Metalloproteins: Metal-Binding Molecules Essential for Life
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 527
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metallothionins; metallic anticancer complexes
Interests: computational chemistry; bioinorganics; enzyme design; drug design; GaudiMM; protein-ligand dockings; QM/MM; QM; molecular dynamics; metals in biology; multi-level computational strategies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
About half of the proteins discovered belong to the so-called metalloproteins family; proteins that contain or require metal ions to perform specific functions. Metalloproteins have many different functions in living systems, such as enzymes, transport and storage proteins, as well as signal transduction proteins. The role of metal ions in metalloproteins, as well as their relationships, can afford a variety of possibilities. While the metal centers are mostly responsible for reactions, the protein regulates accessibility and reactivity. Considering the wide variety of metalloproteins studied nowadays, the ultimate role of metals and proteins must still be clarified for several protein families in order to understand the functions of metalloproteins and their relationship with life. Additionally, the use of the knowledge acquired to perform additional reactivities can be especially interesting in this field.
This Special Issue on “Metalloproteins: Metal-Binding Molecules Essential for Life” aims to receive contributions of all areas of basic and applied research associated with metalloproteins, coming from the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, and molecular biology. The main goal is to show the specific role that is played by metalloproteins in living beings.
Dr. Oscar Palacios
Dr. Jean-Didier Maréchal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial metalloproteins
- binding motif
- cell signaling
- cofactors
- enzymatic catalysis
- heavy metal detoxification
- metal-ion transporters
- metallic coordination
- protein engineering
- protein–protein interaction
- sensor protein
