کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1300170 1498783 2011 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in plants and humans
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی معدنی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis in plants and humans
چکیده انگلیسی

The transition element molybdenum (Mo) needs to be complexed by a special cofactor in order to gain catalytic activity. With the exception of bacterial Mo-nitrogenase, where Mo is a constituent of the FeMo-cofactor, Mo is bound to a pterin, thus forming the molybdenum cofactor Moco, which in different variants is the active compound at the catalytic site of all other Mo-containing enzymes. The biosynthesis of Moco involves the complex interaction of six proteins and is a process of four steps, which also requires reducing equivalents, iron, ATP and probably copper. After its synthesis, Moco is distributed to the apoproteins of Mo-enzymes by Moco–carrier/binding proteins that also participate in Moco-insertion into the cognate apoproteins. A deficiency in the biosynthesis of Moco has lethal consequences for the respective organisms. In humans, Moco deficiency is a severe inherited inborn error in metabolism resulting in severe neurodegeneration in newborns and causing early childhood death. Due to our better understanding of the chemistry of Moco synthesis, a first therapy has been brought to the clinic.

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► Biosynthesis of the pterin-based molybdenum cofactor involves four steps.
► Six proteins catalyze pyranopterin synthesis, sulfur transfer and metal insertion.
► Iron, S-adenosyl methionine, ATP, cysteine and probably copper are needed.
► Moco is distributed by specific carrier/binding proteins to apo-enzymes.
► Moco deficiency is a severe neurodegenerative disorder; a first therapy is available.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Coordination Chemistry Reviews - Volume 255, Issues 9–10, May 2011, Pages 1145–1158
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