On/off regulation of catalysis by allosteric control of metal complex nuclearity.
The nature of the allosteric metal ion M (Pd2+ or Pt2+) in complexes ML of a polytopic ligand controls uptake of additional Cu2+ ions; while [Cu2Pd(L-4H)]2+ is a highly active catalyst for phosphodiester cleavage, [CuPt(L-4H)] is inactive.
Kovbasyuk
Larisa
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Anorganisch-Chemisches-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Pritzkow
Hans
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Krämer
Roland
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Fritsky
Igor O
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