Molybdoenzymes molybdenum site

Molybdenum trisulfide, 3, 1431 Molybdoarsenates, 3, 1041 non-Keggin, 3, 1042 Molybdoarsenic acid liquid-liquid extraction, 1, 548 Molybdoborates, 3,1042 Molybdocerophosphoric add determination, 1, 548 Molybdoenzymes, 3, 1352 molybdenum site, 3,1391 Molybdogermanates, 3,1038 Molybdogermanic acid liquid-liquid extraction, 1, 548 Molybdoniobic acid... 

Mechanistic speculations about the molybdoenzymes must be considered to be in their infancy with the possible exception of those for xanthine oxidase. Although the detailed structural nature of the molybdenum site is unknown, there is sufficient information from biochemical and coordination chemistry studies to allow informed arguments to be drawn. Here we first discuss evidence for the nuclearity of the molybdenum site and then discuss both oxo-transfer and proton-electron transfer mechanisms for molybdenum enzymes. A final discussion considers the unique aspects of nitrogenase and the possible reasons for the use of molybdenum in enzymes. 

Stiefel, E.I. The Structure and Spectra of Molybdoenzymes Active Sites and their Models. In Molybdenum and Molybdenum Enzymes (ed. Coughlan, M.), Oxford, Pergamon Press 1980, pp. 43-98... 

A wide range of soluble redox enzymes contain one or more intrinsic [2Fe-2S]2+ +, [3Fe-4S]+ , or [4Fe S]2+ + clusters that function in electron transport chains to transfer electrons to or from nonheme Fe, Moco/Wco, corrinoid, flavin, thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP), Fe S cluster containing, or NiFe active sites. Many have been structurally and spectroscopically characterized and only a few of the most recent examples of each type are summarized here. Dioxygenases that function in the dihydroxylation of aromatics such as benzene, toluene, benzoate, naphthalene, and phthalate contain a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] + + cluster that serves as the immediate electron donor to the monomeric nonheme Fe active site see Iron Proteins with Mononuclear Active Sites). The xanthine oxidase family of molybdoenzymes see Molybdenum MPT-containing Enzymes) contain two [2Fe-2S] + + clusters that mediate electron transfer between the Moco active site and the Other soluble molybdoen-... 

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