Third-generation electrochemical biosensor based on nitric oxide reductase immobilized in a multiwalled carbon nanotubes/1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate nanocomposite for nitric oxide detection by Gomes, Filipa O., Maia, Luísa B., Delerue-Matos, Cristina, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J.G., Morais, Simone

“…•A third-generation biosensor based on nitric oxide reductase (NOR) was developed.•A MWCNTs/BMIMBF4 nanocomposite was optimized to entrap…”
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Nitrite Reductase Activity of Rat and Human Xanthine Oxidase, Xanthine Dehydrogenase, and Aldehyde Oxidase: Evaluation of Their Contribution to NO Formation in Vivo by Maia, Luisa B, Pereira, Vânia, Mira, Lurdes, Moura, José J. G

“…Nitrite is presently considered a NO “storage form” that can be made available, through its one-electron reduction, to maintain NO formation under…”
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Ni II -ATCUN-Catalyzed Tyrosine Nitration in the Presence of Nitrite and Sulfite by Maiti, Biplab K, Maia, Luisa B, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J G

“…The nitration of tyrosine residues in proteins represents a specific footprint of the formation of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in vivo. Here, the fusion…”
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Enzyme-inspired dry-powder polymeric catalyst for green and fast pharmaceutical manufacturing processes by Viveiros, Raquel, Maia, Luísa B., Corvo, Marta C., Bonifácio, Vasco D.B., Heggie, William, Casimiro, Teresa

“…Catalysis in pharma manufacturing processes is typically homogeneous, expensive and with hard catalyst recovery/regeneration. Herein an enzyme-inspired…”
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Direct electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide by a molybdenum-containing formate dehydrogenase by Cordas, Cristina M., Campaniço, Mariana, Baptista, Rita, Maia, Luísa B., Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J.G.

“…Formate dehydrogenase enzymes catalyse the reversible two-electron oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide. The class of metal-dependent formate dehydrogenases…”
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From cultivation to cancer: formation of N -nitrosamines and other carcinogens in smokeless tobacco and their mutagenic implications by Stanfill, Stephen B, Hecht, Stephen S, Joerger, Andreas C, González, Pablo J, Maia, Luisa B, Rivas, Maria G, Moura, José J G, Gupta, Alpana K, Le Brun, Nick E, Crack, Jason C, Hainaut, Pierre, Sparacino-Watkins, Courtney, Tyx, Robert E, Pillai, Suresh D, Zaatari, Ghazi S, Henley, S Jane, Blount, Benjamin C, Watson, Clifford H, Kaina, Bernd, Mehrotra, Ravi

“…Tobacco use is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally. Tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco (ST), generally contain…”
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Biosensor for direct bioelectrocatalysis detection of nitric oxide using nitric oxide reductase incorporated in carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes/lipidic 3 bilayer nanocomposite by Gomes, Filipa O., Maia, Luísa B., Loureiro, Joana A., Pereira, Maria Carmo, Delerue-Matos, Cristina, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J.G., Morais, Simone

“…An enzymatic biosensor based on nitric oxide reductase (NOR; purified from Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus) was developed for nitric oxide (NO) detection…”
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NiII‐ATCUN‐Catalyzed Tyrosine Nitration in the Presence of Nitrite and Sulfite by Maiti, Biplab K., Maia, Luisa B., Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J. G.

“…The nitration of tyrosine residues in proteins represents a specific footprint of the formation of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in vivo. Here, the fusion…”
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Unusual Reduction Mechanism of Copper in Cysteine-Rich Environment by Maiti, Biplab K, Maia, Luisa B, Moro, Artur J, Lima, João C, Cordas, Cristina M, Moura, Isabel, Moura, José J. G

“…Copper–cysteine interactions play an important role in Biology and herein we used the copper-substituted rubredoxin (Cu-Rd) from Desulfovibrio gigas to gain…”
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