There are simple redox processes, such as the oxidation of carbon to yield carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) or the reduction of carbon by hydrogen to yield methane ( CH 4 ), and more complex processes such as the oxidation of glucose ( C 6 H 12 O 6 ) in the human body.
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Recent efforts have focused on the design of new, biomimetic catalysts and the molecular mechanisms of metal-catalyzed redox processes, the design and assembly of large scale membrane-protein-small molecule constructs, strategies for the assembly of biogenic hard materials, molecular probes of peroxynitrite-mediated protein nitration, pharmaceutical strategies for protection against peroxynitrite-mediated pathologies, and mechanisms by which pathogens acquire metabolic iron from host cells.
