Gunnlaugsson Thorfinnur, Davies R Jeremy H, Nieuwenhuyzen Mark, Stevenson Clarke S, Viguier Romain, Mulready Sinead
Department of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Sep 21(18):2136-7. doi: 10.1039/b205349g.
The lanthanide ion based macrocyclic complexes 1.Ln mimic the hydrophobic nature of ribonucleases, where the lanthanide ions induce the formation of a hydrophobic cavity for 1, giving rise to a large order of magnitude enhancement in the hydrolytic cleavage of HPNP.