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Paramagnetic NMR investigations of the structure and function of copper proteins

ReferenceB16498
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Christopher Dennison
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution Newcastle University
DepartmentSchool of Chemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 162,708
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/05/2002
End date 01/05/2005
Duration36 months

Abstract

Cupredoxins are ubiquitous electron-transfer proteins, nitrite reductases are crucial to the global nitrogen cycle and laccases are multi-copper oxidases with a wide range of potential industrial applications. This proposal will focus on all the three classes of proteins utilising NMR to study their paramagnetic forms. This novel approach will be applied to the native copper proteins and also to metal-substituted derivatives. The results of the investigations will provide important details about these systems including the spin density distribution on the ligating amino-acids and mechanistic features. This information is essential for a thorough understanding of the various biological roles of copper.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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