“…Rey et al 18 studied the complexation equilibria of L-serine and L-leucine with divalent cations of Mg, Ca, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in (1) aqueous ionic solutions and (2) , all other metal cations form both ML and ML 2 complexes. These results suggest that either pendant groups or coordination crosslinks should form when divalent metal ions are complexed with poly(amino acid)s. 19 While the solution properties of poly(␣-amino acid) complexes with metal ions have been examined, very little has been written about these systems in the solid state. Copper(II) complexes form in solution with the poly(amino acid)s of cysteine, methionine, and cystine (sulfur-containing amino acids); serine, threonine, tyrosine, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid (oxygen as the coordinating group); and lysine, histidine, tryptophan, asparagine, glutamine, and arginine (a coordinating nitrogen).…”