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ArticleTheory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften2012

Biomineralization: a proposed evolutionary origin for inorganic cofactors of enzymes.

Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

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Article in Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mohammad Mahdi NajafpourDepartment of Chemistry, Center of Climate Change and Global Warming, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, 45195-1159 Gava Zang, Zanjan, Iran. mmnajafpour@iasbs.ac.ir
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, three different reactions of nanoparticles and proteins are explained. As a model system, the interactions of birnessite, which is a common manganese oxide in the environment, and bovine serum albumin, as a protein that has a strong affinity for a variety of inorganic molecules, are studied. The author proposes that the cofactor-formation in particular enzymes may be considered as a biomineralization in the presence of the protein. One of the numerous and very small nanoparticles produced in the presence of protein could be formed in an appropriate location in proteins and be used as a primitive inorganic core (cofactor) of enzyme.

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Evolution, ChemicalCalciumCationsCoenzymesEnzymesManganeseMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMineralsModels, MolecularNanoparticlesOxidesPhotosystem II Protein ComplexSerum Albumin, BovineSpectrophotometry, AtomicSpectrophotometry, InfraredbirnessiteCalciumCationsCoenzymesEnzymesManganeseMineralsOxidesPhotosystem II Protein ComplexSerum Albumin, Bovine

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PMID22872505
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