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Electrostatic regulation of blue copper sites

Daniel Bím, Anastassia N. Alexandrova

2021Chemical Science20 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Intramolecular electric fields in blue copper proteins are oriented in a fixed way to modulate properties of their copper sites: they control the first-shell copper interactions to influence geometric, spectroscopic, and redox behavior.

Topics & Concepts

CopperChemistryOrganic chemistryElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionElectrochemical sensors and biosensors