Artificial Metalloenzyme (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Artificial Metalloenzyme

Caption

This is a graphic of an artificial metalloenzyme. Within the protein (grey) is a porphyrin (red), a component of natural heme proteins, with iridium as the active site (purple). The enzyme converts the molecules at the top to those at the bottom by reaction at a carbon-hydrogen bond (left) and carbon-carbon double bond (right), respectively.

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John Hartwig Group/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley

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