Advances in Protein Chemistry
Subtitle: Copper Containing Molecules (Advances in Protein Chemistry)
Contributors: Joan S. Valentine (Editor); Edith B. Gralla (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: August 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780120342600
Subjects: Chemistry; Proteins; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Organic; General; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics
First sentence: Galactose oxidase (GAOX) is an extraordinary copper metalloenzyme combining the reactivity of a free radical ligand with a redox-active metal center in a unique catalytic complex, the free radical-coupled copper active site (Whittaker and Whittaker, 1988; Whittaker, 1994).