Production and removal of superoxide anion radical by artificial metalloenzymes and redox-active metals

Generation of reactive oxygen species is useful for various medical, engineering and agricultural purposes. These include clinical modulation of immunological mechanism, enhanced degradation of organic compounds released to the environments, removal of microorganisms for the hygienic purpose, and ag...

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Published in:Communicative & integrative biology 2015-11, Vol.8 (6), p.e1000710-e1000710
Main Authors: Kawano, Tomonori, Kagenishi, Tomoko, Kadono, Takashi, Bouteau, François, Hiramatsu, Takuya, Lin, Cun, Tanaka, Kenichiro, Tanaka, Licca, Mancuso, Stefano, Uezu, Kazuya, Okobira, Tadashi, Furukawa, Hiroka, Iwase, Junichiro, Inokuchi, Reina, Baluška, Frantisek, Yokawa, Ken
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biocatalysts
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Biodegradation
Hygiene
Hypersensitive response
Life Sciences
Metals
Microorganisms
Nucleotide sequence
Organic compounds
Oxidation
Pest control
Reactive oxygen species
Review
Superoxide
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Summary:Generation of reactive oxygen species is useful for various medical, engineering and agricultural purposes. These include clinical modulation of immunological mechanism, enhanced degradation of organic compounds released to the environments, removal of microorganisms for the hygienic purpose, and agricultural pest control; both directly acting against pathogenic microorganisms and indirectly via stimulation of plant defense mechanism represented by systemic acquired resistance and hypersensitive response. By aiming to develop a novel classes of artificial redox-active biocatalysts involved in production and/or removal of superoxide anion radicals, recent attempts for understanding and modification of natural catalytic proteins and functional DNA sequences of mammalian and plant origins are covered in this review article.
ISSN:1942-0889
1942-0889
DOI:10.1080/19420889.2014.1000710