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What is the main class of chemical reactions involving net electron transfer in proteins?
Redox chemistry
Which metal center illustrates how bioinorganic chemistry uses acid-base chemistry?
Porphyrin-bound iron
What do bioinorganic current carriers usually do with their electrons?
Pass them to enzymes
Which structure is widely encountered in bioinorganic chemistry and resembles the iron-porphyrin group used for dioxygen transport?
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What affects the metal potentials quoted for standard conditions in water?
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What role do iron-sulfur clusters and cytochromes play in bioinorganic chemistry?
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What is the function of carbonic anhydrase?
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Which metal ion is commonly found in the active site of many hydrolytic enzymes?
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What is the main function of alkaline phosphatase?
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Which metal ion is NOT commonly found in the active site of hydrolytic enzymes?
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What is the main function of dehydrogenases in metalloenzyme functions?
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Why do hydrolytic enzymes often contain Zn2+ ions in their active sites?
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What was the first metalloprotein to be discovered with Zn2+ ions?
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In metalloenzymes, what term is used to describe the molecule being acted upon by the metalloenzyme?
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What is the role of Zn2+ ions in most DNA and RNA polymerases?
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Which bacterial protein regulates the expression of a mercury-detoxification system?
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What is the general function of Hydrolytic Enzymes?
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What is the central role of Zn2+ ions in proteins containing zinc fingers?
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Which metal ion is present in most DNA and RNA polymerases?
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What type of gene regulation system depends on the presence or absence of bound metal ions?
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Which class of proteins involve Zn2+-stabilized domains directly interacting with DNA?
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What do metalloenzymes do?
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