Molybdenum cofactors, enzymes and pathways

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7257, 2009, Pages 839-847

  Schwarz, Günter ^a   Mendel, Ralf R ^b   Ribbe, Markus W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; ENZYME; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM NITROGENASE; NITROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PTERIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN NIFEN; SULFITE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLYBDENUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; MOCO DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COENZYMES; COPPER; ENZYMES; HUMANS; IRON; METALLOPROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES; PTERIDINES; PTERINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 68949107281     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08302     Document Type: Review

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