Vanadium complexes biochemistry

Guevara-Garcia, J.A., N. Barba-Behrens, R. Contreras, and G. Mendosa-Diaz. 1998. Bis-peroxo-oxovanadium(V) complexes of histidine-containing peptides as models for vanadium haloperoxidases. In Vanadium Compounds Chemistry, Biochemistry and Therapeutic Applications. A.S. Tracey and D.C. Crans (Eds). American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. 126-35. 

In aqueous solution, the chemistry of tetravalent vanadium is centered around the V02+ ion. This ion forms strong complexes with a diversity of ligands and is known to bind to numerous proteins21. The coordination chemistry of V02+, which is relevant to its biochemistry, has been recently reviewed by the author21. Five and six coordinate V02+ complexes are formed in which the short vanadyl VO bond length of —0.16 nm is... 

Coordination complexes, particularly chelates, play fundamental roles in the biochemistry of both plants and animals. Trace amounts of at least nine transition elements are essential to life—vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, and molybdenum. 

Chemistry and biochemistry of insulin-mimetic vanadium and zinc complexes. Trial for treatment of diabetes mellitus (2006), ] focusing on the current state of insulin-mimetic metal ions (VO + and Zn +), including speciation and mechanistic aspects. 

Chemistry and biochemistry of insulin-mimetic vanadium and zinc complexes (including pyridine, pyrimidine, thiazole, and porphyrin derivatives) 06BCJ1645. 

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