Nucleotidyl transferring enzymes, role

Phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transfer enzymes are extremely important and widespread in biology. They have in common the catalysis of nucleophilic reactions of phosphorus esters, and the general requirement for divalent metal ions, particularly Mg11, for activity. This requirement has stimulated considerable interest in the catalytic roles of divalent metal ions in these reactions. 

The role of divalent cations in the mechanism of enzyme catalysed phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transfer reactions. A. S. Mildvan and C. M. Grisham, Struct. Bonding (Berlin), 1974,20,1-21 (88),... 

This section emphasizes work done in the last few years. The reader is referred to other sources for reviews of older work236 or more general discussions of nucleophilic reactions at phosphorus.237"245 More general discussions of enzymic phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transfer are available,246 248 and the role of divalent metal ions has been reviewed.249"251... 

Contents A. S. Mildvan, C. M. Grisham The Role of Divalent Cations in the Mechanism of Enzyme Catalyzed Phosphoryl and Nucleotidyl Transfer Reactions. - H.P.C.Hogenkamp, G.N.Sando The Enzymatic Reduction of Ribonucleotides. - W. T. Oosterhuis The Electronic State of Iron in Some Natural Iron Compounds. Determination by Mossbauer and ESR Spectroscopy. - A. Trautwein Mossbauer Spectroscopy on Heme Proteins. 

The Role of Divalent Cations in the Mechanism of Enzyme Catalyzed Phosphoryl and Nucleotidyl Transfer Reactions ... 

This article will consider recent advances in the mechanism of model phosphoryl transfer reactions, magnetic resonance studies of phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transerring enzymes in solution and Xray diffraction studies in the crystalline state which have clarified or at least have suggested the role of the essential divalent cation. 

Mildvan and Grisham have reviewed the role of bivalent cations in the mechanism of enzyme-catalysed phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transfer reactions. 

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