Abstract
A crystal structure determination of Cu(phpyH)ClClO4 • CH3OH revealed that the protonated phenolic oxygen atom lies at the apex of a square pyramidal CuN4O arrangement with Cu(II) - O(phenolic) distances of 2.46 and 2.57 Å; this is a novel copper(II) model compound for galactose oxidase where the Cu(II)-phenolic oxygen (Tyrosine-495) distance is rather long, 2.69 Å, and the present results may provide chemical evidence for possible participation of Tyrosine-495 in the oxidation of galactose.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1637-1642 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Polyhedron |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- Galactose oxidase model
- Long Cu(II)-phenol bond
- Tyrosine residue
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry