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Chemistry

Copper Centers and Dioxygen Activation in Metalloenzymes

Quick fact

Copper enzymes like tyrosinase can insert oxygen into organic molecules with remarkable precision, a feat that industrial chemists struggle to replicate without harsh conditions.

Why this is interesting

Octopuses have blue blood, and you have red blood—but did you know the copper in their blood is also at work inside your own cells, quietly activating the oxygen you breathe?