Nature

Crystal structure of a plant catechol oxidase containing a dicopper center

Catechol oxidases are ubiquitous plant enzymes containing a dinuclear copper center. In the wound-response mechanism of the plant they catalyze the oxidation of a broad range of ortho-diphenols to the ...
Nature

Crystal structure of the outer membrane active transporter FepA from Escherichia coli

Integral outer membrane receptors for iron chelates and vitamin B 12 carry out specific ligand transport against a concentration gradient. Energy for active transport is obtained from the ...
C&EN

Divergent Synthesis of Cytotoxic Styryl Lactones Related to Goniobutenolides A and B, and to Crassalactone D

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia, and Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, ...
C&EN

Iron(III) Uptake and Release by Chrysobactin, a Siderophore of the Phytophatogenic Bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi

Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Bioinorganique, ULP-CNRS (UMR 7177), Institut de Chimie, ECPM, 25 rue Becquerel, 67200 Strasbourg, France, and Laboratoire Interactions Plantes-Pathogènes, ...