title: Superoxide interaction with nickel and iron superoxide dismutases.
abstract: Interaction of superoxide with the metal active sites of nickel and iron-containing superoxide dismutases is investigated with density functional theory. Outer-sphere mechanisms for both the reduction and oxidation of superoxide are proposed to be the common feature of these structurally unrelated SODs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania. rsilaghi@chem.ubbcluj.ro
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silaghi-Dumitrescu
mesh_terms: D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013481:Superoxides; D009532:Nickel; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase