Cobalt: an essential micronutrient for plant growth?

X Hu, X Wei, J Ling, J Chen - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cobalt is a transition metal located in the fourth row of the periodic table and is a neighbor of
iron and nickel. It has been considered an essential element for prokaryotes, human beings …

Immunological mechanisms of metal allergies and the nickel-specific TCR-pMHC interface

F Riedel, M Aparicio-Soto, C Curato… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Besides having physiological functions and general toxic effects, many metal ions can cause
allergic reactions in humans. We here review the immune events involved in the mediation …

Heavy metal ions detection using nanomaterials-based aptasensors

S Ullah, Q Zahra, M Mansoorianfar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals ions as metallic pollutants are a growing global issue due to their adverse
effects on the aquatic ecosystem, and human health. Unfortunately, conventional detection …

Cobalt complexes modulate plasmid conjugation in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

I Alav, P Pordelkhaki, PE de Resende, H Partington… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG), such as extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and
carbapenemase genes, are commonly carried on plasmids. Plasmids can transmit between …

Impacts of cobalt and zinc on improving peanuts nutrient uptake, yield and irrigation water use efficiency under different irrigation levels

AMS Elshamly, SMA Nassar - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The knowledge of proper fertigation across various irrigation levels is necessary for
maximizing peanut yield and irrigation use efficiency in arid areas, and it also can effectively …

Direct Measurements of the Cobalt‐Thiolate Bonds Strength in Rubredoxin by Single‐Molecule Force Spectroscopy

S Shi, T Wu, P Zheng - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cobalt is a trace transition metal. Although it is not abundant on earth, tens of cobalt‐
containing proteins exist in life. Moreover, the characteristic spectrum of Co (II) ion makes it a …

pH dependent chelation study of Zn (II) and Ni (II) by a series of hexapeptides using electrospray ionization–Ion mobility–Mass spectrometry

AB Ilesanmi, TC Moore, LA Angel - International Journal of Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
Presented here are the results of a study characterizing the selective metal chelating
performance of the alternative metal binding (amb) peptide: acetyl-His 1-Cys 2-Gly 3-Pro 4 …

Assessment of structural integrity of lysozyme in the presence of newly formed uni/multivesicular metallosomes

G Kaur, P Garg, N Kaur, M Mittal, GR Chaudhary… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liposomes are promising modality for nano-medical applications. Thus, we are exploring an
alternative for liposome like assembled structures prepared from metallosurfactants …

Corrins and porphyrins: two of nature's pigments of life

HM Marques - Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Given the relative scarcity of cobalt in the earth's crust, its retention in biological systems,
principally (but not exclusively) in the cobalt corrinoids or derivatives of vitamin B12, may be …

Random Coils of Proteins Situated Between a Beta Strand and an Alpha Helix Demonstrate Decreased Solvent Accessibility

VV Khrustalev - The Protein Journal, 2020 - Springer
Surface accessibility of different types of the same elements of secondary structure has been
studied in 10 non-redundant sets of proteins (total number of three-dimensional structures is …