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Pierre Moënne-Loccoz is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Materials Science, and Chemistry. Within these broader disciplines, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physiology, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The primary focus of their work centers around topics related to Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects, Magnetism in Coordination Complexes, Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide, Metalloenzymes and Iron-Sulfur Proteins, Hemoglobin Structure and Function, as well as Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry.

Moënne-Loccoz has published extensively, with a notable presence in the following journals and publication venues:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Biochemistry
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Their recent papers illustrate a range of studies related to iron complexes, enzymatic mechanisms, and coordination chemistry. Key publications include:

  • "A Reactive, Photogenerated High-Spin (S= 2) FeIV(O) Complex via O2 Activation," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Stabilization of the Dinitrogen Analogue, Phosphorus Nitride," 2020, ACS Central Science
  • "Sulfide Oxidation by 2,6-Bis[hydroxyl(methyl)amino]-4-morpholino-1,3,5-triazinatodioxomolybdenum(VI): Mechanistic Implications with DFT Calculations for a New Class of Molybdenum(VI) Complex," 2021, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "A Nonheme Mononuclear {FeNO}7 Complex that Produces N2O in the Absence of an Exogenous Reductant," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "An Iron(III) Superoxide Corrole from Iron(II) and Dioxygen," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaboration forms a significant part of Moënne-Loccoz's research activity, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Therese Albert
  • David P. Goldberg
  • Maxime A. Siegler
  • Jesse B. Gordon
  • Aniruddha Dey

Best Publications

  • Nitric Oxide in Biological Denitrification: Fe/Cu Metalloenzyme and Metal Complex NOx Redox Chemistry

    Ian M. Wasser;Simon De Vries;Pierre MOëNNE-LOCCOZ;Imke Schröder

  • O2 Activation by Non-Heme Diiron Proteins: Identification of a Symmetric μ-1,2-Peroxide in a Mutant of Ribonucleotide Reductase†

    Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Jeffrey Baldwin;Brenda A. Ley;Thomas M. Loehr

  • The ferroxidase reaction of ferritin reveals a diferric μ-1,2 bridging peroxide intermediate in common with other O2-activating non-heme diiron proteins

    Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Carsten Krebs;Kara Herlihy;Dale E. Edmondson

  • Heme Oxygenase-1, Intermediates in Verdoheme Formation and the Requirement for Reduction Equivalents

    Yi Liu;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Thomas M. Loehr;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Why copper is preferred over iron for oxygen activation and reduction in haem-copper oxidases

    Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran;Matthew A. Michael;Qianhong Zhu;Julian Reed

  • Roles of the proximal heme thiolate ligand in cytochrome p450(cam).

    K. Auclair;Pierre Moenne-Loccoz;P. R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Oxidation of heme to β- and δ-biliverdin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa heme oxygenase as a consequence of an unusual seating of the heme

    Gregori A. Caignan;Rahul Deshmukh;Angela Wilks;Yuhong Zeng

  • STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CATALYTIC HIGH-SPIN HEME B OF NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE : A RESONANCE RAMAN STUDY

    Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Simon de Vries

  • Replacement of the proximal histidine iron ligand by a cysteine or tyrosine converts heme oxygenase to an oxidase.

    Yi Liu;§ Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Dean P. Hildebrand;Angela Wilks

  • Transcription Factor NsrR from Bacillus subtilis Senses Nitric Oxide with a 4Fe-4S Cluster (†).

    Erik T. Yukl;Mohamed A. Elbaz;Michiko M. Nakano;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz

  • Spectroscopic characterization of heme iron-nitrosyl species and their role in NO reductase mechanisms in diiron proteins.

    Pierre Moënne-Loccoz

  • The Active Site of the Thermophilic CYP119 from Sulfolobus solfataricus

    Laura S. Koo;Richard A. Tschirret-Guth;Wesley E. Straub;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz

  • Secondary coordination sphere influence on the reactivity of nonheme iron(II) complexes: an experimental and DFT approach.

    Sumit Sahu;Leland R. Widger;Matthew G. Quesne;Sam P. de Visser

  • Superoxo, μ-peroxo, and μ-oxo complexes from heme/O2 and heme-Cu/O2 reactivity: Copper ligand influences in cytochrome c oxidase models

    Eunsuk Kim;Matthew E. Helton;Matthew E. Helton;Ian M. Wasser;Kenneth D. Karlin

  • Disruption of an active site hydrogen bond converts human heme oxygenase-1 into a peroxidase.

    Luke Koenigs Lightning;Hong Wei Huang;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Thomas M. Loehr

  • Nitric Oxide Reductase from Paracoccus denitrificans Contains an Oxo-Bridged Heme/Non-Heme Diiron Center

    Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Oliver M.H. Richter;Hong Wei Huang;Ian M. Wasser

  • DevS, a heme-containing two-component oxygen sensor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Alexandra Ioanoviciu;Erik T. Yukl;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

  • Path of electron transfer in photosystem 1: direct evidence of forward electron transfer from A1 to Fe-Sx.

    Pierre Moenne-Loccoz;Peter Heathcote;Dugald J. Maclachlan;Matthew C. Berry

  • Rational reprogramming of the R2 subunit of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase into a self-hydroxylating monooxygenase.

    Jeffrey Baldwin;Walter C. Voegtli;Nelly Khidekel;‖ Pierre Moënne-Loccoz

  • Insights into the nitric oxide reductase mechanism of flavodiiron proteins from a flavin-free enzyme

    Takahiro Hayashi;Jonathan D. Caranto;David A. Wampler;Donald M. Kurtz

  • Heme/non-heme diiron(II) complexes and O2, CO, and NO adducts as reduced and substrate-bound models for the active site of bacterial nitric oxide reductase.

    Ian M. Wasser;Hong Wei Huang;Pierre Moenne-Loccoz;Kenneth D. Karlin

  • Interaction of Nitric Oxide with Human Heme Oxygenase-1 *

    Jinling Wang;Shen Lu;Pierre Moënne-Loccoz;Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth D. Karlin
Kenneth D. Karlin Johns Hopkins University
Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano
Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano University of California, San Francisco
David P. Goldberg
David P. Goldberg Johns Hopkins University
Simon de Vries
Simon de Vries Delft University of Technology
Maxime A. Siegler
Maxime A. Siegler Johns Hopkins University
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bruno Robert
Bruno Robert University of Paris-Saclay
Michael H. Gold
Michael H. Gold Oregon Health & Science University
Joann Sanders-Loehr
Joann Sanders-Loehr Portland State University
Michiko M. Nakano
Michiko M. Nakano Oregon Health & Science University

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