Issue 3, 2021

The curious case of peptide-coordinated iron–sulfur clusters: prebiotic and biomimetic insights

Abstract

Iron–sulfur clusters are among the most ancient biological cofactors and are thought to have had an ancient role in mediating the chemical reactions that led to life. Two different, yet complementary approaches, based on bioinorganic chemistry and prebiotic chemistry, have already provided important clues for the formation and activity of biomimetic iron–sulfur analogues in aqueous solution. This frontier article discusses the efforts spent in the last 50 years in the context of peptide-coordinated iron–sulfur clusters, with a particular emphasis on insightful contributions from recent prebiotic chemistry research.

Graphical abstract: The curious case of peptide-coordinated iron–sulfur clusters: prebiotic and biomimetic insights

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
17 Nov. 2020
Accepted
13 Dec. 2020
First published
14 Dec. 2020

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 801-807

The curious case of peptide-coordinated iron–sulfur clusters: prebiotic and biomimetic insights

C. Bonfio, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 801 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03947K

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