Abstract
A perspective is provided of recent advances in our understanding of molybdenum-containing enzymes other than nitrogenase, a large and diverse group of enzymes that usually (but not always) catalyze oxygen atom transfer to or from a substrate, utilizing a Mo=O group as donor or acceptor. An emphasis is placed on the diversity of protein structure and reaction catalyzed by each of the three major families of these enzymes.
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Humans
- Iron-Sulfur Proteins / chemistry
- Iron-Sulfur Proteins / metabolism
- Oxidoreductases* / chemistry
- Oxidoreductases* / metabolism
- Sulfite Oxidase / chemistry
- Sulfite Oxidase / metabolism
- Xanthine Oxidase / chemistry
- Xanthine Oxidase / metabolism
Substances
- Iron-Sulfur Proteins
- Oxidoreductases
- Xanthine Oxidase
- Sulfite Oxidase
- dimethyl sulfoxide reductase
- dimethylsulfide - acceptor oxidoreductase