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ArticleInorganic chemistry2020

Probing a Silent Metal: A Combined X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopic Study of Biologically Relevant Zinc Complexes.

Olivia McCubbin Stepanic, Jesse Ward, James E Penner-Hahn, Aniruddha Deb, Uwe Bergmann, Serena DeBeer

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Article in Inorganic chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Olivia McCubbin StepanicMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Jesse WardDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.
James E Penner-HahnDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0314-1274
Aniruddha DebDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0331-9709
Uwe BergmannStanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5639-166X
Serena DeBeerMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5196-3400
University of Michigan · USMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion · DESLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the second most common transition metal in the human body, zinc is of great interest to research but has few viable routes for its direct structural study in biological systems. Herein, Zn valence-to-core X-ray emission spectroscopy (VtC XES) and Zn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) are presented as a means to understand the local structure of zinc in biological systems through the application of these methods to a series of biologically relevant molecular model complexes. Taken together, the Zn K-edge XAS and VtC XES provide a means to establish the ligand identity, local geometry, and metal-ligand bond lengths. Experimental results are supported by correlation with density-functional-theory-based calculations. Combining these theoretical and experimental approaches will enable future applications to protein systems in a predictive manner.

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LigandsMolecular ProbesSpectrometry, X-Ray EmissionX-Ray Absorption SpectroscopyZincLigandsMolecular ProbesZinc

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PMID32893611
PMCPMC7509839
OpenAlexW3083306100

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