Chapter 5. Copper Enzymes
Published Online: 19 MAR 2003
DOI: 10.1002/0471265330.ch5
Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Bioinorganic Chemistry: A Short Course
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How to Cite
Roat-Malone, R. M. (2003) Copper Enzymes, in Bioinorganic Chemistry: A Short Course, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471265330.ch5
Publication History
- Published Online: 19 MAR 2003
- Published Print: 20 SEP 2002
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471159766
Online ISBN: 9780471265337
- Summary
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Keywords:
- copper enzymes;
- occurrence;
- structure;
- function;
- specific enzymes;
- model compounds;
- hemocyanin;
- azurin
Summary
A diverse variety of copper-containing metalloenzymes occur in plants and animals. We present a detailed discussion of several of these copper enzymes, and copper proteins such as the blue copper electron transfer proteins stellacyanin, amicyanin, auracyanin, and rusticyanin. Also, electron structure and molecular orbital theory for blue copper proteins in relation to electron transfer pathways are discussed. Spectral properties and their relation to geometry for trinuclear copper cluster sites, such as found in laccase, are described as well.