[HTML][HTML] Metalloproteins containing cytochrome, iron–sulfur, or copper redox centers

J Liu, S Chakraborty, P Hosseinzadeh, Y Yu… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Redox reactions play important roles in almost all biological processes, including
photosynthesis and respiration, which are two essential energy processes that sustain all life …

How biology handles nitrite

LB Maia, JJG Moura - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nitrite is one of the players in the broad nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. This nitrogen oxo-
anion is involved in key pathways crucial to life on Earth and to the planetary “recycling” of …

Synthetic analogues and reaction systems relevant to the molybdenum and tungsten oxotransferases

JH Enemark, JJA Cooney, JJ Wang, RH Holm - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Enzymes containing molybdenum or tungsten at their active sites appear to be present in all
forms of life, from ancient archaea to man. These enzymes catalyze a wide range of …

Cytochrome c:  Occurrence and Functions

I Bertini, G Cavallaro, A Rosato - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
Cytochromes c are among the most studied proteins. This is possibly due to their relatively
high thermodynamic stability and their red color, which makes protein purification easier. 1 …

Mammalian molybdo-flavoenzymes, an expanding family of proteins: structure, genetics, regulation, function and pathophysiology

E Garattini, R Mendel, MJ Romão, R Wright… - Biochemical …, 2003 - portlandpress.com
The molybdo–flavoenzymes are structurally related proteins that require a molybdopterin
cofactor and FAD for their catalytic activity. In mammals, four enzymes are known: xanthine …

Nitrite reduction by molybdoenzymes: a new class of nitric oxide-forming nitrite reductases

LB Maia, JJG Moura - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2015 - Springer
Nitric oxide (NO) is a signalling molecule involved in several physiological processes, in
both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and nitrite is being recognised as an NO source …

Molybdenum enzymes in bacteria and their maturation

A Magalon, JG Fedor, A Walburger… - Coordination chemistry …, 2011 - Elsevier
Molybdenum pterin cofactor-containing enzymes exist in all domains of life and their
importance is exemplified by their ubiquity, their roles in metabolic diversity and global …

Molybdenum and tungsten enzymes: a crystallographic and mechanistic overview

MJ Romão - Dalton Transactions, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Molybdenum and tungsten enzymes which contain the pyranopterin cofactor are ubiquitous
in Nature and perform a wide variety of biological functions. They catalyze a diversity of …

Molybdenum and tungsten enzymes: the xanthine oxidase family

CD Brondino, MJ Romão, I Moura… - Current opinion in chemical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Mononuclear molybdenum and tungsten are found in the active site of a diverse group of
enzymes that, in general, catalyze oxygen atom transfer reactions. Enzymes of the xanthine …

Structural and biochemical identification of a novel bacterial oxidoreductase

L Loschi, SJ Brokx, TL Hills, G Zhang… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
By using a bioinformatics screen of the Escherichia coli genome for potential molybdenum-
containing enzymes, we have identified a novel oxidoreductase conserved in the majority of …